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Bonus 91: Behind the Scenes on the Tom Scott Language Files
Tom Scott's Language Files are a series of short youtube videos about various aspects of linguistics, from the language sounds that could exist, but don't to why Shakespeare could never have been French, and Gretchen was one of the writers for them.
In this bonus episode, Lauren and Gretchen get the Language Files team together on one call for the first and last time! We talk with host/writer Tom Scott, as well as researcher/writer Molly Ruhl and animator Will Marler, about their roles putting the videos togehter, Gretchen's role in the brainstorming and fact-checking process, and what it's like working on a big, multi-faceted project like the Language Files videos. We also talk about what Tom found hardest to pronounce onscreen, Lauren's secret contributions, how Molly's thesis about tumblr linguistics led to them becoming part of the Language Files team, which of Will's animated jokes got cut and which of their jokes stayed in, the gif vs gif video joke, and everyone's favourite episode to make. Listen to this episode about the making of Tom Scott's Language Files, and get access to many more bonus episodes by supporting Lingthusiasm on Patreon.
