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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Russell Pirkle & Hannah Weyer
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Jun 28, 2026
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Episodes
3. Spreading "Butter" by BTS 16.08.2021 1:26:59
We speculate about Korean's influence on English, the evolution of the concept of "summer", and English's Germanic roots with "I Don't Feel Hate" by Jendrik.
2. Rooting for "Industry Baby" by Lil Nas X and Jack Harlow 10.08.2021 1:02:51
We talk about the root of "root", accents, linguistic accomodation, "Je Me Casse", and "Industry Baby" on this our second-ish episode of Pop Etymology.
1. Unrequiting "Love Like Woe" by The Ready Set 05.08.2021 1:07:52
Today in our second first episode, we discuss words of the 2010s, eggcorns and solecisms, Dadi Freyr, and "Love Like Woe" by The Ready Set.
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