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The Utah Jazz are closer to serious playoff contention than anyone thinks, and have a perfect opportunity to shore up a rock-solid roster by signing a free agent this summer. They have the full Mid-Level Exception available to them to add a significant piece to the bench: Who is available, who will fit in with the roster, and who will seriously impact winning? What trades are on the table to cement this playoff team?Dan Clayton (@danclayt0n) and Mark Russell Pereira (@jazzmanmark.com) break down all of the best options for this episode of Salt City Hoops.Then, Dan & Mark discuss where the Jazz and Keyonte George are at in their extension talks, and they disagree on the role and value of George to the team right now and beyond.Finally, a little piece of final NBA Draft Board rankings ahead of the draft on Tuesday, and Mark has a big surprise on his final list.
Dan Clayton of Salt City Hoops joins the show to share his analysis of the choices in front of the Utah Jazz as the NBA Draft and the greater part of the offseason approach. Jason and Eric discuss the potential trade scenarios that have been put forward involving the Jazz and their No. 2 overall pick.Jason and Eric did an extra portion of the show exclusively on YouTube, check out that section of the show on The Fan KLGN YouTube page.
Con Nelson Moran, Dan Clayton, Carlos Artiles, y Juan Baracco
Show notes for Episode 86⚠️
Show notes for Episode 85⚠️⚠️⚠️We talk about some topics and forms of language - the language of incels and the manosphere, for example - that might be considered unpleasant and upsetting for some listeners⚠️⚠️⚠️Welcome to episode 85 of Lexis in which Dan talks to Dr Rob Topinka, Reader in Digital Media and Rhetoric at Birkbeck, University of London.We talk about: Why language is important to politicsWhat rhetoric is, its characteristics and what it's designed to doHow rhetoric works in online spacesThe kind of rhetoric used to promote extremist views onlineIncels, red pills, maxxing and NPCsWhat happened to ‘woke' The pitfalls of ‘free speech' and language policing Avoiding reactionary narratives and promoting progressive alternativesWhy being ‘unbiased' is not really an optionRob's Birkbeck page: https://www.bbk.ac.uk/our-staff/9151496/robert-topinka Rob's ResearchGate profile: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Robert-TopinkaThe Guardian articles Rob has written: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/mar/22/racist-meme-nigel-farage-cameos-online-far-righthttps://www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2025/oct/20/boriswave-fighting-age-men-cultural-marxism-how-the-far-right-is-changing-how-we-speak https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/ng-interactive/2026/jan/31/digital-politics-the-right-internet-digital-politics-extreme-political-ideashttps://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/ng-interactive/2026/feb/01/digital-politics-progressives-internet-the-left-online-worldMore on NPCs: https://www.mentalfloss.com/language/slang/npc-meaning-and-history A report on Clavicular's interview in Australia: https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/clavicular-incel-60-minutes-andrew-tate-looksmaxxing-b2957021.html ‘Are You Mogging Me Right Now?' https://bsky.app/profile/theserfstv.bsky.social/post/3mjhr6v2lek2r Lexis is on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/lexispodcast.bsky.social ContributorsLisa Casey blog: https://livingthroughlanguage.wordpress.com/ Dan Clayton blog: EngLangBlog & Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/englangblog.bsky.social Jacky Glancey Raj RanaMusic: Serge Quadrado - Cool Guys Cool Guys by Serge Quadrado is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. From the Free Music Archive: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/serge-quadrado/urban/cool-guys
Welcome to episode 84 of Lexis in which we have both an interview and a Lang in the News segment. Amanda and Dan talk to Dr Daria Bahtina, Continuing Lecturer in the Department of Linguistics at UCLA about a lot of things, including:Generational slang and online vernacularWhether any slang is ever truly ‘meaningless'The rapid pace of slang generation, diffusion and disappearance in an online worldWhat happens when slang leaves niche communities and gets picked up more widelyMoral panics around slang and online vernacularThe project work Daria does with her students and tips for A level English Language teachers and students about successful projectsGuardian articles Daria is quoted in: The Pentagon says it's ‘lethalitymaxxing'. Why has ‘incel' slang crossed into the mainstream? | Language | The Guardian(https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/mar/01/incel-slang-mainstream-government-media)Slang terms like ‘six-seven' have no definition. But they're