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Lexis Podcast

@lexispodcast.bsky.social
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A podcast about English Language and Linguistics aimed at students in the UK. open.spotify.com/show/0EPs83hWYk0XX…

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Lexis Podcast @lexispodcast.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
While it's not the sort of stuff that gets covered as part of the usual A-Level (for obvious reasons, I suppose!), it can make an interesting research project and it's all part of developing a critical media literacy about the different forms of language and communication we see around us.
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Lexis Podcast @lexispodcast.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
And we talked to Jullietta Stoencheva about everyday extremism in this one: spotifycreators-web.app.link/e/jx6NFU6OG6b
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Episode 65 - Jullietta Stoencheva on everyday extremism by Lexis
Here are the show notes for Episode 65, in which Raj and Dan talk to Jullietta Stoencheva, PhD candidate in Media and Communication Studies at Malmo University about: Extremist narratives and how th...
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Lexis Podcast @lexispodcast.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This episode with @dancollen.bsky.social looked at memes and hate speech in far-right discourse spotifycreators-web.app.link/e/3p8XvAYOG6b
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Episode 39: Dan Collen on weaponized laughter memes & Heddwen Newton on Lang in the News by Lexis
Show notes for Episode 39 Here are the show notes for Episode 39, in which Lisa and Dan talk to Dan Collen, an online hate researcher from Canada about his work on the Weaponized Laughter: Memes and H...
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Lexis Podcast @lexispodcast.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
We spoke on the podcast a little while ago to different experts about some of the issues raised in this article. theconversation.com/how-the-emoj...
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How the emojis and fashion choices of Germany’s far-right supporters get around the ban on Nazi symbolism
The extreme right has learned to navigate Germany’s strict laws on extremist symbols
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Lexis Podcast @lexispodcast.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
We've been having a nice long summer break but we should be back soon enough with some new episodes. Meanwhile, have a look back through what we did in the last academic year in episodes 75-87!
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EngLangBlog @englangblog.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
If you're interested in the future of the secondary English curriculum, get signed up for this event in October! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/rethinking...
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Rethinking Language Conference 2026
Join us in person to explore fresh ideas, share perspectives and join the conversation about the future of English education!
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Lexis Podcast @lexispodcast.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
If you referenced something in an an exam answer or in your NEA that you heard on the pod - the work of a linguist we featured or interviewed, or anything else -we'd love to hear.
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Lexis Podcast @lexispodcast.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Good luck to all our A Level student listeners (and their teachers) today!
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Lexis Podcast @lexispodcast.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Snow notes and how to sign up here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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Episode 87 - York English Toolkit 2026 with Sam Hellmuth and Devyani Sharma
Show notes for Episode 87 Welcome to Episode 87 of Lexis in which Neil and Dan talk to Sam Hellmuth, Professor of Linguistics at University of York and Devyani Sharma, Professor of Language and Commu...
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Lexis Podcast @lexispodcast.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
It's the new episode and it features our annual preview of the @yorktoolkit.bsky.social day in July at University of York. Devyani Sharma and Sam Hellmuth tell us more about what's happening, including some great new work on MLE and an old case study revisited. open.spotify.com/episode/5Flf...
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Lexis Podcast @lexispodcast.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
New episode on this year's @yorktoolkit.bsky.social is in the can and coming soon! It will feature a lot on the Generations of London English project, including updated work on MLE. Coming soon.
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EngLangBlog @englangblog.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
This looks like a really great event that examines how language bias and social attitudes affect women in football. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/gender-pen...
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Gender Penalty: language, gender & bias in football
Join us for an evening exploring how langauge, bias and everyday attitudes continue to sideline female voices in the game.
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Lexis Podcast @lexispodcast.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Here's what Modern Toss have to say about it: moderntoss.com/2/
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Modern Toss — Page 2
Creative company showcase. Strong typography, smooth animations.
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Lexis Podcast @lexispodcast.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
If you want to contribute to the research (sadly 🔞), you can do so here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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The UK Swear Map
Please use this form to add terms to the The UK Swear Map project.
