The History of English Podcast
Kevin StroudA chronological history of the English language examined through the lens of historical events that shaped the development and spread of the language from the Eurasian steppe to the entire world.
Episode 183: The Fabric of Our Lives
May 13 • 1h 16m
Episode 182: World of Confusion
Mar 18 • 1h 15m
Episode 181: Heaven and Earth
Jan 30 • 1h 21m
Episode 181: Heaven and Earth
Jan 17 • 1h 21m
Episode 180: English on the Move
Nov 13, 2024 • 1h 14m
Episode 179: Defining Moments
Sep 24, 2024 • 1h 26m
Episode 178: Much Ado About Hamlet
Aug 7, 2024 • 1h 17m
Episode 177: Dressed for Success
Jun 26, 2024 • 1h 24m
Episode 176: All the World’s a Playhouse
May 9, 2024 • 1h 19m
Episode 175: The English of Romeo and Juliet
Mar 25, 2024 • 1h 32m
Episode 174: Speak and Spell
Feb 8, 2024 • 1h 28m
Episode 173: Fooling Around
Jan 2, 2024 • 1h 24m
Episode 172: Succession
Nov 20, 2023 • 1h 34m
Episode 171: Shakespeare’s English (featuring Ben Crystal)
Oct 9, 2023 • 1h 6m
Episode 170: Printers, Plague and Poets
Sep 5, 2023 • 1h 17m
Episode 169: Shakespeare Documented
Jul 25, 2023 • 1h 0m
Episode 168: Witches, Demons and Fairies
May 31, 2023 • 1h 56m
Episode 167: The Rhythm of English
Apr 24, 2023 • 1h 8m
Bonus Episode: Rise and Fall of the Classic Movie Accent
Mar 31, 2023 • 41m
Episode 166: The Arte of Warre
Mar 7, 2023 • 1h 15m
Episode 165: Glamorous Grammar
Jan 30, 2023 • 1h 1m
Episode 164: Somewhere in the Middle
Dec 20, 2022 • 1h 18m
Episode 163: An Elementary Education
Nov 9, 2022 • 1h 9m
Episode 162: The Pirate Queen
Oct 6, 2022 • 1h 7m
Episode 161: Y U and I Have a Problem
Aug 31, 2022 • 1h 14m
Episode 160: Approximant-ly English
Jul 15, 2022 • 1h 19m
Episode 159: Elizabethan Voices
May 18, 2022 • 1h 18m
Episode 158: Planting Seeds
Apr 6, 2022 • 1h 5m
Episode 157: Highlands, Lowlands and Netherlands
Mar 4, 2022 • 1h 10m
Episode 156: Beggars, Cheats and Thieves
Feb 4, 2022 • 1h 7m
Episode 155: Back to Basics
Jan 4, 2022 • 1h 5m
Episode 154: English Equality
Nov 30, 2021 • 1h 1m
Episode 153: Zombie Letters
Oct 30, 2021 • 1h 11m
Episode 152: As the Saying Goes
Sep 29, 2021 • 1h 3m
Episode 151: Sick to Death
Aug 30, 2021 • 1h 13m
Episode 150: A Capital Offense
Jul 29, 2021 • 1h 14m
Episode 149: Breaking Up Is Hard To Do
Jun 28, 2021 • 1h 6m
Episode 148: A Marital Union
May 26, 2021 • 1h 9m
Episode 147: A Rude and Rusty Language
Apr 28, 2021 • 58m
Episode 146: A Brand New World
Mar 24, 2021 • 1h 20m
