Episodes
Every episode ships with a timestamped rundown, the words we covered, and the sources we leaned on so you can go read them yourself.
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There's a reason for everything we say
Wording Out is a podcast about etymology. Twice a month we take a handful of ordinary words, follow them back through harbours, courtrooms and bad translations, and tell you which origin stories actually hold up.
What lives here
A podcast, an index, and a queue you get to vote on
Talk to Us
Corrections, sources and arguments are all welcome. We read everything and credit the good catches on air.
Index A-Z
Every word we have covered lands in one permanent index, with the episode it came from attached.
Vote for a Word
Signed-in listeners get one vote per word. The leaderboard decides which suggestions make the recording schedule.