10 Best Etymology Podcasts
Etymology Podcasts
Here are 10 Best Etymology Podcasts worth listening to in 2024
1. Spectacular Vernacular
US
A podcast that explores language and plays with it. Linguist Nicole Holliday and Wall Street Journal language columnist Ben Zimmer discuss the ways la...nguage is changing, talk to scholars and writers, and set and solve word puzzles.more
slate.com/podcasts..
1.4M 1.7M 87K 1 episode / week Avg Length 38 min Feb 2012 Play Get Email Contact
2. A Way with Words
San Diego, California, US
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 th...e 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.more
waywordradio.org/l..
116.1K 29.1K 2.7K 1 episode / week Avg Length 54 min Sep 2007 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.more
podcasters.spotify..
2.7K 1 episode / week Avg Length 108 min Play Get Email Contact
4. Etymoleon - etymology, the origins of words
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.
etymoleon.buzzspro..
1 episode / week Avg Length 15 min Play Get Email Contact
5. The Endless Knot
Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
Aven & Mark discuss etymology, history, literature, language, and cocktails, and the sometimes surprising connections between them all.
alliterative.net/p..
347 2.1K 184 8 episodes / year Avg Length 71 min Jul 2015 Play Get Email Contact
6. Lexitecture
Canada
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.more
lexitecture.com/ep..
894 2K 1 episode / quarter Avg Length 49 min Mar 2018 Play Get Email Contact
7. 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.more
wordsforgranted.li..
563 1.2K 1 episode / month Avg Length 31 min Jun 2016 Play Get Email Contact
8. Science Diction
New York City, New York, US
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 po...dcast 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.more
wnycstudios.org/po..
22.2K 8.4K 6.9K 1 episode / year Avg Length 18 min Feb 2020 Play Get Email Contact
9. 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 wa...y we do & also explores the origins of today's common occurrences from word etymology to holiday traditions and everywhere in between.more
play.acast.com/s/w..
125 766 Feb 2018 Play Get Email Contact
10. Talk the Talk » Etymology
Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Talk the Talk podcast is hosted by Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skarsgard. This weekly show is about linguistics, the science of language.
talkthetalkpodcast..
3.9K 7.1K 969 Sep 2018 Play Get Email Contact
Etymology Podcasters
Podcaster Name | Podcast Link | Total Episodes | |
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Science Friday and WNYC Studios | wnycstudios.org | 122 | |
Russell Pirkle & Hannah Weyer | podcasters.spotify.com | 79 | |
Hosted by Martha Barnette and Grant Barrett. Produ | waywordradio.org | 39 | |
Leon Bailey-Green | etymoleon.buzzsprout.com | 19 | |
Lexitecture | lexitecture.com | 5 | |
Mark Sundaram & Aven McMaster | alliterative.net | 4 | |
d. peterschmidt | wnycstudios.org | 3 | |
Mark Donovan | podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/instanttrivia | 4 | |
Mike Butler | podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/theenglishsessions | 4 | |
Artnowthus | artnowthus.in/podcast | 2 | |
Bill Brewster | podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/william-brewster1 | 2 | |
Sarah Pettyfer | podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sarah-pettyfer | 2 | |
Alika Hope | podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/alikahope | 1 | |
Amanda | smartbitchestrashybooks.com/podcast | 1 | |
Brian Johnson | brianjohnson.libsyn.com | 1 | |
Marshall Poe | newbooksnetwork.com/category/religion-faith/christian-studies | 1 | |
New Books Network | booksnetwork.com/category/politics-society/intellectual-history | 1 | |
Sanjay Parekh & Adam Walker | anchor.fm/techtalkyall | 1 | |
Shannon Betts And Mary Saghafi | readingteacherslounge.com | 1 | |
Brian Cimmet | bemoresmarter.libsyn.com | 41 | |
Merriam-webster | merriam-webster.com/word-of-the-day | 19 | |
Heather Broster | dailyitalianwords.com | 16 | |
Mignon Fogarty | quickanddirtytips.com/grammar-girl | 8 | |
Spencer Parks | spejampar.podbean.com | 7 | |
Bad Producer Productions | finalwordcricket.com/episodes | 6 | |
The Slang Podcast | theslangpodcast.com/listen | 6 | |
Tim Ferriss | tim.blog | 6 | |
Luke Thompson | teacherluke.co.uk/archive-of-episodes-1-149 | 5 | |
Molly Wizenberg And Matthew Amster-burton | spilledmilkpodcast.com | 5 | |
Kensy Cooperrider – Diverse Intelligences Summer Institute | disi.org/manyminds | 4 | |
Margaret Ables And Amy Wilson | whatfreshhellpodcast.com | 4 | |
Mark Liberman | languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll | 4 | |
Rob Allen | foundr.com | 4 | |
Alie Ward | alieward.com/ologies | 3 | |
Andrew Santino And Bobby Lee | badfriendspod.com | 3 | |
Chineasy By Shaolan | chineasy.com/talk/lessons | 3 | |
Erica Mills Barnhart | marketingforgood.simplecast.com/episodes | 3 | |
Hathor Communications | podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/selfconsciousnesspodcast | 3 | |
Slam City | slamcity.co | 3 | |
Sounds-write | sounds-write.co.uk/the-sounds-write-podcast | 3 | |
The Law School Of America | podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/law-school | 3 | |
The Partial Historians | partialhistorians.com/category/podcast | 3 | |
Travel Mdia | travelmedicinepodcast.squarespace.com | 3 | |
Amichai Cohen | livekabbalah.com/podcasts/live-kabbalah-live-your-truth-podcast | 2 | |
Aubrey Marcus | aubreymarcus.com/blogs/aubrey-marcus-podcast | 2 | |
Audacy | omny.fm/shows/the-charlie-james-show?cloudflare-language=en-US | 2 | |
Basically Gen Z | podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/basically-gen-z | 2 | |
Bob Camardella | podomatic.com/podcasts/boxcars711 | 2 | |
Brian Ardinger | insideoutside.io/the-feed | 2 | |
Bro. John | justgospel.com.ng | 2 |