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Wiki-Chat: Insights from Jimmy Wales, Founder of Wikipedia
Get the inside scoop on the establishment of the largest and most-read reference platform in history, Wikipedia! Join Planet Word for a wide-ranging conversation between Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales and New York Times foreign affairs columnist Thomas L. Friedman. Hear about the origins and future of this irreplaceable online encyclopedia that the whole world has come to rely on.
This program was presented at Planet Word on Thursday, September 26, 2024.
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Civic Language: What Are the Signals We Are Sending? by PACE
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For the last 5 years, Philanthropy for Active Civic Engagement (PACE) has been tracking how more than 5,000 Americans react to 21 emotive words about America and democracy. Words such as “community” or “racial equality” or “freedom” elicit strong but sometimes diametrically opposed reactions. It turns out, the words we use to talk about politics and civics reflect some of the same divisions we ...
Between the Lines with Jason Reynolds and Kokayi
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Explore the transformative power of language and storytelling! #1 New York Times bestselling author Jason Reynolds is in conversation with accomplished improvisational vocalist, author, and Grammy-nominated artist Kokayi, exploring cultural connections that ignite a love of literature, self-expression, and fostering dialogue surrounding sociocultural challenges. Whether spoken, written, rapped,...
Having Hard Conversations: Michele Norris - The Race Card Project
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In her insightfully perceptive book, Our Hidden Conversations, Peabody Award-winning journalist Michele Norris offers a transformative dialogue on race and identity, unearthed through her decade-long work with The Race Card Project. With a seemingly simple prompt - “Race. Your Thoughts. Six Words. Please Send.” - over half a million people have submitted stories, revealing an insurmountable arr...
Eyes on Reading: Dr. Stanislas Dehaene with Emily Hanford
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Our brains hold the key to creating a world where nearly all children can become skilled readers. Acclaimed journalist Emily Hanford delves into this urgent topic with Dr. Stanislas Dehaene, one of the world’s foremost experts on learning and the brain. Dr. Dehaene will present some of the latest advances in understanding the neuroscience of literacy, including stunning neuroimagery that paints...
Meg Medina's Treasured Book
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Meg Medina's Treasured Book
Meg Medina - “La autora destacada” en la biblioteca de Planet Word
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Meg Medina - “La autora destacada” en la biblioteca de Planet Word
Between the Lines with Jason Reynolds and Tony Keith, Jr.
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Stories can entertain, instruct, inspire, and even change the world. But what makes a story, and what makes stories so uniquely powerful? Bestselling author Jason Reynolds explores these questions and more in an intimate discussion with Tony Keith, Jr. Together, these two master storytellers will highlight the ways that diverse, uncensored voices and thoughtfully chosen words enrich our lives a...
The People’s Tongue with Chang-rae Lee
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Immigrants have a special relationship with the English language based on necessity. Join authors Chang-rae Lee and Ilan Stavans in a conversation about finding one’s voice in a ‘foreign’ tongue. Chang-rae Lee’s essay Mute in an English-Only World is included in The People’s Tongue, an anthology exploring about American English edited by Ilan Stavans. Chang-rae Lee is the author of six novels: ...
The People’s Tongue with Emily Wilson
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Two translators walk into a bar… and they sing! Emily Wilson’s celebrated English-language translation of Homer’s The Odyssey (2018) recreates the music of the original epic, matching the number of lines of the iambic pentameter verse. Ilan Stavans’ translations of Pablo Neruda’s Odes (2006) are celebrated for reinventing the 20th-century Chilean poet’s rhythms. How do translators make a classi...
Language & Math
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Did you know Moby-Dick is full of sophisticated geometry? That James Joyce’s stream-of-consciousness novels are deliberately checkered with mathematical references? That George Eliot was obsessed with statistics? That Jurassic Park is undergirded by fractal patterns? We often think of math and literature as existing in completely different worlds, but mathematics is a fundamental part of litera...
Word Nouveau: Fanilect
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“Highly Illogical.” “I’m the problem. It’s me.” “Winter is coming.” Do you speak a fanilect? You just might when you’re talking about your favorite celeb or TV show to your friends who love the same thing! Fandoms have a uniquely common language, or fanilect, that builds a sense of community within a group. Swifties communicate in Taylor Swift lyrics. Sports fans communicate in team cheers. Fan...
Language Seen: Speculative Characters
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Has ordinary text ever let you down? Maybe periods, question marks, and exclamation points just couldn't get your meaning across? Well, what if punctation could help you clearly share your affection, snark, anticipation, or disinterest in writing? What if, in lieu of relying on smiley-faces and eggplants to make our point, new punctuation could formally articulate meaning through gesture and ex...
Language & Wine
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Did your latest glass of wine contain notes of gooseberry, brioche, or wet river stone? How does the language we use to describe wine perpetuate its diversity problem? Wine-speak often assumes experience with Western European culture and vocabulary. How can the language of wine shift to be more inclusive for both wine professionals and drinkers? Esther Mobley, wine critic for the San Francisco ...
Eyes on Reading: A Conversation with Emily Hanford, Creator of Sold a Story
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Eyes on Reading: A Conversation with Emily Hanford, Creator of Sold a Story
Welcome to Planet Word
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Welcome to Planet Word
Planet Word - The museum where language comes to life
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Planet Word - The museum where language comes to life
Language and Identity: ENGLISH by Sanaz Toossi
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Language and Identity: ENGLISH by Sanaz Toossi
Words of the Year 2022 with Ben Zimmer and Kelly Wright
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Words of the Year 2022 with Ben Zimmer and Kelly Wright
Language & Birds
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Language & Birds
Deep Fake Literacy: Creating, Using, Misusing, and Detecting Synthetic Media
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Deep Fake Literacy: Creating, Using, Misusing, and Detecting Synthetic Media
Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism with Amanda Montell
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Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism with Amanda Montell
The Language of Numbers with Stephen Chrisomalis
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The Language of Numbers with Stephen Chrisomalis
Poetry for Joy and Healing with Norman Rosenthal
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Poetry for Joy and Healing with Norman Rosenthal
Mapping the Languages of India with Ganesh Devy
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Mapping the Languages of India with Ganesh Devy
Writing Your Way to Better Health with James Pennebaker
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Writing Your Way to Better Health with James Pennebaker
Language, Power, Deafness, and Alexander Graham Bell
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Language, Power, Deafness, and Alexander Graham Bell
Highly Irregular with Arika Okrent
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Highly Irregular with Arika Okrent
The Hidden History of Coined Words with Ralph Keyes
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The Hidden History of Coined Words with Ralph Keyes
The Renaissance of Rhyme with Adam Bradley and Sue Ellen Thompson
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The Renaissance of Rhyme with Adam Bradley and Sue Ellen Thompson

