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The Most Beautiful Word
Jun 23, 2026
24m 03s
The Dating Game, Paranormal Edition
Jun 9, 2026
24m 57s
Parasocial Climbing
Jun 2, 2026
26m 14s
The Lowdown on Lowkey
May 19, 2026
27m 52s
The Dating Game, Perfect Edition
May 12, 2026
26m 14s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6/23/26 | The Most Beautiful Word | Poetry Society of America members have chosen the most beautiful word in the English language. Any guesses? Visit Lexicon Valley. A Booksmart Studios Production. Episode 302: "The Most Beautiful Word." With Bob Garfield and Mike Vuolo. Edited and produced by Mike Vuolo. Produced by Livia Bloom Ingram. All rights reserved. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 24m 03s | ||||||
| 6/9/26 | The Dating Game, Paranormal Edition✨ | datinglanguage+3 | Bob Garfield | Booksmart Studios | — | dating gameparanormal+3 | — | 24m 57s | |
| 6/2/26 | Parasocial Climbing✨ | parasocial relationshipsAI+3 | Bob Garfield | Booksmart StudiosLexicon Valley+1 | — | parasocialAI+5 | — | 26m 14s | |
| 5/19/26 | The Lowdown on Lowkey✨ | languageetymology+3 | John McWhorter | Lexicon ValleyBooksmart Studios+1 | — | lowkeyterms of venery+5 | — | 27m 52s | |
| 5/12/26 | The Dating Game, Perfect Edition✨ | datinggames+3 | — | Lexicon ValleyBooksmart Studios+1 | — | dating gameperfect crime+3 | — | 26m 14s | |
| 5/6/26 | A Perfect Episode✨ | languageword evolution+3 | Bob Garfield | Booksmart StudiosMegaphone | — | perfectlanguage+3 | — | 25m 12s | |
| 4/21/26 | I've Been Hornswoggled!✨ | languageetymology+3 | — | Booksmart StudiosLexicon Valley+1 | — | hornswoggledetymology+3 | — | 20m 47s | |
| 4/7/26 | Loose as a Goose✨ | idiomslanguage+3 | — | Lexicon ValleyBooksmart Studios+1 | — | loose as a gooseidiom+3 | — | 27m 19s | |
| 3/24/26 | The Sound of a Car Backshifting✨ | language changepronunciation+3 | John McWhorter | Lexicon ValleyBooksmart Studios+1 | — | language changewit+3 | — | 31m 31s | |
| 3/10/26 | How Do Words Get into the Dictionary?✨ | dictionarylanguage+4 | Stefan FatsisBob Garfield | Lexicon ValleyBooksmart Studios+1 | — | dictionarynew words+4 | — | 25m 43s | |
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| 3/3/26 | Look It Up! The Story of the Dictionary.✨ | lexicographydictionaries+3 | Stefan Fatsis | Booksmart StudiosLexicon Valley+1 | — | dictionarylexicography+5 | — | 30m 00s | |
| 2/24/26 | Open Season for Racists✨ | racismlanguage+3 | John McWhorter | Lexicon ValleyBooksmart Studios+1 | — | racismlanguage+3 | — | 23m 47s | |
| 2/10/26 | Playing the Angles✨ | anglingliterature+3 | — | Miller's Crossing | — | anglingSt. John the Apostle+4 | — | 25m 15s | |
| 2/3/26 | You Get the Gist✨ | languageetymology+3 | Bob GarfieldMike Pesca | Lexicon ValleyBooksmart Studios | — | gistlanguage+3 | — | 13m 15s | |
| 1/20/26 | Derek Guy on the Language of Clothing✨ | men's fashionlanguage of clothing+3 | Derek Guy | Booksmart StudiosLexicon Valley | — | fashionclothing+3 | — | 19m 53s | |
| 1/6/26 | McWhorter vs. McWhorter✨ | controversial articlelanguage+3 | John McWhorter | Lexicon ValleyBooksmart Studios | — | John McWhortercontroversial article+4 | — | 30m 12s | |
| 12/30/25 | A Toast to Toast | Raise a glass to browned bread ... now you're toast! Visit Lexicon Valley. A Booksmart Studios production. Episode 286: "A Toast to Toast." With Bob Garfield and Mike Vuolo. Edited by Mike Vuolo. Produced by Livia Bloom Ingram. All rights reserved. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 30m 08s | ||||||
