# The History of English Podcast

A podcast by Kevin Stroud. The Spoken History of a Global Language

Feed: https://historyofenglishpodcast.com/feed/podcast/

## Latest episodes

- [Episode 192: English in the Celtic World](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/538608536/0a6c47ab61af) (2026-10-30, 77 min): audio https://media.blubrry.com/historyofenglish/content.blubrry.com/historyofenglish/Ep192-English-in-Celtic-World.mp3
- [Episode 191: A Vision of the Future](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/538608536/280fe8a1a55d) (2026-08-30, 79 min): audio https://media.blubrry.com/historyofenglish/content.blubrry.com/historyofenglish/Ep191-Vision-of-Future.mp3
- [Episode 190: Union, Division and Unusual U](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/538608536/5da060232776) (2026-06-30, 80 min): audio https://media.blubrry.com/historyofenglish/content.blubrry.com/historyofenglish/Ep190-Union-Division.mp3
- [Episode 189: Stressed Out](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/538608536/c6b57c9c3392) (2026-04-30, 83 min): audio https://media.blubrry.com/historyofenglish/content.blubrry.com/historyofenglish/Ep189-Stressed-Out-C.mp3
- [Episode 188: Old England and New England](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/538608536/48395765a5d4) (2026-02-27, 85 min): audio https://media.blubrry.com/historyofenglish/content.blubrry.com/historyofenglish/Ep188-Old-England-and-New-England2.mp3
- [Episode 187: Islands and Sea](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/538608536/d666666e1b56) (2025-12-31, 73 min): audio https://media.blubrry.com/historyofenglish/content.blubrry.com/historyofenglish/Ep187-Islands-and-Sea.mp3
- [Episode 186: A Dutch Treat](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/538608536/5470439b138c) (2025-10-31, 86 min): audio https://media.blubrry.com/historyofenglish/content.blubrry.com/historyofenglish/Ep186-Dutch-Treat2.mp3
- [Episode 185: Spelling Says a Lot (Part 2)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/538608536/953353420068) (2025-09-01, 78 min): audio https://media.blubrry.com/historyofenglish/content.blubrry.com/historyofenglish/Ep185-Spelling-Says-A-Lot2.mp3
- [Episode 184: Spelling Says a Lot (Part 1)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/538608536/9145d8769f2e) (2025-07-15, 81 min): audio https://media.blubrry.com/historyofenglish/content.blubrry.com/historyofenglish/Ep184-Spelling-Says-A-Lot1.mp3
- [Episode 183: The Fabric of Our Lives](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/538608536/21917648d02f) (2025-05-13, 77 min): audio https://media.blubrry.com/historyofenglish/content.blubrry.com/historyofenglish/Ep183-The-Fabric-of-Our-Lives.mp3
- [Episode 182: World of Confusion](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/538608536/7a135cca1b7c) (2025-03-18, 76 min): audio https://media.blubrry.com/historyofenglish/content.blubrry.com/historyofenglish/Ep182-World-of-Confusion.mp3
- [Episode 181: Heaven and Earth](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/538608536/4ff97fbcd8fb) (2025-01-30, 82 min): audio https://media.blubrry.com/historyofenglish/content.blubrry.com/historyofenglish/Ep181-Heaven-and-Earth.mp3
- [Episode 180: English on the Move](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/538608536/cbf820fff362) (2024-11-13, 75 min): audio https://media.blubrry.com/historyofenglish/content.blubrry.com/historyofenglish/Ep180-English-On-The-Move.mp3
- [Episode 179: Defining Moments](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/538608536/29ce22307c5f) (2024-09-24, 87 min): audio https://media.blubrry.com/historyofenglish/content.blubrry.com/historyofenglish/Ep179-Defining-Moments.mp3
- [Episode 178: Much Ado About Hamlet](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/538608536/9e729d857602) (2024-08-07, 77 min): audio https://media.blubrry.com/historyofenglish/content.blubrry.com/historyofenglish/Ep178-Much-Ado-About-Hamlet.mp3
- [Episode 177: Dressed for Success](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/538608536/670e0dca397a) (2024-06-26, 85 min): audio https://media.blubrry.com/historyofenglish/content.blubrry.com/historyofenglish/Ep177-Dressed-for-Success.mp3
