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Getting Down & Wordy

Russell Pirkle & Hannah Weyer

Humorous Etymological Research Probing English Songs - A moderately researched, moderately funny chat show about popular music and language. We are a Podmoth Network podcast.

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02:03:34

Aqua "Barbie Girl" & Feminine Language

Getting Down & Wordy ·

2023/09/17

This week we talk about barbie - the movie and the doll and the song "Barbie Girl" by Aqua. And as you'd expect we're pairing that with a girly language topic. We're talking about how women talk. Is it different from how men talk? Or is that a myth? How do you perform femininity in language? What are the conceptions and misconceptions, and what is the reality? In Eurovision world, we discuss Czechia's 2023 offering "My Sister's Crown" by Vesna. Hannah tells us

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02:08:41

Pete & Bas & UK vs. US English with Rob Watts of...

Getting Down & Wordy ·

2023/09/03

Today we welcome special guest, Youtube star Rob Watts of the Robwords English language show. He joins us to talk about the definitely real UK rappers Pete & Bas. And we reveal the true story behind their whole deal (hoax? how dare you!). Then we talk about some of the differences between UK and US English that you definitely don't already know about. I'm telling you. There are some really surprising differences in pronunciation and word choice beyond the stuff everyone already knows

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01:36:50

Ice Spice "In Ha Mood" & Mood

Getting Down & Wordy ·

2023/08/20

Today we talk about Ice Spice, whose appearance on the scene has been so meteoric she hasn't even had time to make enough songs to fill an album yet. Is she an industry plant? Is that really a thing? Do Hannah and Russell know enough famous zoomers to stuntcast a new Spice Girls? And we discuss the word mood itself, its etymology and how it's used now in contemporary culture. Additionally, to the dismay of everyone probably, we discuss grammatical mood for a hefty portion of the podcast. But

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01:43:21

Tongues of Fire & Spicy with Lowell Hobbs of Tongues...

Getting Down & Wordy ·

2023/08/06

Today we're joined by Lowell Hobbs the lead singer of post-punk band Tongues of Fire to discuss the language of spiciness. We talk about the history of spicy food, the different kinds of spiciness, and how different languages have adapted words to describe the relatively recent introduction of capsaicin to their cultures. For Eurovision, we talk about Australia's 2023 song "Promise" by Voyager. Find Tongues of Fire on instagram @tongues.of.fire or their website

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01:41:55

Yeah Yeah Yeahs "Spitting Off the Edge of the World"...

Getting Down & Wordy ·

2023/07/23

Michael Colby, from the podcast Jack Billings Presents: Haunted Apartment Complex, stops by to fanboy out with Russell over Yeah Yeah Yeahs . . while Hannah sits there awkwardly and probably thinks about Dungeons & Dragons or something. And we discuss the dialect-y origins of their band name. Then we talk about all the things that we say that hark back to a simpler, flatter earth (like 'edge of the world'). Surprisingly, a flat earth is in a lot of ways a very new idea, and not

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01:33:17

Vanilla Ice "Ice Ice Baby" & Gangway

Getting Down & Wordy ·

2023/07/09

We discuss the culture's complex and changing perceptions of Vanilla Ice, a rapper who there a lots of reasons to dislike, but maybe everyone's being a little too mean? His real story will suprise you. Will it make you like him more? Well.... No.... Then we talk about "gangway", a word which somehow we all intuitively know is kind of nautical and piratey, but where are we even encountering this word? In cartoons? In one extraordinarily popular rap song? And's what's with

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01:26:24

Matt Hobbs "Puppy Songs" & Pet Directed Speech with...

Getting Down & Wordy ·

2023/06/25

Today we excitedly interview Puppy Songs creator and musical genius Matt Hobbs, and together we all talk about how humans talk to pets, whether pets understand or not, and how pets communicate with us. We discuss pet voices. Child-parent relationships as models for interspecies relations - do they go in both directions? I mean like, does my cat think of me as her son? Should I give her a mother's day gift? How many words does the average dog know? Who is a good boy? Et cetera! In Eurovision

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01:33:49

The Little Mermaid "Poor Unfortunate Souls" & Drag

Getting Down & Wordy ·

2023/06/11

In light of the release of the live action The Little Mermaid and in support of Pride Month, in this episode we're talking about Doctor Octopus's drag persona, Ursula. Just kidding, but she IS purported to be based on a drag queen. Is it a fun cool drag queen that we should all celebrate? Well... At least Divine had lots of pride about being a drag queen. Oh? He didn't at all? Well . . . huh. Anyways, we discuss the mysterious origins of this word "drag". We discuss Polari, the

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00:22:25

Clip Show! Podmoth network shows

Getting Down & Wordy ·

2023/06/04

Check out these clips from some of the podcasts on our network! You can find them by simply searching the name of the podcast on your podcast listening platform, or by going to podmoth.network

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01:47:13

Carrie Underwood "Before He Cheats" & Souped Up

Getting Down & Wordy ·

2023/05/28

Today we talk about the number 1 most played karaoke song of all time (?) "Before He Cheats", and struggle to say something thoughtful about country music, a genre we know even less about than usual. We talk about the wild history of the expression "Souped Up", from safe crackers boiling dynamite to race horses taking the most cruel and disturbing drugs imaginable. Hannah tries and fails to teach Russell about consommes. And we talk about the history of soup in general. Also,

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01:31:13

Karol G "Mientras Me Curo Del Cora" & Affirmative...

