Lexitecture

Ryan Paulsen and Amy Hanlon

A Canadian (Ryan) and a Scot (Amy) talking about the words in the English language that fascinate them most at the moment, looking at their histories and origins and trying to piece together just how they got to where they are today. This is a podcast for anyone interested in etymology (the study of words and their origins/history). If you've ever found yourself happier after discovering some bizarre bit of trivia about a word that you hadn't even given a second thought to (such as how the word 'trivia' relates to its Latin components meaning "three roads"), this might...

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Lexitecture

Episodes (100)

Fri Mar 13th Episode 139: Salient Kaleidoscope
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Lexitecture

Mar 13, 2026
52½ minutes
71 MB

Narrator voice: The 'monthly schedule' was not, in fact, a thing. Nevertheless, we're BACK (again). In this episode, Amy really jumps out at you with "salient", while Ryan observes beauty in a tube with "kaleidoscope". For those who like looking at amazing feats of music-video-ness, here's OK GO with "Love"! Lexitecture is a podcast about etymology (the linguistics study of the origin and history of words). In each normal, increasingly infrequent episode, a Canadian (Ryan) and a Scot (Amy) each present their current favourite word and talk about its origins, current...

Lexitecture

Episode 139: Salient Kaleidoscope

Ryan Paulsen and Amy Hanlon

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