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The Live Laugh Lexicon Podcast #52 01/19/2026

The Live Laugh Lexicon Podcast #52 19/01/2026 "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 Breakdancing Soc after Japanese class? Listen on to learn about the human salivary glands! Oxford New Words That's An Organ Salivary glands Cambridge Analytics Cryptic Corner - Music by Kevin MacLeod, arranged by Kit Foxley /episode/index/show/f7e2efd7-acb6-4942-86c5-8be9d98720ee/id/39788785

The Live Laugh Lexicon Podcast #51 01/05/2026

The Live Laugh Lexicon Podcast #51 05/01/2026 "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 blessed buddies, cherubic chums, messianic mates. Listen on for the book of Q (not a Star Trek reference) and how to pronounce Q in Arabic! Psycholoscopes Leather Mnemonics and Deep Dive Twelve Disciples Four Gospels New Accent Please - Music by Kevin MacLeod, arranged by Kit Foxley /episode/index/show/f7e2efd7-acb6-4942-86c5-8be9d98720ee/id/39582950

The Live Laugh Lexicon Podcast #50 12/22/2025

The Live Laugh Lexicon Podcast #50 22/12/2025 "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 give my family, two knees-a-clicking (not mine), and a partridge in a pear tree! Ministry of Rightspeak Quintuplicate letters What's Dis Reindeer, Caribou Something Different The Twelve Days of Christmas Cryptic Corner - Music by Kevin MacLeod, arranged by Kit Foxley Also featuring the songs: "Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer" by Johnny Marks and Robert L. May performed by Mmm De, YouTube. "Deck the Halls" performed by Kevin MacLeod. /episode/index/show/f7e2efd7-acb6-4942-86c5-8be9d98720ee/id/39485025

The Live Laugh Lexicon Podcast #49 12/01/2025

The Live Laugh Lexicon Podcast #49 01/12/2025 "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 terrible? Are whippets always huffing gas? Tune in to find out! Harvey Dudgeon Knots Etymology Dog breeds Cryptic Corner - Music by Kevin MacLeod, arranged by Kit Foxley Also featuring the songs: "Nymphetamine (Fix)" by Cradle of Filth. "Gotta catch 'em all!" by John Siegler and John Loeffler performed by Jason Paige. "Tossed Salads and Scrambled Eggs" by Bruce Miller and Darryl Phinnesse performed by Sid and the Comeds. /episode/index/show/f7e2efd7-acb6-4942-86c5-8be9d98720ee/id/39210345

The Live Laugh Lexicon Podcast #48 09/29/2025

The Live Laugh Lexicon Podcast #48 29/09/2025 "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 hear why Anti-Lock Braking is actually the nanny state. Oxford New Words Plants of Interest Asafoetida Motor Scrap Auto Service Anti-lock braking Punch Up The Psalm Psalm 101: I will sing of mercy and judgment New Accent Please - Music by Kevin MacLeod, arranged by Kit Foxley Also featuring songs by Eminem. /episode/index/show/f7e2efd7-acb6-4942-86c5-8be9d98720ee/id/38385660

The Live Laugh Lexicon Podcast #47 09/15/2025

The Live Laugh Lexicon Podcast #47 15/09/2025 "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 joined the Polish army. He ate cigarettes and has a very easy to pronounce name, honest! Psycholoscopes Egyptian pyramids Elemental Mercury Mnemonics US universities Did Someone Say Puzzles - Music by Kevin MacLeod, arranged by Kit Foxley /episode/index/show/f7e2efd7-acb6-4942-86c5-8be9d98720ee/id/38215275

The Live Laugh Lexicon Podcast #46 09/01/2025

The Live Laugh Lexicon Podcast #46 01/09/2025 "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 gotta get thru this copious diarrhoea! Ministry of Rightspeak False rhymes What's Dis Salmonella, Typhoid, Typhus Double Platinum Discs Daniel Bedingfield - Gotta Get Thru This Cryptic Corner - Music by Kevin MacLeod, arranged by Kit Foxley /episode/index/show/f7e2efd7-acb6-4942-86c5-8be9d98720ee/id/38035230

The Live Laugh Lexicon Podcast #45 08/18/2025

The Live Laugh Lexicon Podcast #45 18/08/2025 "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 where she wipes out totally bogus quackery. Dude! Harvey Dudgeon Horse breeds Etymology Blue Cambridge Analytics Great Women of Science Alma Levant Hayden Cryptic Corner - Music by Kevin MacLeod, arranged by Kit Foxley /episode/index/show/f7e2efd7-acb6-4942-86c5-8be9d98720ee/id/37852445