Episode 145: A Sea Change for Europe
Feb 18, 2021 • 1h 8m
Episode 144: A Murder of Crows and Princes
Jan 20, 2021 • 54m
Bonus Episode: Chaucer’s Purse and the Great Vowel Shift
Dec 17, 2020 • 26m
Episode 143: The Great Vowel Shift (Part 3)
Nov 24, 2020 • 57m
Episode 142: The Great Vowel Shift (Part 2)
Oct 22, 2020 • 49m
Episode 141: The Great Vowel Shift (Part 1)
Sep 24, 2020 • 55m
Episode 140: You Say ‘To-may-to’
Aug 28, 2020 • 1h 6m
Episode 139: The Business of Printing
Jul 21, 2020 • 1h 11m
Episode 138: Family Matters
Jun 25, 2020 • 1h 7m
Episode 137: A Rose By Any Other Name
May 23, 2020 • 1h 6m
Episode 136: The Real Robin Hood
Apr 24, 2020 • 1h 3m
Bonus Episode: Stay at Home Edition
Apr 6, 2020 • 28m
Episode 135: A House of Cards
Mar 24, 2020 • 1h 16m
Episode 134: A Lancastrian Standard
Feb 20, 2020 • 1h 9m
Episode 133: Breaking Bread With Companions
Jan 21, 2020 • 1h 9m
Episode 132: Food for Thought
Dec 19, 2019 • 1h 10m
Episode 131: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Nov 25, 2019 • 1h 16m
Episode 130: Dialect Dialogues
Oct 22, 2019 • 55m
Episode 129: Chaucer’s Vulgar Tongue [EXPLICIT LANGUAGE]
Sep 25, 2019 • 1h 15m
Bonus Episode: The Life of Guy – An Interview with Allan Metcalf
Sep 10, 2019 • 22m
Episode 128: The Canterbury Tellers
Aug 23, 2019 • 59m
Episode 127: The Road to Canterbury
Jul 24, 2019 • 1h 2m
Episode 126: A New Turn of Phrase
Jun 26, 2019 • 1h 9m
Episode 125: The First English Bible
May 28, 2019 • 1h 9m
Episode 124: Piers Plowman and the Peasant Revolt
Apr 24, 2019 • 1h 9m
Episode 123: A Material Change
Mar 27, 2019 • 1h 6m
Episode 122: The Name of the Game
Feb 28, 2019 • 1h 4m
Episode 121: English Ascent
Jan 30, 2019 • 1h 0m
Episode 120: The End of the World
Dec 31, 2018 • 59m
Episode 119: The Road to War
Dec 13, 2018 • 1h 13m
Bonus Episode: Regarding English (Sound Education Conference Talk)
Nov 29, 2018 • 29m
Episode 118: Trade Names
Nov 19, 2018 • 1h 7m
Episode 117: What’s In a Name?
Oct 16, 2018 • 1h 4m
Episode 116: The Celtic Fringe
Sep 17, 2018 • 1h 0m
Episode 115: The Measure of a Person
Aug 21, 2018 • 1h 3m
Episode 114: The Craft of Numbering
Jul 26, 2018 • 1h 7m
Episode 113: A Zouthern Accent
Jun 27, 2018 • 1h 2m
Episode 112: Northern Messenger
Jun 8, 2018 • 59m
Episode 111: Laying Down the Law
May 10, 2018 • 1h 2m
Episode 110: Dyed In the Wool
Apr 7, 2018 • 1h 2m
Episode 109: The Romantic Warriors
Mar 8, 2018 • 56m
Episode 108: On the Move
Feb 9, 2018 • 55m
Episode 107: Parlez-Vous Anglais?
