en clair: forensic linguistics, literary detection, language mysteries, and more
By Dr Claire Hardaker
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Subscribers: 161
Reviews: 7
Episodes: 84
Sarah
Dec 22, 2019
Fascinating and beautifully done. I'd like nothing more than to sit by the fire in a cozy pub and listen to the good doctor speak.
Ross
Nov 12, 2019
A cracking podcast.
Oct 30, 2019
Sep 21, 2019
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Sep 4, 2019
Description
en clair is a podcast about forensic linguistics, literary detection, language mysteries, cryptography, codes, language and the law, linguistic crime, undeciphered languages, and more, from past to present. Credits, links, podcast transcripts and more in the Case Notes: wp.lancs.ac.uk/enclair
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S02E07 - Slowburn Shakespeare, part 5 of 6
00:43:09
Did Shakespeare really write, well, Shakespeare? Or is the Swan of Avon a five century old con? Part 5 of this slowburn mini-series pitches the computational linguists against the forensic linguists in an effort to determine whether either side can work out who wrote Shakespeare. en clair is a podcast about forensic linguistics, literary detection, and language mysteries from past to present. You can find data, audio credits, further reading, and a transcript of the podcast at the blog: https://wp.me/paoUKh-dV
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Jul 01, 2021 |
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S02E07 - Slowburn Shakespeare, part 5 of 6 (voice only)
00:43:08
Did Shakespeare really write, well, Shakespeare? Or is the Swan of Avon a five century old con? Part 5 of this slowburn mini-series pitches the computational linguists against the forensic linguists in an effort to determine whether either side can work out who wrote Shakespeare. en clair is a podcast about forensic linguistics, literary detection, and language mysteries from past to present. You can find data, audio credits, further reading, and a transcript of the podcast at the blog: wp.me/paoUKh-dV
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Jul 01, 2021 |
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S02E06 - Slowburn Shakespeare, part 4 of 6 (voice only)
01:02:00
Did Shakespeare really write, well, Shakespeare? Or is the Swan of Avon a five century old con? Part 4 of this slowburn mini-series looks at our last two possible alternatives and weighs up the evidence. en clair is a podcast about forensic linguistics, literary detection, and language mysteries from past to present. You can find data, audio credits, further reading, and a transcript of the podcast at the blog: wp.me/paoUKh-dq
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Jun 01, 2021 |
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S02E06 - Slowburn Shakespeare, part 4 of 6
01:02:05
Did Shakespeare really write, well, Shakespeare? Or is the Swan of Avon a five century old con? Part 4 of this slowburn mini-series looks at our last two possible alternatives and weighs up the evidence. en clair is a podcast about forensic linguistics, literary detection, and language mysteries from past to present. You can find data, audio credits, further reading, and a transcript of the podcast at the blog: wp.me/paoUKh-dq
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Jun 01, 2021 |
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S02E05 - Slowburn Shakespeare, part 3 of 6
01:05:41
Did Shakespeare really write, well, Shakespeare? Or is the Swan of Avon a five century old con? Part 3 of this slowburn mini-series looks at our first three possible alternatives and weighs up the evidence. en clair is a podcast about forensic linguistics, literary detection, and language mysteries from past to present. You can find data, audio credits, further reading, and a transcript of the podcast at the blog: https://wp.me/paoUKh-dn
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May 01, 2021 |
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S02E05 - Slowburn Shakespeare, part 3 of 6 (voice only)
01:05:33
Did Shakespeare really write, well, Shakespeare? Or is the Swan of Avon a five century old con? Part 3 of this slowburn mini-series looks at our first three possible alternatives and weighs up the evidence. en clair is a podcast about forensic linguistics, literary detection, and language mysteries from past to present. You can find data, audio credits, further reading, and a transcript of the podcast at the blog: https://wp.me/paoUKh-dn
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May 01, 2021 |
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S02E04 - Slowburn Shakespeare, part 2 of 6
01:05:39
Did Shakespeare really write, well, Shakespeare? Or is the Swan of Avon a five century old con? Part 2 explores why we doubt Shakespeare and what happens if we kill him off. en clair is a podcast about forensic linguistics, literary detection, and language mysteries from past to present. You can find data, audio credits, further reading, and a transcript of the podcast at the blog: https://wp.me/paoUKh-dh
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Apr 01, 2021 |
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S02E04 - Slowburn Shakespeare, part 2 of 6 (voice only)
01:05:34
