This is probably my favourite podcast. Highly recommended to anyone interested in language or European history. The host's treatment of topics is not just a dry recitation of historical events in...
This is probably my favourite podcast. Highly recommended to anyone interested in language or European history. The host's treatment of topics is not just a dry recitation of historical events in time order. While the overall arc of the podcast (through all the episodes) does take the listeners slowly through history from the origins of English up to modern day English, the host often takes time to describe interesting facts and linguistic phenomena about future centuries not yet covered, if they would shine some light on the current topic being discussed. I also like how he clusters together several related words when discussing etymologies, often giving me "oh cool!" moments as I learn about where a given word meaning or grammatical feature actually came from. The podcast contains a great balance between language and history, and is very well researched, well organized, and delivered nicely. Again: highly recommended.
This is probably my favourite podcast. Highly recommended to anyone interested in language or European history. The host's treatment of topics is not just a dry recitation of historical events in time order. While the overall arc of the podcast (through all the episodes) does take the listeners slowly through history from the origins of English up to modern day English, the host often takes time to describe interesting facts and linguistic phenomena about future centuries not yet covered, if they would shine some light on the current topic being discussed. I also like how he clusters together several related words when discussing etymologies, often giving me "oh cool!" moments as I learn about where a given word meaning or grammatical feature actually came from. The podcast contains a great balance between language and history, and is very well researched, well organized, and delivered nicely. Again: highly recommended.