Jan 15, 2018 • 49m
Episode 106: An Illuminating Development
Dec 31, 2017 • 57m
Episode 105: Suffix Summary
Dec 25, 2017 • 48m
Episode 104: Prefix Preferences
Dec 19, 2017 • 57m
Episode 103: Solitary Confinement
Dec 2, 2017 • 57m
Episode 102: A Medieval Glossary
Nov 6, 2017 • 59m
Episode 101: The Birth of English Song
Oct 12, 2017 • 1h 2m
Episode 100: Decoding English
Sep 25, 2017 • 52m
Episode 99: The Second French Invasion
Sep 9, 2017 • 1h 10m
Episode 98: The Great Debates
Aug 17, 2017 • 59m
Episode 97: Let’s Put It In Writing
Jul 27, 2017 • 1h 2m
Episode 96: From Alpha to Omega
Jul 7, 2017 • 57m
Episode 95: Old School and New School
Jun 15, 2017 • 1h 7m
Episode 94: From British Legend to English King
May 24, 2017 • 1h 5m
Episode 93: The Two Arthurs
Apr 22, 2017 • 1h 1m
Episode 92: The Lion Kings
Mar 29, 2017 • 51m
Episode 91: Traders and Traitors
Mar 8, 2017 • 1h 17m
Episode 90: Healers, Hospitals and Holy Wars
Feb 15, 2017 • 59m
Episode 89: ‘I Before E’ and All That
Jan 23, 2017 • 51m
Episode 88: The Long and Short of It
Jan 4, 2017 • 53m
Episode 87: The First Spelling Reformers
Dec 7, 2016 • 55m
Episode 86: Family of Rebels
Nov 15, 2016 • 49m
Episode 85: How to Run an Empire
Oct 24, 2016 • 59m
Episode 84: Law, Order and Murder
Sep 29, 2016 • 1h 0m
Episode 83: A Trilingual Nation
Sep 5, 2016 • 52m
Episode 82: A Marriage for the Ages
Aug 3, 2016 • 52m
Episode 81: Love Songs and Troubadours
Jul 15, 2016 • 57m
Announcement: 10 American Presidents Podcast
Jul 1, 2016 • 1m
Episode 80: Knight Life
Jun 23, 2016 • 1h 4m
Episode 79: Anarchy
May 18, 2016 • 49m
Episode 78: Under Siege
Apr 29, 2016 • 53m
Episode 77: Rival Relatives and the Land of Scots
Apr 11, 2016 • 50m
Episode 76: The Gender Problem
Mar 25, 2016 • 48m
Episode 75: Mixed Languages and Scrambled Eggs
Mar 2, 2016 • 49m
Episode 75: Mixed Languages and Scrambled Eggs
Mar 2, 2016 • 49m
Episode 74: Head Cities and Home Towns
Feb 15, 2016 • 56m
Episode 74: Head Cities and Home Towns
Feb 15, 2016 • 56m
Episode 73: Possession, Power and Checkmate
Jan 30, 2016 • 1h 2m
Episode 73: Possession, Power and Checkmate
Jan 30, 2016 • 1h 2m
Episode 72: The Dark Ages of English
Jan 11, 2016 • 50m
Episode 72: The Dark Ages of English
Jan 11, 2016 • 50m
Episode 71: On The Hunt
Dec 5, 2015 • 1h 3m
Episode 71: On The Hunt
Dec 5, 2015 • 1h 3m
Episode 70: Mind Your Manors For Pete’s Sake
Nov 15, 2015 • 45m
Episode 70: Mind Your Manors For Pete’s Sake
Nov 15, 2015 • 45m
Episode 69: From Conquest to Domesday
Oct 30, 2015 • 46m
Episode 69: From Conquest to Domesday
Oct 30, 2015 • 46m
Episode 68: Rebels With a Cause
Oct 16, 2015 • 48m
Episode 68: Rebels With a Cause
Oct 16, 2015 • 48m
Episode 67: The Year That Changed English
Sep 18, 2015 • 1h 6m
Episode 67: The Year That Changed English
Sep 18, 2015 • 1h 6m
Episode 66: Broken Promises and the Eve of Conquest
