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Otherwords - Episode List

Episode Guide

Season 2025

Number#

Date

Name

Score

Status

8

Aug 21, 2025

Popular Word Origins That Are Totally WRONG.

7

Jul 24, 2025

Will Algorithmic Self-Censorship Unalive Language?

6

Jun 26, 2025

These Magic Words Are REAL!

5

May 22, 2025

Where Did Cringey Corporate Jargon Come From?

4

Apr 24, 2025

The Smackdown Debate Over Universal Grammar

3

Apr 3, 2025

Why NO and NOT Are Not Words That Never Get Confusing

2

Feb 27, 2025

How Languages Die

1

Jan 30, 2025

How Your Body Parts Got Their Names

Season 2024

Number#

Date

Name

Score

Status

11

Nov 21, 2024

Is Bluey Giving Your Kid Australian Accent

10

Oct 31, 2024

Is English a Creole?

9

Sep 19, 2024

A Brief History of the Reading Wars?

8

Aug 22, 2024

Why Is English Awash in Sailors' Jargon?

7

Jul 25, 2024

Is Body Language Really A Language?

6

Jun 20, 2024

How Cults Use Language to Control

5

May 30, 2024

Why Do Baby Names Fall Out of Fashion?

4

Apr 25, 2024

Why Do We Use Cringey Words for Loved Ones?

3

Mar 21, 2024

Is the Southern Accent Disappearing?

2

Feb 22, 2024

Why Do These Words Get Mispronounced So Much?

1

Jan 25, 2024

How Language Nerds Solve Crimes

Season 2023

Number#

Date

Name

Score

Status

10

Oct 19, 2023

The Most Extreme Place Names

9

Sep 21, 2023

How the Colors Got Their Names

8

Aug 24, 2023

Why Does Texting Feel Different From Talking?

7

Jul 27, 2023

What Brain Damage Reveals About Language

6

Jun 22, 2023

How Queer Communities Created Secret Languages

5

May 25, 2023

The Weird History of Invented Languages

4

Apr 20, 2023

How English Took Over the World

3

Mar 23, 2023

Where Alcoholic Drinks Got Their Names

2

Feb 23, 2023

Is "R" a Vowel?

1

Jan 26, 2023

How Brands Ruin Slang

Season 2022

Number#

Date

Name

Score

Status

10

Oct 27, 2022

Why Sign Language Was Banned in America

9

Sep 22, 2022

Literally No One Likes a Grammar Cop

8

Aug 25, 2022

The Stories Behind Food Names

7

Jul 28, 2022

Is Bilingualism a Superpower?

6

Jun 23, 2022

Foreign Words We Need in English

5

May 26, 2022

A Controversial Theory About Gossip

4

Apr 21, 2022

Pronouns: Little Words That Say A Lot

3

Mar 24, 2022

The Screwed-Up History of English Spelling

2

Feb 24, 2022

Snowclones and Clichés and Memes, Oh My!

1

Jan 20, 2022

Is Swearing Good for Your Brain?

Season 2021

Number#

Date

Name

Score

Status

6

Sep 20, 2021

60 Euphemisms for Death!

5

Jul 28, 2021

Popular Words Invented by Authors

4

Jun 16, 2021

What People Get Wrong About African-American English

3

May 5, 2021

From Alan Turing to GPT-3: The Evolution of Computer Speech

2

Apr 14, 2021

What's the Longest Word?

1

Mar 24, 2021

The Unexpected Origins of the Word ‘Monster'

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