The Live Laugh Lexicon Podcast #44 08/04/2025

The Live Laugh Lexicon Podcast #44 04/08/2025 "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 to find out! Oxford New Words That's An Organ Caecum Snog Mythology Avoid Sihuanaba, Min, Red Ghost New Accent Please - Music by Kevin MacLeod, arranged by Kit Foxley /episode/index/show/f7e2efd7-acb6-4942-86c5-8be9d98720ee/id/37650710

The Live Laugh Lexicon Podcast #43 07/21/2025

The Live Laugh Lexicon Podcast #43 21/07/2025 "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 people I've kissed! TMI. Psycholoscopes Mint plants Mnemonics and Deep Dive Shakespeare's plays Cryptic Corner - Music by Kevin MacLeod, arranged by Kit Foxley Also featuring the songs: "Knights of Cydonia" Written and performed by Muse. "Can't Take My Eyes Off You" Written by Bob Crewe and Bob Gaudio Performed by Heath Ledger, from the film "10 Things I Hate About You" Performed by Morton Harket, from the film "Coneheads" Instrumental version by Atomic Karaoke, from YouTube. /episode/index/show/f7e2efd7-acb6-4942-86c5-8be9d98720ee/id/37477645

The Live Laugh Lexicon Podcast #42 07/07/2025

The Live Laugh Lexicon Podcast #42 07/07/2025 "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 in to hear my own ABCs of cryptic crosswords. I'm lovin' it! Ministry of Rightspeak Multiple different vowels What's Dis Aardvark, Anteaters Something Different Sega P.Y.S.S. Wonder Where I Am Cryptic Corner - Music by Kevin MacLeod, arranged by Kit Foxley /episode/index/show/f7e2efd7-acb6-4942-86c5-8be9d98720ee/id/37293270

The Live Laugh Lexicon Podcast #41 06/23/2025

The Live Laugh Lexicon Podcast #41 23/06/2025 "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 other languages? What's halva got to do with it? Or myrrh? Listen on to find out! Harvey Dudgeon Dutch provinces Etymology Sour, Salty, Bitter, Sweet New Accent Please - Music by Kevin MacLeod, arranged by Kit Foxley /episode/index/show/f7e2efd7-acb6-4942-86c5-8be9d98720ee/id/37102135

The Live Laugh Lexicon Podcast #40 06/09/2025

The Live Laugh Lexicon Podcast #40 09/06/2025 "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 of velcro, and the delicious taste of Dandelion and Burdock. Oxford New Words Plants of Interest Burdock What's Your Papal Name? Pope Quiz Cryptic Corner - Music by Kevin MacLeod, arranged by Kit Foxley /episode/index/show/f7e2efd7-acb6-4942-86c5-8be9d98720ee/id/36928685

The Live Laugh Lexicon Podcast #39 05/26/2025

The Live Laugh Lexicon Podcast #39 26/05/2025 "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 in a name? Emma-Lee Stone? Psycholoscopes Architectural columns Mnemonics and Deep Dive Geologic Periods Cambridge Analytics Cryptic Corner - Music by Kevin MacLeod, arranged by Kit Foxley /episode/index/show/f7e2efd7-acb6-4942-86c5-8be9d98720ee/id/36702215

The Live Laugh Lexicon Podcast #38 05/12/2025

The Live Laugh Lexicon Podcast #38 12/05/2025 "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 Homogeneity Bias but I prefer wang! Ministry of Rightspeak IOUS What's Dis Sweet Potato, Cassava, Yams Snog Mythology Avoid Nüwa, Dungavenhooter, Hecatoncheires New Accent Please - Music by Kevin MacLeod, arranged by Kit Foxley /episode/index/show/f7e2efd7-acb6-4942-86c5-8be9d98720ee/id/36521560

The Live Laugh Lexicon Podcast #37 04/28/2025

The Live Laugh Lexicon Podcast #37 28/04/2025 "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 pentagons and quintets? Or Helios and Sol? Tune in to find out! Harvey Dudgeon Salad Dressings Etymology Mind your Ps and Qs Great Women of Science Gulielma Lister Cryptic Corner - Music by Kevin MacLeod, arranged by Kit Foxley /episode/index/show/f7e2efd7-acb6-4942-86c5-8be9d98720ee/id/36330805

