Podcast: Pathways Radio

Pathways is a 30-minute radio interview program focused on personal and cultural transformation. Paul O'Brien has been its producer/host since 1984. The show has a large, loyal following covering the entire state of Oregon and southern Washington, airing on Sunday mornings at 8:30 AM pacific time on KBOO 90.7 FM in Portland, Oregon (also streaming at that time via kboo.fm). Downloadable podcasts of Paul O'Brien's Pathways interviews are made available here at Divination.com and the iTunes store for free.

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Michael Erard: Babel No More: The Search for the World’s Most Extraordinary Language Learners

Today on Pathways we are visiting with Michael Erard, author of the new book, Babel No More: The Search for the World’s Most Extraordinary Language Learners. He has graduate degrees in linguistics and rhetoric from the University of Texas at Austin. He's written about language, linguists, and linguistics for Science, Slate, Wired, The Atlantic, The New York Times, and New Scientist, among many other publications. Erard is a contributing writer for Design Observer and blogs for Psychology Today. He is also the author of Um...: Slips, Stumbles, and Verbal Blunders, and What They Mean. Erard speaks some Chinese and some Spanish but does not call himself trilingual. In the course of writing BABEL NO MORE, he had his own brain scanned, travelled to three continents and made a fool of himself - while thoroughly enjoying doing so - in Hindi, Italian, Spanish and other languages. More »

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