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Lexis Podcast @lexispodcast.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
And Robbie Love here: spotifycreators-web.app.link/e/J7m5FHsmW2b
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Episode 21 - Robbie Love by Lexis
Show notes for Episode 21 Here are the show notes for Episode 21, in which Jacky, Dan, Lisa and Matthew talk to Dr Robbie Love about his work on corpora, spoken English and how he has been looking at...
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Lexis Podcast @lexispodcast.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
And if you're interested in previous episodes we've done on swearing, you can hear Emma Byrne here: spotifycreators-web.app.link/e/K6x7JGgCR2b
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Episode 18 - Emma Byrne by Lexis
*Explicit warning*  Show notes for Episode 18 Here are the show notes for Episode 18 - our first birthday episode! - where Jacky, Dan, Lisa and Matthew talk about: ‘So’ and why it annoys language peda...
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Lexis Podcast @lexispodcast.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Shownotes are here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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Episode 86 - Chris Montgomery & regional swearing
Show notes for Episode 86 ⚠️🤬⚠️Contains swearing (obvs) and quite a lot of it…handled seriously and with academic rigour (🧐)⚠️🤬⚠️ Welcome to episode 86 of Lexis in which we go in mob-handed with 5 (...
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Lexis Podcast @lexispodcast.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
As you might imagine, we talk about swearing so we have to swear. There's at least 1 C-bomb, a couple of F-bombs, a f*cknugget or two, a w*nker, a few sh*its and sh*tes and even a lesser-spotted gold-plated sh*tgibbon.
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Lexis Podcast @lexispodcast.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
And here's our third episode of the week. It's an interview with Chris Montgomery at University of Sheffield about his new project with @moderntoss.bsky.social on regional swearing. #linguistics #swearing spotifycreators-web.app.link/e/yHSpUK3lW2b
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Episode 86 - Chris Montgomery & regional swearing by Lexis
Show notes for Episode 86⚠️🤬⚠️Contains swearing (obvs) and quite a lot of it…handled seriously and with academic rigour (🧐)⚠️🤬⚠️Welcome to episode 86 of Lexis in which we go in mob-handed with 5 (coun...
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Lexis Podcast @lexispodcast.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Show notes are here, including links to some really good Guardian articles written by Rob. docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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Episode 85 - Rob Topinka & digital rhetoric
Show notes for Episode 85 ⚠️⚠️⚠️We talk about some topics and forms of language - the language of incels and the manosphere, for example - that might be considered unpleasant and upsetting for some l...
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Lexis Podcast @lexispodcast.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
New episode is out: an interview with Dr Rob Topinka about digital rhetoric, the power of persuasion online & why language and politics are so intertwined. It's a good one if you're thinking of language investigations on political language. #linguistics spotifycreators-web.app.link/e/fTKWDtxIU2b
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Episode 85 - Rob Topinka & digital rhetoric by Lexis
Show notes for Episode 85⚠️⚠️⚠️We talk about some topics and forms of language - the language of incels and the manosphere, for example - that might be considered unpleasant and upsetting for some lis...
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Lexis Podcast @lexispodcast.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Show notes are here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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Episode 84 - Daria Bahtina & 'Gen Z slang'
Show notes for Episode 84 Welcome to episode 84 of Lexis in which we have both an interview and a Lang in the News segment. Amanda and Dan talk to Dr Daria Bahtina, Continuing Lecturer in the Departm...
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Lexis Podcast @lexispodcast.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
It also features a Lang in the News segment in which we discuss the new paper by @christianilbury.bsky.social and @riannawalcott.bsky.social about 'TikTok slang' (and why that is also not a thing).
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Lexis Podcast @lexispodcast.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
New episode up! It's an interview with Dr Daria Bahtina at UCLA about 'Gen Z slang' (and whether it even exists) and lots lots more. spotifycreators-web.app.link/e/1u61kLmwR2b #linguistics
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Episode 84 - Daria Bahtina and 'Gen Z slang' by Lexis
Welcome to episode 84 of Lexis in which we have both an interview and a Lang in the News segment. Amanda and Dan talk to Dr Daria Bahtina, Continuing Lecturer in the Department of Linguistics at UCLA ...
