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The History of English Podcast

The Spoken History of a Global Language

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Episode 39: Not Lost in Translation

Mar 5, 2014
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Episode 38: Nobles, Nuptials and a Cowherd Poet

Feb 17, 2014
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Episode 37: Seafarers, Poets and Traveling Minstrels

Jan 21, 2014
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Episode 36: Finalizing the Alphabet

Dec 23, 2013
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Episode 35: English Sounds and Roman Letters

Dec 12, 2013
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Episode 34: Sounds Like Old English

Nov 27, 2013
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Episode 33: Missionaries and Manuscripts

Nov 7, 2013
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Bonus Episode 4: Let Me ‘Buoy’ Your Spirits

Oct 29, 2013
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Episode 32: The Oldest English

Oct 18, 2013
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Episode 31: Saxons, Franks and Other West Germans

Sep 25, 2013