The Spoken History of a Global Language
Melanated Stamps
Jenaya Perdue, a melanated passport stamp addict, has stepped foot in 28 countries and has plans to get to as many as she can. On this podcast, she highlights and showcases...
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Episode 122: The Name of the Game
Feb. 28, 2019
1:04:18
Episode 121: English Ascent
Jan. 30, 2019
1:00:52
Episode 120: The End of the World
Dec. 31, 2018
59:20
Episode 119: The Road to War
Dec. 13, 2018
1:13:58
Bonus Episode: Regarding English (Sound Education Conference Talk)
Nov. 29, 2018
29:29
Episode 118: Trade Names
Nov. 19, 2018
1:07:45
Episode 117: What’s In a Name?
Oct. 16, 2018
1:04:27
Episode 116: The Celtic Fringe
Sept. 17, 2018
1:00:47
Episode 115: The Measure of a Person
Aug. 21, 2018
1:03:36
Episode 114: The Craft of Numbering
July 26, 2018
1:07:19
Episode 113: A Zouthern Accent
June 27, 2018
1:02:41
Episode 112: Northern Messenger
June 8, 2018
59:37
Episode 111: Laying Down the Law
May 10, 2018
1:02:26
Episode 110: Dyed In the Wool
April 7, 2018
1:02:56
Episode 109: The Romantic Warriors
March 8, 2018
56:25
Episode 108: On the Move
Feb. 9, 2018
55:54
Episode 107: Parlez-Vous Anglais?
Jan. 15, 2018
49:11
Episode 106: An Illuminating Development
Dec. 31, 2017
57:23
Episode 105: Suffix Summary
Dec. 25, 2017
48:29
Episode 104: Prefix Preferences
Dec. 19, 2017
57:33
Episode 103: Solitary Confinement
Dec. 2, 2017
57:29
Episode 102: A Medieval Glossary
Nov. 6, 2017
59:25
Episode 101: The Birth of English Song
Oct. 12, 2017
1:02:37
Episode 100: Decoding English
Sept. 25, 2017
52:04
Episode 99: The Second French Invasion
Sept. 9, 2017
1:10:04
Episode 98: The Great Debates
Aug. 17, 2017
59:34
Episode 97: Let’s Put It In Writing
July 27, 2017
1:02:15
Episode 96: From Alpha to Omega
July 7, 2017
57:51
Episode 95: Old School and New School
June 15, 2017
1:07:57
Episode 94: From British Legend to English King
May 24, 2017
65:18
Episode 93: The Two Arthurs
April 22, 2017
61:55
Episode 92: The Lion Kings
March 29, 2017
51:03
Episode 91: Traders and Traitors
March 8, 2017
1:17:24
Episode 90: Healers, Hospitals and Holy Wars
Feb. 15, 2017
59:45
Episode 89: ‘I Before E’ and All That
Jan. 23, 2017
51:42
Episode 88: The Long and Short of It
Jan. 4, 2017
53:12
Episode 87: The First Spelling Reformers
Dec. 7, 2016
55:51
Episode 86: Family of Rebels
Nov. 15, 2016
49:45
Episode 85: How to Run an Empire
Oct. 24, 2016
59:12
Episode 84: Law, Order and Murder
Sept. 29, 2016
60:56
Episode 83: A Trilingual Nation
Sept. 5, 2016
52:50
Episode 82: A Marriage for the Ages
Aug. 3, 2016
52:45
Episode 81: Love Songs and Troubadours
July 15, 2016
57:47
Announcement: 10 American Presidents Podcast
July 1, 2016
1:43
Episode 80: Knight Life
June 23, 2016
64:54
Episode 79: Anarchy
May 18, 2016
49:46
Episode 78: Under Siege
April 29, 2016
53:57
Episode 77: Rival Relatives and the Land of Scots
April 11, 2016
50:55
Episode 76: The Gender Problem
March 25, 2016
48:26
Episode 75: Mixed Languages and Scrambled Eggs
March 2, 2016
Episode 74: Head Cities and Home Towns
Feb. 15, 2016
Episode 73: Possession, Power and Checkmate
Jan. 30, 2016
Episode 72: The Dark Ages of English
Jan. 11, 2016
Episode 71: On The Hunt
Dec. 5, 2015
Episode 70: Mind Your Manors For Pete’s Sake
Nov. 15, 2015
Episode 69: From Conquest to Domesday
Oct. 30, 2015
Episode 68: Rebels With a Cause
Oct. 16, 2015
Episode 67: The Year That Changed English
Sept. 18, 2015
Episode 66: Broken Promises and the Eve of Conquest
Aug. 20, 2015
Episode 65: Norman Dukes and Dialects
July 31, 2015
Episode 64: Feudalism and Early Normans