Did Shakespeare really write, well, Shakespeare? Or is the Swan of Avon a five century old con? Part 2 explores why we doubt Shakespeare and what happens if we kill him off. en clair is a podcast about forensic linguistics, literary detection, and language mysteries from past to present. You can find data, audio credits, further reading, and a transcript of the podcast at the blog: https://wp.me/paoUKh-dh
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Apr 01, 2021 |
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S02E03 - Slowburn Shakespeare, part 1 of 6
00:52:59
Did Shakespeare really write, well, Shakespeare? Or is the Swan of Avon a five century old con? Part 1 of this slowburn mini-series looks at the question, "Who wrote Shakespeare?". en clair is a podcast about forensic linguistics, literary detection, and language mysteries from past to present. You can find data, audio credits, further reading, and a transcript of the podcast at the blog: https://wp.me/paoUKh-db
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Mar 01, 2021 |
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S02E03 - Slowburn Shakespeare, part 1 of 6 (voice only)
00:52:53
Did Shakespeare really write, well, Shakespeare? Or is the Swan of Avon a five century old con? Part 1 of this slowburn mini-series looks at the question, "Who wrote Shakespeare?". en clair is a podcast about forensic linguistics, literary detection, and language mysteries from past to present. You can find data, audio credits, further reading, and a transcript of the podcast at the blog: https://wp.me/paoUKh-db
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Mar 01, 2021 |
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S02E02 - Codetalkers
00:42:52
When you have codebreakers like Alan Turing to contend with, how do you come up with a code that even the smartest people alive can't break? This episode tells the story of the Native American codetalkers, starting with the Choctaw codetalkers in WWI. en clair is a podcast about forensic linguistics, literary detection, and language mysteries from past to present. You can find data, audio credits, further reading, and a transcript of the podcast at the blog: https://wp.me/paoUKh-cy
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Feb 01, 2021 |
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S02E02 - Codetalkers (voice only)
00:42:52
When you have codebreakers like Alan Turing to contend with, how do you come up with a code that even the smartest people alive can't break? This episode tells the story of the Native American codetalkers, starting with the Choctaw codetalkers in WWI. en clair is a podcast about forensic linguistics, literary detection, and language mysteries from past to present. You can find data, audio credits, further reading, and a transcript of the podcast at the blog: https://wp.me/paoUKh-cy
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Feb 01, 2021 |
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S02E01 - The Iceland Confessions (voice only)
00:37:03
Can you make a person confess to a crime they haven't committed? To a crime as serious as murder? What about a whole group of people? This episode tells the story of the disappearances of two men and the series of confessions spun out of thin air afterwards. en clair is a podcast about forensic linguistics, literary detection, and language mysteries from past to present. You can find data, audio credits, further reading, and a transcript of the podcast at the blog: https://wp.me/paoUKh-c9
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Jan 01, 2021 |
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S02E01 - The Iceland Confessions
00:37:07
Can you make a person confess to a crime they haven't committed? To a crime as serious as murder? What about a whole group of people? This episode tells the story of the disappearances of two men and the series of confessions spun out of thin air afterwards. en clair is a podcast about forensic linguistics, literary detection, and language mysteries from past to present. You can find data, audio credits, further reading, and a transcript of the podcast at the blog: https://wp.me/paoUKh-c9
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Jan 01, 2021 |
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S01E99 - Season Two Trailer
00:06:11
We’re going on holiday for a bit. It’s a vacation before we start Season Two. On this note, what sort of cases, you might ask, will Season Two bring? And what can you listen to, read, or watch, till en clair returns? En clair is a podcast about forensic linguistics, literary detection, and language mysteries from past to present. You can find credits, links, a podcast transcript, and more about this episode in the Case Notes: https://wp.me/paoUKh-9b
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Dec 01, 2019 |
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S01E99 - Season Two trailer (voice only)
00:06:05
THIS IS A VOICE ONLY VERSION OF SEASON 01. en clair is a podcast about forensic linguistics, literary detection, and language mysteries. You can find credits, links, podcast transcripts, and more about each episode in the Case Notes here: wp.lancs.ac.uk/enclair
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Dec 01, 2019 |
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S01E15 - Enigma, part 3 of 3 (ESRC's Festival of Social Science)
01:24:22
