Last episode, I mentioned that in London, Ontario, in 2019 a 9-year-old named Lyla Wheeler had...
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Podcasts de etymology
Erwin Schrödinger is one of the "fathers of quantum mechanics". He also sexually abused children....
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It should just be an accurate descriptor of my body, but the word 'fat' has shaped so much more...
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Sterling Martin was in grad school, studying C. elegans worms, when COVID19 hit and suddenly he...
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Over the past few years, numerous products and places with the word 'plantation' in their names...
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"You can't redead the dead by you saying something shit," says Cariad Lloyd of Griefcast and...
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Oh, you thought the Eurovision Song Contest was about songs? Or a fun international TV event that...
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There's an abiding myth that the landmark dictionaries are the work of one man, in a dusty...
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When PhD student Annie Lennox discovered a crater on Mercury, she got the chance to name it....
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Quiz time! Samin Nosrat and Hrishikesh Hirway of Home Cooking podcast join to deliver questions...
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172. A Brief History of Brazilian Portuguese
"The myths, or the received wisdom, about Portuguese language in Brazil is that, of course we...
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There aren't many multilingual, multinational television shows that have been running for nearly...
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It's the annual etymology quizlusionist! I’m on a family holiday for the first time since 1988,...
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Lexicographer, author and Dictionary Corner resident Susie Dent has been studying words to make...
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All aboard, we're off to the 2023 Apple Festival at the University of British Columbia, to taste...
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The word 'misophonia' describes a condition that statistically, 20 per cent of you have: an...
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Think of October 31st as a membrane. A membrane ‘they’ can pass through, get in amongst us.
This one’s David doing his thing, brooding over words. In this case – it’s Halloween after all –...
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TMR 195 : Ed Balsam-Clamp : The Oxford Brexish Dictionary
"No one has even been given a chance to comment on this momentous publication, and yet it...
Ep39 - Sour Power of Vinegar Half Hour
Vinegar is a vital addition to popular dishes, condiments and beverages from around the world. It...
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Perfected Beings in Human Form: The Siddha Tradition in Śaiva Tantra
John Nemec's talk on the origin of siddha and its polysemic application in Sanskrit textual...
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