Aug 20, 2015 • 56m
Episode 66: Broken Promises and the Eve of Conquest
Aug 20, 2015 • 56m
Episode 65: Norman Dukes and Dialects
Jul 31, 2015 • 56m
Episode 64: Feudalism and Early Normans
Jul 10, 2015 • 1h 3m
Episode 64: Feudalism and Early Normans
Jul 10, 2015 • 1h 3m
Bonus Episode 7: Stuffed Animals
Jun 25, 2015
Bonus Episode 7: Stuffed Animals
Jun 25, 2015
Episode 63: Restorations and Remedies
Jun 2, 2015 • 1h 7m
Episode 63: Restorations and Remedies
Jun 2, 2015 • 1h 7m
Episode 62: Flesh and Blood
May 11, 2015 • 1h 6m
Episode 62: Flesh and Blood
May 11, 2015 • 1h 6m
Episode 61: Earls and Churls
Apr 22, 2015 • 1h 1m
Episode 61: Earls and Churls
Apr 22, 2015 • 1h 1m
Episode 60: Danes, Death and Taxes
Mar 30, 2015 • 1h 2m
Episode 60: Danes, Death and Taxes
Mar 30, 2015 • 1h 2m
Episode 59: Let’s Make A Deal
Mar 11, 2015 • 1h 5m
Episode 59: Let’s Make A Deal
Mar 11, 2015 • 1h 5m
Episode 58: Bibliophiles and Bookworms
Feb 18, 2015 • 56m
Episode 58: Bibliophiles and Bookworms
Feb 18, 2015 • 56m
Episode 57: The Wessex Literary Revival
Jan 28, 2015 • 50m
Episode 57: The Wessex Literary Revival
Jan 28, 2015 • 50m
Episode 56: The Weak vs The Strong
Jan 15, 2015 • 44m
Episode 56: The Weak vs The Strong
Jan 15, 2015 • 44m
Episode 55: To Be or Not To Be
Dec 30, 2014 • 54m
Episode 55: To Be or Not To Be
Dec 30, 2014 • 54m
Episode 54: Pronoun Pros and Cons
Dec 13, 2014 • 55m
Episode 54: Pronoun Pros and Cons
Dec 13, 2014 • 55m
Episode 53: The End of Endings
Nov 24, 2014 • 55m
Episode 53: The End of Endings
Nov 24, 2014 • 55m
Episode 52: Bloody Axes and a Battle Royal
Nov 7, 2014 • 56m
Episode 52: Bloody Axes and a Battle Royal
Nov 7, 2014 • 56m
Episode 51: Norse Words and a New English
Oct 24, 2014 • 57m
Episode 51: Norse Words and a New English
Oct 24, 2014 • 57m
Episode 50: A Unified Family of English Speakers
Oct 9, 2014 • 1h 6m
Episode 50: A Unified Family of English Speakers
Oct 9, 2014 • 1h 6m
Episode 49: Vikings Among the English and French
Sep 17, 2014 • 1h 0m
Episode 49: Vikings Among the English and French
Sep 17, 2014 • 1h 0m
Episode 48: The Unity of Alfred’s English
Sep 3, 2014 • 54m
Episode 48: The Unity of Alfred’s English
Sep 3, 2014 • 54m
Bonus Episode 6: Beowulf Deconstructed
Aug 28, 2014
Bonus Episode 6: Beowulf Deconstructed
Aug 28, 2014
Episode 47: The Man Who Saved English
Aug 4, 2014 • 1h 4m
Episode 47: The Man Who Saved English
Aug 4, 2014 • 1h 4m
Episode 46: Cynewulf and the Kindred Kings
Jul 15, 2014 • 1h 1m
Episode 46: Cynewulf and the Kindred Kings
Jul 15, 2014 • 1h 1m
Episode 45: To Coin a Phrase – and Money
Jun 26, 2014 • 1h 5m
Episode 45: To Coin a Phrase – and Money
Jun 26, 2014 • 1h 5m
Episode 44: The Romance of Old French
Jun 6, 2014 • 1h 3m
Episode 44: The Romance of Old French
Jun 6, 2014 • 1h 3m
Episode 43: Anglo-Saxon Monsters and Mythology