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Lexis Podcast @lexispodcast.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
New epsiode up tomorrow. It's an interview with Dr Daria Bahtina along with a Lang in the News segment. They're both about 'Gen Z slang', if there is such a thing anyway, and the nature of fast-changing lexical trends.
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Lexis Podcast @lexispodcast.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
It's been a busy time for recording and we've got a new interview to do this morning. Watch out for episodes coming soon with Daria Bahtina on 'Gen Z slang', Rob Topinka on digital rhetoric & extremist language, and Chris Montgomery on regional swearing!
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Lexis Podcast @lexispodcast.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
Interesting, thank you! I had seen some kickback from linguists about this report so. I'll investigate further. Sounds like a good one for us to cover on a Lang in the News segment.
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Lexis Podcast @lexispodcast.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
New episode coming soon - an interview with Daria Bahtina about generational slang, online language and identity.
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Lexis Podcast @lexispodcast.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
We talk about the use of English in the Gulf, its role & functions, how we communicate in a multilingual world and what translanguaging is all about. We also touch on how people feel about English, whether it's perceived as a threat & much more. Show notes are here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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Episode 83 - Sarah Hopkyns & English in the Gulf
Show notes for Episode 83 Welcome to episode 83 of Lexis, another student-led episode, which this time features Oli, an A Level student at the Dubai British School interviewing Dr Sarah Hopkyns, with...
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Lexis Podcast @lexispodcast.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
We've got a brand new episode out today: an interview with Dr Sarah Hopkyns from University of St Andrews on English in the Gulf. It's another episode that's been led by student interest, this time it's Oli, an A Level student at the Dubai British School. spotifycreators-web.app.link/e/3Sb65KDdv1b
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Episode 83 - Sarah Hopkyns and English in the Gulf by Lexis
Welcome to episode 83 of Lexis, another student-led episode, which this time features Oli, an A Level student at the Dubai British School interviewing Dr Sarah Hopkyns, with some help from Dan. Sarah ...
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Lexis Podcast @lexispodcast.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
We've just recorded a new episode and it's a second one that's been driven by student interest, this time by Oli, an A Level student in Dubai. We'll be talking to Sarah Hopkyns of St Andrews and UCL about English (and Arabic) in the Gulf, multilingualism, translanguaging & much more. Coming soon!
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Lexis Podcast @lexispodcast.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
Show notes are here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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Episode 82 - Rianna Walcott and Black Twitter
Show notes for Episode 82 Welcome to episode 82 of Lexis, in which Raj, Dan and (guest interviewer and friend of the pod) Amanda Cole talk to Dr Rianna Walcott, Assistant Professor of Communication a...
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Lexis Podcast @lexispodcast.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
Episode 82 is up. It features an interview with Dr Rianna Walcott of University of Maryland and BCaT Lab about her PhD thesis on Black Twitter, plus discussion of identity online and off, Black feminist theory and its influence and lots more... spotifycreators-web.app.link/e/8jHX15k0k1b
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Episode 82 - Rianna Walcott & Black Twitter by Lexis
Welcome to episode 82 of Lexis, in which Raj, Dan and (guest interviewer and friend of the pod) Amanda Cole talk to Dr Rianna Walcott, Assistant Professor of Communication at the University of Marylan...
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Lexis Podcast @lexispodcast.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Episode 82 is coming soon and it's an interview with Rianna Walcott of BCAT www.bcatlab.org about Black Twitter, language, community & identity online and lots more.
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Black Communication & Technology Lab
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EngLangBlog @englangblog.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
In case anyone missed them before the half-term break, here's a couple of blogs I wrote for @engmediacentre.bsky.social about curriculum change for secondary English. This one is about language in general in KS3&4: www.englishandmedia.co.uk/blog/the-fut...
