x

75% of people globally want unbiased news (Pew Research) but are concerned they're not getting that.

Get balanced coverage with Symby. See how stories are covered across diverse outlets and spot when one side covers a story the other skips.

PODCAST

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.

education language learning

All Episodes

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

en

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

en

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

en

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,

en

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

en

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

en

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'

en

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

en

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

en

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

en

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

en

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

en

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

en

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

en

01:40:48

NSYNC "Merry Christmas Happy Holidays" & Merry

Getting Down & Wordy ·

2022/12/19

We talk about NSYNC, why pretzels are the ultimate Christmas snack, etymologically speaking, the merry marry mary merger, and of course why we say "Merry Christmas", spoiler - it's like saying have a drunken socialist christmas . . . We also talk about Lithuania's Eurovision offering Sentementai by Monika Liu.

en

01:47:38

Migos "Bad and Boujee" & the History of Bougie

Getting Down & Wordy ·

2022/12/11

We talk Migos, Takeoff's death, car words, the history of the bourgeoisie in France and communist theory, and the origin and rise of 'bougie' in African American culture through class struggles and civil rights. And we discuss Portugal's 2022 Eurovision offering "Saudade Saudade" by MARO.

en

01:53:20

Blackpink "Pink Venom" & the Color Pink

Getting Down & Wordy ·

2022/11/27

We talk about the KPOP band Blackpink and the history and etymology of the color pink. And for Eurovision, we discuss Finland's The Rasmus.

en

01:42:33

Coolio "Gangsta's Paradise" & Paradise

Getting Down & Wordy ·

2022/11/13

Today we talk about Coolio and his hit song "Gangsta's Paradise", and the etymology and history of paradise as a word and concept. For Eurovision, we discuss Ukraine's 2022 winning song Stefania by Kalush Orchestra.

en

01:33:32

Ghost & Metal

Getting Down & Wordy ·

2022/10/30

In honor of Halloween we decided to talk about the Swedish metal band Ghost and the etymology of metal, both as a word for the substance and as a word for the music. In Eurovision, we talk about Azerbaijan's 2022 song Fade to Black by Nadir Rustamli.

en

01:35:39

Eiffel 65 "Blue" & the Color Blue

Getting Down & Wordy ·

2022/10/16

We talk about the Eiffel 65 song "Blue", the etymology of the word blue and some common idioms and expressions using the word blue. And for Eurovision, this week we discuss Switzerland's 2022 song "Boys Do Cry" by Marius Bear.

en

123 results

Similar Podcasts

Science Talk

Albert Einstein College of Medicine

五分钟心理学

柠檬心理

Daily Facts

Amalia Dupray and Montgomery Jones.

Les dents et dodo

BFMTV

Veterinary Clinical Podcasts

The Royal Veterinary College