The Live Laugh Lexicon Podcast #36 04/14/2025

The Live Laugh Lexicon Podcast #36 14/04/2025 "I bought my first bluetooth earphones" I prised the buttons off my friend's keyboard but it wasn't a prank, honest! This episode I swallow my pride as we talk tonsils, loot boxes, and gacha games. Oxford New Words That's An Organ Tonsils Not A Joke Elemental Cerium New Accent Please - Music by Kevin MacLeod, arranged by Kit Foxley /episode/index/show/f7e2efd7-acb6-4942-86c5-8be9d98720ee/id/36113945

The Live Laugh Lexicon Podcast #35 03/31/2025

The Live Laugh Lexicon Podcast #35 31/03/2025 "I didn't get the memo" Divorced, beheaded, died... just speeds up naming planets? We're getting historical this episode, and can someone please tell me what Off Peak means? Listen on for broiling instructions! Psycholoscopes Elvis Presley songs Mnemonics Wives of Henry VIII Name Nerd Capital cities Punch Up The Psalm Psalm 67: God be merciful unto us Cryptic Corner - Music by Kevin MacLeod, arranged by Kit Foxley /episode/index/show/f7e2efd7-acb6-4942-86c5-8be9d98720ee/id/35923045

The Live Laugh Lexicon Podcast #34 03/17/2025

The Live Laugh Lexicon Podcast #34 17/03/2025 "If you're running a Speed Dating event, you have to do the maths right" Is it pronounced Pink or P!nk? So what? That's what she'd say. This episode we're burning lime and trying Turkish delight, by which I mean a devoiced "R". Sean Connery would love it! Ministry of Rightspeak Football teams What's Dis Concrete, Cement, Mortar Double Platinum Discs Pink - So What Wonder Where I Am New Accent Please - Music by Kevin MacLeod, arranged by Kit Foxley /episode/index/show/f7e2efd7-acb6-4942-86c5-8be9d98720ee/id/35735340

The Live Laugh Lexicon Podcast #33 03/03/2025

The Live Laugh Lexicon Podcast #33 03/03/2025 "Fried onion wakes you up in the morning" Genghis Khan-do attitude, that's what I say. And what do eclairs have to do with blitzkriegs? This episode we're talking pastry etymologies! Don't miss the Navajo spinal clip and my Marina and the Diamonds travel game. Harvey Dudgeon Leaders of the Mongol Empire Etymology Pastries and cakes Great Women of Science Rachel Dreilinger Cryptic Corner - Music by Kevin MacLeod, arranged by Kit Foxley /episode/index/show/f7e2efd7-acb6-4942-86c5-8be9d98720ee/id/35497450

The Live Laugh Lexicon Podcast #32 02/17/2025

The Live Laugh Lexicon Podcast #32 17/02/2025 "You know I like logical fallacies" Polish vampires and allergic reactions this episode! Get your logic hat on because I'm yammering on about an argument I won five years ago! Don't miss the chat about poison ivy and Mandarin Chinese consonants. Oxford New Words Plants of Interest Poison Ivy Snog Mythology Avoid Lamia, Bakunawa, Upiór New Accent Please - Music by Kevin MacLeod, arranged by Kit Foxley /episode/index/show/f7e2efd7-acb6-4942-86c5-8be9d98720ee/id/35299415

The Live Laugh Lexicon Podcast #31 02/03/2025

The Live Laugh Lexicon Podcast #31 03/02/2025 "Knock knock, it's the Jehovah's Witnesses" Full moon, half moon, total eclipse of the heart. This episode we're winning pub quizzes by travelling the solar system! Listen on to hear why Jesus is like a goose, and why I always answer the door in my underwear. Psycholoscopes Haribo Mnemonics Bodies of the Solar System (by size and mass) Deep Dive Moons Cryptic Corner - Music by Kevin MacLeod, arranged by Kit Foxley /episode/index/show/f7e2efd7-acb6-4942-86c5-8be9d98720ee/id/35137600

The Live Laugh Lexicon Podcast #30 01/20/2025

The Live Laugh Lexicon Podcast #30 20/01/2025 "They've ruined the top deck of the bus" Why is it so "satisfying" to have a rival podcast? Listen on for why I risked it all with my recycling bin, and the difference between goats and mountain goats. Which one would happily eat a pickleball? Ministry of Rightspeak Homophones What's Dis Goat, Mountain Goat Cambridge Analytics Wonder Where I Am Something Different Feng Shui for the workplace New Accent Please - Music by Kevin MacLeod, arranged by Kit Foxley /episode/index/show/f7e2efd7-acb6-4942-86c5-8be9d98720ee/id/34833580

