Words and Actions

About Words and Actions

A podcast about how language matters in business, politics and beyond.

Publisher

Words and Actions

Category

business · education

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

29 Aug 2019

Latest episode

7 Sept 2026

Latest episodes

34 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   7 Sept 2026

   Linguistic activism

   Host Veronika Koller interviews Zoë Papaikonomou, Kelly Vossen, and Joanna Chojnicka about linguistic activism and reframing language to foster critical awareness.

2. 

   26 Mar 2026

   Language of Food

   Host Erika and guest Marcelyn Oostendorp, a food studies scholar, explore how language shapes our perception and cost of food, from marketing to cookbooks.

3. 

   2 Dec 2025

   The language of emotions

   Hosts Erika and Veronika interview Ningyuan about the language of emotion in the workplace, advertising, and online selling, exploring emotional labor and its impact.

Who has been a guest on Words and Actions

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Zoë Papaikonomou
• Kelly Vossen
• Joanna Chojnicka
• Keri Matwick
• Michael Chesnut

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

3 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

3 ratings

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Books guests

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