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Kanaal • 2 programma’s

Maatschappij en cultuur

Maatschappij en cultuur

Tweewekelijks
Maatschappij en cultuur

Maatschappij en cultuur

Wekelijks bijgewerkt

6 JAN

McWhorter vs. McWhorter

The world was shocked by a controversial article published by "John McWhorter." Here, he sets the record straight. X: @lexiconvalleyFacebook: facebook.com/LexiconValleyWebsite: booksmartstudios.com/LexiconValley Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

6 jan

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30 min
02-12-2025

6 7: Everything You Don't Know About the Word of the Year

Mike Vuolo and Bob Garfield join Mike Pesca of The Gist to talk about the long, strange journey of 6 7, from rapper Skrilla to the basketball court, from the classroom to the Word of the Year. X: @lexiconvalleyFacebook: facebook.com/LexiconValleyWebsite: booksmartstudios.com/LexiconValley Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

02-12-2025

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18 min
09-12-2025

The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows

Author John Koenig talks about inventing words for those subtle emotions that hitherto had no name. X: @lexiconvalleyFacebook: facebook.com/LexiconValleyWebsite: booksmartstudios.com/LexiconValley Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

09-12-2025

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27 min
23-12-2025

All the Rage Bait

Oxford English Dictionary editor Fiona McPherson talks to Mike Vuolo about the terms that caught her attention in 2025. X: @lexiconvalleyFacebook: facebook.com/LexiconValleyWebsite: booksmartstudios.com/LexiconValley Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

23-12-2025

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17 min
30-12-2025

A Toast to Toast

Raise a glass to browned bread ... now you're toast! X: @lexiconvalleyFacebook: facebook.com/LexiconValleyWebsite: booksmartstudios.com/LexiconValley Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

30-12-2025

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30 min
28-10-2025

Gen Alpha Thinks You're Cringe

Our parents were cringe-inducing but we're just cringe. X: @lexiconvalleyFacebook: facebook.com/LexiconValleyWebsite: booksmartstudios.com/LexiconValleylley Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

28-10-2025

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24 min
18-11-2025

Gobbledygook Explained

Gobbledygook sounds like one of those words that somebody just made up — so is it? X: @lexiconvalleyFacebook: facebook.com/LexiconValleyWebsite: booksmartstudios.com/LexiconValley Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

18-11-2025

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24 min
13-09-2022

Is Negro a Slur or Just Antiquated?

The racial reckoning of the past several years has altered the way we think about and use language, often for better but occasionally for worse. Sometimes, what we tend to believe is at odds with what is most likely true. X: @lexiconvalleyFacebook: facebook.com/LexiconValleyWebsite: booksmartstudios.com/LexiconValley Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

13-09-2022

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37 min
09-07-2025

The American Accent Came First

What did English sound like during the Revolutionary War? John has a number of fascinating observations about the way the language was spoken back then — including the accents! X: @lexiconvalleyFacebook: facebook.com/LexiconValleyWebsite: booksmartstudios.com/LexiconValley Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

09-07-2025

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33 min
31-08-2022

One Is the Loneliest Number

Only, lonely, alone and even atone all derive from the number one, which, by the way, wasn’t always pronounced as if it began with the letter w. X: @lexiconvalleyFacebook: facebook.com/LexiconValleyWebsite: booksmartstudios.com/LexiconValley Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

31-08-2022

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33 min

Exploring the power of language to inform and misinform. Podcast by Mike Vuolo, Bob Garfield and John McWhorter. If you haven’t yet, please consider a paid subscription to Lexicon Valley. Visit BooksmartStudios.com!

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Topprogramma’s

McWhorter vs. McWhorter

6 7: Everything You Don't Know About the Word of the Year

The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows

All the Rage Bait

A Toast to Toast

Gen Alpha Thinks You're Cringe

Gobbledygook Explained

Is Negro a Slur or Just Antiquated?

The American Accent Came First

One Is the Loneliest Number

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