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The Common Errors in English Usage Podcast — 122 episodes
Episode 122: The Gluten-Free Episode
Episode 121: Medical Terms—Refills, Urgent Care, Vein vs. Artery, Taut vs. Taunt, and Much More
Episode 120: Crusades, Demagogues, Stump Speeches & More
Episode 119: A Modicum of Civility—Citizenship, Civil Disobedience, and Civil War
Episode 118: The Magi(c) of Christmas
Episode 117: Holiday Greetings and the War on Christmas
Episode 116: Caucuses, Lobbyists, PACs, and More
Episode 115: Administration, Congress, What Veto Means, and Much More
Episode 114: More on the Book Sale, Plus Thanksgiving Leftovers—“dolly/handcart,” “duck tape/duct tape,” “between you and me,” and Lots More
Episode 113: Giving Thanks for the Book
Episode 112: Political Stripes—Red & Blue, Liberal, Libertarian, Conservative, and Reactionary
Episode 111: Left/Right, Socialism, Communism
Episode 110: Bureaucracy, Ballots & More
Episode 109: Empire and Colonies
Episode 108: Dictatorships, State Capitalism, Monarchy, Oligarchy, Plutocracy, Kleptocracy, and Empire
Episode 107: Suffrage, Franchise, Republic & Democracy
Episode 106: Feudalism, Fiefdoms, Monarchy, and Democracy—Where Do We Get All This Government From?
Episode 105: Government and Politics—More Than Just Words
Episode 104: Finishing Up Health Care Terms: Networks, HMOs, Pre-existing Conditions, HIPA, and Primary Care Physicians
Episode 103: Long-term Care Insurance, Health Savings Accounts, Death Panels, and Even More on Health Care
Episode 102: Yet More Health Care Terms to Know and Love (or at least know)
Episode 101: Even More Health Care Terms to Know and Love (or at least know)
Episode 100: More Health Care Terms to Know and Love (or at least know)
Episode 99: The Language of Health Care (Part 1)
Episode 98: Smarts
Episode 97: More Stupid Adjectives
Episode 96: Some Stupid Adjectives
Episode 95: Oafs, Goofs, Goons, and More on Insults
Episode 94: Heads and Animals: More on Insults
Episode 93: The True Meaning of Idiot and Other Insults
Episode 92: A Visit from Mr. Gradgrind (From the Archives)
Episode 91: When Is a Rose Not a Rose? (From the Archives)
Episode 90: Steam (From the Archives)
Episode 89: Troubleshooting Photography
Episode 88: Rag-picker’s Disease, Milk Leg, Scarlatina, and More Disease Names of Antiquity
Episode 87: King’s Evil, Grocer’s Itch, and (Blame It on the) Lumbago: More Disease Names of Antiquity
Episode 86: Bronze John, Dandy Fever, Gleet, and More Disease Names
Episode 85: Black Death, Blood Poisoning, and Other Antiquated Disease Names
Episode 84: When One Word Points Two Ways (Part 4)
Episode 83: When One Word Points Two Ways (Part 3)
Episode 82: When One Word Points Two Ways (Part 2)
Episode 81: When One Word Points Two Ways (Part 1)
Episode 80: Shooting People, Photographically
Episode 79: On Photography
Episode 78: Religion
Episode 77: Sex & Music
Episode 76: Lies (Part 2)
Episode 75: Lies (Part 1)
Episode 74: Romancing the Podcast (Part 5)
Episode 73: Romancing the Podcast (Part 4)
Episode 72: Romancing the Podcast (Part 3)
Episode 71: Romancing the Podcast (Part 2)
Episode 70: Romancing the Podcast (Part 1)
Episode 69: Pronunciation (Part 2)—This Time It’s French
Episode 68: Pronunciation (Part 1)
Episode 67: 2016 in Review (Part 2)
Episode 66: 2016 in Review (Part 1)
Episode 65: The Magi(c) of Christmas
Episode 64: The Solstice and Celestial Terms (a repeat of Episode 13)
Episode 63: Photography (Part 3)
Episode 62: Photography (Part 2)
Episode 61: Photography (Part 1)
Episode 60: The Language of the Streets (Part 2)
Episode 59: The Language of the Streets (Part 1)
Episode 58: Apostrophes (Part 3)
Episode 57: Apostrophes (Part 2)
Episode 56: Apostrophes (Part 1)
Episode 55: Going Nuclear, Part 3
Episode 54: Going Nuclear, Part 2
Episode 53: Going Nuclear, Part 1
Episode 52: Totally Cool
Episode 51: Le Podcast Hot
Episode 50: Commonly Confused Words, the PC Edition
Episode 49: More Commonly Confused Words
Episode 48: Swell (and other Fabulous Words)
Episode 47: Trump, the Name
Episode 46: The Names of the Nominated (Part 1)
Episode 45: More Words Often Confused
Episode 44: Bible Studies the Common Errors Way (Part 3)
Episode 43: Bible Studies the Common Errors Way
Episode 42: Bible Studies the Common Errors Way
Episode 41: A History of American Comics (Part 2)
Episode 40: A History of American Comics (Part 1)
Episode 39: Words Often Confused
Episode 38: The Period Is Disappearing—Does That Bug You?
Episode 37: Shall We Bring Back Some Words?
Episode 36: Shall We Banish Some Words?
Episode 35: Political Language and Literature (Part 2)
Episode 34: Political Language and Literature (Part 1)
Episode 33: The Language of the Election Season
Episode 32: Chris Waigl of The Eggcorn Database
Episode 31: The Everything of “Theory”
Episode 30: Eggcorns! (with special guest Geoffrey Pullum)
Episode 29: Technology Terms Worth Knowing (Part 2)
Episode 28: Technology Terms Worth Knowing (Part 1)
Episode 27: When Is a Rose Not a Rose?
Episode 26: The English Language and Its Non-Errors (Part 3)
Episode 25: The English Language and Its Non-Errors (Part 2)
Episode 24: The English Language and Its Non-Errors (Part 1)
Episode 23: We Could Be Antiheroes
Episode 22: What’s on the Menu? (Part 3)
Episode 21: What’s on the Menu? (Part 2)
Episode 20: What’s on the Menu? (Part 1)
Episode 19: Talking Star Wars
Episode 18: Totally Busted
Episode 17: The Language of 2001: A Space Odyssey
Episode 16: A History of Common Errors in English Usage (Part 2)
Episode 15: A History of Common Errors in English Usage (Part 1)
Episode 14: Style Changes for the New Year
Episode 13: The Solstice and Celestial Terms
Episode 12: The Magi(c) of Christmas
Episode 11: Steam—Not for Punks Only
Episode 10: Commas (Inspired by Mary Norris)
Episode 9: Talking Turkey (and Many Other Place Names, Too!)
Episode 8: Bridging the Unbridgeable with Ingrid Tieken
Episode 7: Reading George Eliot and Moving Back in Time
Episode 6: A Visit from Mr. Gradgrind
Episode 5: Moons and Moods of the Blue Kind
Episode 4: Synonyms
Episode 3: Blogging, Dating, and Grammar
Episode 2: Quite, Brilliant, and Quite Brilliant!
Episode 1: Yogi Berra