368 Episodes

  1. What Had Happened Was Storytelling

    Published: 24/01/2017

  2. Why We Stopped Teaching Children How to Read

    Published: 10/01/2017

  3. Away in a Penthouse, the Little Lord Jesus

    Published: 27/12/2016

  4. What "The Wizard of Oz" Can Tell Us About "Arrival"

    Published: 13/12/2016

  5. Black Like Us

    Published: 29/11/2016

  6. Language Lessons of Past Presidents

    Published: 15/11/2016

  7. Whither Didst Thou Go?

    Published: 01/11/2016

  8. Why Do People Talk Like That in Old Movies?

    Published: 18/10/2016

  9. Billy and Me Went to the Store. Deal With It.

    Published: 04/10/2016

  10. What Is a Dictionary, Really?

    Published: 20/09/2016

  11. The Invisible Language of Nursery Rhymes

    Published: 06/09/2016

  12. Word Sex

    Published: 23/08/2016

  13. Should Shakespeare Get a Modern English Update?

    Published: 08/08/2016

  14. Are Emoji a Language?

    Published: 26/07/2016

  15. Finding Life in a Dead Language

    Published: 12/07/2016

  16. Rules Are Made to Be Spoken

    Published: 29/06/2016

  17. The Tragedy of English Spelling

    Published: 14/06/2016

  18. Your Brain on Profanity

    Published: 31/05/2016

  19. Rock, Paper, Scissors, Shoot!

    Published: 17/05/2016

  20. The Blaccent: What Does It Mean to Sound Black?

    Published: 03/05/2016

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