Kyle and Emily glimpse into their crystal ball and reveal a word that melds birdwatching and divination into one: alectryomancy.

Kyle, Emily, and special guest Arne Christensen (@chiral_light) sit down and chew the fat about digestion, and medical terminology at large.

This week Emily and Kyle travel eastward, taking a look at the Sanskrit language and at the little-known word bahuvrihi.

Kyle and Emily sate their etymological appetite once again, as they discuss the sinfully satisfying word ‘ingordigious.

This week, Emily and Kyle explore the word “grognard,” its roots in French history, and its modern usage in tabletop gaming.

Kyle and Emily journey from ancient Greek philosophy to American transcendentalism, as they delve into the history of the ‘lyceum.’

Emily and Kyle chat it up with writer T Campbell in this puzzling episode of Butter No Parsnips as they uncover the multiple meanings of the term 'logology' and venture into the fascinating world of wordplay.

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.