Word For Word with Sophia Smith Galer
By Word For Word with Sophia Smith Galer
Word For Word is a podcast about storytellers and the languages that made them.
Each episode, award-winning journalist and author Sophia Smith Galer sits down with writers, artists and creators to explore the words behind their work: the languages they grew up with, learned, lost and gained that formed their imagination and creative practice.
New episodes weekly.
Each episode, award-winning journalist and author Sophia Smith Galer sits down with writers, artists and creators to explore the words behind their work: the languages they grew up with, learned, lost and gained that formed their imagination and creative practice.
New episodes weekly.
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The languages that shaped Roy Bualuan
Roy Bualuan - better known online as human1011 - grew up in Indiana with Lebanese Arabic, French and English in his life.He studied physics at Notre Dame, picked up Modern Standard Arabic as a language requirement, and eme… -
The languages that shaped Zing Tseng
Zing Tseng - journalist, author, and co-host of BBC's Good Bad Billionaire - grew up navigating Mandarin classes in Singapore, a Cantonese-speaking home, and the glorious linguistic chaos of Singlish. &… -
The languages that shaped Susie Dent
Dictionary Corner's secret weapon isn't English - it's German!In this episode of Word For Word, lexicographer, broadcaster and word detective Susie Dent joins Sophia Smith Galer at Casa Italiana in Clerkenwell to talk… -
The languages that shaped Hind Hassan
Speaking Iraqi Arabic opened doors in the field - while her Hull accent raised eyebrows in the newsroom.In this episode of Word For Word, multi-Emmy award-winning journalist Hind Hassan joins Sophia Sm… -
The languages that shaped Sathnam Sanghera
Sathnam Sanghera can remember pretending to speak English on his first day at school, lest he give away that he could only speak Punjabi. Today, he’s the prolific writer behind numerous works including Empireland, Empireworld, The Boy With T… -
The languages that shaped Maryam Moshiri
Many know BBC News presenter Maryam Moshiri for her ability to steer BBC news programmes through light and shade, helping us understand the world through its darkest moments as well as find a bit of relief and humour. But did you know she&am… -
The languages that shaped Len Pennie
Len Pennie doesn’t feel entirely at home in English or in Scots. So she writes in both. In this episode of Word For Word, poet and broadcaster Len Pennie joins journalist Sophia Smith Galer to explore what it means to live between languages.… -
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Word For Word is a podcast about storytellers and the languages that made them.There'll be new interviews every week, hosted by award-winning journalist, author and content creator, Sophia Smith Galer.<…