Latest Episodes

Bob Garfield and Mike Vuolo talk to journalist Jennifer Keishin Armstrong about the classic American sitcom Seinfeld and why it falls flat in other cultures and languages. Twitter: @lexiconvalley Face...

July 13, 2015 · 41 min 6 sec

Bob Garfield and Mike Vuolo discuss a mystery word or phrase with lexicographer Ben Zimmer. Twitter: @lexiconvalley Facebook: facebook.com/LexiconValley Website: booksmartstudios.com/LexiconValley

June 29, 2015 · 24 min 17 sec

Bob Garfield and Mike Vuolo discuss what it means that language has a "positivity bias." Twitter: @lexiconvalley Facebook: facebook.com/LexiconValley Website: booksmartstudios.com/LexiconValley

June 17, 2015 · 47 min 2 sec

Bob Garfield and Mike Vuolo discuss a mystery word or phrase with lexicographer Ben Zimmer. Twitter: @lexiconvalley Facebook: facebook.com/LexiconValley Website: booksmartstudios.com/LexiconValley

June 1, 2015 · 37 min 12 sec

Bob Garfield and Mike Vuolo talk to conlanger David J. Peterson about the art and craft of creating languages for Game of Thrones.   Twitter: @lexiconvalley Facebook: facebook.com/LexiconValley Websit...

May 18, 2015 · 41 min 11 sec

Bob Garfield and Mike Vuolo discuss the origin of the word "seersucker" with lexicographer Ben Zimmer.   Twitter: @lexiconvalley Facebook: facebook.com/LexiconValley Website: booksmartstudios.com/Lexi...

May 4, 2015 · 32 min 51 sec

Bob Garfield and Mike Vuolo don't know nuthin' about the double negative.   Twitter: @lexiconvalley Facebook: facebook.com/LexiconValley Website: booksmartstudios.com/LexiconValley

April 20, 2015 · 37 min 38 sec

  Bob Garfield and Mike Vuolo discuss the origin of the word "pumpernickel" with lexicographer Ben Zimmer. Twitter: @lexiconvalley Facebook: facebook.com/LexiconValley Website: booksmartstudios.com/L...

April 6, 2015 · 35 min 21 sec

Bob Garfield and Mike Vuolo discuss whether "try and" is an acceptable substitute for "try to." Twitter: @lexiconvalley Facebook: facebook.com/LexiconValley Website: booksmartstudios.com/LexiconVall...

March 23, 2015 · 36 min 27 sec

Bob Garfield and Mike Vuolo discuss the origin of the word "carnival" with lexicographer Ben Zimmer. Twitter: @lexiconvalley Facebook: facebook.com/LexiconValley Website: booksmartstudios.com/Lexico...

March 9, 2015 · 26 min 37 sec

Bob Garfield and Mike Vuolo discuss the authoress, the usherette, and the editrix with Anne Curzan, the lady professor. Twitter: @lexiconvalley Facebook: facebook.com/LexiconValley Website: booksmar...

February 23, 2015 · 32 min 54 sec

Bob Garfield and Mike Vuolo discuss a mystery word or phrase with lexicographer Ben Zimmer. Twitter: @lexiconvalley Facebook: facebook.com/LexiconValley Website: booksmartstudios.com/LexiconValley

February 9, 2015 · 24 min 7 sec

Bob Garfield and Mike Vuolo talk to journalist and author Masha Gessen about translating Tolstoy. Twitter: @lexiconvalley Facebook: facebook.com/LexiconValley Website: booksmartstudios.com/LexiconVa...

January 26, 2015 · 36 min 59 sec

Bob Garfield and Mike Vuolo discuss a mystery word or phrase with lexicographer Ben Zimmer. Twitter: @lexiconvalley Facebook: facebook.com/LexiconValley Website: booksmartstudios.com/LexiconValley

January 12, 2015 · 31 min 48 sec

Bob Garfield and Mike Vuolo are joined by Peter Sokolowski of Merriam-Webster, Katherine Martin of Oxford University Press, Jane Solomon of Dictionary.com, and Erin McKean of Wordnik.com to discuss th...

December 29, 2014 · 48 min 38 sec

Bob Garfield and Mike Vuolo discuss a mystery word or phrase with lexicographer Ben Zimmer. Twitter: @lexiconvalley Facebook: facebook.com/LexiconValley Website: booksmartstudios.com/LexiconValley

December 15, 2014 · 25 min 22 sec

Bob Garfield and Mike Vuolo talk to speech scientist Benjamin Munson about the "gay voice." Twitter: @lexiconvalley Facebook: facebook.com/LexiconValley Website: booksmartstudios.com/LexiconValley

December 1, 2014 · 36 min 47 sec

Bob Garfield and Mike Vuolo discuss a mystery word or phrase with lexicographer Ben Zimmer. Twitter: @lexiconvalley Facebook: facebook.com/LexiconValley Website: booksmartstudios.com/LexiconValley

November 17, 2014 · 33 min 4 sec

Bob Garfield and Mike Vuolo ask the question: How did we go from "four and twenty" to "twenty four"? Twitter: @lexiconvalley Facebook: facebook.com/LexiconValley Website: booksmartstudios.com/Lexicon...

November 3, 2014 · 27 min 2 sec

Bob Garfield and Mike Vuolo discuss a mystery word or phrase with lexicographer Ben Zimmer. Twitter: @lexiconvalley Facebook: facebook.com/LexiconValley Website: booksmartstudios.com/LexiconValley

October 20, 2014 · 41 min 35 sec