10 Best Etymology Podcasts

1. Slate Debates

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A feed from the Slate podcast network featuring episodes with enlightening conversations, opposing views, and plenty of healthy disputes. You'll get a curated selection of episodes from programs like What Next, The Waves, and the Political Gabfest, with deep discussions that go beyond point-counterpoint and shed light on the issues that matter most.MORE Hosts Nicole Holliday, Ben Zimmer, John McWhorter
Producer/Network Slate Podcasts
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Apple Rating 4.6/5Apple Reviews 3.5KFacebook 1.4MTwitter 1.6MInstagram 110.3K Avg Length 47 min Format Long form Since Feb 2012 Get Email Contact Get access to full database of 2.7M podcastsCreate podcast lists, export in spreadsheet or CSV file with email contacts and start your podcast outreach in minutes.Sign Up for Free with Email Continue with Google

2. A Way with Words - language, linguistics, and callers from all over

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Light-hearted conversation with callers from all over about new words, old sayings, slang, family expressions, language change and varieties, as well as word histories, linguistics, regional dialects, word games, grammar, books, literature, writing, and more.Be a part of the show with author/journalist Martha Barnette and linguist/lexicographer Grant Barrett. Share your language thoughts, questions, and stories: https://waywordradio.org/contact or ****@waywordradio.org...MORE Hosts Martha Barnette, Grant Barrett
Producer/Network Hosted by Martha Barnette and Grant Barrett. Produced by Stefanie Levine.
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Apple Rating 4.6/5Apple Reviews 2.3KFacebook 113.3KTwitter 26.7K Avg Length 47 min Format Long form Since Aug 2007 Get Email Contact

3. Getting Down & Wordy

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Humorous Etymological Research Probing English Songs - A moderately researched, moderately funny chat show about popular music and language. We are a Podmoth Network podcast.
Hosts Russell Pirkle, Hannah Weyer
Producer/Network Russell Pirkle & Hannah Weyer
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Apple Rating 4.8/5Apple Reviews 41Twitter 2.9K Avg Length 103 min Format Extended Get Email Contact

4. Etymoleon - Word History, the etymology podcast.

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Word History is a weekly 15 minute etymology podcast by Etymoleon, dedicated to uncovering the history behind words and names. Each episode unveils the journey of words and their connections to various languages such as Old English, Ancient Greek, Latin, Old French, Proto-Germanic and many more. Episodes also highlight historical events related to the topic and terms explored. Earlier episodes were just the beginning, start with later episodes for the best takes on word, name and historical origins. New episodes every Sunday...MORE Host Leon Bailey-Green
Producer/Network Leon Bailey-Green
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Apple Rating 4.7/5Apple Reviews 13 Avg Length 16 min Format Short form Get Email Contact

5. Lexitecture

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A Canadian (Ryan) and a Scot (Amy) 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)...MORE Hosts Ryan Paulsen, Amy Hanlon
Producer/Network Ryan Paulsen and Amy Hanlon
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Apple Rating 4.9/5Apple Reviews 79Facebook 871Twitter 1.7K Avg Length 53 min Format Long form Since Mar 2018 Video Podcast YouTube
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6. The Endless Knot

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Aven & Mark discuss etymology, history, literature, language, and cocktails, and the sometimes surprising connections between them all.
Hosts Aven McMaster, Mark Sundaram
Producer/Network Mark Sundaram & Aven McMaster
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Apple Rating 4.7/5Apple Reviews 77Facebook 560Twitter 2.1K Avg Length 72 min Format Long form Since Jul 2015 Get Email Contact

7. Science Diction

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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.MORE Host Johanna Mayer
Producer/Network Science Friday and WNYC Studios
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Apple Rating 4.7/5Apple Reviews 661Facebook 22.1KTwitter 7.4KInstagram 6.9K Avg Length 18 min Format Short form Since Feb 2020 Get Email Contact

8. Words for Granted - An etymology and linguistics podcast

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Words for Granted is a podcast that looks at how words change over time. Host Ray Belli uses linguistic evolution as a way of understanding larger historical and cultural changes.
Producer/Network Ray Belli
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Apple Rating 4.8/5Apple Reviews 313Facebook 557Twitter 1.1K Avg Length 26 min Format Medium form Since Jun 2016 Get Email Contact

9. Why Is That Podcast

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The Why Is That Podcast is a podcast that explores the origins of today's common occurrences from word etymology to holiday traditions and everywhere in between. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.MORE Producer/Network Travis
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Apple Rating 4.8/5Apple Reviews 17Facebook 199Twitter 720 Avg Length 22 min Format Medium form Since Feb 2018 Get Email Contact

10. Talk the Talk » Etymology

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Talk the Talk podcast is hosted by Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skarsgard. This weekly show is about linguistics, the science of language.
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Facebook 3.8KTwitter 6.7KInstagram 1.1K Since Sep 2018 Get Email Contact