КОМЕНТАРІ

  • @originaleverythingelseisca5977
    @originaleverythingelseisca5977 15 днів тому

    This looks fun

  • @frankvazquez5974
    @frankvazquez5974 18 днів тому

    Dude makes some stuff here, like sub-types of dyslexia. There is NO empirical validation of specific sub-types of dyslexia. It is much more complex than that.

  • @kimlec3592
    @kimlec3592 2 місяці тому

    Writing helps a person's emotional distress more than talking.

  • @DingDongNotes666
    @DingDongNotes666 3 місяці тому

    This is fascinating work and meshes so well with what I knew, in patches. I am going to dig up the papers by Dr. Stanislas Dehaene. Thank you for sharing.

  • @mamaluvs2dance
    @mamaluvs2dance 3 місяці тому

    The brotherhood we need to see more of. Just beautiful. And thank you Jason Reynolds for giving Nikki Finney her props, she's worthy of being a household name just like Nikki Giovanni. Tony - your voice is so necessary. Peace to all involved.

  • @findbridge1790
    @findbridge1790 4 місяці тому

    shave beard, wash hair, lose weight, get life

  • @DesignDesigns
    @DesignDesigns 4 місяці тому

    Amazing interview......

  • @Passion84GodAlways
    @Passion84GodAlways 4 місяці тому

    I am excited to hear about all of the hard work she puts into being such a phenomenal narrator! 😃

  • @my.skilled.readers
    @my.skilled.readers 4 місяці тому

    I really enjoyed this video and truly believe we all need to be listening to Dr. Stanislas Dehaene and Dr. Mark Seidenberg when it comes to beginning reading instruction. I'm not sure if it's in this video or another one, where Dehaene talks about all words being able to read phonetically. I'm attaching a link to a video I've created of my daughter's journey becoming a proficient reader. The video is her journey reading phonetically-controlled books. She has not been given a single word to memorise. She reads all words phonetically by blending the sounds from left to right, even words that many people think cannot be read in this way. ua-cam.com/video/01NPoc7zAGM/v-deo.html

  • @davidblakely1282
    @davidblakely1282 4 місяці тому

    Is this mainly for kids?

    • @PlanetWordDC
      @PlanetWordDC 4 місяці тому

      Planet Word is for visitors of all ages, but our content is geared towards people ages 10+.

