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• Nicholas Ostler, chairman of Foundation for Endangered Languages
  Tue, Apr 8, 2008 at noon Pacific (GMT -7)

• Michael Erard, author of "Um...: Slips, Stumbles, and Verbal Blunders, and What They Mean"
  Mon, Mar 17, 6pm Pacific (GMT -7)

• Ben Yagoda, author of "When You Catch an Adjective, Kill It"
  Mon, Feb 25, 6pm Pacific (GMT -8)

• Seth Lerer, author of "Inventing English"
  Wed, Feb 6, 7pm Pacific (GMT -8)

• Charlotte Brewer, author of "Treasure-House of the Language: The Living OED"
  Sat, Jan 19, 12 noon Pacific (GMT -8)

• Anne Curzan, author, professor of English
  June 12, 2007, 6 pm Pacific (GMT -7)

• Julie Barlow, author, "The Story of French"
  May 8, 2007, 6 pm Pacific (GMT -7)

• Grant Barrett, Lexicographer
  Apr 22, 2007, 6 pm Pacific (GMT -7)

• Joan H. Hall, Chief Editor, Dictionary of American Regional English
  Nov 14, 2006, 6 pm Pacific (GMT -8)

• Anatoly Liberman, author, Word Origins
  Oct 29, 2006, 7 pm Pacific (GMT -8)

• Paul Dickson, author, Labels for Locals
  Sep 26, 2006, 6 pm Pacific (GMT -7)

• Michael Wex, author of Born to Kvetch
  Dec 5, 2005, 5 pm Pacific (GMT -8)

• Roger W. Shuy, forensic linguistics expert, professor, author
  Nov 7, 2005, 7 pm Pacific (GMT -8)

• Dr. Madan Kataria, founder, laughter yoga movement
  Sep 6, 2005, 9 pm Pacific (Sep 7, 4 am GMT)

• Guy Deutscher, author of The Unfolding of Language
  Aug 20, 2005, 11 am Pacific (GMT -7)

• Erin McKean, editor, The New Oxford American Dictionary
  Jul 20, 2005, 6 pm Pacific (GMT -7)

• Michael Quinion, editor, World Wide Words
  June 18, 2005, 9 am Pacific (GMT -8)

• Jesse Sheidlower, North American Editor, Oxford English Dictionary
  May 26, 2003, 5 pm Pacific (GMT -7)

• Dec 13, 2001, 8 pm Eastern (GMT -5)
  Richard Lederer, language and humor author

• Aug 1, 2001, 8 pm ET (GMT -4)
  Barbara Wallraff, Senior Editor, The Atlantic Monthly, Author

• Apr 19, 2001, midnight GMT (Apr 18, 2001, 8 pm EDT U.S.)
  Joseph Pickett, Executive Editor, American Heritage Dictionary

• Apr 9, 2001, 10 pm GMT (6 pm EDT U.S.)
  Sreenath Sreenivasan, Professor, Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism

• Apr 2, 2001, 11 pm GMT (7 pm EDT U.S.)
  Lisa Simeone, Host, Weekend All Things Considered, National Public Radio

• Mar 26, 2001, 11 pm GMT (6 pm EST U.S.)
  Richard Lederer, Language and humor author

• Feb 26, 2001, 3 pm GMT (10 am EST U.S.)
  David Crystal, Author, The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language

• Feb 8, 2001, 11 pm GMT (6 pm EST U.S.)
  Steven Pinker, MIT Professor and author of a number of books on language

• Jan 31, 2001, 11 pm GMT (6 pm EST U.S.)
  Wendalyn Nichols, Editorial Director, Random House Reference

• Jan 17, 2001, 1 am GMT (Jan 16, 2001, 8 pm EST U.S)
  Robert Hollander and Jean Hollander, translators of Dante's Inferno

• Jan 10, 2001, 12 midnight GMT (7 pm EST U.S)
  Joseph Bruchac, poet, novelist, story-teller, and publisher

• Dec 19, 2000, 4 pm GMT (11 am EST U.S.)
  John Simpson, Chief Editor, The Oxford English Dictionary