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The History of English Podcast

Kevin Stroud

The Spoken History of a Global Language

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The History of English Podcast

Episode 190: Union, Division and Unusual U

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 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&#8217;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&#8217;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&#8217;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 &#8216;To-may-to&#8217;

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&#8217;s Vulgar Tongue [EXPLICIT LANGUAGE]

Bonus Episode: The Life of Guy &#8211; 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&#8217;s In a Name?

Episode 176: All the World’s a Playhouse

Episode 171: Shakespeare’s English (featuring Ben Crystal)

Bonus Episode: Chaucer’s Purse and the Great Vowel Shift

Episode 140: You Say ‘To-may-to’

Episode 129: Chaucer’s Vulgar Tongue [EXPLICIT LANGUAGE]

Bonus Episode: The Life of Guy – An Interview with Allan Metcalf

Episode 117: What’s In a Name?

Episode 97: Let’s Put It In Writing

Episode 89: ‘I Before E’ and All That