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Something Rhymes with Purple
Susie Dent and Gyles Brandreth invite you to enhance your vocabulary, uncover the hidden origins of language and share their love of words in this award-winning podcast. We love hearing from you, find us @SomethingRhymes on Twitter and Facebook, @SomethingRhymesWith on Instagram or you can email us here: purple@somethinelse.com Want more Purple, people? Join the Purple Plus Club by clicking the banner in Apple podcasts or by heading to purpleplusclub.com to listen on other platforms for ad-free listening, and not 1 but 2 episodes of the show every week. You can buy our branded mugs, tote bags and T-shirts here: https://bit.ly/37huhqs A Sony Music Entertainment production. Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts To bring your brand to life in this podcast, email podcastadsales@sonymusic.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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We are 100 today! Let’s party!
Episode Date: March 2, 2021Welcome to the party Purple People as we celebrate reaching our 100th episode - we promise that it is going to be full of pep, zest and pizazz! Feat...
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Something Rhymes With Purple LIVE – Thursday 25th March 2021
Episode Date: February 27, 2021Come and see Gyles and Susie in action as Something Rhymes With Purple goes LIVE and ONLINE in 2021. After the success of last year’s live theatre sho...
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Pettifogger
Episode Date: February 23, 2021In this our 99th episode we’re calling our Purple People to the bar and passing judgement on the words of law! Susie tells us what a large number of...
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Purpuriam (Pp)
Episode Date: January 26, 2021Gyles and Susie are sticking to their New Years Resolutions and really getting out of their comfort zone this week as they focus their etymological mi...
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Torquemada
Episode Date: January 19, 2021Calling all cruciverbalists! Susie and Gyles have a treat in store for you as they deep-dive into the most popular word game around: the Crossword. ...
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Testiculos habet et bene pendentes
Episode Date: January 12, 2021Take a seat, recline if you’d like or perhaps, even lie down because this week Susie and Gyles are going to be exploring the wonderful wordy world of...
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Purple Post
Episode Date: January 5, 2021Hello and Happy New Year! This first week of January we are reacquainting ourselves with you lovely Purple People and replying to some of the question...
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Words Of The Year 2020
Episode Date: December 29, 2020Merry Christmas, a Festive Merrineum and a Happy New Year! It is the end of 2020; a year full of covidiots, royal viruses and quaranteenies. This week...
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What the Dickens?
Episode Date: December 22, 2020This week we are on an absolute rampage, alleviating boredom and staving off the Scrooge in the news as we acquaint ourselves with that master wordsmi...
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Whitehall 1212
Episode Date: November 24, 2020This week, Susie and Gyles are reporting on the names and origins of London Town - of England, Europe, The World, The Universe. Come wind through the...
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Black Friday Merch!
Episode Date: November 23, 2020LIMITED OFFER: This week why not turn Black Friday Purple with a cheeky 20% off all merch on our website with the code PURPLE20. It’s not just Quality...
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Marchioness
Episode Date: November 17, 2020Oh the Grand Old Duke of York, he had ten-thousand men… but was his son a Marquis or a Marquess? To find out, join us under the marquee as Gyles and S...
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Penne For Your thoughts
Episode Date: November 10, 2020Little Strings, Little Tongues and Butterflies… what could Gyles and Susie pasta-bly be talking about?! In this episode we’ll be lobbing a bunch of pa...