The History of English Podcast

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 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