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sign(e)s

sign(e)s

Written by: Sophia Burnett
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Signs is a podcast that explores one sign per episode, selected by each guest. Guests come from semiotics, linguistics, and beyond, and choose a sign, any sign: visual or auditory; icon, symbol, index, gesture, inscription, object, or sound.

Host Sophia Burnett guides each conversation through how the sign operates, the contexts in which it appears, and the meanings it produces or unsettles. Episodes are recorded in French or English, with transcripts and translations available on the website: www.signspodcast.com

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Episodes
  • Greenham Common Webs by Anna Feigenbaum

    Greenham Common Webs by Anna Feigenbaum
    Apr 15 2026

    For this eighth episode, Sign(e)s explores the history, symbolism, and activism of Greenham Common, a pivotal feminist and anti-nuclear protest camp in the UK, with Anna Feigenbaum.
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    47 mins
  • i par Sophia Burnett

    i par Sophia Burnett
    Mar 25 2026

    Le i minuscule en anglais : faute ou ressource ?
    Dans cet épisode de Signes, les rôles s’inversent : Sophia Burnett est invitée par Nicolas Pommier pour parler du i minuscule dans les écrits numériques. Loin d’une faute, il apparaît non comme un remplacement du I standard, mais comme une forme supplémentaire, créant un contraste signifiant au sein du système. Une exploration à l’interface de la pragmatique, de la sociolinguistique et de la grapholinguistique.
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    1 hr and 1 min
  • Kaleidoscopic Eye by Brendan Graham Dempsey

    Kaleidoscopic Eye by Brendan Graham Dempsey
    Mar 2 2026

    In this episode of Sign(e)s, Sophia Burnett talks with Brendan Graham Dempsey about the “kaleidoscopic eye”—a mandala-like symbol of nested vision, spirals, and fractal consciousness. Drawing on his work in complexity, theology, spirituality, and systems thinking, Brendan unpacks the symbol’s deep structure: from Dante’s celestial architecture to contemporary visionary and AI art. He shows how this recurring motif encodes an evolutionary movement toward integration and the divine center, while also acknowledging its inverted, darker expressions.
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    53 mins
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