loaded with meaning | Matthew Cantor | The Guardian(https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/oct/30/six-seven-meaning-slang) Daria's UCLA pages:https://linguistics.ucla.edu/person/daria-bahtina/Daria's Languaged Life blog:https://languagedlife.ucla.edu/ The book Daria recommends: https://www.cambridge.org/highereducation/books/language-and-social-issues/5C1D0C2F61B4D0ADA69AE7024EF1E1E2#overview Our Lang in the News segment returns too! Lisa, Jacky and Dan talk about stories in the media about slang, appropriation and appreciation, discussing articles from the Mail Online, The Guardian, the Mississippi Clarion Ledger (yes, it is real) and a new paper by two of our previous guests, Christian Ilbury and Rianna Walcott. Articles: https://eu.clarionledger.com/story/news/2026/03/16/new-slang-67-what-does-lowkenuinely-mean-how-to-use-it/89180944007/ Christian Ilbury & Rianna Walcott - Gen Z Language? Y'all Mean AAVE': The Appropriation of African American Vernacular English as ‘TikTok Language'https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/josl.70024 https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/oct/30/six-seven-meaning-slang Lexis is on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/lexispodcast.bsky.social ContributorsLisa Casey blog: https://livingthroughlanguage.wordpress.com/ Dan Clayton blog: EngLangBlog & Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/englangblog.bsky.social Jacky Glancey Raj RanaMatthew Butler Music: Serge Quadrado - Cool Guys Cool Guys by Serge Quadrado is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. From the Free Music Archive: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/serge-quadrado/urban/cool-guys Revealed: The slang words and phrases experts are calling to be BANISHED in 2026 - with '6,7' topping the list
Con Juan Baracco, Nelson Moran, Dan Clayton, y Carlos Artiles.
Welcome to episode 83 of Lexis, another student-led episode, which this time features Oli, an A Level student at the Dubai British School interviewing Dr Sarah Hopkyns, with some help from Dan. Sarah is a Lecturer in TESOL and International Education at the University of St Andrews, Lecturer (Teaching) in Intercultural Communication at the Institute of Education, UCL and Visiting Research Fellow at the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies.We talk about: What we mean by ‘The Gulf' and the Gulf nationsWhat makes them interesting from a linguistic point of viewThe types of English spoken in the Gulf and whether we can talk about ‘Gulf English'The role of Arabic in the regionTranslanguaging, multilingualism and reconceptualising how we think about doing language in the worldTranslingual practice as a real world manifestation of how people use language resources to communicateAttitudes to English use and English as a threat to local language and identityYou can find Sarah's university page here: https://research-portal.st-andrews.ac.uk/en/persons/sarah-hopkyns/ Her ResearchGate profile is here: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Sarah-Hopkyns We discuss some of the following:Nizar Habash and David Palfreyman's ZAEBUC corpus of Arabic-English: https://aclanthology.org/2022.lrec-1.9/ ‘The Pact We Made' by Layla AlAmmar https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/the-pact-we-made-layla-alammar/82be48b15ed150fc Blair Fussell's 2011 work based on ‘Gulf English': https://www.researchgate.net/publication/231752461_The_local_flavour_of_English_in_the_Gulf Thanks to Oli and his teacher, Sumayya Kazi for making this episode happen and for all the work put into it. Lexis is on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/lexispodcast.bsky.social ContributorsLisa Casey blog: https://livingthroughlanguage.wordpress.com/ Dan Clayton blog: EngLangBlog & Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/englangblog.bsky.social Jacky Glancey Raj RanaMatthew Butler Music: Serge Quadrado - Cool Guys Cool Guys by Serge Quadrado is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. From the Free Music Archive: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/serge-quadrado/urban/cool-guys
