The History of English Podcast
The Spoken History of a Global Language
202 videos · History of English Podcast
- Episode 189: Stressed Out
- Episode 188: Old England and New England
- Episode 187: Islands and Sea
- Episode 186: A Dutch Treat
- Episode 185: Spelling Says a Lot (Part 2)
- Episode 184: Spelling Says a Lot (Part 1)
- Episode 183: The Fabric of Our Lives
- Episode 182: World of Confusion
- Episode 181: Heaven and Earth
- Episode 181: Heaven and Earth
- Episode 180: English on the Move
- Episode 179: Defining Moments
- Episode 178: Much Ado About Hamlet
- Episode 177: Dressed for Success
- Episode 176: All the World’s a Playhouse
- Episode 175: The English of Romeo and Juliet
- Episode 174: Speak and Spell
- Episode 173: Fooling Around
- Episode 172: Succession
- Episode 171: Shakespeare’s English (featuring Ben Crystal)
- Episode 170: Printers, Plague and Poets
- Episode 169: Shakespeare Documented
- Episode 168: Witches, Demons and Fairies
- Episode 167: The Rhythm of English
- Bonus Episode: Rise and Fall of the Classic Movie Accent
- Episode 166: The Arte of Warre
- Episode 165: Glamorous Grammar
- Episode 164: Somewhere in the Middle
- Episode 163: An Elementary Education
- Episode 162: The Pirate Queen
- Episode 161: Y U and I Have a Problem
- Episode 160: Approximant-ly English
- Episode 159: Elizabethan Voices
- Episode 158: Planting Seeds
- Episode 157: Highlands, Lowlands and Netherlands
- Episode 156: Beggars, Cheats and Thieves
- Episode 155: Back to Basics
- Episode 154: English Equality
- Episode 153: Zombie Letters
- Episode 152: As the Saying Goes
- Episode 151: Sick to Death
- Episode 150: A Capital Offense
- Episode 149: Breaking Up Is Hard To Do
- Episode 148: A Marital Union
- Episode 147: A Rude and Rusty Language
- Episode 146: A Brand New World
- Episode 145: A Sea Change for Europe
- Episode 144: A Murder of Crows and Princes
- Bonus Episode: Chaucer’s Purse and the Great Vowel Shift
- Episode 143: The Great Vowel Shift (Part 3)
- Episode 142: The Great Vowel Shift (Part 2)
- Episode 141: The Great Vowel Shift (Part 1)
- Episode 140: You Say ‘To-may-to’
- Episode 139: The Business of Printing
- Episode 138: Family Matters
- Episode 137: A Rose By Any Other Name
- Episode 136: The Real Robin Hood
- Bonus Episode: Stay at Home Edition
- Episode 135: A House of Cards
- Episode 134: A Lancastrian Standard
- Episode 133: Breaking Bread With Companions
- Episode 132: Food for Thought
- Episode 131: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
- Episode 130: Dialect Dialogues
- Episode 129: Chaucer’s Vulgar Tongue [EXPLICIT LANGUAGE]
- Bonus Episode: The Life of Guy – An Interview with Allan Metcalf
- Episode 128: The Canterbury Tellers
- Episode 127: The Road to Canterbury
- Episode 126: A New Turn of Phrase
- Episode 125: The First English Bible
- Episode 124: Piers Plowman and the Peasant Revolt
- Episode 123: A Material Change
- Episode 122: The Name of the Game
- Episode 121: English Ascent
- Episode 120: The End of the World
- Episode 119: The Road to War
- Bonus Episode: Regarding English (Sound Education Conference Talk)
- Episode 118: Trade Names
- Episode 117: What’s In a Name?
- Episode 116: The Celtic Fringe
- Episode 115: The Measure of a Person
- Episode 114: The Craft of Numbering
- Episode 113: A Zouthern Accent
- Episode 112: Northern Messenger
- Episode 111: Laying Down the Law
- Episode 110: Dyed In the Wool
- Episode 109: The Romantic Warriors
- Episode 108: On the Move
- Episode 107: Parlez-Vous Anglais?
- Episode 106: An Illuminating Development
- Episode 105: Suffix Summary
- Episode 104: Prefix Preferences
- Episode 103: Solitary Confinement
- Episode 102: A Medieval Glossary
- Episode 101: The Birth of English Song
- Episode 100: Decoding English
- Episode 99: The Second French Invasion
- Episode 98: The Great Debates
- Episode 97: Let’s Put It In Writing
- Episode 96: From Alpha to Omega