Episode 105: Dionysus, Translation, & Queering Greek Drama with Emma Pauly

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Episode 104: Words the Vikings Gave Us, with Grace Tierney

Aven McMaster April 12, 2022

Face of a smiling woman with brown hair and glasses, standing in front of the prow of a reconstructed viking ship

Green book cover with the title Wods the Vikings Gave Us

It’s time for some Old Norse, sagas, and daring Viking explorers! In this episode we talk to author Grace Tierney about her newest book, Words the Vikings Gave Us. We had a ton of fun in this conversation, and we’re sure you will too!

Grace Tierney’s blog, Wordfoolery

Our video on Runes, and NativLang’s matching video

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Talking Turkey, episode 24

Episode 103: Potatoes for Saint Patrick

Aven McMaster March 15, 2022

Thumbnail for a video, reading "The Potato Batter and the Power of World History" against a background of potatoes, with a cartoon of a potato with a lightning bolt across it

Medieval manuscript image of Saint Patrick standing on a snake — *St Patrick standing on a snake in Purgatory: England, 1451 (London, British Library, MS Royal 17 B XLIII, f 132v)*

Two cocktails sitting on a bar. One is amber coloured, in a martini glass. The other is pale green, in a coupe glass rimmed with light coloured metal, with a round slice of cucumber as garnish on the rim of the glass.

Happy Saint Patrick’s Day! In this episode we talk about the saint’s history, then dig into the potato — its etymology, its history, and how it’s changed the world. With some tangents about batteries, famines, and travel in the Roman world.

Season to Taste, episode 35

ORBIS

Article about Irish Famine Relief by the Choctaw Nation

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Episode 102: Baking Greek Bread, with Josh Nudell

Aven McMaster February 22, 2022

We’re talking about bread again! This time, about ancient Greek bread — its vocabulary, the many types of bread and how they were made, and the economic aspects of bread production. Josh shares his practical experiences of baking along with his research into the classical Greek world.

Josh Nudell’s website

Josh on Twitter: @jpnudell

Tavola Mediterranea

Our previous episode on bread, “Loaf”

Thank you to Emma Pauly for editing and transcribing this episode.

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Ep 39 From Fossil Hunters to Mammoth Cheese

Episode 101: Not Your Average Podcast

Aven McMaster January 31, 2022

We start off the new year with a three-part discussion of statistics, insurance, stocks, astrologers, coffee, and more. We also trace some of the vocabulary that has come to English from Arabic, along with important mathematical concepts.

Podcast recommendation: Khameleon Classics

Cocktail: The Revolver

Ep 32 Ariadne’s Clue

video “How Do We Perceive a Poem?”

Ripat, Pauline. “Expelling Misconceptions: Astrologers At Rome.” Classical Philology, vol. 106, no. 2, The University of Chicago Press, 2011, pp. 115–54, https://doi.org/10.1086/659835

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Wonders of the World Podcast

Episode 100: Celebrating Connections

Aven McMaster December 9, 2021

Our hundredth episode! We’re celebrating reaching three digits — and more than 6 years — with a whole bunch of our podcasting friends! These are just some of the amazing creators who make the independent podcasting world so wonderful, and we’re very happy to be connected to them all. Please check out their shows at the links below. We also give you a brief “State of the Pod” update. Thank you to everyone who’s been with us so far, and here’s to the next century (of episodes)!

Thank you to Christine Couisineau for help editing and transcribing this episode.

The Kir Royale cocktail

Sandman Stories Presents

The Partial Historians

Accentricity Podcast

Lexitecture Podcast

The History of English

The Spouter Inn Podcast

Grammar Girl Podcast

Let’s Talk about Myths, Baby Podcast

Lingthusiasm Podcast

Footnoting History

The Vocal Fries Podcast

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Episode 83: Recipes and Authority, from Intelligent Speech

Aven McMaster August 6, 2020

Back in June we had the pleasure of being part of the Intelligent Speech Conference 2020 — this year, held entirely online. It was a day filled with amazing podcasters and great conversations, and in this short episode we’re sharing the talk that we gave at the event. It’s about the word Recipe and early cookbooks, medicine, and women’s magazines. If you’d like to see the images that accompanied the presentation, you can watch the talk on YouTube, where the questions and post-talk discussion are also included.

Intelligent Speech Conference

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