May 21, 2014 • 57m
Episode 43: Anglo-Saxon Monsters and Mythology
May 21, 2014 • 57m
Episode 42: Beowulf and Other Viking Ancestors
May 7, 2014 • 50m
Episode 42: Beowulf and Other Viking Ancestors
May 7, 2014 • 50m
Bonus Episode 5: Odds and Ends
Apr 25, 2014
Bonus Episode 5: Odds and Ends
Apr 25, 2014
Episode 41: New Words From Old English
Apr 8, 2014 • 56m
Episode 41: New Words From Old English
Apr 8, 2014 • 56m
Episode 40: Learning Latin and Latin Learning
Mar 21, 2014 • 55m
Episode 40: Learning Latin and Latin Learning
Mar 21, 2014 • 55m
Episode 39: Not Lost in Translation
Mar 5, 2014 • 49m
Episode 39: Not Lost in Translation
Mar 5, 2014 • 49m
Episode 38: Nobles, Nuptials and a Cowherd Poet
Feb 17, 2014 • 1h 5m
Episode 38: Nobles, Nuptials and a Cowherd Poet
Feb 17, 2014 • 1h 5m
Episode 37: Seafarers, Poets and Traveling Minstrels
Jan 21, 2014 • 1h 6m
Episode 37: Seafarers, Poets and Traveling Minstrels
Jan 21, 2014 • 1h 6m
Episode 36: Finalizing the Alphabet
Dec 23, 2013 • 42m
Episode 36: Finalizing the Alphabet
Dec 23, 2013 • 42m
Episode 35: English Sounds and Roman Letters
Dec 12, 2013 • 56m
Episode 35: English Sounds and Roman Letters
Dec 12, 2013 • 56m
Episode 34: Sounds Like Old English
Nov 27, 2013 • 43m
Episode 34: Sounds Like Old English
Nov 27, 2013 • 43m
Episode 33: Missionaries and Manuscripts
Nov 7, 2013 • 49m
Episode 33: Missionaries and Manuscripts
Nov 7, 2013 • 49m
Bonus Episode 4: Let Me ‘Buoy’ Your Spirits
Oct 29, 2013
Bonus Episode 4: Let Me ‘Buoy’ Your Spirits
Oct 29, 2013
Episode 32: The Oldest English
Oct 18, 2013 • 37m
Episode 32: The Oldest English
Oct 18, 2013 • 37m
Episode 31: Saxons, Franks and Other West Germans
Sep 25, 2013 • 1h 4m
Episode 31: Saxons, Franks and Other West Germans
Sep 25, 2013 • 1h 4m
Episode 30: The Celtic Legacy
Sep 6, 2013 • 1h 7m
Episode 30: The Celtic Legacy
Sep 6, 2013 • 1h 7m
Episode 29: The Anglo-Saxon Invasion
Aug 12, 2013 • 55m
Episode 29: The Anglo-Saxon Invasion
Aug 12, 2013 • 55m
Episode 28: Angles, Saxons, Jutes and Frisians
Jul 18, 2013 • 44m
Episode 28: Angles, Saxons, Jutes and Frisians
Jul 18, 2013 • 44m
Episode 27: Broken Empire and Fractured Languages
Jun 24, 2013 • 50m
Episode 27: Broken Empire and Fractured Languages
Jun 24, 2013 • 50m
Episode 26: Imperial Crisis and the Goths
Jun 8, 2013 • 1h 1m
Episode 26: Imperial Crisis and the Goths
Jun 8, 2013 • 1h 1m
Episode 25: Germanic Markings and the Runes
May 28, 2013 • 36m
Episode 25: Germanic Markings and the Runes
May 28, 2013 • 36m
Episode 24: Germanic Mythology
May 5, 2013 • 48m
Episode 24: Germanic Mythology
May 5, 2013 • 48m
Episode 23: Tacitus and Germanic Society
Apr 2, 2013 • 47m
Episode 23: Tacitus and Germanic Society
Apr 2, 2013 • 47m
Episode 22: Early Germanic Grammar
Mar 21, 2013 • 35m
Episode 22: Early Germanic Grammar
Mar 21, 2013 • 35m
Episode 21: Early Germanic Words
