Words for Granted - An etymology and linguistics podcast

History Podcasts

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.

Episodes

The Art of Inventing Languages: Interview with George Corley

How Do New Words Get Added to the Dictionary? | Interview with Fiona McPherson

A 5,000 Year History of Punctuation: Interview with Florence Hazrat

The Oxford Comma Debate: Interview with Jay Stookesbery

The Failed Attempts to Simplify English Spelling: Interview with Gabe Henry

The Proto-Indo-European Puzzle: Interview with Laura Spinney

The Science and History of English Accents: Interview with Valerie Fridland

The History of the Alphabet: Interview with Danny Bate

Lessons on Language with the Grammar Girl (Mignon Fogerty)

The Marvels of Translation: Interview with Keith Khan-Harris

The Power (and Omnipresence) of Rhetoric: Interview with Guy Doza

A Defense of "Bad" English: Interview with Valerie Fridland

Learning New Languages: Interview with Rob Paterson

Combatting Bias in Linguistic AI: Interview with Courtney Napoles

Origins of Place Names: Interview with Duncan Madden

Grammatical Gender: Interview with Danny Bate

Episode 109: Trivia

African American English: Interview w/ Tracey Weldon

Episode 108: Understand

Episode 107: World