{"podcast":{"title":"Think from KERA","slug":"think-from-kera-875208","podcast_index_feed_id":875208,"rss_url":"http://feeds.kera.org/KERA-Think","website_url":"http://www.kera.org/think","image_url":"https://f.prxu.org/140/images/54881abf-408a-4274-9485-3386b9bda683/1121_Think_1400x1400_gradient.jpg","author":"KERA (Maggie.Gourville@prx.org)","episode_count":100,"summary":"Think is a daily, topic-driven interview and call-in program hosted by Krys Boyd covering a wide variety of topics ranging from history, politics, current events, science, technology and emerging trends to food and wine, travel, adventure, and entertainment.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-28T08:17:04.044955+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/think-from-kera-875208"},"episode":{"title":"All y'all have accents","slug":"all-y-all-have-accents","published_at":"2026-05-11T17:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/think-from-kera-875208/all-y-all-have-accents","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/think-from-kera-875208","url":"https://play.prx.org/listen?ge=prx_140_05a6a1bc-8a7c-40c1-b3d1-80a8544ac272&uf=https%3A%2F%2Fpublicfeeds.net%2Ff%2F140%2Ffeed-rss.xml","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/sblTq32fyWAjsHzze2LG/dovetail.prxu.org/_/140/05a6a1bc-8a7c-40c1-b3d1-80a8544ac272/standard.mp3","summary":"Whether you notice it or not, you speak with an accent. Valerie Fridland, professor of linguistics in the English Department at the University of Nevada, Reno, joins host Krys Boyd to discuss how accents from the Southern drawl to the California Valley Girl came to be, why accents are key to culture, and why, in our mass media world, some are fading away. Her book is “ Why We Talk Funny: The Real Story Behind Our Accents. ” Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices","meta_description":"Whether you notice it or not, you speak with an accent. Valerie Fridland, professor of linguistics in the English Department at the University of Nevada,…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2798,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/think-from-kera-875208/episodes/all-y-all-have-accents/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/think-from-kera-875208/all-y-all-have-accents.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}