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• Episode 1x01: The Unexpected Origins of the Word ‘Monster' (Mar 24, 2021)
• Episode 1x02: What's the Longest Word? (Apr 14, 2021)
• Episode 1x03: Can Computers Really Talk? Or Are They Faking It? (May 5, 2021)
• Episode 1x04: What People Get Wrong About African-American English (Jun 16, 2021)
• Episode 1x05: Popular Words Invented by Authors (Jul 28, 2021)
• Episode 1x06: 60 Euphemisms for Death! (Sep 20, 2021)
• Episode 2x01: Is Swearing Good for Your Brain? (Jan 20, 2022)
• Episode 2x02: Snowclones and Clichés and Memes, Oh My! (Feb 24, 2022)
• Episode 2x03: The Screwed-Up History of English Spelling (Mar 24, 2022)
• Episode 2x04: Pronouns: Little Words That Say A Lot (Apr 21, 2022)
• Episode 2x05: A Controversial Theory About Gossip (May 26, 2022)
• Episode 2x06: Foreign Words We Need in English (Jun 23, 2022)
• Episode 2x07: Is Bilingualism a Superpower? (Jul 28, 2022)
• Episode 2x08: The Stories Behind Food Names (Aug 25, 2022)
• Episode 2x09: Literally No One Likes a Grammar Cop (Sep 22, 2022)
• Episode 2x10: Why Sign Language Was Banned in America (Oct 27, 2022)
• Episode 3x01: How Brands Ruin Slang (Jan 26, 2023)
• Episode 3x02: Is "R" a Vowel? (Feb 23, 2023)
• Episode 3x03: Where Alcoholic Drinks Got Their Names (Mar 23, 2023)
• Episode 3x04: How English Took Over the World (Apr 20, 2023)
• Episode 3x05: The Weird History of Invented Languages (May 25, 2023)
• Episode 3x06: How Queer Communities Created Secret Languages (Jun 22, 2023)
• Episode 3x07: What Brain Damage Reveals About Language (Jul 27, 2023)
• Episode 3x08: Why Does Texting Feel Different From Talking? (Aug 24, 2023)
• Episode 3x09: How the Colors Got Their Names (Sep 21, 2023)
• Episode 3x10: The Most Extreme Place Names (Oct 19, 2023)
• Episode 4x01: How Language Nerds Solve Crimes (Jan 25, 2024)
• Episode 4x02: Why Do These Words Get Mispronounced So Much? (Feb 22, 2024)
• Episode 4x03: Is the Southern Accent Disappearing? (Mar 21, 2024)
• Episode 4x04: Why Do We Use Cringey Words for Loved Ones? (Apr 25, 2024)
• Episode 4x05: Why Do Baby Names Fall Out of Fashion? (May 30, 2024)
• Episode 4x06: How Cults Use Language to Control (Jun 20, 2024)
• Episode 4x07: Is Body Language Really A Language? (Jul 25, 2024)
• Episode 4x08: Why Is English Awash in Sailors' Jargon? (Aug 22, 2024)
• Episode 4x09: A Brief History of the Reading Wars? (Sep 19, 2024)
• Episode 4x10: Is English a Creole? (Oct 31, 2024)
• Episode 4x11: Is Bluey Giving Your Kid Australian Accent (Nov 21, 2024)
• Episode 5x01: How Your Body Parts Got Their Names (Jan 30, 2025)
• Episode 5x02: How Languages Die (Feb 27, 2025)
• Episode 5x03: Why A.I. Struggles with Negative Words (Apr 3, 2025)
• Episode 5x04: Inside the Fiercest Debate in Linguistics (Apr 24, 2025)
• Episode 5x05: Where Did Cringey Corporate Jargon Come From? (May 22, 2025)
• Episode 5x06: The Mysterious Origins of Abracadabra and Other Magic Words (Jun 26, 2025)
• Episode 5x07: Is Social Media Censorship Unaliving Language? (Jul 24, 2025)
• Episode 5x08: Popular Word Origins That Are Totally WRONG. (Aug 21, 2025)
• Episode 5x09: Punctuation's Weird Backstory (Sep 30, 2025)
• Episode 5x10: The Subliminal Messages in Brand Names (Oct 28, 2025)