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The Endless Knot

Summary: Aven & Mark discuss etymology, history, literature, language, and cocktails, and the sometimes surprising connections between them all.

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  • Artist: Mark Sundaram & Aven McMaster
  • Copyright: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

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 Episode 94: Catullus & Shibari, with Isobel Williams | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:22:34

Episode 94: Catullus & Shibari, with Isobel Williams

 Episode 93: The Americano, the Negroni, America, and Rome | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:56:16

Episode 93: The Americano, the Negroni, America, and Rome

 Episode 92: Canuck, and Re-Thinking Canada's Story | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:17:36

Episode 92: Canuck, and Re-Thinking Canada's Story

 Episode 91: Roman Gardens, with Victoria Austen | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:02:33

Episode 91: Roman Gardens, with Victoria Austen

 Episode 90: Unrolling Books and Evolving Words | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:18:03

We talk about the history of the boo, the reading habits of the ancient Romans, the pliability of sheep skins, and the mechanisms of semantic change that cause words to evolve over time. Oh, and we discuss Charles Darwin’s own language for his new theory.

 Switcheroo 2021! | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:38:07
 Episode 89: Horses in Antiquity, with Carolyn Willekes | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:18:00

We speak to Dr. Carolyn Willekes about horses in antiquity: their development and domestication, their use in warfare, their training and breeding, and her many adventures riding horses across Greece, Turkey, Mongolia, and Canada.

 Announcement: Online Course | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:01:29

Announcement: Online Course

 Episode 88: Meta-Etymology | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:21:42

We talk about the etymology of “Etymology” itself, and then discuss the basics of historical linguistics, including Grimm’s Law, Verner’s Law, and more. We also talk about Isidore of Seville, the etymological puns of Latin poets, and the way Mark does his research for his videos.

 Episode 87: Alexander the Great, with Meg Finlayson | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:36:12

This episode is all about Alexander the Great, and especially about his reception by later Greeks & Romans, the middle ages, and modern popular culture. We had the pleasure of interviewing Meg Finlayson who studies Alexander and his reception and shared her knowledge, enthusiasm, and dreams of a new Alexander movie with Colin Farrell playing Philip!

 Episode 86: Who's on Your Calendar? | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:49:41

Episode 86: Who's on Your Calendar?

 Episode 85: Election Talk to Take Your Mind off the Election | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:15:16

Episode 85: Election Talk to Take Your Mind off the Election

 Episode 84: Linoleum: It's Not As Boring As You Think! | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:16:38

Episode 84: Linoleum: It's Not As Boring As You Think!

 Episode 83: Recipes and Authority, from Intelligent Speech | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:25:25

Episode 83: Recipes and Authority, from Intelligent Speech

 Episode 82: Plagues, with Moxie from Your Brain on Facts | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:35:19

Episode 82: Plagues, with Moxie from Your Brain on Facts

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