Part 3 of 3: As war consumes Europe, Alan Turing and Bletchley Park take on the ultimate version of the Enigma mechanical cipher - the naval Triton M4. En clair is a podcast about forensic linguistics, literary detection, and language mysteries from past to present. You can find credits, links, a podcast transcript, and more about this episode in the Case Notes: https://wp.me/paoUKh-8x
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Nov 09, 2019 |
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S01E15 - Enigma, part 3 of 3 (voice only)
01:24:15
THIS IS A VOICE ONLY VERSION OF SEASON 01. en clair is a podcast about forensic linguistics, literary detection, and language mysteries. You can find credits, links, podcast transcripts, and more about each episode in the Case Notes here: wp.lancs.ac.uk/enclair
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Nov 09, 2019 |
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S01E14 - Enigma, part 2 of 3 (ESRC's Festival of Social Science)
01:24:04
Part 2 of 3: We meet the civilians, scientists, and spies whose lives became inextricably tangled up in the Enigma cipher. Jealousy, desperation, genius, greed, loyalty, heartbreak. This one has it all. En clair is a podcast about forensic linguistics, literary detection, and language mysteries from past to present. You can find credits, links, a podcast transcript, and more about this episode in the Case Notes: https://wp.me/paoUKh-8p
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Nov 06, 2019 |
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S01E14 - Enigma, part 2 of 3 (voice only)
01:24:01
THIS IS A VOICE ONLY VERSION OF SEASON 01. en clair is a podcast about forensic linguistics, literary detection, and language mysteries. You can find credits, links, podcast transcripts, and more about each episode in the Case Notes here: wp.lancs.ac.uk/enclair
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Nov 06, 2019 |
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S01E13 - Enigma, part 1 of 3 (ESRC's Festival of Social Science)
01:31:14
Part 1 of 3: Enigma was one of the most advanced mechanical ciphers of its time. We look back at the history of cryptology to see the ashes from which this cryptographic titan rose. En clair is a podcast about forensic linguistics, literary detection, and language mysteries from past to present. You can find credits, links, a podcast transcript, and more about this episode in the Case Notes: https://wp.me/paoUKh-86
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Nov 03, 2019 |
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S01E13 - Enigma, part 1 of 3 (voice only)
01:31:10
THIS IS A VOICE ONLY VERSION OF SEASON 01. en clair is a podcast about forensic linguistics, literary detection, and language mysteries. You can find credits, links, podcast transcripts, and more about each episode in the Case Notes here: wp.lancs.ac.uk/enclair
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Nov 03, 2019 |
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S01E12 - Cursing and Swearing
00:47:43
Should you be prosecuted for barking? Or asking about a horse's sexuality? What about using a racist slur? This episode looks at the turbulent history of §5 of the Public Order Act 1986, and its chaotic journey from the dreaming spires of Oxford to the inner-city streets of Newcastle. En clair is a podcast about forensic linguistics, literary detection, and language mysteries from past to present. You can find credits, links, a podcast transcript, and more about this episode in the Case Notes: https://wp.me/paoUKh-73
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Oct 01, 2019 |
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S01E12 - Cursing and swearing (voice only)
00:47:37
THIS IS A VOICE ONLY VERSION OF SEASON 01. en clair is a podcast about forensic linguistics, literary detection, and language mysteries. You can find credits, links, podcast transcripts, and more about each episode in the Case Notes here: wp.lancs.ac.uk/enclair
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Oct 01, 2019 |
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S01E11 - The Yorkshire Ripper, part 5 of 5
00:51:08
In the final part of this five-episode miniseries, now that the killer is caught, there is a chance to see whether the linguists were right all along. Will there be regret, redemption, or both? En clair is a podcast about forensic linguistics, literary detection, and language mysteries from past to present. You can find credits, links, a podcast transcript, and more about this episode in the Case Notes: https://wp.me/paoUKh-6s
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Sep 01, 2019 |
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S01E11 - The Yorkshire Ripper, part 5 of 5 (voice only)
00:50:53
THIS IS A VOICE ONLY VERSION OF SEASON 01. en clair is a podcast about forensic linguistics, literary detection, and language mysteries. You can find credits, links, podcast transcripts, and more about each episode in the Case Notes here: wp.lancs.ac.uk/enclair
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Sep 01, 2019 |
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S01E10 - The Yorkshire Ripper, part 4 of 5
00:57:33
