Wednesday, September 2, 2020
Congratulations to Ivan Masterov on becoming IDEA’s newest associate editor. Ivan represents his native Russia, for which he has recently submitted five samples. His most recent subjects are…
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Sunday, August 30, 2020
We’re proud to introduce two new subjects from Russia. Russia 16 is from Siberia, and Russia 17 is from a city just east of Moscow. They are both…
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Sunday, August 23, 2020
Thanks to Senior Editor Sarah Maria Nichols, IDEA has its third subject from the capital of the United States, Washington, D.C. The subject is a 33-year-old Black man…
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Thursday, August 6, 2020
We’re proud to introduce a new IDEA associate editor: Adam Lane Bergquist. Based in Canada, Adam joins IDEA with four new subjects from the province of Alberta. See…
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Saturday, August 1, 2020
Thanks to Judylee Vivier, IDEA is now proud to offer a recording of the South African names and terms from The Syringa Tree, by Pamela Gien. The recording…
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Monday, July 27, 2020
We’re proud to introduce our first subject from the capital city of California: Sacramento. The 19-year-old student is also our first African-American subject from California.
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Monday, July 6, 2020
We’re proud to welcome our first subject from Atlanta, Georgia. Though her regional dialect is extremely slight and could even be characterized as something akin to General American,…
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Monday, June 29, 2020
Please welcome two new self-submissions: Australia 35 and Ontario (Canada) 37. In addition, thanks to IDEA Associate Editor Tshari King, we have a complete transcription of one of…
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Thursday, June 11, 2020
As the world re-emphasizes the importance of Black voices in society, we at IDEA are reminded of their importance to our archive. And when we say voices, we…
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Wednesday, June 10, 2020
Based upon feedback from you, we’ve simplified our IDEA submission process. It’s now less confusing and easier to submit a sample. (Thanks to our editors, especially Senior Editor…
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