| 12/23/25 | All the Rage Bait | Oxford English Dictionary editor Fiona McPherson talks to Mike Vuolo about the terms that caught her attention in 2025. Visit Lexicon Valley. A Booksmart Studios production. Episode 285: "All the Rage Bait." With Fiona McPherson and Mike Vuolo. Edited by Mike Vuolo. All rights reserved. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 16m 57s | ||||||
| 12/9/25 | The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows | Author John Koenig talks about inventing words for those subtle emotions that hitherto had no name. Visit Lexicon Valley. A Booksmart Studios production. Episode 284: "The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows." With Bob Garfield, John Koenig, and Mike Vuolo. Edited by Mike Vuolo. Produced by Livia Bloom Ingram. All rights reserved. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 26m 40s | ||||||
| 12/2/25 | 6 7: Everything You Don't Know About the Word of the Year | Mike Vuolo and Bob Garfield join Mike Pesca of The Gist to talk about the long, strange journey of 6 7, from rapper Skrilla to the basketball court, from the classroom to the Word of the Year. Visit Lexicon Valley. A Booksmart Studios production. Episode 283: "6 7: Everything You Don't Know About the Word of the Year." With Bob Garfield, Mike Pesca, and Mike Vuolo. Edited by Mike Vuolo. Produced by Livia Bloom Ingram. Special thanks to Michelle Hunter Pesca. All rights reserved. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 17m 56s | ||||||
| 11/18/25 | Gobbledygook Explained | Gobbledygook sounds like one of those words that somebody just made up — so is it? Visit Lexicon Valley. A Booksmart Studios production. Episode 282: "Gobbledygook Explained." With Bob Garfield and Mike Vuolo. Edited by Mike Vuolo. Produced by Livia Bloom Ingram. All rights reserved. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 23m 30s | ||||||
| 10/28/25 | Gen Alpha Thinks You're Cringe | Our parents were cringe-inducing but we're just cringe. Visit Lexicon Valley. A Booksmart Studios production. Episode 281: "Gen Alpha Thinks You're Cringe." With Bob Garfield and Mike Vuolo. Edited by Mike Vuolo. Produced by Livia Bloom Ingram. All rights reserved. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 23m 37s | ||||||
| 10/7/25 | The Amazing Great | Good is no longer good enough. Everyone is awesome, superlative or just great. Visit Lexicon Valley. A Booksmart Studios production. Episode 280: "The Amazing Great." With Bob Garfield and Mike Vuolo. Edited by Mike Vuolo. Produced by Livia Bloom Ingram. All rights reserved. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 19m 57s | ||||||
| 9/15/25 | It's Been a Minute | Returning as the primary hosts of Lexicon Valley, Mike Vuolo and Bob Garfield speak to John McWhorter about understatement and hyperbole in Black English. Visit Lexicon Valley. A Booksmart Studios production. Episode 279: "It's Been a Minute." With Bob Garfield, John McWhorter, and Mike Vuolo. Edited by Mike Vuolo. Produced by Livia Bloom Ingram. All rights reserved. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 24m 17s | ||||||
| 9/4/25 | Ask Not? | Richard Tofel, author of Sound the Trumpet: The Making of John F. Kennedy’s Inaugural Address, reveals the startling authorship behind JFK’s most famous words. Visit Lexicon Valley. A Booksmart Studios production. Episode 34: "Ask Not?" With Bob Garfield, Richard Tofel, and Mike Vuolo. Edited by Mike Vuolo. All rights reserved. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 30m 51s | ||||||
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Chart Positions
1 placement across 1 market.