July 10, 2015
Bonus Episode 7: Stuffed Animals
June 25, 2015
Episode 63: Restorations and Remedies
June 2, 2015
Episode 62: Flesh and Blood
May 11, 2015
Episode 61: Earls and Churls
April 22, 2015
61:32
Episode 60: Danes, Death and Taxes
March 30, 2015
Episode 59: Let’s Make A Deal
March 11, 2015
Episode 58: Bibliophiles and Bookworms
Feb. 18, 2015
Episode 57: The Wessex Literary Revival
Jan. 28, 2015
Episode 56: The Weak vs The Strong
Jan. 15, 2015
Episode 55: To Be or Not To Be
Dec. 30, 2014
Episode 54: Pronoun Pros and Cons
Dec. 13, 2014
Episode 53: The End of Endings
Nov. 24, 2014
Episode 52: Bloody Axes and a Battle Royal
Nov. 7, 2014
Episode 51: Norse Words and a New English
Oct. 24, 2014
Episode 50: A Unified Family of English Speakers
Oct. 9, 2014
Episode 49: Vikings Among the English and French
Sept. 17, 2014
Episode 48: The Unity of Alfred’s English
Sept. 3, 2014
Bonus Episode 6: Beowulf Deconstructed
Aug. 28, 2014
Episode 47: The Man Who Saved English
Aug. 4, 2014
Episode 46: Cynewulf and the Kindred Kings
July 15, 2014
Episode 45: To Coin a Phrase – and Money
June 26, 2014
Episode 44: The Romance of Old French
June 6, 2014
Episode 43: Anglo-Saxon Monsters and Mythology
May 21, 2014
Episode 42: Beowulf and Other Viking Ancestors
May 7, 2014
Bonus Episode 5: Odds and Ends
April 25, 2014
Episode 41: New Words From Old English
April 8, 2014
Episode 40: Learning Latin and Latin Learning
March 21, 2014
Episode 39: Not Lost in Translation
March 5, 2014
Episode 38: Nobles, Nuptials and a Cowherd Poet
Feb. 17, 2014
Episode 37: Seafarers, Poets and Traveling Minstrels
Jan. 21, 2014
Episode 36: Finalizing the Alphabet
Dec. 23, 2013
Episode 35: English Sounds and Roman Letters
Dec. 12, 2013
Episode 34: Sounds Like Old English
Nov. 27, 2013
Episode 33: Missionaries and Manuscripts
Nov. 7, 2013
Bonus Episode 4: Let Me ‘Buoy’ Your Spirits
Oct. 29, 2013
Episode 32: The Oldest English
Oct. 18, 2013
Episode 31: Saxons, Franks and Other West Germans
Sept. 25, 2013
Episode 30: The Celtic Legacy
Sept. 6, 2013
Episode 29: The Anglo-Saxon Invasion
Aug. 13, 2013
Episode 28: Angles, Saxons, Jutes and Frisians
Aug. 7, 2013
Episode 27: Broken Empire and Fractured Languages
Aug. 5, 2013
Episode 26: Imperial Crisis and the Goths
Episode 25: Germanic Markings and the Runes
Episode 24: Germanic Mythology
Episode 23: Tacitus and Germanic Society
Episode 22: Early Germanic Grammar
Episode 21: Early Germanic Words
Bonus Episode 2: History of the Alphabet
Episode 20: The Early Germanic Tribes
Episode 19: The Romanization of Britain
Episode 18: Keeping Time With The Romans
Episode 17: Ancient Celts and the Latin Invasion of Gaul
Episode 16: The Rise of Rome – and Latin
Episode 15: Etruscans, Romans and a Modified Alphabet
Episode 14: The Greek Word Horde
Episode 13: Greece, Phoenicia and the Alphabet
Episode 12: Early Greek, Hittite and the Trojan War
Episode 11: Germanic Ancestors
Bonus Episode 1
Episode 10: Early Indo-European Migrations
Sept. 5, 2012
42:47
Episode 9: Who Were the Indo-Europeans?
Aug. 24, 2012
41:05
Episode 8: Indo-European Grammar (Where have all the inflexions gone?)
Aug. 16, 2012
32:49
Episode 7: More Indo-European Words
Aug. 9, 2012
Episode 6: Indo-European Words
July 26, 2012
37:08
Episode 5: Centum, Satem and the Letter C
July 18, 2012
43:20
Episode 4: A Grimm Brother Resurrects the Dead (…language)
July 11, 2012
50:17
Episode 3: The Indo-European Family Tree
July 2, 2012
Episode 2: The Indo-European Discovery
June 25, 2012
Episode 1: Introduction
June 18, 2012
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