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The Future of English Language at KS3 + KS4
What the Curriculum and Assessment review could mean for English Language
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Lexis Podcast @lexispodcast.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
The show notes, including links to several papers that Jess mentions are here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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Episode 81 - Jessica Aiston & Eltham Hill students on the language of neurodiversity
Show notes for Episode 81 Welcome to episode 81 of Lexis, a special student takeover edition which features Freya and Miles from Eltham Hill School in South London in conversation with Dr Jessica Ais...
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Lexis Podcast @lexispodcast.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
Here we go! Episode 81 is now up and it's one where we hand over the interviewing to two A Level English Language students, Freya and Miles. They interview @jessaiston.bsky.social about the language of and around neurodiversity. open.spotify.com/episode/6XCX...
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Lexis Podcast @lexispodcast.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
We've got a new episode coming very soon and it's a really special one that has been kicked off and then carried out by two A level Eng Lang students. It's all about the language of & about neurodiversity, especially autism, and it features an interview with @jessaiston.bsky.social Coming soon!
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EngLangBlog @englangblog.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
It seems like a good day to gather front pages and apply some critical discourse analysis. Agency springs to mind...
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Dr Keighley Perkins @perkinskeighley.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
I listened to this episode of the @lexispodcast.bsky.social this AM & it was fascinating. @charlotteent.bsky.social discusses how language analysis can be used within psychology, exploring the kinds of linguistic patterns linked to different personality traits. 🔗 tinyurl.com/bddtkaen #langsky
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Lexis Podcast @lexispodcast.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Show notes are here and will be updated when the second paper we talk about (on female football commentators) is published: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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Episode 80 - Matthew Hunt on voice pitch
Show notes for Episode 80 Welcome to episode 80 of Lexis in which Dan and guest interviewer Ben talk to Dr Matthew Hunt, Lecturer of Sociolinguistics, University of Southampton about voice pitch, inc...
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Lexis Podcast @lexispodcast.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
We talk about voice pitch and how it's perceived in different situations with Dr Matthew Hunt in the latest episode of Lexis which is out now: open.spotify.com/episode/7qTb... #linguistics
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Lexis Podcast @lexispodcast.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
We talk to Dr Charlotte Entwistle about language and psychology and her work on analysing the language associated with personality disorders. Show notes are here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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Episode 79 - Charlotte Entwistle on language & personality disorders
Show notes for Episode 79 Welcome to episode 79 of Lexis in which Raj & Dan talk to Dr Charlotte Entwistle, Leverhulme Early Career Research Fellow in Psychology, University of Liverpool. We discuss:...
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Lexis Podcast @lexispodcast.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
New episode just up. open.spotify.com/episode/4tmW...
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Lexis Podcast @lexispodcast.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
New pods on the way soon on Black Twitter and language & personality disorders!
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Lexis Podcast @lexispodcast.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
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a man with long hair and a beard is smiling and saying thank you .
ALT: a man with long hair and a beard is smiling and saying thank you .
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Lexis Podcast @lexispodcast.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
Merry Christmas to all our followers & listeners who celebrate it or just use the holiday to have a good time. We'll be back in the new year with some new episodes including some student takeovers where we'll hand the mics over to A-level students to do the talking & interviewing.
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Because Language (becauselangpod) @becauselanguage.com · 20/12/2025
And the BL Word of the Week of the Year, as voted by listeners: temu (derog.): a cheap or knock-off version We think it reflects a complicated relationship with companies we do business with. Even as we use them, we feel the shadiness. See or hear this episode becauselanguage.com/131-wotwoty-...
Screenshot of Daniel, Ben, and Hedvig, with the winning word: temu (derogatory): a cheap or knock -off version
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EngLangBlog @englangblog.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
Nice overview of recent WOTYs and the worlds & times they reflect. Decent style model for P2Q4 as well! www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Each year, word of the year gets darker. ‘Six-seven’ may be annoying – but it’s bucked that trend | Coco Khan
Some might regard this slang as ‘brain rot’, but the first word of the year just for tweens and teenagers could be the most hopeful development of 2025, says writer and podcaster Coco Khan
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Lexis Podcast @lexispodcast.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
Seems sensible.
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