An entertainment show about how language works and why we should care.
Sounds,·41 episodes
When there are no safe spaces, language is a refuge, a lifeline, a keeper of secrets.
04 Sep 2023,·30 mins
Lauren Marks is mid-karaoke... then wakes up in hospital with only a 40-word vocabulary.
04 Sep 2023,·30 mins,·
Apologies are such important verbal transactions. So why are so many of them so bad?
How do apples get their names?
Swearing is good for you! Be sure you swear properly to optimise the positive effects.
04 Sep 2023,·25 mins,·
How and why do you rename a building or equation or theory that is named after someone?
04 Sep 2023,·36 mins,·
In English law, the word 'mother' becomes semantically very complicated.
04 Sep 2023,·41 mins,·
A seemingly trivial incident at the bank propelled me down a linguistic road of no return
04 Sep 2023,·57 mins
"As in the animal?" "Is that a stripper name?" "What were your parents thinking?"
"Fiona might not have quite the history that you imagined, but it's a beautiful history."
04 Sep 2023,·29 mins
Fiona seems like a very old name, but it’s not. That’s not the only surprise about Fiona.
04 Sep 2023,·37 mins
