Talking Jewish With Lexicon Valley: Ep. 94




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Summary: This week, we recorded a special crossover episode with <a href="http://www.slate.com/articles/podcasts/lexicon_valley.html">Lexicon Valley</a>, the podcast hosted by linguist John McWhorter. John was a <a href="http://www.tabletmag.com/jewish-arts-and-culture/books/220652/unorthodox-episode-72-avivah-zornberg-moses-john-mcwhorter">guest</a> on our show in December 2016, and when we weren’t interrupting him, we were discussing things like the word ‘like’ and his latest book, <a href="http://blpress.org/books/talking-back-talking-black/"><em>Talking Back, Talking Black</em></a>. We sat down with him again for an in-depth conversation about whether there’s such a thing as Jewish English, the beauty of yeshivish, and, of course, the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYY9Epog0rs">dinner scene</a> from 'Annie Hall.'<br><br>Check out Lexicon Valley <a href="http://www.slate.com/articles/podcasts/lexicon_valley.html">here</a>.<br><br><a href="http://bit.ly/UnorthodoxPodcast">Sign up</a> for our weekly newsletter to get new episodes, behind-the-scenes photos, and more! Email us at Unorthodox@tabletmag.com—we may read your note on air.<br><br>Follow us on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/tabletmag">@tabletmag</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/markopp1">@markopp1</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/liel">@liel</a>, and <a href="https://twitter.com/stuffism">@stuffism</a>.<br><br>This episode is brought to you by Harry’s. Go to <a href="https://www.harrys.com/">Harrys.com</a> and enter code UNORTHODOX at checkout to get a free post shave balm.<br><br>This episode is also brought to you by AT&amp;T. Enjoy unlimited entertainment with unlimited data from AT&amp;T. Learn more at <a href="https://www.att.com/plans/unlimited-data-plans.html">att.com/unlimited</a>.