- [Episode 176: All the World’s a Playhouse](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/538608536/2820036b564f) (2024-05-09, 80 min): audio https://media.blubrry.com/historyofenglish/content.blubrry.com/historyofenglish/Ep176-All-the-Worlds-Playhouse2.mp3
- [Episode 175: The English of Romeo and Juliet](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/538608536/c0de75fc8675) (2024-03-25, 93 min): audio https://media.blubrry.com/historyofenglish/content.blubrry.com/historyofenglish/Ep175-English-Romeo-Juliet.mp3
- [Episode 174: Speak and Spell](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/538608536/b38d8642b4db) (2024-02-08, 89 min): audio https://media.blubrry.com/historyofenglish/content.blubrry.com/historyofenglish/Ep174-Speak-and-Spell.mp3
- [Episode 173: Fooling Around](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/538608536/b2f8471c0fae) (2024-01-02, 85 min): audio https://media.blubrry.com/historyofenglish/content.blubrry.com/historyofenglish/Ep173-Fooling-Around.mp3
- [Episode 172: Succession](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/538608536/9e04adb86416) (2023-11-20, 95 min): audio https://media.blubrry.com/historyofenglish/content.blubrry.com/historyofenglish/Ep172-Succession.mp3
- [Episode 171: Shakespeare’s English (featuring Ben Crystal)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/538608536/b8692f2b639b) (2023-10-09, 67 min): audio https://media.blubrry.com/historyofenglish/content.blubrry.com/historyofenglish/Ep171-Shakespeares-English.mp3
- [Episode 170: Printers, Plague and Poets](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/538608536/202b0ba4ab4b) (2023-09-05, 78 min): audio https://media.blubrry.com/historyofenglish/content.blubrry.com/historyofenglish/Ep170-Printers-Plague-Poets.mp3
- [Episode 169: Shakespeare Documented](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/538608536/a6e6cdefd38f) (2023-07-25, 61 min): audio https://media.blubrry.com/historyofenglish/content.blubrry.com/historyofenglish/Ep169-Shakespeare-Documented.mp3
- [Episode 168: Witches, Demons and Fairies](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/538608536/29175cde4137) (2023-05-31, 116 min): audio https://media.blubrry.com/historyofenglish/content.blubrry.com/historyofenglish/Ep168-Witches-Fairies2.mp3
- [Episode 167: The Rhythm of English](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/538608536/10ffd45db113) (2023-04-24, 69 min): audio https://media.blubrry.com/historyofenglish/content.blubrry.com/historyofenglish/Ep167-Rhythm-of-English.mp3
- [Bonus Episode: Rise and Fall of the Classic Movie Accent](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/538608536/dc1fa0583c1e) (2023-03-31, 42 min): audio https://media.blubrry.com/historyofenglish/content.blubrry.com/historyofenglish/Bonus-Episode-MidAtlantic-Accent.mp3
- [Episode 166: The Arte of Warre](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/538608536/403111e919de) (2023-03-07, 76 min): audio https://media.blubrry.com/historyofenglish/content.blubrry.com/historyofenglish/Ep166-Arte-of-Warre.mp3
- [Episode 165: Glamorous Grammar](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/538608536/8d7b1bd98f35) (2023-01-30, 62 min): audio https://media.blubrry.com/historyofenglish/content.blubrry.com/historyofenglish/Ep165-Glamorous_Grammar.mp3
- [Episode 164: Somewhere in the Middle](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/538608536/cfe54300e9ae) (2022-12-20, 79 min): audio https://media.blubrry.com/historyofenglish/content.blubrry.com/historyofenglish/Ep164-Somewhere-in-the-Middle.mp3
- [Episode 163: An Elementary Education](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/538608536/075d5ae1e667) (2022-11-09, 70 min): audio https://media.blubrry.com/historyofenglish/content.blubrry.com/historyofenglish/Ep163-Elementary-Education.mp3
- [Episode 162: The Pirate Queen](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/538608536/b9c01f74385a) (2022-10-06, 68 min): audio https://media.blubrry.com/historyofenglish/content.blubrry.com/historyofenglish/Ep162-Pirate-Queen.mp3
- [Episode 161: Y U and I Have a Problem](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/538608536/55f05474a256) (2022-08-31, 75 min): audio https://media.blubrry.com/historyofenglish/content.blubrry.com/historyofenglish/Ep161-Y-U-I.mp3
