Terp Talk with Dawn Flanigan

Bri explores the origins and histories of Halloween and it's many traditions. Transcription available here , or click the link below: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1lYx1USGNZ7tWLe4ktPrtre0CNxd8b_NB/view?usp=sharing

Painting human skulls? Baked goods predicting your future? Light your Jack-O-Lantern, hide your kitchen knives, and find out about the unique Halloween celebrations that happen around the world! Transcription available here , or follow the link below: https://documentcloud.adobe.com/link/review?uri=urn:aaid:scds:US:9f5c1883-8a3b-4143-886e-c622d298f055

Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will help fight brain injuries?  As Global Views explores the link new research suggests between bilingualism and recovery after brain surgery, Dawn opens up about her personal experience in recovery as a bilingual person after an operation to remove a brain tumor. Transcription available here , or click the link below: https://documentcloud.adobe.co...

A continuation of Bri and author Alin Yasin's conversation on his book of poetry titled "Good Grief: Sixty Poems for Sixty Days". Instead of grief, Alin weighs in this week on love, the idea of home, and travel.  Find Alin's book Good Grief at www.alinuru.com Transcription available here , or follow the link below: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1N2BUwuHO2JgL9V9rempWOSugYyjDkC...

Author, poet, culture specialist, world traveler, and interpreter Alin Yasin sits down with Bri to discuss his collective work of poems from "Good Grief: 60 Days with 60 Poems", written after the passing of his wife. In the first episode of a two-part conversation on the book that contains both the English and Swahili translations of the poems, the two discuss the hard problem of grief,...

Are English speakers more responsible for spreading coronavirus than other languages? Bri and Dawn explore and discuss studies that say 'maybe'! For transcription click here , or follow the link below:  https://documentcloud.adobe.com/link/review?uri=urn:aaid:scds:US:74f35021-0f29-4823-8397-644d0d22d68a

Protests for a language? After learning about language death last week, Bri examines two languages that made the news this week and how they are doing in their current battles against extinction.  For transcription, click here or follow the link below: https://documentcloud.adobe.com/link/review?uri=urn:aaid:scds:US:2c7b4303-0695-4974-bb69-76e63aff10ef

What does it mean when a language dies? How does it happen? Should we be worried about it? In this episode, Bri takes a deeper look into language death and the way it has shaped out world today.  Transcription available here , or follow the link below: https://documentcloud.adobe.com/link/review?uri=urn:aaid:scds:US:9cae380e-02aa-4ea6-bd2c-7d6197099112

Bri and special guest Dano discuss the origins of Labor Day, and the backseat the holiday's meaning has taken in our cultural consciousness. Transcription available here , or follow the link below: https://documentcloud.adobe.com/link/review?uri=urn:aaid:scds:US:cc43bd67-7eab-4101-a824-9beb64a82949

Bri and Dawn discuss the Coronavirus Language Access Act that was introduced to Congress in April and has not yet been brought to a vote. Global's office puppy, Finn, makes a guest appearance.  For transcription, click here or follow the link below: https://documentcloud.adobe.com/link/review?uri=urn:aaid:scds:US:5803cee6-ac28-4951-a531-34804dba6084

Bri and Dawn discuss easy ways we can make communication more accessible and inclusive to Deaf and hard-of-hearing communities. Dawn tells us about growing up with a hard of hearing parent. Transcription available here , or follow the link below:  https://documentcloud.adobe.com/link/review?uri=urn:aaid:scds:US:771307ce-4351-456e-8d84-45c411ef20b4

Bri and Dawn sit down to discuss the tidal wave of change that has hit the interpreting industry in response to COVID-19. From working in hospitals at the height of the virus, to navigating "The Mask", get an inside scoop on the post-corona interpreting world. Transcription available here , or follow the link below:  https://documentcloud.adobe.com/link/review?uri=urn:aaid:scds:US:2d46bc...

Bri and Ken, an interpreter and former culture and language specialist for the United States Special Forces, discuss the use of language, literature, and more in Khaled Hosseini's book "A Thousand Splendid Suns". Transcript available here , or follow the link below:  https://documentcloud.adobe.com/link/review?uri=urn:aaid:scds:US:988a5a62-7216-4cdd-8a6d-08eadf444e7c

Global Views premieres it's first episode. Bri interviews Global Interpreting Services owner, CEO, and Founder Dawn Flanigan on her experience starting a business, being a Sign Language Interpreter, and working a fax machine.  Transcription available, click here or follow the link below: https://www.rev.com/transcript-editor/shared/C-_fnk7I6YNHitXSyNQ1yNLrQD8yvIpTtsQ_spwrWq_RkDrkv7KNkYxz3ofch...