About this podcast
Release the nouns! It's linguistics and comedy, science and etymology.
You'd better seize the dative because the name nerd will rock your word.
Episodes
The newest 20 of 57 episodes
- The Live Laugh Lexicon Podcast #56 · 58 min23/03/2026 "The telephone gesture isn't going away" Ask for W-cheese! In Japan they know what you mean. This episode we're time-travelling, from Elizabethans to Millennials. Or…
- The Live Laugh Lexicon Podcast #55 · 47 min09/03/2026 "I used to have this waking nightmare" Get your big oar out because we're going Port and Starboard! Listen on to hear why homemade chilli oil can give you fatal…
- The Live Laugh Lexicon Podcast #54 · 53 min16/02/2026 "I listened to Gangnam Style before it was cool" Who doesn't love Psy? Maybe lobsters because their multiple ganglia can process the true horror of "Heeey sexy lady!"…
- The Live Laugh Lexicon Podcast #53 · 51 min02/02/2026 "I love foxes, but..." Who doesn't love Fantastic Mr Fox? Apart from your pet chickens. Time's up as we're diving into all our yesterdays because tomorrow never dies!…
- The Live Laugh Lexicon Podcast #52 · 50 min19/01/2026 "Am I being racist..." That's not a good sign! Then again, Fresh Meat isn't a good sitcom. But it does make me reminisce about my uni days, why didn't I join…
- The Live Laugh Lexicon Podcast #51 · 54 min05/01/2026 "Buffalo buffalo? Buffalo sh**!" Was Jesus the son of God? Is Buffalo Buffalo a grammatical sentence? This episode it's the twelve disciples! Let's memorise those…
- The Live Laugh Lexicon Podcast #50 · 42 min22/12/2025 "I used to hate buying presents" Merry Christmas! This week it's five reindeers prancing (why are they called "rein" deer?), four German zoos, three types of gift I…
- The Live Laugh Lexicon Podcast #49 · 51 min01/12/2025 "Stranger Things season five means nothing to me" Fetch! Sit! Watch every Wes Anderson film! This week it's dog breeds. Are St Bernards truly blessed? Are terriers…
- The Live Laugh Lexicon Podcast #48 · 44 min29/09/2025 "Your whole system falls apart" Will the real Slim Shady please explain English conditionals. With pleasure! And which spice is known as the stinking gum? Tune in to…
- The Live Laugh Lexicon Podcast #47 · 53 min15/09/2025 "Did you know that Boris Johnson paints buses?" This week I do evil work for evil people. Who Googlewashes the Googlewashers? Listen on to hear about the bear who…
- The Live Laugh Lexicon Podcast #46 · 53 min01/09/2025 "A cast list is so exciting" Sam and Ella are totally toxic, dude. Oh, I mean Salmonella. Tune in for dastardly diseases, Superdrug soaps, and Daniel Bedingfield. I…
- The Live Laugh Lexicon Podcast #45 · 53 min18/08/2025 "Liar Liar has aged pretty well" Cerulean. Azure. Cyan. Indigo? It's not purple! This week I'm feeling anything but blue. Plus Alma Levant Hayden's excellent adventure…
- The Live Laugh Lexicon Podcast #44 · 50 min04/08/2025 "Self driving cars are... here?" Which Egyptian deity was exceptionally well-endowed? And are robots coming for your large intestine? Whoops, I mean your job. Tune in…
- The Live Laugh Lexicon Podcast #43 · 1 h 34 min21/07/2025 "You can wear clothes inside out" It's a bumper episode as I tell you all of funky Will.i.am Shakespeare's plays and how to memorise them. Plus a list of all the…
- The Live Laugh Lexicon Podcast #42 · 46 min07/07/2025 "This episode is not sponsored by McDonalds but..." What was that Ribena advert? You know the one! All this talk of anteaters and aardvarks makes me darn thirsty. Tune…
- The Live Laugh Lexicon Podcast #41 · 48 min23/06/2025 "Katy Perry won the battle, but Gaga won the war" The Tongue Map was such BS! It certainly wasn't to my taste. But how do you say sour, salty, bitter, and sweet in…
- The Live Laugh Lexicon Podcast #40 · 1 h 8 min09/06/2025 "I was quite judgmental about blasphemy" What's your papal name? Which pope are you? I'm buzzfeeding it up with my very own quiz! Tune in to hear about the invention…
- The Live Laugh Lexicon Podcast #39 · 46 min26/05/2025 "Who is the real Mo Farah?" Emma Stone? Emily Stone? You want to see stones, start digging! This episode we're memorising Geological Periods, plus we're asking what's…
- The Live Laugh Lexicon Podcast #38 · 52 min12/05/2025 "It's cute when a dog is in the way" Don't eat raw cassava! Tune in to find out why, and hear about the Wang Fallacy. I mean Phallus-y. It's also called the Outgroup…
- The Live Laugh Lexicon Podcast #37 · 50 min28/04/2025 "Black Mirror is back baby!" Piranha's aren't endangered! Phew! I feel much better about that time I fished in the Amazon now. This episode it's Ps and Qs, what links…