Getting Down & Wordy ·

2023/05/14

We talk about Karol G, who made a song that Hannah actually liked (a rare phenomenon) even while saying repeatedly that she doesn't have an ear for spanish, whatever that means! We discuss "affirmative language", words like "yes", and in Spanish "si". Some alternatives like aye, roger, yeppers, uh-huh, nodding.... Is nodding an instinctive action? Darwin thought so. We'll tell you all about it. And did you know that many languages do not have a word for yes? In

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01:38:36

Young Thug "Digits" & Slime

Getting Down & Wordy ·

2023/04/30

We talk the origins and evolution of "slime" from unassuming mucus to cool guy best friend. DnD oozes. Young Thug's singing voice. RICO. And in Eurovision, we talk about the big 5's songs - Germany, Spain, France, Italy, and UK. This week's ad is Memento Mori. Find this podcast at https://mementomoripod.buzzsprout.com/ You can find tons of other great podcasts on our network at podmoth.network

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01:31:29

Meghan Trainor "Made You Look" & Delexical Verbs

Getting Down & Wordy ·

2023/04/16

Today we discuss Meghan Trainor's new song "Made You Look". That's right, Mrs. Spy Kid herself (she married a Spy Kid). Is the song kind of good or really bad? We also talk about "make" and other delexical verbs like take get do have go . . . Those verbs that get used to mean anything such that you can make a product, but you can also make a bed, make up with someone, make do, make a mistake, and on and on. For Eurovision we talk about all the Scandinavian countries'

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01:36:16

Episode 1 of Getting Down & Fruity

Getting Down & Wordy ·

2023/04/01

This is the first episode of our new format. We've decided to stop talking about music, and from now on we will talk about fruits and their etymology and history instead. Today we'll taste some varieties of apples, kumquats, goldberries, pineberries, horned melons, and starfruit. As for Eurovision, we're going to talk about the documentary released about the 2020 Eurovision competition, which is called Eurovision: Story of Fire Saga. This week's ad is for the podcast Jack Billings

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01:49:38

Taylor Swift "Anti-Hero" & Hero

Getting Down & Wordy ·

2023/03/19

** AUDIO QUALITY ADVISORY ** There's some trouble with Russell's recording in this episode. He may be a little tough to hear. Today we talk Taylor Swift's song Anti-Hero. We talk about anti-heros and the etymology of the word hero, and we discuss linguistic bleaching, the way that words fade in strength over time. In Eurovision, we talk about the Baltic countries' entries. This episode's featured ad is the podcast Freaky

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02:06:19

Waka Flocka Flame "Hard in da Paint" & Basketball Lingo

Getting Down & Wordy ·

2023/03/05

Today we talk about Waka Flocka Flame's hit song "Hard in da Paint". What does hard in the paint mean and where did it originate? For that matter where did the word paint come from? We discuss some other basketball idioms in every speech. Then we do a March Madness style tournment bracket of the last 16 Eurovision winners. We choose our winner. If you want to choose your winner, you can find our list here, but I really recommend watching them as videos so you can see the performances. The Eurovision

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01:32:33

Sam Smith Kim Petras "Unholy" & Body Shop

Getting Down & Wordy ·

2023/02/19

We talk about Sam Smith (who Russell stupidly misgenders like a hundred times, sorry listeners!), Kim Petras, LGBT and transgender stuff of course, and the etymology of body shop and specificly the word body. We look at some songs about other kinds of shops and Hannah tries to guess if they're sexual or not. And for Eurovision we talk about some of the songs that have been chosen for 2023 thus far, including Albania and Israel. Our featured ad this week is Doe Identify Podcast. You can find them

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01:36:25

Fifth Dimension "Age of Aquarius" & Astrology

Getting Down & Wordy ·

2023/02/05

We talk "Age of Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In" by The Fifth Dimension, and of course we talk about Aquarius the astrological sign, astrological ages, and the endless list of different astrological bodies which a sign can be 'in', i.e. moon sign, saturn sign, etc., and what each means. TRIGGER WARNING: we are a little derisive toward the whole idea of astrology at times, even though Hannah is an astrology enthusiast! In Eurovision news, we talk about Slovenia's entry for 2023, Joker Out. Our featured

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01:31:40

2022 Year End Review

Getting Down & Wordy ·

2023/01/22

We review our favorites and least favorites of the podcast episodes of 2022. We talk 5 favorite songs from the podcast. 1 worst song covered. 3 favorite language facts learned. Favorite and least favorite Eurovision song. And predictions for the future of the English language in 2023. Today's featured podcast is Anything Bones! Find them here or anywhere you get podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/anything-bones/id1536352309 Find many other great podcasts at podmoth.network

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01:49:15

Bad Bunny & Spanish in America with Andres from Latin...

Getting Down & Wordy ·

2023/01/08

**POOR AUDIO QUALITY ADVISORY** There are some problems with the audio in this episode, namely some voice quality loss and a background puppy. Listener beware. Today we are joined by Andres from the Latin Jukebox podcast to talk about Bad Bunny and the history and impact of Spanish on American culture and the English language. We discuss Bad Bunny's activitism in LGBTQ rights and Puerto Rico advocacy. And in Eurovision we talk about the Spanish contenders for Eurovision 2023. 18 songs which you can

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