Seth opens the Lexiconicon again this week in this captivating episode of Butter No Parsnips where Kyle and Emily explore the indexy world of hapax legomena.

On this episode of Butter No Parsnips, Kyle and Emily dive deep into the fascinating etymology of the word “quark” and the complexity of particle physics.

You’ll be quaking in your buckled shoes this episode as Emily learns the naming origins of name-words, finds herself in the middle of a mistaken-identity crisis, and discovers Kyle’s new fascination with oat-based meals.

Pull out your history books, kids! This week, Kyle does a refresher course on the French Revolution, the British Parliament holds a rather nervous meeting, and Emily reveals the unexpected origins of some everyday words.

Hungry? This episode isn’t for you. Join Emily and Gross Kyle as they separate myth from fact from food, learn about how the Romans really threw sorority parties (Bring Your Own Bull), and discover that Jesus might have had some Dionysian inspiration.

Kyle and Emily discover a simple, relatable way to explain difficult medical concepts, discuss an impressively long-running publication, and review the more doubtfully long-running life of one Thomas Parr.

Celebrate Women’s History Month the Butter No Parsnips way: by remembering how men have been, historically, big jerks. Listen as Kyle tactfully connects the dots between cavil and another familiar accusatory word, Emily is transported to John Wayne Wycliffe’s Old English West, and the right famous Queen of Navarre finally gets some retribution for “vertuous women of all ages”.

This week, Emily presents some of history's most vexing questions, Greek philosophers find that ignorance really is bliss, and Kyle tries to define some monstrous rhetorical terminology.

This episode is out of this world! Join Emily and Kyle as they take a lawyerly look at the stars, travel to space in the worst modes of transportation imaginable, and meet their new ten-legged overlords.

This decidedly word-centric episode sees Kyle and Emily talk about the organic evolutions of words, the slightly less organic coinage of words, and the OED’s older brother NED. Give it a listen, for the nonce!

In today’s chymical chat, Emily and Kyle discover the GOATest goats, try out the newest (godless) fad exercise, and, somehow, ruminate on the origin of all of existence.

Kyle and Emily are joined by the not-at-all mephitic Michael Stephan, pagerunner for @tautonyms on Instagram, who helps Kyle out with a tough word and then delivers a few of his own as he guides our hosts through the animal world of the doubly-named.

In this hearty and humorous presentation, Emily and Kyle look at a few early English dictionaries, learn a forgotten word that never really took off, and read the decidedly difficult writings of one Lorenzo Altisonant.

Join Kyle and Emily as they take a tour of Roma (Italy AND Texas), discover the real reason marble statues are missing their noses, and visit the tragic resting place of one of Shakespeare’s most tragic families.

On this special episode of Butter No Parsnips, Kyle and Emily speak to author of the book Once Upon a Word: A Word-Origin Dictionary for Kids and word wizard Jess Zafarris (@uselessetymology) about just a few of the most illicit of her many etymological adventures.

This week, Emily attempts to describe the nuances of Martian culture, reveals the unexpected link between beat literature, I.T. magazines, and Forbes articles, and tests Kyle’s knowledge of science fiction. You grok?

Sweet dreams are made of words! Kyle and Emily learn way too much about architecture (it’s all about the cupulas), get personal with Mr. and Madame So-and-So, and realize modern art might all lead back to two Swiss-Austrian artists.

This word might be familiar to some (or it might not…), but it prompts Emily and Kyle to discuss the formation of hybrid languages, the presence of indigenous terms in Seattle slang, and Mark Twain’s travels and tribulations in the tropics.

Seth opens up the Lexiconicon once more, but this time in a jolly way, as he takes Emily and Kyle on a journey through the strange, French, and enviably productive world of Oulipo. And all to serve an incredibly contrived and festive end no less!

Kyle and Emily are no fools in this episode, in which they discuss a play about an old lady with poor decision making skills, the 3 oldest Stooges, Tom, Dick, and Dan, and the life of one of America’s underrated and overlooked authors.