- [Episode 160: Approximant-ly English](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/538608536/c48f3efc8bd0) (2022-07-15, 80 min): audio https://media.blubrry.com/historyofenglish/content.blubrry.com/historyofenglish/Ep160-Approximately-English.mp3
- [Episode 159: Elizabethan Voices](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/538608536/9a53e0e16be6) (2022-05-18, 79 min): audio https://media.blubrry.com/historyofenglish/content.blubrry.com/historyofenglish/Ep159-Elizabethan-Voices.mp3
- [Episode 158: Planting Seeds](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/538608536/98bc0656c69f) (2022-04-06, 66 min): audio https://media.blubrry.com/historyofenglish/content.blubrry.com/historyofenglish/Ep158-Planting-Seeds.mp3
- [Episode 157: Highlands, Lowlands and Netherlands](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/538608536/258819dda198) (2022-03-04, 71 min): audio https://media.blubrry.com/historyofenglish/content.blubrry.com/historyofenglish/Ep157-Highlands-Lowlands-Netherlands.mp3
- [Episode 156: Beggars, Cheats and Thieves](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/538608536/f2d1bbfed738) (2022-02-04, 68 min): audio https://media.blubrry.com/historyofenglish/content.blubrry.com/historyofenglish/Ep156-Beggars-Cheats-Thieves.mp3
- [Episode 155: Back to Basics](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/538608536/ee6117cd43ea) (2022-01-04, 66 min): audio https://media.blubrry.com/historyofenglish/content.blubrry.com/historyofenglish/Ep155-Back-to-Basics2.mp3
- [Episode 154: English Equality](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/538608536/7a36cc0f9077) (2021-11-30, 62 min): audio https://media.blubrry.com/historyofenglish/content.blubrry.com/historyofenglish/Ep154-English-Equality.mp3
- [Episode 153: Zombie Letters](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/538608536/c3b7383b9644) (2021-10-30, 72 min): audio https://media.blubrry.com/historyofenglish/content.blubrry.com/historyofenglish/Ep153-Zombie-Letters.mp3
- [Episode 152: As the Saying Goes](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/538608536/199f44831b10) (2021-09-29, 64 min): audio https://media.blubrry.com/historyofenglish/content.blubrry.com/historyofenglish/Ep152-As-Saying-Goes.mp3
- [Episode 151: Sick to Death](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/538608536/6a4eba88bf3d) (2021-08-30, 74 min): audio https://media.blubrry.com/historyofenglish/content.blubrry.com/historyofenglish/Ep151-Sick-to-Death.mp3
- [Episode 150: A Capital Offense](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/538608536/41e3c9259095) (2021-07-29, 75 min): audio https://media.blubrry.com/historyofenglish/content.blubrry.com/historyofenglish/Ep150-Capital-Offense.mp3
- [Episode 149: Breaking Up Is Hard To Do](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/538608536/30d14a03bbf6) (2021-06-28, 67 min): audio https://media.blubrry.com/historyofenglish/content.blubrry.com/historyofenglish/Ep149-Breaking-Up.mp3
- [Episode 148: A Marital Union](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/538608536/f856179eaaee) (2021-05-26, 70 min): audio https://media.blubrry.com/historyofenglish/content.blubrry.com/historyofenglish/Ep148-Marital-Union2.mp3
- [Episode 147: A Rude and Rusty Language](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/538608536/557fb4bb2170) (2021-04-28, 59 min): audio https://media.blubrry.com/historyofenglish/content.blubrry.com/historyofenglish/Ep147-Rude-Rusty-Language.mp3
- [Episode 146: A Brand New World](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/538608536/a095521e7746) (2021-03-24, 81 min): audio https://media.blubrry.com/historyofenglish/content.blubrry.com/historyofenglish/Ep146-Brand-New-World.mp3
- [Episode 145: A Sea Change for Europe](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/538608536/9108b682e9ca) (2021-02-18, 69 min): audio https://media.blubrry.com/historyofenglish/content.blubrry.com/historyofenglish/Ep145-Sea-Change.mp3
- [Episode 144: A Murder of Crows and Princes](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/538608536/4c4b50703214) (2021-01-20, 55 min): audio https://media.blubrry.com/historyofenglish/content.blubrry.com/historyofenglish/Ep144-Murder-of-Crows.mp3

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