In the fourth part of this five-episode miniseries, increasingly disillusioned with the investigation, one of the linguists speaks out, leading to a dramatic fall from grace. But was he right? En clair is a podcast about forensic linguistics, literary detection, and language mysteries from past to present. You can find credits, links, a podcast transcript, and more about this episode in the Case Notes: https://wp.me/paoUKh-67
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Aug 01, 2019 |
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S01E10 - The Yorkshire Ripper, part 4 of 5 (voice only)
00:57:24
THIS IS A VOICE ONLY VERSION OF SEASON 01. en clair is a podcast about forensic linguistics, literary detection, and language mysteries. You can find credits, links, podcast transcripts, and more about each episode in the Case Notes here: wp.lancs.ac.uk/enclair
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Aug 01, 2019 |
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S01E09 - The Yorkshire Ripper, part 3 of 5
00:41:24
In the third part of this five-episode miniseries, the police turn to linguists for help. Can Stanley Ellis and Jack Windsor Lewis help the police catch a serial killer? En clair is a podcast about forensic linguistics, literary detection, and language mysteries from past to present. You can find credits, links, a podcast transcript, and more about this episode in the Case Notes: https://wp.me/paoUKh-5R
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Jul 01, 2019 |
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S01E09 - The Yorkshire Ripper, part 3 of 5 (voice only)
00:41:16
THIS IS A VOICE ONLY VERSION OF SEASON 01. en clair is a podcast about forensic linguistics, literary detection, and language mysteries. You can find credits, links, podcast transcripts, and more about each episode in the Case Notes here: wp.lancs.ac.uk/enclair
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Jul 01, 2019 |
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S01E08 - The Yorkshire Ripper, part 2 of 5
00:39:52
In the second part of this five-episode miniseries, embattled police receive letters and a tape claiming to be from the murderer. Is this the breakthrough they have been looking for? En clair is a podcast about forensic linguistics, literary detection, and language mysteries from past to present. You can find credits, links, a podcast transcript, and more about this episode in the Case Notes: https://wp.me/paoUKh-5v
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Jun 01, 2019 |
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S01E08 - The Yorkshire Ripper, part 2 of 5 (voice only)
00:39:44
THIS IS A VOICE ONLY VERSION OF SEASON 01. en clair is a podcast about forensic linguistics, literary detection, and language mysteries. You can find credits, links, podcast transcripts, and more about each episode in the Case Notes here: wp.lancs.ac.uk/enclair
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Jun 01, 2019 |
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S01E07 - The Yorkshire Ripper, part 1 of 5
00:43:03
Part 1 of 5: For half a decade, the Yorkshire Ripper terrorised northern England, attacking and murdering at least twenty women. The first part of this five-episode miniseries documents the early attacks and police decisions. En clair is a podcast about forensic linguistics, literary detection, and language mysteries from past to present. You can find credits, links, a podcast transcript, and more about this episode in the Case Notes: https://wp.me/paoUKh-5i
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May 01, 2019 |
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S01E07 - The Yorkshire Ripper, part 1 of 5 (voice only)
00:42:55
THIS IS A VOICE ONLY VERSION OF SEASON 01. en clair is a podcast about forensic linguistics, literary detection, and language mysteries. You can find credits, links, podcast transcripts, and more about each episode in the Case Notes here: wp.lancs.ac.uk/enclair
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May 01, 2019 |
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S01E06 - The Pendle Witch Trials
01:05:09
Between 1400-1750, at least 40,000 Europeans were executed for cursing, casting spells, and other forms of witchcraft. This episode looks in particular at the Pendle Witch Trials, and asks just how reliable the evidence and records used to convict the so-called witches really were. En clair is a podcast about forensic linguistics, literary detection, and language mysteries from past to present. You can find credits, links, a podcast transcript, and more about this episode in the Case Notes: https://wp.me/paoUKh-4W
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Apr 01, 2019 |
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S01E06 - The Pendle Witch Trials (voice only)
01:05:08
THIS IS A VOICE ONLY VERSION OF SEASON 01. en clair is a podcast about forensic linguistics, literary detection, and language mysteries. You can find credits, links, podcast transcripts, and more about each episode in the Case Notes here: wp.lancs.ac.uk/enclair
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Apr 01, 2019 |
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S01E05 - Messages in Music
00:21:25
Authors and painters have found many ways to encrypt messages into their creations, but how do you do this is you are a musician working with instruments? En clair is a podcast about forensic linguistics, literary detection, and language mysteries from past to present. You can find credits, links, a podcast transcript, and more about this episode in the Case Notes: https://wp.me/paoUKh-2Z
