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I have to recommend Slate's Lexicon Valley podcast, an interesting English language podcast. They usually pick some quirk of the English language, and talk about all of the rules that we unconsciously follow. The hosts are likable and go down some interesting rabbit holes. I always picture them wearing professorial sweaters, sitting in a fussy den, recording the podcast together. Good episodes are "The Fawth Flaw," about the situations in which different people do or don't drop the "r" sounds from the ends of words, "Ascent of the A-word," all about the word "rear end in a top hat," and "Accentuate the Positive," about the phrase "yeah, no." And if that's not hardcore enough for you, The History of the English Language is a very good, but very dry history podcast. It's just one host talking. I enjoy it greatly in small doses, but tend to tire out quickly. Technically, he hasn't even reached Old English yet, but he sprinkles a lot of interesting tidbits about modern English into his explanations of English's ancestor languages.
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