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The Endless Knot

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Mark Sundaram & Aven McMaster

Aven & Mark discuss etymology, history, literature, language, and cocktails, and the sometimes surprising connections between them all.

#133

Episode 123: Words Christmas Gave Us, with Grace Tierney

Grace Tierney is back with another great book about the word origins, this time “Words Chr... more

17 Dec 2024

1 HR 17 MINS

1:17:56

17 Dec 2024

#132

Episode 122: Says Who, with Anne Curzan

We spoke with Dr. Anne Curzan about her new book, “Says Who? A Kinder, Funner Usage Guide ... more

01 May 2024

1 HR 01 MINS

1:01:05

01 May 2024

#131

Episode 121: The Vesuvius Challenge, with Stephen Parsons

Buried deep under volcanic ash lie hundreds of burnt scrolls containing texts from the fir... more

31 Mar 2024

1 HR 11 MINS

1:11:28

31 Mar 2024

#130

Episode 120: Swimming in History, with Karen Carr

We talked to Dr. Karen Carr about the global history of swimming — in myth, folktale, and ... more

29 Feb 2024

59 MINS

59:01

29 Feb 2024

#129

Episode 119: An Ecological Chain

We discuss the language and history of the ecological sciences, all the way back to the an... more

31 Jan 2024

1 HR 34 MINS

1:34:31

31 Jan 2024

#128

Episode 118: A Crisis of Masculinity, with Melanie Racette-Campbell

We talk to Melanie Racette-Campbell about her new book, “The Crisis of Masculinity in the ... more

31 Aug 2023

1 HR 21 MINS

1:21:01

31 Aug 2023

#127

Episode 117: A Brief History of Misogyny

The word “chauvinism” is an unlikely eponym, but it turns out that the story behind it has... more

04 Jul 2023

1 HR 21 MINS

1:21:01

04 Jul 2023

#126

Episode 116: A Quiverful of Time Arrows

We look at the history of English’s conceptualization of time, and update Mark’s research ... more

30 May 2023

1 HR 25 MINS

1:25:14

30 May 2023

#125

Episode 115: Like, Literally, Dude! with Valerie Fridland

We spoke to Dr. Valerie Fridland about her new book, “Like, Literally, Dude!” and talked a... more

25 Apr 2023

1 HR 25 MINS

1:25:14

25 Apr 2023

#124

Episode 114a: The XYZ’s of Spelling

It’s Part 2 of our mega-episode on spelling! This time, we get into some of the notorious ... more

04 Apr 2023

1 HR 12 MINS

1:12:55

04 Apr 2023

#123

Episode 114: The ABC’s of Spelling

We’re wading into the messy world of English spelling in this episode — the first of two, ... more

28 Mar 2023

1 HR 12 MINS

1:12:04

28 Mar 2023

#122

Bonus: Livestream Q&A from LingFest23

In this bonus episode, we answer questions from viewers and listeners during a livestream ... more

28 Feb 2023

1 HR 14 MINS

1:14:57

28 Feb 2023

#121

Announcement: LingFest23 Q&A Livestream

Just a reminder that we’ll be doing a Q&A livestream on our YouTube channel as part of Lin... more

09 Feb 2023

00 MINS

00:56

09 Feb 2023

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