Welcome to episode 82 of Lexis, in which Raj, Dan and (guest interviewer and friend of the pod) Amanda Cole talk to Dr Rianna Walcott, Assistant Professor of Communication at the University of Maryland, and Associate Director of the Black Communication and Technology (BCaT) Lab. We discuss her 2023 PhD, A Tweet at the Table - Black British Identity Expression on Social Media. We talk about:Black community, identity and self-expression on social mediaBlack TwitterSociolinguistic work on Black British English and MLELanguage online and offlineBlack feminist thought and its influences on this project and moreRianna's current workYou can download the thesis here (and the most language-focused part is chapter 5): https://kclpure.kcl.ac.uk/portal/en/studentTheses/a-tweet-at-the-table Rianna's website is here and you can find some of the other papers and links mentioned: http://www.riannawalcott.com/ The Black Communication and Technology (BCaT) Lab is here: https://www.bcatlab.org/ Lexis is on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/lexispodcast.bsky.social ContributorsLisa Casey blog: https://livingthroughlanguage.wordpress.com/ Dan Clayton blog: EngLangBlog & Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/englangblog.bsky.social Jacky Glancey Raj RanaMatthew Butler Music: Serge Quadrado - Cool Guys Cool Guys by Serge Quadrado is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. From the Free Music Archive: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/serge-quadrado/urban/cool-guys
Welcome to episode 81 of Lexis, a special student takeover edition which features Freya and Miles from Eltham Hill School in South London in conversation with Dr Jessica Aiston, postdoctoral research assistant in Linguistics at Queen Mary University of London (and who previously appeared on episode 50 talking about critical discourse studies). The episode is all about the language of, and around, neurodiversity, including:Why this episode exists and why Freya and Miles wanted to record itWhat we mean by ‘neurodiversity' and other helpful definitionsThe neurodiversity paradigmTerms, labels and the history behind theseThe pros and cons of certain labelsThe importance of autistic people having agency in the terms being used Semantic reclamation and euphemism cyclesPerson-first and identity-first termsThe importance of autistic people centering themselves and being centered in linguistic researchUsing the lens of CCritical Discourse Analysis for exploring discourse around autism and neurodiversityJess's current work on the Autism in Affinity Spaces projectJess has supplied the following references based on the topics raised in the show:Kenny, L., Hattersley, C., Molins, B., Buckley, C., Povey, C., & Pellicano, E. (2016). Which terms should be used to describe autism? Perspectives from the UK autism community. Autism, 20(4), 442-462. https://doi.org/10.1177/1362361315588200 Botha, M., & Cage, E. (2022). "Autism research is in crisis": A mixed method study of researcher's constructions of autistic people and autism research. Frontiers in Psychology, 13, 1-22. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1050897 Botha, M., Hanlon, J., & Williams, G. L. (2023). Does language matter? Identity-first versus person-first language use in autism research: A response to Vivanti. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 53, 870-878. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-020-04858-w Cage, E., Crompton, C. J., Dantas, S., Strachan, K., Birch, R., Robinson, M., Morgan-Appel, S., MacKenzie-Nash, C., Gallagher, A., & Botha, M. (2024). What are the autism research priorities of autistic adults in Scotland? Autism, 28(9), 2179-2190. https://doi.org/10.1177/13623613231222656 Botha, M., Chapman, R., Giwa Onaiwu, M., Kapp, S. K., Stannard Ashley, A., & Walker, N. (2024). The neurodiversity concept was developed collectively: An overdue correction on the origins of neurodiversity theory. Autism, 28(6), 1591-1594. https://doi.org/10.1177/13623613241237871 Jess's paper on the importance of inclusive linguistics research: Aiston, J., Koteyko, N., & van Driel, M. (2025). Discourse-based approaches to autistic focussed interests: Understanding shared focus, mutual accommodation, and multimodal expression, Applied Linguistics https://doi.org/10.1093/applin/amaf006 The project website for Autism in Affinity Spaces can be found here: https://autisminaffinityspaces.org/ Jess on ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jessica_Aiston Jess's work on CDS featured on this episode of Lexis: https://spotifycreators-web.app.link/e/6XMKoRtp90b She has written two pieces for emagazine on CDS and the language of the manosphere: https://www.englishandmedia.co.uk/emc-magazines/#emagazine Also featured on BBC's Word of Mouth show with Michael Rosen: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002js96 Big thanks to Freya, Miles and their teacher El Power at Eltham Hill for instigating this episode and for all the work around it. Lexis is on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/lexispodcast.bsky.social ContributorsLisa Casey blog: https://livingthroughlanguage.wordpress.com/ Dan Clayton blog: EngLangBlog & Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/englangblog.bsky.social Jacky Glancey Raj RanaMatthew Butler Music: Serge Quadrado - Cool Guys Cool Guys by Serge Quadrado is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. From the Free Music Archive: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/serge-quadrado/urban/cool-guys
Con Carlos Artiles, Dan Clayton y Nelson Moran.
