<a target="_blank" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/1930383/fan_mail/new">Send us Fan Mail</a>Carrie and Megan talk with <a href='https://www.endangeredalphabets.com/'>Tim Brookes</a> about his newest book, <a href='https://www.endangeredalphabets.com/by-hand/'>By Hand</a>, about the importance of handwriting.<a href='https://www.nber.org/papers/w34495'>NBER report</a><a href='https://www.currentaffairs.org/news/ai-is-destroying-the-university-and-learning-itself'>Current Affairs</a>WOTY: <ul><li><a href='https://www.dictionary.com/articles/word-of-the-year-2025'>6-7</a></li><li> <a href='https://corp.oup.com/word-of-the-year/'>rage bait</a></li><li><a href='https://dictionaryblog.cambridge.org/category/word-of-the-year/'>parasocial</a></li><li><a href='https://www.collinsdictionary.com/woty'>vibe coding</a></li><li><a href='https://www.macquariedictionary.com.au/word-of-the-year/word-of-the-year-2025/'>AI slop</a></li><li><a href='https://www.canadianenglishdictionary.ca/media/2025-cwoty-release.pdf'>maple washing</a></li></ul> <a rel="payment" href="https://www.patreon.com/vocalfriespod">Support the show</a>Contact us:<ul><li>Threads us <a href='https://www.threads.net/@vocalfriespod'>@vocalfriespod</a></li><li>Bluesky us <a href='https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:iyvda3kefsnksrdyhfaadtik'>@vocalfriespod.bsky.social</a></li><li>Email us at vocalfriespod@gmail.com</li></ul>Thanks for listening and keep calm and fry on

<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/1930383/fan_mail/new"&gt;Send us Fan Mail&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Carrie and Megan talk with &lt;a href='https://www.endangeredalphabets.com/'&gt;Tim Brookes&lt;/a&gt; about his newest book, &lt;a href='https://www.endangeredalphabets.com/by-hand/'&gt;By Hand&lt;/a&gt;, about the importance of handwriting.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://www.nber.org/papers/w34495'&gt;NBER report&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://www.currentaffairs.org/news/ai-is-destroying-the-university-and-learning-itself'&gt;Current Affairs&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;WOTY: &lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href='https://www.dictionary.com/articles/word-of-the-year-2025'&gt;6-7&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt; &lt;a href='https://corp.oup.com/word-of-the-year/'&gt;rage bait&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href='https://dictionaryblog.cambridge.org/category/word-of-the-year/'&gt;parasocial&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href='https://www.collinsdictionary.com/woty'&gt;vibe coding&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href='https://www.macquariedictionary.com.au/word-of-the-year/word-of-the-year-2025/'&gt;AI slop&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href='https://www.canadianenglishdictionary.ca/media/2025-cwoty-release.pdf'&gt;maple washing&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a rel="payment" href="https://www.patreon.com/vocalfriespod"&gt;Support the show&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Contact us:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Threads us &lt;a href='https://www.threads.net/@vocalfriespod'&gt;@vocalfriespod&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Bluesky us &lt;a href='https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:iyvda3kefsnksrdyhfaadtik'&gt;@vocalfriespod.bsky.social&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Email us at vocalfriespod@gmail.com&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;Thanks for listening and keep calm and fry on&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Send us Fan Mail Carrie and Megan talk with Tim Brookes about his newest book, By Hand, about the importance of handwriting. NBER report Current Affairs WOTY:  6-7 rage baitparasocialvibe codingAI slopmaple washing  Support the show Contact us: Threads us @vocalfriespodBluesky us @vocalfriespod.bsky.socialEmail us at vocalfriespod@gmail.comThanks for listening and keep calm and fry on 

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