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Once Upon A Phrase
by Jason and Lisa Kelly
Travel through time to understand why we say the things we say. Join Lisa and Jason Kelly on their journey to explore where some of our most common words and phrases come from.
Episodes
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Military Phrases (part 3)
When those brave men and women go home they bring all the talk with them...and then it spreads
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Animals (part 3)
Listen to all the creepy, crawly, and cuddly reasons we say these phrases
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Foreign Influence
English is weird....and mostly foreign, which makes a lot of sense. Lets us tell you why
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S3 PREMIER: WILDCARD!!!!
Season 3 kicks off with a WILDCARD episode for all those awesome phrases we couldn't find home for
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Medieval Part 2
Season 2 wraps up by taking a journey back to when the knights showed us how to love
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Transportation
Come take a ride with us
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Alcohol Part 2
Here is part 2 of one of our favorite themes. Grab a drink and start listening...unless you're driving then please skip the drink part.
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Unfinished Phrases
Did you know you're probably not saying the whole thing?
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Love (part 2)
So much love, gather 'round and share in the love of words and phrases
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Military
Those brave men and women in uniform gives us freedom....and quiet a few phrases that we say everyday
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Food (part 2)
Hungry? Why wait...lets explore these food related words and phrases
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Animals (part 2)
Cats and birds and cats and more birds. Plus the OG listener request
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WILDCARD #1
We couldn't find a theme for these random phrases so jump into our first WILDCARD episodes
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Nine
Listen to the deep dive we did on the phrases containing the number 9, and a real great listener request.
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Sports
Some of those sports (and sports..ish) phrases we know you know, but where do they come from?
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Music
Welcome back! Season 2 kicks off with some :Music" to your ears
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Family
"...Family" in my Dominic Toretto voice
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Sleep
Sleep > everything and anything
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Love
Love and Podcasts, what else do you need?
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Food
**Drool** mmmmmm food. Stay hungry my friends
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Animals
Why did the chicken cross the road? To listen to episode 6 about all his animal friends.
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Numbers
Numbers numbers everywhere let's all have a think
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Alcohol
Sit back, grab a drink, and get half in the bag.
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Let's Get Medieval
So many phrases come from, or were popularized during the Medieval time period. See what interesting twists and turns got those phrases to were they are today.
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1920s Slang
Who doesn't love the Roaring 20s? Listen to find out how some of those cool phrases are still in our everyday vocabulary.
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Meet the Duo
Meet Lisa and Jason, and learn a little bit more about who we are and why we love etymology.
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How many episodes does Once Upon A Phrase have?
Once Upon A Phrase currently has 26 episodes available on PodParley. New episodes are automatically indexed when they're published to the podcast feed.
What is Once Upon A Phrase about?
Travel through time to understand why we say the things we say. Join Lisa and Jason Kelly on their journey to explore where some of our most common words and phrases come from.
How often does Once Upon A Phrase release new episodes?
Once Upon A Phrase has 26 episodes. Check the episode list to see recent publication dates and frequency.
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Who hosts Once Upon A Phrase?
Once Upon A Phrase is created and hosted by Jason and Lisa Kelly.
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