Episodios

  • Gloomy

    Gloomy
    Oct 1 2025
    What does a fierce, french firebrand have in common with a Roman general's daughter and a virtuous Roman noblewoman? On the surface, very little.
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  • Swagger

    Swagger
    Sep 24 2025
    Today we move from drunkards in a London tavern deep into the magical Athenian woods, on to the summer retreat of Windsor, and rounding ourselves out with a trip down the catwalk to a hip-hop soundtrack, and arriving back in North London.
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  • Torture

    Torture
    Sep 17 2025
    I'll tell you right now: you are not going to wring today's word out of me. Not by pain, not by persuasion, not even by the promise of caffeine and crumpets.
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  • Monumental

    Monumental
    Sep 10 2025
    Today, we have a task before us. Massive; gigantic; or some would say, colossal; mightily gargantuan; of elevated importance; tremendous - and at the same time, great.
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  • Obscene

    Obscene
    Sep 3 2025
    Today we head back to Northern Spain, for Uncle William's 1594 tale of lofty vows of chastity, love-struck lords, and — a filthy little mystery for you.
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  • Dwindle

    Dwindle
    Aug 27 2025
    Today, time is running down, and perhaps out of joint, but no cursed spite. Well, actually, come to think of it, curses do come into play in our play...
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  • Luggage

    Luggage
    Aug 20 2025
    Today's word has trundled through history in many shapes and sizes: strapped to the backs of donkeys; shoved into stagecoaches; heaved into the holds in ships, and wheeled briskly through airports by those who have left it a little late for their flight.
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  • Denote

    Denote
    Aug 13 2025
    Today's word we find catalogued and categorized in the tales of two star-crossed lovers; a jealous moorish general; a rather mopey Danish prince, and even within a later sonnet.
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