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Recastable Episodes (281)

1. Episode 1: Introduction June 18, 2012
2. Episode 2: The Indo-European Discovery June 25, 2012
3. Episode 3: The Indo-European Family Tree July 2, 2012
4. Episode 4: A Grimm Brother Resurrects the Dead (…language) July 11, 2012
5. Episode 5: Centum, Satem and the Letter C July 18, 2012
6. Episode 6: Indo-European Words July 26, 2012
7. Episode 7: More Indo-European Words Aug. 9, 2012
8. Episode 8: Indo-European Grammar (Where have all the inflexions gone?) Aug. 16, 2012
9. Episode 9: Who Were the Indo-Europeans? Aug. 24, 2012
10. Episode 10: Early Indo-European Migrations Sept. 5, 2012
11. Episode 11: Germanic Ancestors Sept. 9, 2012
12. Bonus Episode 1 Aug. 5, 2013
13. Episode 12: Early Greek, Hittite and the Trojan War (Extended Version) Aug. 5, 2013
14. Episode 13: Greece, Phoenicia and the Alphabet Aug. 5, 2013
15. Episode 14: The Greek Word Horde Aug. 5, 2013
16. Episode 15: Etruscans, Romans and a Modified Alphabet Aug. 5, 2013
17. Episode 16: The Rise of Rome – and Latin Aug. 5, 2013
18. Episode 17: Ancient Celts and the Latin Invasion of Gaul Aug. 5, 2013
19. Episode 18: Keeping Time With The Romans Aug. 5, 2013
20. Episode 19: The Romanization of Britain Aug. 5, 2013
21. Episode 20: The Early Germanic Tribes Aug. 5, 2013
22. Bonus Episode 2: History of the Alphabet Aug. 5, 2013
23. Episode 21: Early Germanic Words Aug. 5, 2013
24. Episode 22: Early Germanic Grammar Aug. 5, 2013
25. Episode 23: Tacitus and Germanic Society Aug. 5, 2013
26. Episode 24: Germanic Mythology Aug. 5, 2013
27. Episode 25: Germanic Markings and the Runes Aug. 5, 2013
28. Episode 26: Imperial Crisis and the Goths Aug. 5, 2013
29. Episode 27: Broken Empire and Fractured Languages Aug. 5, 2013
30. Episode 28: Angles, Saxons, Jutes and Frisians Aug. 7, 2013
31. Episode 29: The Anglo-Saxon Invasion Aug. 13, 2013
32. Episode 30: The Celtic Legacy Sept. 6, 2013
33. Episode 31: Saxons, Franks and Other West Germans Sept. 25, 2013
34. Episode 32: The Oldest English Oct. 18, 2013
35. Bonus Episode 4: Let Me ‘Buoy’ Your Spirits Oct. 29, 2013
36. Episode 33: Missionaries and Manuscripts Nov. 7, 2013
37. Episode 34: Sounds Like Old English Nov. 27, 2013
38. Episode 35: English Sounds and Roman Letters Dec. 12, 2013
39. Episode 36: Finalizing the Alphabet Dec. 23, 2013
40. Episode 37: Seafarers, Poets and Traveling Minstrels Jan. 21, 2014
41. Episode 38: Nobles, Nuptials and a Cowherd Poet Feb. 17, 2014
42. Episode 39: Not Lost in Translation March 5, 2014
43. Episode 40: Learning Latin and Latin Learning March 21, 2014
44. Episode 41: New Words From Old English April 8, 2014
45. Bonus Episode 5: Odds and Ends April 25, 2014
46. Episode 42: Beowulf and Other Viking Ancestors May 7, 2014
47. Episode 43: Anglo-Saxon Monsters and Mythology May 21, 2014
48. Episode 44: The Romance of Old French June 6, 2014
49. Episode 45: To Coin a Phrase – and Money June 26, 2014
50. Episode 46: Cynewulf and the Kindred Kings July 15, 2014
51. Episode 47: The Man Who Saved English Aug. 4, 2014
52. Bonus Episode 6: Beowulf Deconstructed Aug. 28, 2014
53. Episode 48: The Unity of Alfred’s English Sept. 3, 2014
54. Episode 49: Vikings Among the English and French Sept. 17, 2014
55. Episode 50: A Unified Family of English Speakers Oct. 9, 2014
56. Episode 51: Norse Words and a New English Oct. 24, 2014
57. Episode 52: Bloody Axes and a Battle Royal Nov. 7, 2014
58. Episode 53: The End of Endings Nov. 24, 2014
59. Episode 54: Pronoun Pros and Cons Dec. 13, 2014
60. Episode 55: To Be or Not To Be Dec. 30, 2014
61. Episode 56: The Weak vs The Strong Jan. 15, 2015
62. Episode 57: The Wessex Literary Revival Jan. 28, 2015
63. Episode 58: Bibliophiles and Bookworms Feb. 18, 2015
64. Episode 59: Let’s Make A Deal March 11, 2015
65. Episode 60: Danes, Death and Taxes March 30, 2015
66. Episode 61: Earls and Churls April 22, 2015
67. Episode 62: Flesh and Blood May 11, 2015
68. Episode 63: Restorations and Remedies June 2, 2015
69. Bonus Episode 7: Stuffed Animals June 25, 2015
70. Episode 64: Feudalism and Early Normans July 10, 2015
71. Bonus Episode: Stay at Home Edition April 6, 2020
72. Episode 66: Broken Promises and the Eve of Conquest Aug. 20, 2015
73. Episode 67: The Year That Changed English Sept. 18, 2015
74. Episode 68: Rebels With a Cause Oct. 16, 2015
75. Episode 69: From Conquest to Domesday Oct. 30, 2015
76. Episode 70: Mind Your Manors For Pete’s Sake Nov. 15, 2015
77. Episode 71: On The Hunt Dec. 5, 2015
78. Episode 72: The Dark Ages of English Jan. 11, 2016
79. Episode 73: Possession, Power and Checkmate Jan. 30, 2016
80. Episode 74: Head Cities and Home Towns Feb. 15, 2016
81. Episode 75: Mixed Languages and Scrambled Eggs March 2, 2016
82. Episode 76: The Gender Problem March 25, 2016
83. Episode 77: Rival Relatives and the Land of Scots April 11, 2016
84. Episode 78: Under Siege April 29, 2016
85. Episode 79: Anarchy May 18, 2016
86. Episode 80: Knight Life June 23, 2016
87. Announcement: 10 American Presidents Podcast July 1, 2016
88. Episode 81: Love Songs and Troubadours July 15, 2016
89. Episode 82: A Marriage for the Ages Aug. 3, 2016
90. Episode 83: A Trilingual Nation Sept. 5, 2016
91. Episode 84: Law, Order and Murder Sept. 29, 2016
92. Episode 85: How to Run an Empire Oct. 24, 2016
93. Episode 86: Family of Rebels Nov. 15, 2016
94. Episode 87: The First Spelling Reformers Dec. 7, 2016
95. Episode 88: The Long and Short of It Jan. 4, 2017
96. Episode 89: ‘I Before E’ and All That Jan. 23, 2017
97. Episode 90: Healers, Hospitals and Holy Wars Feb. 15, 2017
98. Episode 91: Traders and Traitors March 8, 2017
99. Episode 92: The Lion Kings March 29, 2017
100. Episode 93: The Two Arthurs April 22, 2017
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