Lexicon Valley from Booksmart Studios
Hosted by Mike Vuolo and Bob Garfield and Livia Bloom Ingram and John McWhorter · Lexicon Valley
4.8from 851 ratings
- 344
- Episodes
- 49
- Transcribed
- 851
- Ratings
- Weekly
- Cadence
- 2012
- First episode
About Lexicon Valley from Booksmart Studios
A podcast about language, with hosts Mike Vuolo, Bob Garfield and John McWhorter.
- Publisher
- Lexicon Valley
- Category
- education · society & culture
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 6 Feb 2012
- Latest episode
- 3 Nov 2026
Latest episodes
49 of 344 episodes have a transcript.
3 Nov 2026TRANSCRIPT
Mufasa, Simba, Fercho and Dylan
27 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
How to Kill a Language, Part II
21 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
How to Kill a Language, Part I
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Mufasa, Simba, Fercho and Dylan
Published 3 Nov 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Sometimes these are costly government initiatives, sometimes the work of community volunteers, and in one notable case, the obsession of of one heroic, single-minded rescuer who fears steady erosion of Quechua pretends the extinction of not only a language, but a way of life. […]
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- Augusto Zegarra
- Sophia Smith Galer
- Sophia Smith-Galer
- SL Huang
- Ben Zimmer
Reach and audience
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.8 / 5
- 583 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.8 / 5
- 268 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 36 / 100
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- Quality
- 34
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 97
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Who hosts Lexicon Valley from Booksmart Studios?
Mike Vuolo and Bob Garfield and Livia Bloom Ingram and John McWhorter host the show. Published by Lexicon Valley.
How often do new episodes come out?
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