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This is a list of podcasts that help you understand words, how we use them, and what our word choices say about us. Etymology, sociolinguistics, and grammar but in the original sense.

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Created October 04, 2020

Updated November 15, 2021

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  1. Lingthusiasm - A podcast that's enthusiastic about linguistics

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    A podcast that's enthusiastic about linguistics by Gretchen McCulloch and Lauren Gawne. A weird and deep conversation about language delivered right to your ears the third Thursday of every month. "Joyously nerdy" –Buzzfeed. Listened to all
    SocietyCulture

  2. The History of English Podcast

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    A chronological history of the English language examined through the lens of historical events that shaped the development and spread of the language from the Eurasian steppe to the entire world.
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  3. Lexitecture

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    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
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  4. Bunny Trails: A Word History Podcast

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    Welcome to our whimsical adventure of idioms and other turns of phrase. Each week, we delve into the origins of phrases to find out how they came into the English language. We tell the story of how the phrase got from its beginnings to where it
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  5. The Vocal Fries

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    The monthly podcast about linguistic discrimination. Learn about how we judge other people's speech as a sneaky way to be racist, sexist, classist, etc. Carrie and Megan teach you how to stop being an accidental jerk. Support this podcast at ww
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  6. A Way with Words - language, linguistics, and callers from all over

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    Light-hearted conversation with callers from all over about new words, old sayings, slang, family expressions, language change and varieties, as well as word histories, linguistics, regional dialects, word games, grammar, books, literature, wri
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  7. Something Rhymes with Purple

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    Susie Dent and Gyles Brandreth invite you to enhance your vocabulary, uncover the hidden origins of language and share their love of words in this award-winning podcast.We love hearing from you, find us @SomethingRhymes on Twitter and Facebo
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  8. Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.

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    A podcast about linguistics, the science of language.
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  9. The Endless Knot

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    Aven & Mark discuss etymology, history, literature, language, and cocktails, and the sometimes surprising connections between them all.
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  10. The Allusionist

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    Adventures in language with Helen Zaltzman. TheAllusionist.org
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  11. Slate Debates

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    A feed from the Slate podcast network featuring episodes with enlightening conversations, opposing views, and plenty of healthy disputes. You'll get a curated selection of episodes from programs like What Next, The Waves, and the Political Gabf
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  12. Words for Granted - An etymology and linguistics podcast

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    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.
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  13. en clair: forensic linguistics, literary detection, language mysteries, and more

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    en clair is a podcast about forensic linguistics, literary detection, language mysteries, cryptography, codes, language and the law, linguistic crime, undeciphered languages, and more, from past to present. Credits, links, podcast transcripts a
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  14. Word for Word

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    Australian English has many fascinating stories, interesting etymologies, and wonderfully weird slang. The language is constantly evolving as the world around us changes; new words are created, meanings change, and other things get left behind.
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  15. The Polyglottal Stop | A Language Learning Podcast

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    A podcast about language, language learning, and sociolinguistics from a polyglot's point of view! Be sure to follow @PolyglottalPod on Twitter and @ThePolyglottalStop on Instagram and Tiktok! Buy me a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/angeliquevoice
    EducationLanguageSociology

  16. Canguro English

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    Canguro English presents a podcast about language for people learning languages.
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  17. Word of Mouth

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    Series exploring the world of words and the ways in which we use them
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  18. Slavstvuyte!

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    Slavstvuyte is a podcast dedicated to exploring the fascinating world of Slavic languages. Join me as we delve into the rich history, vibrant cultures, and diverse communities that make up the Slavic-speaking world. From Russian to Czech, Polis
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  19. Unstandardized English

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    A podcast seeking justice for the racially, linguistically, and neurologically minoritized. Host JPB Gerald examines issues including whiteness, raciolinguistics, academia, capitalism, and sometimes pop culture.
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  20. The Black Language Podcast

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    Linguistics holds up a magnifying glass to society to allow us to see the beauty, rawness, and complicatedness in what it means to be human by studying everything involved in what we communicate and how we communicate it. This is a podcast dedi
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  21. Accentricity

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    Why do we love some accents and hate others? Why do we talk differently in different situations? Does learning a new language really teach you to think differently? In this linguistics podcast, I examine how the way we talk connects to who we a
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  22. Motherfoclóir

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    Dispatches from a not so dead language. Hosted by Darach O'Séaghdha and The Irish For… @theirishfor (https://twitter.com/Motherfocloir) Follow the show on twitter @motherfocloir or email us at [email protected]
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