Getting Down & Wordy Russell Pirkle & Hannah Weyer

Today, building on our discussion last week with Michelle Troszak, creator of the Interstellar Song Contest, we talk about fictional languages. We have all your favorites except for the Game of Thrones ones! Klingon! Elvish! Simlish! Furbish! Wenja from Far Cry! And more!

In Eurovision, we talk about space-themed songs throughout the years.

Remember to check out the Interstellar Song Contest at any of the following links:

The full show (like a radio show format):

⁠https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/skysail-theatre⁠

⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/4G93JBa74dvXuCBadnsyUk⁠

The cast album:

⁠https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/skysailtheatre/interstellar-song-contest-original-cast-recording⁠

⁠https://open.spotify.com/album/56VbHsBJNcn37QWiqFF4UP⁠

Skysail Theatre:

⁠https://www.facebook.com/skysailtheatre⁠

⁠https://www.instagram.com/skysailtheatre⁠

⁠https://linktr.ee/skysailtheatre⁠

Find us on instagram here: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/gettingdownandwordy/⁠

And email us at ⁠gettingdownandwordy@gmail.com⁠

Huge thanks to Patsy Walker for the use of our theme song “Who’s Wordy Now”! Find Patsy on youtube at ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@patsywalker1481⁠

This week’s promoted podcast is Bad Acts. Find them anywhere you get podcasts or at this link: ⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bad-acts-a-true-crime-podcast/id1538464479⁠

Find them, us, and lots of other great podcasts on our podcast network ⁠podmoth.network

Today we talk to Michelle Troszak, founder of Skysail Theatre, about her new musical, The Interstellar Song Contest.

This episode is part 1 of our discussion on fictional languages, which will conclude in next week's episode.

The Interstellar Song Contest currently exists as a cast recording and a radio show in podcast format. Find Michelle, Skysail Theatre, and the show at the following links!

The full show (like a radio show format):

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/skysail-theatre

https://open.spotify.com/show/4G93JBa74dvXuCBadnsyUk

The cast album:

https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/skysailtheatre/interstellar-song-contest-original-cast-recording

https://open.spotify.com/album/56VbHsBJNcn37QWiqFF4UP

Skysail Theatre:

https://www.facebook.com/skysailtheatre

https://www.instagram.com/skysailtheatre

https://linktr.ee/skysailtheatre



Find us on instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/gettingdownandwordy/

And email us at gettingdownandwordy@gmail.com

Huge thanks to Patsy Walker for the use of our theme song “Who’s Wordy Now”! Find Patsy on youtube at https://www.youtube.com/@patsywalker1481

This week’s promoted podcast is Anything Bones. Find them anywhere you get podcasts or at this link: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/anything-bones/id1536352309Find them, us, and lots of other great podcasts on our podcast network podmoth.network

Maybe a lesser known Decemberists song, but probably one of the first ones I ever heard, we talk about "Myla Goldberg", and the person who it's about, author of the novel Bee Season. Lots of spoilers for people who have not read it and intend to, so watch out.

We discuss the spelling bee. How'd it start and what are the rules? And why is it only an English thing?

In Eurovision, we discuss a song in which they spell something, San Marino 2024's "11:11" by Megara.

Find us on instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/gettingdownandwordy/

And email us at gettingdownandwordy@gmail.com

Huge thanks to Patsy Walker for the use of our theme song “Who’s Wordy Now”! Find Patsy on youtube at https://www.youtube.com/@patsywalker1481

This week’s promoted podcast is Haunted Tales. Find them anywhere you get podcasts or at this link: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/haunted-tales/id1624389921

Find them, us, and lots of other great podcasts on our podcast network podmoth.network

We discuss the OG oxford comma enthusiasts, Vampire Weekend, the first hit song off their new album, and everyone's favorite goat-fish astrological sign, the capricorn. What are capricorns like? Where'd the goat and fish combo come from? What's the age of capricorn going to be like? Why are you asking us all these questions?



In Eurovision, we'll talk about Italy's 2024 entry "La Noia" by Angelina Mango.



Find us on instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/gettingdownandwordy/

And email us at gettingdownandwordy@gmail.com

Huge thanks to Patsy Walker for the use of our theme song “Who’s Wordy Now”! Find Patsy on youtube at https://www.youtube.com/@patsywalker1481

This week’s promoted podcast is Haunted Moonlight. Find them anywhere you get podcasts or at this link: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/haunted-moonlight/id1703911242

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This one's for the grammar nerds! (But not such grammar nerds that you'll cringe at all the stuff we inevitably got wrong.)

We're talking about Paula Abdul's greatest hit "Straight Up", and we're talking about irregular verbs, particularly about verbs that used to be irregular but are now regular, and about other words which are actually formerly irregular verb forms but we now use them for something else. Think of "wrought iron" or "what has God wrought?". Wrought was once the past tense form of work.

For Eurovision, we're talking about Finland's Windows95man and his song "No Rules". And we're talking about another grammar topic - telic and atelic verbs!



Find us on instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/gettingdownandwordy/

And email us at gettingdownandwordy@gmail.com

Huge thanks to Patsy Walker for the use of our theme song “Who’s Wordy Now”! Find Patsy on youtube at https://www.youtube.com/@patsywalker1481

This week’s promoted podcast is Macab at Midnight. Find them anywhere you get podcasts or at this link: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2303990Find them, us, and lots of other great podcasts on our podcast network podmoth.network

Today we discuss Shrek the Musical, the live action musical play version of the first Shrek movie. How did this get made? Should it have been?



And we talk about the origin and many different meanings of gross.



In Eurovision talk, we discuss Ireland's "Doomsday Blues" by Bambie Thug.



Huge thanks to Patsy Walker for the use of our theme song “Who’s Wordy Now”! Find Patsy on youtube at https://www.youtube.com/@patsywalker1481



This week’s promoted podcast is Beyond the Shadows. Find them anywhere you get podcasts or at this link: https://open.spotify.com/show/6hgfTsx24MjcxaopQNURyX?si=b7679e12b5a0417f&nd=1&dlsi=7f3fda57e9764a61



Find them, us, and lots of other great podcasts on our podcast network podmoth.network