Uploaded June 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
The Knicks won the NBA Finals last weekend and fans can’t stop talking about radio announcers Tyler Murray and Monica McNutt.
Sports announcers have a way of capturing the excitement of games with a unique blend of sentence structure, pronunciation, and pitch. Just think of soccer's iconic "Goooooooooooal!
Turns out linguists have been researching sports announcers and their unique way of talking for years. Sociolinguist and dialectologist Valerie Fridland sat down with Flora to explain why these speech patterns capture our attention.
Tune in today from 2–4pm ET on your local public radio station to hear the full episode.
The Knicks won the NBA Finals last weekend and fans can’t stop talking about radio announcers Tyler Murray and Monica McNutt.
Sports announcers have a way of capturing the excitement of games with a unique blend of sentence structure, pronunciation, and pitch. Just think of soccer's iconic "Goooooooooooal!
Turns out linguists have been researching sports announcers and their unique way of talking for years. Sociolinguist and dialectologist Valerie Fridland sat down with Flora to explain why these speech patterns capture our attention.
Tune in today from 2–4pm ET on your local public radio station to hear the full episode.