Con Carlos Artiles, Nelson Moran, y Dan Clayton.
Out of seemingly nowhere, the Utah Jazz officially shifted into top gear with a MEGA trade to immediately become a playoff team next year by trading for Jaren Jackson Jr.! Utah gives up three firsts, Walt Clayton, and Taylor Hendricks. What does this trade mean for Utah's roster? How does JJJ fit with Markkanen and Kessler? There are so many angles to break down, and Dan Clayton (@danclayt0n & @danclayt0n.bsky.social) & Mark Pereira (@markrussellpereira.bsky.social) are here to cover it all.Subscribe to Salt City Hoops on your podcast feed or on YouTube to get all of the best NBA and Jazz updates!
Con Juan Baracco, Carlos Artiles, Dan Clayton, y Nelson Moran.
Con Carlos Artiles, Nelson Moran, y Dan Clayton.
Con Carlos Artiles, Nelson Moran, y Dan Clayton.
Dan Clayton (https://x.com/danclayt0n) joins Mark Russell Pereira (https://bsky.app/profile/markrussellpereira.bsky.social) to recap the first third of the season thus far for the Utah Jazz.What predictions did Dan and Mark get right, or wrong? How are we feeling about the direction of the team? And what is up with Will Hardy's tough coaching these days?Check out Salt City Hoops at www.saltcityhoops.com and make sure to drop a comment, review, question, or anything to chat about the NBA with Mark and Dan!
Con Carlos Artiles, Dan Clayton, y Nelson Moran.
Con Carlos Artiles, Dan Clayton, y Nelson Moran.
Con Carlos Artiles, Dan Clayton, y Nelson Moran.
Con Nelson Moran, Carlos Artiles, y Dan Clayton.
Dan Clayton (@danclayt0n / @danclayt0n.bsky.social) and Mark Russell Pereira (@markrussellpereira.bsky.social) are back and super pumped for the 2025-2026 NBA Season for the Utah Jazz! To kick things off, Dan and Mark recap Media Day and the notable bits and statements from the players, coaches, and management. Hear about Walker Kessler's non-extension frustration, Lauri Markkanen's status with the rebuilding Jazz, and how the young players are looking ahead to their development.
Con Carlos Artiles, Nelson Moran, y Dan Clayton.
The Utah Jazz disappointed many with a trade of Collin Sexton for a much more negative return than anticipated. What does this mean for the rest of the Jazz vets and the trade block? And with NBA free agency starting this week, are there any plans at all for Utah to get in the mix for...anyone?Mark Pereira (@markrussellpereira.bsky.social) and Dan Clayton (@danclayt0n) go long on what the Jazz seek to do this offseason. Subscribe on YouTube today!
Con Carlos Artiles, Dan Clayton, y Nelson Moran.
A preposterous NBA Lottery result prompted an emergency podcast from Dan Clayton (@danclayt0n) and Mark Russell Pereira (@markrussellpereira.bsky.social) to get out feelings on why the Jazz fell and why...everyone else?...moved up. Not all is lost for Utah as there is hope to build the team from here.
Con Carlos Artiles, Nelson Moran, y Dan Clayton.
Con Carlos Artiles, Nelson Moran, y Dan Clayton.
Con Carlos Artiles, Nelson Moran, y Dan Clayton.
Con Carlos Artiles, Nelson Moran, y Dan Clayton.
Con Carlos Artiles, Nelson Moran, y Dan Clayton.
Con Carlos Artiles, Dan Clayton y Nelson Moran.
The Utah Jazz are busy on the trade market for this 2025 Trade Deadline in the NBA! Join Mark Pereira and Dan Clayton as they take a look at Utah's role in the earth-shattering Luka Doncic trade, a tiny roster shift, and the possibilities left to ponder as we near the Trade Deadline.
