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Lauren Gawne

Melbourne
As seen in: Lingthusiasm - A podcast that's enthusiastic about linguistics, Apple Podcasts, Nature, Wiley Online Library, Oxford Academic, Soundcloud, Quartz, Slate, Stuff.co.nz, Taylor & Francis Online, The Conversation and
Linguist find me elsewhere Podcast: @lingthusiasm Masto: superlinguo@scicomm.xyz Blog: superlinguo.com also on bsky
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118: Using tech to chat with bonobos, dogs, and whales by Lingthusiasm

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By Gretchen McCulloch, Lauren Gawne
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Can we teach dogs to express their needs better by pressing buttons? What about the studies trying to teach bonobos and other primates to communicate through buttons or signs? What have we learned about whale communication from the first-ever recording of a sperm whale birth? In this episode, your hosts Lauren Gawne and Gretchen McCulloch get enthusiastic about how people use technology to try and enhance our communications with bonobos, dogs, and sperm whales.
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117: What makes for beautiful writing, scientifically speaking by Lingthusiasm

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By Gretchen McCulloch, Lauren Gawne
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published on 2026-06-19T00:46:27Z Sometimes, a phrase seems to leap off the page and lodge into your mind, crisp and shining like a precious jewel. Other times, you're reading something and it just won't stick, your eyes wandering away no matter how hard you try.
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116: Cross-cultural communication (in space!) by Lingthusiasm

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By Gretchen McCulloch, Lauren Gawne
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Sometimes, you're talking with someone and you just seem to click. Other times, you just can't seem to get comfortable: they're standing too close or too far away for comfort, making too much or too little eye contact, touching or not touching you in a way that just doesn't quite feel right. But where do our senses of what feels comfortable in a conversation come from, and how can they be so different from each other?
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