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Words Unravelled with RobWords and Jess Zafarris
Words Unravelled with RobWords and Jess Zafarris
Today in Texas History
Bryan Broadcasting
Strangeology
Strangeology Podcast
Le Cours de l'histoire
France Culture
Witness History
BBC World Service
Epochentrotter - erzählte Geschichte
Katharina Gedigk und Marvin Gedigk
Well, I Laughed
Well I Laughed Podcast
The Mainstream with Brett Maybee
Brett Maybee
We're Not So Different
WNSD Pod
La Venganza Será Terrible (oficial)
Alejandro Dolina
Jocko Podcast
Jocko DEFCOR Network
Get Up in the Cool
Cameron DeWhitt
On the Media
WNYC Studios
Business Wars
Audible
The Monster Island Film Vault
Moonlighting Ninjas Media
Impossible Way Of Life
James Younger & Johnny Payne
History Daily
History Daily
Stay the Course
Pastor Joe Vassak
Perplexity: A Mystery Podcast
Perplexity: A Mystery Podcast
In The Roud - A Folk Song Podcast
Matt Quinn
Ladies Who Lore
Ladies Who Lore
Final Girls
Sarah Spurlock and Kellie Nicole Hill
The World According to Glenn
Kevin Jacobsen
The Stupid History Minute
Keb Pound
Classic Radio Theater with Wyatt Cox
Wyatt Cox
The 5 Best Films of Every Year Ever
Tristan Ettleman
Interesting Things with JC
JC
Interesting Things with JC
JC
The 2000s Chart Show
Samuel Spencer
WSMF Broadcast Day Podcast
Tomwsmf
American History Tellers
Audible
HOLLYWOODLAND
Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts
Kalenderblatt
Deutschlandfunk
History Dispatches
Matt and McKinley Breen
The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz)
Ascension
Music History Today Network
Music History Today Podcast Network
BioGraphics - True Biographies & History's Most Fascinating People
biog
History
Words Unravelled with RobWords and Jess Zafarris
How does an artist use a 'donkey'? What does 'Mona Lisa' actually mean? Who is the "dada" in Dadaism? Rob and Jess are explaining word origins from the art world in the latest Words Unravelled, exploring artists, artwork...
Rob and Jess are exploring deceptive words in other languages, like French, German and Spanish. So-called 'false friends' look familiar to English speakers but mean something very different. Watch this episode to avoid a...
Why is it called "Rock and Roll"? Who came up with "The Beatles"? Which bands took their names from literature? Rob and Jess are answering all manner of musical etymological question in this off-beat episode of Words Unr...
¡Hablas más español de lo que crees! You speak more Spanish than you think! In this episode, Rob and Jess are exploring the Spanish words that have entered English both sides of the Atlantic.🤠 Which words entered English...
Let's explore the mysteries of our weird alphabet. Rob and Jess are joined by Danny Bate, author of Why Q Needs U, to discuss where our letters came from and why they make the noises they make.🅰️ How was A originally an ...
Rob and Jess are guffawing their way through a world of comedic words. 🎭 What does 'comedy' literally mean?🤡 Who should you hit with a 'slapstick'?🥄 What was a spoof? (It's not a type of spoon)These questions answered, a...
Rob and Jess are exploring the Arabic words hiding in English.🛜 Who was the original ‘algorithm’ named after?🥷 How did ‘assassins’ get their name?🔢 Why does English use Arabic numerals?These questions answered, and many ...
This episode is all in the mind, as Rob and Jess explore the origins of psychological terms.💕 What did Oedipus doe to his mother?🛋️ What did Sigmund Freud actually believe?😳 What is "catagelaphobia"?🥼 Why has "therapy sp...
Rob and Jess are touring the world and translating the names of popular foods.🍝 What does "chow mein" mean?👅 Which pasta is "little tongues"?🌭 What is a Frankfurter called in Frankfurt?These curious culinary questions an...
Rob and Jess explore the origins of common sayings in another episode dedicated to the stories behind idioms.🐟 What was the first "red herring"?🪿 Is there a goose in a "wild goose chase"?👮 Why is prison called "up the ri...
What's in a names? Jess and Rob are exploring why major cities are called what they're called and what their names literally mean.🇩🇪 Why does BERLIN mean 'swamp'?🇯🇵 Why are KYOTO and TOKYO anagrams?🇿🇦 Who is the Johannes...
Rob and Jess are engaged in another transatlantic war of words, pitting their British and American accents against one another.🍽️ Why do Brits eat their entrees first?👰🏽 Why do Americans pronounce "merry", "marry" and "M...
Rob and Jess are joined by the brilliant John McWhorter to discuss words you're not allowed to use. Professor McWhorter has written extensively about taboos, slurs and profanities and brings his unparalleled expertise on...
What does IKEA mean? What language is Häagen-Dasz? Who came up with the name Adidas? Why is Danone spelled Dannon in the US? These questions answered, and many more, as Jess and Rob explore the origins of brand names.Enj...
Jess and Rob are digging into the origins of the words behind some of history’s biggest ideas – from stoicism and cynicism to logic, ethics, and metaphysics. Along the way, they trace how ancient Greek schools of thought...
Jess and Rob are discussing "the shaking of the sheets". Join them to explore the origins of words for 'doing it' and a host of historic terms for firkytoodling, quiffing and dancing Moll Peatley's Jig. Welcome to a very...
Why doesn't English have a word for someone who is alive? Or a general term for your aunties and uncles? Should we bring back the word 'uhtceare' from Old English or steal 'Torschlusspanik' from German?Rob and Jess answe...
Is necessity the mother of invention? NO! Latin is, etymologically speaking. That's just one of many revelations as Jess and Rob investigates words for innovations.🛗 Could you 'escalate' something before the escalator?🍞 ...
Rob and Jess are touring the US and the UK in search of the most interesting city name origin stories.💨 Does 'Chicago' have anything to do with wind?🗽 Is New York actually named after York?🚇 Does anyone know what 'London...
Rob and Jess are going deep undercover to unearth the origins of words from the word of espionage.🕵️♀️ What's the difference between a SPY, and ASSET, and an AGENT?🔍 What does ESPIONAGE literally mean?🇬🇧 Was there ever ...
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