  • @panchovalance6270
    @panchovalance6270 5 місяців тому

    .・゜゜・

  • @ba6561
    @ba6561 6 місяців тому

    Just found out about maureen, enjoying the video!

  • @greenman5506
    @greenman5506 7 місяців тому

    Everyday we encounter more evil, manipulative and controlling people....as a teacher and father, I fear for the unaware. A former student's husband just contacted me, infoming me she just got "sucked in" by scientology and left him.....maried only two years. She's in the blue building in LA now, all info controlled, etc etc. Looks like scientology is starting to crumble simply from truth escaping due to internet: She will rue the day she did this.

  • @upgrade1015
    @upgrade1015 8 місяців тому

    We are learning cult terminology to know what it is, …like… “thought terminating cliché” im now in the anti-cult “ cult”

    • @kriti8026
      @kriti8026 26 днів тому

      but the difference is, that this is a well-defined subject specific jargon. Nothing devious. If you meant it light heartedly, that's funny :)

  • @carollopez3991
    @carollopez3991 9 місяців тому

    Great interview. From both sides.

  • @gmk2222
    @gmk2222 10 місяців тому

    How are there no comments? This was great. Thank you.

  • @dafoen2
    @dafoen2 10 місяців тому

    Wonderful. The excitement and love, the connections between culture and poetry, between identify and poetry, these two "Ed Emcees" Jason Reynolds and Tony Keith, Jr., Ph.D., brings us these connections. Thank you for sharing, Planet Word.

  • @tomwiles
    @tomwiles 11 місяців тому

    Trust the science!

  • @MrWiseGuy1974
    @MrWiseGuy1974 11 місяців тому

    Zibby owens stands with Nazi israel, boycott Zibby owens

  • @vilmaoliverarosas1658
    @vilmaoliverarosas1658 Рік тому

    I just discovered Sold a Story. It’s really eye opening. No wonder kids get to high school and don’t read well. Let alone comprehension! Poor kids. And they feel dumb. They don’t know it’s a systemic failure. Parents don’t have this information so they can’t advocate for their kids.

  • @patricknelson
    @patricknelson Рік тому

    22:26 … My favorite (read: pet peeve) “thought terminating cliche” is “hater.” When I hear it I’m always stuck wondering why it’s said, who’s saying it and who they’re directing it toward. It always just felt like a coping mechanism or as a sort of excuse. The term “thought terminating cliche” I think sums it up nicely. Thank you for teaching me that.

  • @JenniferMarilyn
    @JenniferMarilyn Рік тому

    Julia Whelan is so incredibly talented.

  • @wantabwriter
    @wantabwriter Рік тому

    Maureen, I have read your book "So We Read On" , and comments by Matthew Bruccoli. These have been so helpful in adding enjoyment to reading Gatsby again, and again. I confess that I had never read this book until 1979, ten years after graduating high school. If it had been assigned, I am sure I would have paged through this and made my report from that, probably receiving a D or generous C grade. I happened to find this book at my mother's home and read the first couple of sentences. I took it home and continued reading a few pages after work each night until I came to the mention of Louisville, and Camp Taylor. These drew my interest because I live in Louisville and as a youngster played football at Camp Taylor park. After completing my reading of the novel I always felt closer to the book when passing Camp Taylor, which is completely different from Fitzgerald's time here. It has stayed in my thoughts since my first reading it 44 years ago. I have tried to interest my wife in the book but she only seemed drawn to Robert Redford's portraying Gatsby in the movie. My apologies for going on and on. I do want to thank you for your enthusiasm on Fitzgerald's genius. His writing, especially with this masterpiece which amazes me more and more.

  • @krishnamohan1065
    @krishnamohan1065 Рік тому

    I am a self educated linguist and am grateful to Mr ganesh for the information

  • @krishnamohan1065
    @krishnamohan1065 Рік тому

    a pan India uni varsity should be set up exclusively for linguistics

  • @krishnamohan1065
    @krishnamohan1065 Рік тому

    I feel ashamed that such a noble idea ñever came to me

  • @krishnamohan1065
    @krishnamohan1065 Рік тому

    Some òf these billionaires should underwrite the expenditure and see that Mr ganesh retires comfortably

  • @krishnamohan1065
    @krishnamohan1065 Рік тому

    It is a ĝreat feat and Mr ganesh should be given the noble prize

  • @irene_teachart
    @irene_teachart Рік тому

    Thank you so much for this video! I was absolutely shocked to find out native speakers do have such troubles with reading. I’m an ESL teacher and kids in my county aren’t taught phonics instructions at school at all. How can we expect them to read or speak English without this essential step. That’s the question. Both the podcast and this video are vital and awesome❤ thank you!

