10 Best Etymology Podcasts

1. Slate Debates

A podcast that explores language and plays with it. Linguist Nicole Holliday and Wall Street Journal language columnist Ben Zimmer discuss the ways language is changing, talk to scholars and writers, and set and solve word puzzles.
Podcast cms.megaphone.fm
Email ****@slateam.co
Apple Rating 4.6 / 5Facebook Followers 1.4MTwitter Followers 1.8MInstagram Followers 87.1K Frequency 1 episode / day Avg Length 41 min Since Feb 2012 Listen on Apple YouTube Play Get Email Contact Get Influential Podcasters ContactsGet access to 100k active Podcasters, Influencers in 1500 niche categories.Get targeted media contact list in your niche at your fingertips so you can focus on running your campaign.Email us the categories of Podcasters you want to reach out for your marketing campaign at anuj@feedspot.com Copy email. We'll share active Podcasters list with verified email contacts in an Excel or CSV format.Email us

2. A Way with Words

A Way with Words is a fun and funny radio show and podcast about language. Co-hosts Martha Barnette and Grant Barrett talk with callers from around the world about linguistics, slang, new words, jokes, riddles, word games, grammar, old sayings, word origins, regional dialects, family expressions, books, literature, folklore, and speaking and writing well.
Podcast waywordradio.org
Hosts Martha Barnette, Grant Barrett
Email ****@waywordradio.org
Apple Rating 4.6 / 5Facebook Followers 115.4KTwitter Followers 29.4KInstagram Followers 2.9K Frequency 1 episode / week Avg Length 54 min Since Sep 2007 Listen on Apple YouTube Play Get Email Contact

3. Getting Down & Wordy

Humorous Etymological Research Probing English Songs - A moderately researched, moderately funny chat show about popular music and language. We are a Podmoth Network podcast.
Podcast podcasters.spotify.com
Apple Rating 4.7 / 5 Frequency 1 episode / week Avg Length 112 min Listen on Apple YouTube Play Get Email Contact

4. Etymoleon

Etymoleon is a podcast about etymology, the study of the origins of words. Leon Bailey-Green researches the history and meanings of words and names.
Podcast etymoleon.buzzsprout.com
Email ****@etymoleon.com
Apple Rating 5 / 5 Frequency 1 episode / week Avg Length 15 min Listen on Apple Play Get Email Contact

5. The Endless Knot

Aven & Mark discuss etymology, history, literature, language, and cocktails, and the sometimes surprising connections between them all.
Podcast alliterative.net
Email ****@gmail.com
Apple Rating 4.6 / 5Facebook Followers 567Twitter Followers 2KInstagram Followers 184 Frequency 1 episode / quarter Avg Length 71 min Since Jul 2015 Listen on Apple YouTube Play Get Email Contact

6. Lexitecture

Host Ryan and Scot 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 podcast for anyone interested in etymology (the study of words and their origins/history). If you've ever found yourself happier after discovering some bizarre bit of trivia about a word that you hadn't even given a second thought to this might just be the podcast for you.
Podcast lexitecture.com
Email ****@lexitecture.com
Apple Rating 4.9 / 5Facebook Followers 894Twitter Followers 1.8K Frequency 1 episode / quarter Avg Length 48 min Since Mar 2018 Listen on Apple YouTube Play Get Email Contact

7. Why Is That Podcast

The Why Is That Podcast is a history-based podcast exploring the origins of certain terms, systems, and traditions. It answers why we do things the way we do & also explores the origins of today's common occurrences from word etymology to holiday traditions and everywhere in between.
Podcast play.acast.com
Apple Rating 4.8 / 5Facebook Followers 149Twitter Followers 804 Since Feb 2018 Listen on Apple Play Get Email Contact

8. Words for Granted

Words for Granted is a podcast that looks at how words change over time. Host Ray Belli who uses language - more specifically, individual words - as a way of making connections among history, culture, religion, and society.
Podcast wordsforgranted.libsyn.com
Email ****@gmail.com
Apple Rating 4.8 / 5Facebook Followers 563Twitter Followers 1.2K Frequency 1 episode / year Avg Length 31 min Since Jun 2016 Listen on Apple Spotify Play Get Email Contact

9. Science Diction

What does the word 'meme' have to do with evolutionary biology? And why do we call it 'Spanish flu' when it was never Spanish? Science Diction is a podcast about words—and the science stories within them. If you like your language with a side of science, Science Diction has you covered. Brought to you by Science Friday and WNYC Studios.
Podcast wnycstudios.org
Hosts Scifri Producer, Musician D
Email ****@wnyc.org
Facebook Followers 22.8KTwitter Followers 8.8KInstagram Followers 6.9K Frequency 1 episode / year Avg Length 18 min Since Feb 2020 Listen on YouTube Play Get Email Contact

10. Talk the Talk » Etymology

Talk the Talk podcast is hosted by Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skarsgard. This weekly show is about linguistics, the science of language.
Podcast talkthetalkpodcast.com
Email ****@rtrfm.com.au
Facebook Followers 3.9KTwitter Followers 3.3KInstagram Followers 991 Since Sep 2018 Play Get Email Contact