The Live Laugh Lexicon Podcast #29 01/06/2025

The Live Laugh Lexicon Podcast #29 06/01/2025 "Condoms are such an easy win" Goodness gracious, this is herbaceous. That's right, it's getting hot in here as we dive in to the etymology of herbs! Listen on for Kamehameha (a historical figure) and the Mrs Vajayjay of Dragonball Z. Harvey Dudgeon Swiss Army knife Etymology Parsley sage rosemary and thyme Not A Joke Elemental Livermorium Cryptic Corner - Music by Kevin MacLeod, arranged by Kit Foxley /episode/index/show/f7e2efd7-acb6-4942-86c5-8be9d98720ee/id/34728900

The Live Laugh Lexicon Podcast #28 12/23/2024

The Live Laugh Lexicon Podcast #28 23/12/2024 "Rafael Nadal was in an advert with my friend Steve!" Here's a sketch about pronouns, I'm sure that won't be controversial! Listen on for the spooky spleen, Star Trek's nifty names, and the sport that uses a coward's weapon. Oxford New Words Doctor Organs Spleen Something Else Thy Pronouns Please Punch Up The Psalm Psalm 12: Help, Lord, for the godly man ceaseth Name Nerd Star Trek characters Cryptic Corner - Music by Kevin MacLeod, arranged by Kit Foxley /episode/index/show/f7e2efd7-acb6-4942-86c5-8be9d98720ee/id/34577595

The Live Laugh Lexicon Podcast #27 12/09/2024

The Live Laugh Lexicon Podcast #27 09/12/2024 "We don't really do Junior here in the UK" I've found my soulmate! Pity she was born in 1902. This episode we're figuring out if Skip and Trey are real names. Hint, they're not! Tune in to hear if I would date an Australian drop-bear or a legendary Russian horse! Psycholoscopes Ham Snog Mythology Avoid Drop Bear, Lidérc, Sivko-Burko Mnemonics Critical Thinking New Accent Please - Music by Kevin MacLeod, arranged by Kit Foxley /episode/index/show/f7e2efd7-acb6-4942-86c5-8be9d98720ee/id/34354800

The Live Laugh Lexicon Podcast #26 11/25/2024

The Live Laugh Lexicon Podcast #26 25/11/2024 "I've been doing standup again" Oh yes, it's the Oh-Possum! Or is it just Possum? Discover which country's name gave us "serendipity", and hear about a trailblazing computer nun! Or is she a None? In Python she is! Ministry of Rightspeak Hybrid compounds What's Dis Opossum, Possum Cambridge Analytics Great Women of Science Mary Kenneth Keller Cryptic Corner - Music by Kevin MacLeod, arranged by Kit Foxley /episode/index/show/f7e2efd7-acb6-4942-86c5-8be9d98720ee/id/34124556

The Live Laugh Lexicon Podcast #25 11/11/2024

The Live Laugh Lexicon Podcast #25 11/11/2024 "Atheists can say bless you" Am I eating beetles in my M and M's? Why did NASA send Mr Bean to the moon? And what does the etymology of vermicelli noodles have to do with "red"? Listen on to find out! Harvey Dudgeon Moonwalkers Etymology Red Double Platinum Discs Soft Cell - Tainted Love Wonder Where I Am New Accent Please - Music by Kevin MacLeod, arranged by Kit Foxley /episode/index/show/f7e2efd7-acb6-4942-86c5-8be9d98720ee/id/33870082

The Live Laugh Lexicon Podcast #24 10/28/2024

The Live Laugh Lexicon Podcast #24 28/10/2024 "I have never met an easily triggered youth" Stephen Fry! Why must you say these things? Tune in for a long rant about the Clone Wars. I mean the Culture Wars. Well, they both involve appropriating a Maori man's look. Oxford New Words Plants of Interest Cogongrass Not A Joke Elemental Chromium Cryptic Corner - Music by Kevin MacLeod, arranged by Kit Foxley /episode/index/show/f7e2efd7-acb6-4942-86c5-8be9d98720ee/id/33645947

The Live Laugh Lexicon Podcast #23 10/14/2024

The Live Laugh Lexicon Podcast #23 14/10/2024 "Greek mythology is back baby!" Aslan is Turkish for "lion" but the Slavs completely missed the memo! And what the hell is an exabyte? Or a zettametre? Listen on to find out! Psycholoscopes Coal combustion waste products Mnemonics Kilo Mega Giga, Milli Micro Nano Punch Up The Psalm Psalm 115: Not unto us, O Lord New Accent Please - Music by Kevin MacLeod, arranged by Kit Foxley /episode/index/show/f7e2efd7-acb6-4942-86c5-8be9d98720ee/id/33445332

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