  • @PaarsahSoroury
    @PaarsahSoroury Рік тому

    Dear Sanaz, I appreciate your effort and glad to hear someone having the same idea which I shared a few years ago to UniteNation but no-one payed attention to me. I'm carrying a tragedy of my life from beginning till now to share with you. I look forward seeing response from you if you are interested to write about it, as well. Sincerely

  • @alexv259
    @alexv259 Рік тому

    I just learned about her winning of Pulitzer, which is SO FANTASTIC👏👏👏👏 Sanaz is so sweet and cognizant of her feelings and artistically sculptures them into words. As Iranians begin to learn more about her and what she has done, her plays will be sold out in many U.S. cities. I think this particular interview with her is so nice, when she had no idea how it will be recognized.

  • @gregsindberg9024
    @gregsindberg9024 Рік тому

    Thanks for sharing this interview! I really enjoyed the book and thought it was such a helpful way to think about some trends revealed in our modern society that at times feel unfathomable, as she cited. Awareness is the first step to compassion and empathy. I only wish her audio was a bit clearer! The author was very quiet relative to the interviewer.

  • @michaelbrand8279
    @michaelbrand8279 Рік тому

    Very interesting! (I'm a native speaker of American English, but I still had to look up a lot of the words & expressions that were shown in this presentation.)

  • @bizyz
    @bizyz Рік тому

    maureen should read the book,writing gatsby by william hazelwood,aan excellent work about scott and zelda as well as the writing of the book.

  • @cindystorm5949
    @cindystorm5949 Рік тому

    Thank you so much for sharing this! I missed it live and am so glad to see and hear it now!

  • @neldaball4427
    @neldaball4427 Рік тому

    I am in the camp of April Berry who said "Iwill read any book she narrates. Also, I will be girly here Julia, you are a beauty! Could you share your skincare routine? And your makeup products?

  • @michaelbrand8279
    @michaelbrand8279 Рік тому

    Thanks for the interesting & informative presentation! (It would have been even better with some photos/slides of the birds that Mr. Moss mentioned.)

  • @cyndixwg
    @cyndixwg Рік тому

    The irony at minute 3:45 with "the early 1990s" and a photo from at least 2009, altered when?

  • @GHHasnain5
    @GHHasnain5 2 роки тому

    Wonderful program! I am a linguist educated in the United States and a retired IT professional.

  • @deborahwager5883
    @deborahwager5883 2 роки тому

    I'm surprised that this program hides signers and doesn't even have captions. This makes it inaccessible to hard of hearing and deaf people like me. :-(

  • @michaelbrand8279
    @michaelbrand8279 2 роки тому

    A good video about the quirks, idiosyncrasies, & irregularities of the English language!

  • @WenbruReviews
    @WenbruReviews 2 роки тому

    “Educated” is the book that introduced me to Julia as Narrator. What an outstanding project- I have the audio and the hard copy. Well done, Julia.

  • @WenbruReviews
    @WenbruReviews 2 роки тому

    This is fascinating. I’m delighted to know that there are Narrators who do so much preparation. You’re of the best. Recently a Narrator was SO ill equipped the story was ruined- just what I consider every day vocabulary…. Thank you for my signed book🌹 Scott Brick is also amazing!!!

  • @jamar1923
    @jamar1923 2 роки тому

    I wounded would he have become the man he is today with going to prison , great come back young man .

  • @henryl5174
    @henryl5174 2 роки тому

    Love Julia and this program, but Ms. Roberts, good heavens you need to fix your lighting! The reflection off your glasses is terrible.

  • @lilasuna2321
    @lilasuna2321 2 роки тому

    Planet Word is Special. As a speech therapist, your Word Finding, Aphasia, and the Brain is so exceptional - consider making this video available to Speech and Language college programs for students of Speech Pathology!

  • @btc1941
    @btc1941 2 роки тому

    I just visited Planet Word for the first time last weekend, and will go back many, many times. Kudos to all involved. And what an added treat to have this extra added attraction. Thank you!

  • @nxgrs74
    @nxgrs74 2 роки тому

    The Earth is cooler with the atmos/GHGs/albedo not warmer. To perform as advertised the GHGs require “extra” energy upwelling from the surface radiating as a black body. (ua-cam.com/video/0Jijw7-YG-U/v-deo.html) The kinetic heat transfer processes of the contiguous atmos molecules render that scenario impossible. No greenhouse effect, no GHG warming, no man/CO2 driven climate change or Gorebal warming.

  • @Jay-ey7hh
    @Jay-ey7hh 2 роки тому

    Coming here for my birthday on June 17th, can't wait!