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Russell Pirkle & Hannah Weyer
Getting Down & Wordy
Humorous Etymological Research Probing English Songs - A moderately researched, moderately funny chat show about popular music and language. We are a Podmoth Network podcast.
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Ratings & Reviews
4.7 stars from 26 ratings
I am hooked!
20 mins in on the first episode and I am totally hooked! I will be binging this podcast for sure!
Total Conundrum Podcast via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 09/11/23
Language
Such a clever way to tie together influential music and linguistic knowledge. The discussion really paints a detailed portrait of a particular cultural moment with a deep dive into a wide range of artists and the origins of interesting and relevant words and phrases. Funny and incredibly...Read full review »
DiFRi82 via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 08/29/23
Give them a listen!
Great podcast! Such a unique topic but the hosts never fail to fascinate me!
KH015 via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 03/20/23
Recent Episodes
This one's for the grammar nerds! (But not such grammar nerds that you'll cringe at all the stuff we inevitably got wrong.) We're talking about Paula Abdul's greatest hit "Straight Up", and we're talking about irregular verbs, particularly about verbs that used to be irregular but are now...
Published 04/28/24
Published 04/28/24
Today we discuss Shrek the Musical, the live action musical play version of the first Shrek movie. How did this get made? Should it have been? And we talk about the origin and many different meanings of gross. In Eurovision talk, we discuss Ireland's "Doomsday Blues" by Bambie Thug. Huge...
Published 04/14/24
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