Words for Granted is a podcast that looks at how words change over time. Host Ray Belli uses linguistic evolution as a way of understanding larger historical and cultural changes.
Categories: Education
Tags: etymology, language, linguistics
Culinary Word of the Day is hosted by chef and author Jenn de la Vega. Subscribe to short, educational weekly dispatches to expand your vocabulary of the comestible across agriculture, technology, cooking techniques, food trends, and international cuisine. Esculentè is a behind-the-scenes conversation podcast hosted by Jenn de la Vega and research producer Alicia Book. For every three culinary words, Jenn and Alicia discuss material from the cutting room floor in a series of bonus episodes. They answer listener questions and dive deep into the words as well as the humanity behind them.
Categories: Arts, Education, History
Tags: cooking, Culinary, dictionary, etymology, Food, food history, kitchens, words
Have You Heard This One? is a sound-rich music anthology series dedicated to telling the stories of overlooked artists, fascinating characters, under-represented voices, funny moments, important events, forgotten chapters of history, and some of the greatest music stories seldom told. Each episode is hosted by a different journalist taking listeners on a deep dive into the heart of music and fandom.
Produced by an all-woman team, the stories range from epic to hilarious, poignant to shocking or downright strange. Whether told in one episode or over the span of a few, each story will leave you asking your friends, “Have You Heard This One?”
Categories: Music
Tags: american history, americana, country, electronic music, etymology, hip-hop, historiography, History, lgbtq+ musicians, lgbtqia, marginalized communities, music, music history, nevermind, pitchfork, punk, queer artist, record label, rolling stone, songs, true stories
Does the “world” seem unstable? Do conspiracy theories seem more believable than not? This podcast deals with the big issues of our era. We examine the standard narratives in an effort to question why and what we have been taught. Your challenge is to question yours, find truths you “overstand” and be the heard, not the herd.
Categories: Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture
Tags: beliefs, crazywise, etymology, Myths, religion, shamanism
There’s a Word For That! is a weekly podcast that centers around a different word or expression each episode. Host Suzanne Dressler believes in pushing the envelope to explore why and how we use words and the ways this impacts our lives. With a diverse assortment of intelligent, creative, and exciting guests, TAWFT! will force you to analyze and consider words in an entirely original and eye-opening way. Even better? NOTHING is off-limits.
Categories: Education, Science, Society & Culture
Tags: analyze, Education, etymology, History, information, intelligent, language, linguistic, word
Have you ever wondered why we use certain phrases or words? Where did they come from? What’s the origin of that saying? Why do we say “Rule of Thumb”? Why should we mind our “P’s & Q’s”? Father and son hosts Scott and Liam Kelly have the answers to those questions! We know you could just look it up online, but why not have us do the work for you and have a fun time listening! For Season 2 we are playing our world famous game show–What Word Am I? at the end of each episode! New episodes every Tuesday.
Categories: Comedy, History, Leisure
Tags: Comedy, etymology, game show, History, learning, origins, phrases, sayings, why
A Canadian (Ryan) and a Scot (Amy) talking about the words in the English language that fascinate them most at the moment, looking at their histories and origins and trying to piece together just how they got to where they are today. This is a podcast for anyone interested in etymology (the study of words and their origins/history). If you’ve ever found yourself happier after discovering some bizarre bit of trivia about a word that you hadn’t even given a second thought to (such as how the word ‘trivia’ relates to its Latin components meaning “three roads”), this might just be the podcast for you.
Categories: Education, History
Tags: english, etymology, language, learning, Literature, words