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Linguistics Unscripted: Episode 1
Unpacking my work in a (very) unscripted conversation to go deeper into why I write about linguistics
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Media, Fintech and the Mechanics of Suggestion
How promised benefits, ready made models, and vanished responsibility shape our decisions.
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The Linguistics of Infertility: How Words Shape How We Feel About What Our Bodies Can Do
An intensely personal topic about how language can silence us and add to the burden of trying to do everything you can to start a family.
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26:22
When Gaslighting Becomes the Record: How Power Rewrites What Actually Happened
Hierarchical power doesn’t just enable gaslighting - it changes how the linguistic patterns function and who bears the cost of resisting them
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37:55
When Algorithms Gaslight: How AI Systems Reproduce Reality-Distorting Discourse Without Intent
AI systems produce the linguistic patterns of gaslighting - not through manipulation, but through design flaws that make confident assertions without…
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29:06
Why Gaslighting Is So Hard to Identify: The Linguistic Patterns That Make Reality Feel Negotiable
There's no checklist for gaslighting but there are patterns and understanding them means seeing manipulation that mimics normal conversation
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21:00
The Prompt Engineering Myth: Why ‘Talking to AI’ Isn’t Actually Communication
How conversational design disguises constraint optimisation and how linguistics explains what's really happening
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33:03
Why Some People’s Stories Always Get Believed: The Linguistic Markers of Narrative Credibility
How language shapes information into patterns our cognitive systems recognise as credible, trustworthy, and reliable.
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30:45
The Meeting Narrative Battle: How Stories Get Contested, Controlled, and Canonised in Real-Time
Understanding how these battles work reveals something deeper about how power operates through language.
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22:01
Six Narrative Structures That Win at Work
The organisational story genres no one teaches you to demonstrate your value, progress, and authority.
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32:04
Storytelling as a Strategy: The Linguistic Architecture of Corporate Narratives
Every organisation runs on stories. Not mission statements or strategic decks, but the narratives people tell about what happened, why it happened, and…
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11:45
Details of the Absurd
A reflection on restoring human voices in a world ruled by perfectly curated and powerful narratives
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13:28
The Spider and the Mockingbird
Fictional Archetypes and the Timeless Politics of Speech
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The Strategic Linguist
The Strategic Linguist
Revealing how language shapes power, markets, and competitive advantage | linguistic analysis from workplace dynamics to global strategy
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