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About John Weston

John Weston teaches academic communication at Tampere University, Finland. His work focuses on the sociolinguistics of knowledge, and creative writing and wellbeing. Twitter: @johnwphd. Email: john.weston.media@gmail.com

NBN Episodes hosted by John:

Science November 23, 2021

The Importance of Being Interested

Adventures in Scientific Curiosity

Robin Ince

Hosted by John Weston
Multi-award-winning comedian and author Robin Ince quickly abandoned science at school, bored by a fog of dull lessons and intimidated by the barrage of equations. But, twenty years later …
Spiritual Practice and Mindfulness November 8, 2021

One Unbounded Ocean of Consciousness

Simple Answers to the Big Questions of Life

Tony Nader

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Tony Nader, MD, PhD, a medical doctor trained at Harvard University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (PhD in neuroscience) and globally recognized expert in the science of consciousness and human …
Science June 2, 2020

Until the End of Time

Mind, Matter, and Our Search for Meaning in an Evolving Universe

Brian Greene

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Brian Greene is a Professor of Mathematics and Physics at Columbia University in the City of New York, where he is the Director of the Institute for Strings, Cosmology, and …
Language February 4, 2020

Language Unlimited

The Science Behind Our Most Creative Power

David Adger

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David Adger is Professor of Linguistics at Queen Mary University of London. He has served as President of the Linguistics Association of Great Britain since 2015, and has authored a …
Language August 14, 2018

The Creole Debate

John H. McWhorter

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John H. McWhorter is Associate Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University. He has written academic books on creole linguistics, including the book we’ll be talking about today …
Language March 6, 2018

Singular and Plural

Ideologies of Linguistic Authority in Twenty-First Century Catalonia

Kathryn Woolard

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Kathryn Woolard is Professor Emerita and Research Professor of Anthropology at the University of California, San Diego. She has authored seminal works on language ideology and the sociolinguistic situation in …
Language September 26, 2017

The Anthropology of Intentions

Language in a World of Others

Alessandro Duranti

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Alessandro Duranti is Distinguished Professor of Anthropology at UCLA, where he served as Dean of Social Sciences from 2009-2016. In his book The Anthropology of Intentions: Language in a World …