Podcast Episodes

The Amazing Great

Episode 281

Good is no longer good enough. Everyone is awesome, superlative or simply great.

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Published on 11 hours ago

It's Been a Minute

Episode 280

Returning as the primary hosts of Lexicon Valley, Mike Vuolo and Bob Garfield speak to John McWhorter about understatement and hyperbole in Black English.

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Published on 3 weeks, 1 day ago

Ask Not ...?

Mike Vuolo and Bob Garfield interview Richard Tofel on his book Sound the Trumpet: The Making of John F. Kennedy’s Inaugural Address, revealing the startling authorship behind JFK’s most famous words…

Published on 1 month ago

Ask Not ...?

Episode 34

Mike Vuolo and Bob Garfield interview Richard Tofel on his book Sound the Trumpet: The Making of John F. Kennedy’s Inaugural Address, revealing the startling authorship behind JFK’s most famous words…

Published on 1 month ago

The American Accent Came First

Episode 279

What did English sound like during the Revolutionary War? John has a number of fascinating observations about the way the language was spoken back then — including the accents!

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Published on 2 months, 4 weeks ago

Oversleeping at the Sleepover

Episode 278

Over isn’t just the opposite of under and off is not necessarily the opposite of on. John explains.

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Published on 4 months, 2 weeks ago

The Story of Us

Episode 277

John talks about the subject of his new book by Avery Publishing — Pronoun Trouble: The Story of Us in Seven Little Words.

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Published on 5 months, 2 weeks ago

Fire, Die, Rim

Episode 276

The Thai words for fire, die and rim sound an awful lot like the English words fire, die and rim. Why is that? John explains.

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Published on 6 months, 3 weeks ago

Hither and Yon

Episode 275

Words like thence and thither are all but obsolete in English, but they were actually quite useful! John explains.

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Published on 9 months ago

Down the Rabbit Hole

Episode 274

Do you know the difference between a rabbit and a hare? And what then is a bunny? Follow John through the etymological warrens of these several words.

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Published on 10 months, 1 week ago