The PLEJ Podcast Transistor (https://transistor.fm) https://feeds.transistor.fm/the-plej-podcast The Platform for Linguistic and Epistemic Justice (PLEJ) aims to place socio-cultural linguistic research at the centre among the interdisciplinary areas of enquiry with social impact at SSEES, UCL, and beyond. Among the questions that stand at the heart of PLEJ’s explorations are: How are forms of domination and resistance conveyed through discourse and multi-modal forms of interaction? How can we address the impact of uneven local and global power dynamics? In the PLEJ Podcast series, Student Associate Hayley Anderson speaks to UCL’s students and early career researchers who strive to address these questions across disciplines, geographical and educational spaces, and time. © 2026 UCL Podcasts 36c8220b-7721-56c6-a24d-ec1c7d340c54 yes en Wed, 10 Jun 2026 03:44:53 -0700 Wed, 10 Jun 2026 03:45:20 -0700 https://www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanities/ssees/research/research-centres-and-seminar-series/platform-linguistic-and-epistemic-justice-plej https://img.transistorcdn.com/M8XeUBhia80jJqauY64FN0jEMxWONnQyVRrJMlSHxjs/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:1400/h:1400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS82OGUz/ZjBlMmJjYTZiMjQ0/MWQ3YzNkYmU0NDkz/MTA3ZC5qcGVn.jpg The PLEJ Podcast https://www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanities/ssees/research/research-centres-and-seminar-series/platform-linguistic-and-epistemic-justice-plej episodic UCL Podcasts The Platform for Linguistic and Epistemic Justice (PLEJ) aims to place socio-cultural linguistic research at the centre among the interdisciplinary areas of enquiry with social impact at SSEES, UCL, and beyond. Among the questions that stand at the heart of PLEJ’s explorations are: How are forms of domination and resistance conveyed through discourse and multi-modal forms of interaction? How can we address the impact of uneven local and global power dynamics? In the PLEJ Podcast series, Student Associate Hayley Anderson speaks to UCL’s students and early career researchers who strive to address these questions across disciplines, geographical and educational spaces, and time. The Platform for Linguistic and Epistemic Justice (PLEJ) aims to place socio-cultural linguistic research at the centre among the interdisciplinary areas of enquiry with social impact at SSEES, UCL, and beyond. UCL podcasts No No A Conversation with Luyilin An (Andrea) 2 2 A Conversation with Luyilin An (Andrea) full e106952d-77dc-4a28-8603-515470a2449b https://share.transistor.fm/s/7ce9c197 Our second episode of the PLEJ podcast is with Luyilin An (Andrea). We talked about a project she conducted in her home city of Jinan, where there is a unique form of address, representative of specific local realities. She conducted surveys and interviews across Jinan, understanding the usage of the term 老师(lǎoshī), which translates usually to ‘teacher’, but takes on a particular endearing mode of address when used in the proximity of Jinan. We talked about what emotional, cultural and social meaning is carried and shared in a single word, and what is lost as language evolves across time and generations. We also explored a more broadly the nature of research ethics and her interest in diasporic literature and linguistic justice more widely.

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]]> No A Conversation with Christopher Phillippe-Rodriguez 1 1 A Conversation with Christopher Phillippe-Rodriguez full 76f04c55-8001-4342-a80c-407df0cae5ce https://share.transistor.fm/s/f16f6cba In our first episode of the PLEJ podcast, Christopher Phillippe-Rodriguez joins Hayley Anderson to explore the implications of philosophical study on our understanding of linguistic and epistemic (in)justice. Christopher provides a comprehensive introduction into the philosophy of language and delves into the ways it shapes and informs the legal sector, debates on translation, and questions surrounding intelligibility. In this intersection between philosophy and linguistics, we explore how these frameworks can help acknowledge or remedy cases of linguistic and epistemic injustice.  


About Christopher:  
Christopher Thomas Phillippe-Rodriguez is an MA and prospective MPhil student in philosophy at University College London. He holds a bachelor's degree summa cum laude in philosophy and a minor in chemistry from the University of Texas, Rio Grande Valley, during which he specialized in jurisprudence and epistemology. His primary research interests currently include the philosophy of language, philosophy of perception, epistemology, and 20th Century Continental philosophy. He maintains interests other than philosophy in the form of linguistics, literature, cognitive science, and geography.  

Find some of Christopher’s research and writing here:  

About Hayley: 

Hayley was Student Associate for PLEJ and is a current MA student of Languages and Cultures Across Borders at the University of London. She graduated from UCL in September 2025 with a degree in European Social and Political Studies, specialising in Hungarian and History. She is due to begin an MPhil/PhD at SSEES in September, focusing on multilingualism, minoritisation and marginalisation in South-East Slovakia. 


]]> In our first episode of the PLEJ podcast, Christopher Phillippe-Rodriguez joins Hayley Anderson to explore the implications of philosophical study on our understanding of linguistic and epistemic (in)justice. Christopher provides a comprehensive introduction into the philosophy of language and delves into the ways it shapes and informs the legal sector, debates on translation, and questions surrounding intelligibility. In this intersection between philosophy and linguistics, we explore how these frameworks can help acknowledge or remedy cases of linguistic and epistemic injustice.  


About Christopher:  
Christopher Thomas Phillippe-Rodriguez is an MA and prospective MPhil student in philosophy at University College London. He holds a bachelor's degree summa cum laude in philosophy and a minor in chemistry from the University of Texas, Rio Grande Valley, during which he specialized in jurisprudence and epistemology. His primary research interests currently include the philosophy of language, philosophy of perception, epistemology, and 20th Century Continental philosophy. He maintains interests other than philosophy in the form of linguistics, literature, cognitive science, and geography.  

Find some of Christopher’s research and writing here:  

About Hayley: 

Hayley was Student Associate for PLEJ and is a current MA student of Languages and Cultures Across Borders at the University of London. She graduated from UCL in September 2025 with a degree in European Social and Political Studies, specialising in Hungarian and History. She is due to begin an MPhil/PhD at SSEES in September, focusing on multilingualism, minoritisation and marginalisation in South-East Slovakia. 


]]> Wed, 03 Jun 2026 01:59:55 -0700 UCL Podcasts UCL Podcasts 1992 In our first episode of the PLEJ podcast, Christopher Phillippe-Rodriguez joins Hayley Anderson to explore the implications of philosophical study on our understanding of linguistic and epistemic (in)justice. Christopher provides a comprehensive introduction into the philosophy of language and delves into the ways it shapes and informs the legal sector, debates on translation, and questions surrounding intelligibility. In this intersection between philosophy and linguistics, we explore how these frameworks can help acknowledge or remedy cases of linguistic and epistemic injustice.  


About Christopher:  
Christopher Thomas Phillippe-Rodriguez is an MA and prospective MPhil student in philosophy at University College London. He holds a bachelor's degree summa cum laude in philosophy and a minor in chemistry from the University of Texas, Rio Grande Valley, during which he specialized in jurisprudence and epistemology. His primary research interests currently include the philosophy of language, philosophy of perception, epistemology, and 20th Century Continental philosophy. He maintains interests other than philosophy in the form of linguistics, literature, cognitive science, and geography.  

Find some of Christopher’s research and writing here:  

About Hayley: 

Hayley was Student Associate for PLEJ and is a current MA student of Languages and Cultures Across Borders at the University of London. She graduated from UCL in September 2025 with a degree in European Social and Political Studies, specialising in Hungarian and History. She is due to begin an MPhil/PhD at SSEES in September, focusing on multilingualism, minoritisation and marginalisation in South-East Slovakia. 


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