Eric Frandsen and Jason Walker share some last-minute thoughts about Utah State at Wyoming. USU women's basketball host UNLV in a Pink-Out game in the Spectrum. Dan Clayton from Salt City Hoops joins the show to discuss Utah's latest trades and what the team's future looks like. Stat that Blew My Mind / Player of the Week
Con Carlos Artiles, Nelson Moran, y Dan Clayton.
Con Carlos Artiles, Dan Clayton, y Nelson Moran.
Mark Russell Pereira and Dan Clayton look the positive and negative trends worth discussing a third of the way through the Utah Jazz season. Who has delighted? Who has disappointed? And, most importantly, how can we explain what has happened? Tune in for deep, level-headed, and yet always irreverent analysis from Mark and Dan, followed by a quick moment to remember Paul Millsap, one of the best guys to remember.
Dan Clayton (@danclayt0n) and Mark Russell Pereira (@Mark_R_Pereira) continue the Utah Jazz Season Preview Series for Salt City Hoops! We go player by player through the entire roster, and in this episode we finish the team with Keyonte George, Jordan Clarkson, John Collins, Kyle Filipowski, and Svi Mykhailiuk.
Dan Clayton (@danclayt0n) and Mark Russell Pereira (@Mark_R_Pereira) kick off the Utah Jazz Season Preview Series for Salt City Hoops! We go player by player through the entire roster, starting in this episode with in-depth previews of the seasons ahead for Collin Sexton, Walker Kessler, Cody Williams, Brice Sensabaugh, and Patty Mills.
Dan Clayton (@danclayt0n) and Mark Russell Pereira (@Mark_R_Pereira) kick off the Utah Jazz Season Preview Series for Salt City Hoops! We go player by player through the entire roster, starting in this episode with in-depth previews of the seasons ahead for Lauri Markkanen, Taylor Hendricks, Drew Eubanks, Isaiah Collier, and Johnny Juzang.
Con Carlos Artiles, Nelson Moran, y Dan Clayton.
The Utah Jazz are primed for an extremely active offseason of roster shakeups, following a rookie draft that many are lauding. Dan Clayton and Mark Russell Pereira from Salt City Hoops will introduce Jazz fans to the new rookies Cody Williams, Isaiah Collier, and Kyle Filipowski, followed by a discussion on what to do with Lauri Markkanen this summer and how the Jazz may fill out the rest of the roster.
Con Carlos Artiles, Dan Clayton, y Nelson Moran.
Con Carlos Artiles, Nelson Moran, y Dan Clayton.
Con Carlos Artiles, Nelson Moran, y Dan Clayton.
Con Carlos Artiles, Nelson Moran, y Dan Clayton.
Con Carlos Artiles, Dan Clayton, y Nelson Moran.
After a pair of deadline week trades by the Utah Jazz, Mark Russell Pereira, Ken Clayton and Dan Clayton came together to talk about how the deals fit into Utah's ongoing rebuild and forecast just how bumpy the closing stretch could be after the resulting rotation shuffle.
Comienza un nuevo podcast de los Utah Jazz con la llegada del "Marcador Final," conducido por Carlos Artiles, Nelson Moran y Dan Clayton. Con Mike Smith (Jazz TV).
Álvaro Martín y el Coach Carlos Morales analizan la actualidad de la temporada 2022-23 de la NBA, el miércoles 5 de abril de 2023. Invitado especial: Dan Clayton (analista de Utah Jazz y de NBA). #MiércolesDeMorales Índice de segmentos del episodio: 00:00 Introducción, análisis de resultados de la semana y demás02:25 ¿Cómo es el nuevo convenio colectivo? Invitado especial: Dan Clayton (analista Utah Jazz) 39:14 Posiciones y posibilidades de clasificación a una semana del final 42:11 El Coach Morales elige los jugadores que le impactaron en al Final Four de NCAA ¡Síguenos y suscríbete! - Ritmo NBACanal de YouTube: bit.ly/2ECwwGhTwitter: bit.ly/3gq4cV7Instagram: bit.ly/31ugLdHFacebook: bit.ly/3aUoRPX