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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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Pang Wangle
Episode Date: June 6, 2023Step into the time machine of linguistics and embark on a journey through the graveyard of forgotten words. In this week's episode of our Something Rh...
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Let There Be Light
Episode Date: May 9, 2023In this week’s dazzling episode, Susie and Gyles illuminate the fascinating etymological roots of everything to do with natural light phenomena. So, j...
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Kummerspeck
Episode Date: May 2, 2023This episode was recorded live at the Ambassadors Theatre in London. Have you ever felt an emotion that you know is universal, but come to realise...
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Learning The Ropes
Episode Date: April 25, 2023Strap into your hiking boots purple people! In this episode, we’re going to climb to new linguistic heights and explore the world of climbing. Gyle...
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Shoeburyness
Episode Date: April 4, 2023Come join Susie and Gyles for Part 2 of ‘The Purple People’s Linguistic Gaps’. To celebrate our 200th episode, we asked the Purple People for moments...
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Clatterfart
Episode Date: March 28, 2023It’s going to be an episode full of tittle-tattle today as Gyles and Susie sit down for a good gossip as we excavate the words and idioms associated w...
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Toni Morrison
Episode Date: March 14, 2023Today we are celebrating Women’s History Month and looking at the pioneering writer, Toni Morrison. From her poem, ‘Someone leans near’ to her debut...
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The Purple Post Bag
Episode Date: February 28, 2023The Purple postman has been and Gyles and Susie are eagerly digging into all the letters that we’ve had from the Purple People from all around the wor...
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Undercrackers
Episode Date: February 7, 2023We are diving beneath the surface today as we undress all the words related to your Undergarments at our live show at the Fortune Theatre. Come le...
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200 Today!
Episode Date: January 31, 2023We have reached 200! That’s 200 episodes of Something Rhymes with Purple consisting of topics such as Drinking, Theatre, Death, Hair, Biscuits, School...