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Mar 01, 2019 |
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S01E05 - Messages in music (voice only)
00:21:25
THIS IS A VOICE ONLY VERSION OF SEASON 01. en clair is a podcast about forensic linguistics, literary detection, and language mysteries. You can find credits, links, podcast transcripts, and more about each episode in the Case Notes here: wp.lancs.ac.uk/enclair
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Mar 01, 2019 |
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S01E04 - David Elliott
00:46:26
In 2012, David Elliott filed a lawsuit arguing that the word Google has become so generic, it should be stripped of its trademarked status. En clair is a podcast about forensic linguistics, literary detection, and language mysteries from past to present. You can find credits, links, a podcast transcript, and more about this episode in the Case Notes: https://wp.me/paoUKh-2V
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Feb 01, 2019 |
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S01E04 - David Elliott (voice only)
00:46:06
THIS IS A VOICE ONLY VERSION OF SEASON 01. en clair is a podcast about forensic linguistics, literary detection, and language mysteries. You can find credits, links, podcast transcripts, and more about each episode in the Case Notes here: wp.lancs.ac.uk/enclair
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Feb 01, 2019 |
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S01E03 - Belle de Jour
00:38:28
In 2003, one of the most popular online blogs was Belle de Jour: Diary of a London Call Girl, but who was its mysterious author? En clair is a podcast about forensic linguistics, literary detection, and language mysteries from past to present. You can find credits, links, a podcast transcript, and more about this episode in the Case Notes: https://wp.me/paoUKh-1y
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Jan 01, 2019 |
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S01E03 - Belle de Jour (voice only)
00:38:24
THIS IS A VOICE ONLY VERSION OF SEASON 01. en clair is a podcast about forensic linguistics, literary detection, and language mysteries. You can find credits, links, podcast transcripts, and more about each episode in the Case Notes here: wp.lancs.ac.uk/enclair
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Jan 01, 2019 |
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S01E02 - Paul Ceglia
00:25:44
In 2010, Paul Ceglia sues Mark Zuckerberg for half of Facebook. In response, Zuckerberg calls in a forensic linguist. En clair is a podcast about forensic linguistics, literary detection, and language mysteries from past to present. You can find credits, links, a podcast transcript, and more about this episode in the Case Notes: wp.me/paoUKh-1v
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Dec 01, 2018 |
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S01E02 - Paul Ceglia (voice only)
00:25:33
THIS IS A VOICE ONLY VERSION OF SEASON 01. en clair is a podcast about forensic linguistics, literary detection, and language mysteries. You can find credits, links, podcast transcripts, and more about each episode in the Case Notes here: wp.lancs.ac.uk/enclair
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Dec 01, 2018 |
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S01E01 - Derek Bentley
00:29:31
In 1953, 19-year-old Derek Bentley was hanged for murder, but did the police interfere with his statement to make him look guilty? En clair is a podcast about forensic linguistics, literary detection, and language mysteries from past to present. You can find credits, links, a podcast transcript, and more about this episode in the Case Notes: https://wp.me/paoUKh-17
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Nov 01, 2018 |
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S01E01 - Derek Bentley (voice only)
00:29:33
THIS IS A VOICE ONLY VERSION OF SEASON 01. en clair is a podcast about forensic linguistics, literary detection, and language mysteries. You can find credits, links, podcast transcripts, and more about each episode in the Case Notes here: wp.lancs.ac.uk/enclair
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Nov 01, 2018 |
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S01E00 - Welcome waffle
00:10:33
Welcome to en clair. Rather than including extended waffly intros on every episode saying the same sorts of things over and over, I've put it all here, one time. This prelude to the series answers questions like: How do I subscribe to the en clair podcast? Who is responsible for en clair? What is en clair about? What is the age-appropriacy of the content? What kinds of cases will be covered? How are these cases researched? What is the general structure of an episode? What is the intended schedule? Why the name en clair? And more. En clair is a podcast about forensic linguistics, literary detection, and language mysteries from past to present. You can find credits, links, a podcast transcript, and more about this episode in the Case Notes: https://wp.me/paoUKh-X
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Oct 30, 2018 |