After thinking they lost episode 12 to the abyss of Jeff’s newly empty hard drive, Brainy Days co-hosts Jeff and Paul recovered some audio from an interview they had just prior to Thanksgiving. Paul brings his friend Heather from high school onto the podcast as our first Brainy Days guest to talk about language and linguistics. Have you heard of prescriptivism and descriptivism? You probably know someone who has corrected you for saying “I’m good” instead of “I’m well” after being asked how you are… And it’s usually pretty annoying. In this episode Jeff and Paul ask Heather a little about what made her want to study linguistics, along with other interesting topics regarding language, such as different types of aphasias that people can experience – language disorders that affect someone’s ability to communicate fluently.