Mar 5, 2013 • 41m
Episode 21: Early Germanic Words
Mar 5, 2013 • 41m
Bonus Episode 2: History of the Alphabet
Feb 24, 2013 • 26m
Bonus Episode 2: History of the Alphabet
Feb 24, 2013 • 26m
Episode 20: The Early Germanic Tribes
Feb 5, 2013 • 46m
Episode 20: The Early Germanic Tribes
Feb 5, 2013 • 46m
Episode 19: The Romanization of Britain
Jan 23, 2013 • 52m
Episode 19: The Romanization of Britain
Jan 23, 2013 • 52m
Episode 18: Keeping Time With The Romans
Jan 2, 2013 • 53m
Episode 18: Keeping Time With The Romans
Jan 2, 2013 • 53m
Episode 17: Ancient Celts and the Latin Invasion of Gaul
Dec 15, 2012 • 46m
Episode 17: Ancient Celts and the Latin Invasion of Gaul
Dec 15, 2012 • 46m
Episode 16: The Rise of Rome – and Latin
Nov 30, 2012 • 39m
Episode 16: The Rise of Rome – and Latin
Nov 30, 2012 • 39m
Episode 15: Etruscans, Romans and a Modified Alphabet
Nov 13, 2012 • 37m
Episode 15: Etruscans, Romans and a Modified Alphabet
Nov 13, 2012 • 37m
Episode 14: The Greek Word Horde
Nov 1, 2012 • 46m
Episode 14: The Greek Word Horde
Nov 1, 2012 • 46m
Episode 13: Greece, Phoenicia and the Alphabet
Oct 17, 2012 • 38m
Episode 13: Greece, Phoenicia and the Alphabet
Oct 17, 2012 • 38m
Episode 12: Early Greek, Hittite and the Trojan War (Extended Version)
Oct 5, 2012 • 1h 13m
Episode 12: Early Greek, Hittite and the Trojan War (Extended Version)
Oct 5, 2012 • 1h 13m
Bonus Episode 1
Sep 19, 2012 • 12m
Bonus Episode 1
Sep 19, 2012 • 12m
Episode 11: Germanic Ancestors
Sep 9, 2012 • 30m
Episode 11: Germanic Ancestors
Sep 9, 2012 • 30m
Episode 10: Early Indo-European Migrations
Sep 5, 2012 • 42m
Episode 10: Early Indo-European Migrations
Sep 5, 2012 • 42m
Episode 9: Who Were the Indo-Europeans?
Aug 24, 2012 • 40m
Episode 9: Who Were the Indo-Europeans?
Aug 24, 2012 • 40m
Episode 8: Indo-European Grammar (Where have all the inflexions gone?)
Aug 16, 2012 • 32m
Episode 8: Indo-European Grammar (Where have all the inflexions gone?)
Aug 16, 2012 • 32m
Episode 7: More Indo-European Words
Aug 9, 2012 • 30m
Episode 7: More Indo-European Words
Aug 9, 2012 • 30m
Episode 6: Indo-European Words
Jul 26, 2012 • 38m
Episode 6: Indo-European Words
Jul 26, 2012 • 38m
Episode 5: Centum, Satem and the Letter C
Jul 18, 2012 • 43m
Episode 5: Centum, Satem and the Letter C
Jul 18, 2012 • 43m
Episode 4: A Grimm Brother Resurrects the Dead (…language)
Jul 11, 2012 • 50m
Episode 4: A Grimm Brother Resurrects the Dead (…language)
Jul 11, 2012 • 50m
Episode 3: The Indo-European Family Tree
Jul 2, 2012 • 34m
Episode 3: The Indo-European Family Tree
Jul 2, 2012 • 34m
Episode 2: The Indo-European Discovery
Jun 25, 2012 • 33m
Episode 2: The Indo-European Discovery
Jun 25, 2012 • 33m
Episode 1: Introduction
Jun 18, 2012 • 23m
Episode 1: Introduction
Jun 18, 2012 • 23m
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