Lexicon Valley
by Lexicon Valley
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Bang for the Buck
Oct 14, 2026
22m 06s
The Language of Liars
Oct 6, 2026
28m 44s
No More Mr. Nice Guy
Sep 29, 2026
17m 02s
Nice Guys Finish Last
Sep 22, 2026
9m 21s
Happily Ever Arter
Sep 15, 2026
6m 57s
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- 🇵🇪PE · Society & Culture#16316K to 196K
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10/14/26 | Bang for the Buck | An investigation into the nuclear origins of "bang for the buck." Plus, we get buck-naked! Visit Lexicon Valley. A Booksmart Studios Production. Episode 315: "Bang for the Buck." 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 | 22m 06s | ||||||
| 10/6/26 | The Language of Liars | An interview with science-fiction author S.L. Huang, whose experience learning languages informed their most recent novella, The Language of Liars. Visit Lexicon Valley. A Booksmart Studios Production. Episode 314: "The Language of Liars." With 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 | 28m 44s | ||||||
| 9/29/26 | No More Mr. Nice Guy | Was Perry Como the original Mr. Nice Guy? And who again was Perry Como? Mike Vuolo and Bob Garfield explain. Visit Lexicon Valley. A Booksmart Studios Production. Episode 313: "No More Mr. Nice Guy." 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 | 17m 02s | ||||||
| 9/22/26 | Nice Guys Finish Last | What does a cement mixer and a 1948 Cosmopolitan magazine article have to do with the phrase Nice Guys Finish Last? Mike Vuolo and Bob Garfield explain. Visit Lexicon Valley. A Booksmart Studios Production. Episode 312: "Nice Guys Finish Last." 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 | 9m 21s | ||||||
| 9/15/26 | Happily Ever Arter | In a bonus segment for all listeners, John McWhorter talks about "arter," a word from Jim's dialect in Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Visit Lexicon Valley. A Booksmart Studios Production. Episode 311: "Happily Ever Arter." With John McWhorter. Edited and produced by Mike Vuolo. Produced by Livia Bloom Ingram. All rights reserved. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 6m 57s | ||||||
| 9/8/26 | Black Englishlanguage+3 | John McWhorter | Lexicon ValleyBooksmart Studios | — | Black Englishsociolinguistics+3 | — | 18m 27s | ||
| 9/1/26 | Black New Yorkers1800s+3 | — | Lexicon ValleyBooksmart Studios+1 | — | Black New Yorkers1800s+4 | — | 22m 07s | ||
| 8/25/26 | languageetymology+3 | — | Booksmart StudiosMegaphone | — | buckdeer+3 | — | 16m 13s | ||
| 8/11/26 | literaturecomedy+3 | Bob Garfield | Jane AustenGeorge Carlin | — | Jane AustenGeorge Carlin+5 | — | 20m 27s | ||
| 8/4/26 | datinglanguage+3 | Bob Garfield | Lexicon ValleyBooksmart Studios+1 | — | Great White HopeGreat White Shark+3 | — | 27m 50s | ||
| 7/28/26 | historyranching+3 | — | Booksmart StudiosThe Original Maverick | 19th-century | Samuel Maverickcattle branding+3 | — | 23m 38s | ||
| 7/21/26 | language originsphrases+3 | Ben Zimmer | Lexicon ValleyBooksmart Studios+1 | — | Get One's Goatphrase origins+3 | — | 29m 52s | ||
| 7/14/26 | acronymslanguage+3 | Bob Garfield | Booksmart StudiosLexicon Valley+1 | — | G.O.A.T.acronym+3 | — | 26m 57s | ||
| 7/7/26 | languagesuperlatives+3 | Bob Garfield | Booksmart StudiosLexicon Valley+1 | — | superlativeawesome+3 | — | 18m 21s | ||
| 6/30/26 | languagewords+3 | — | Booksmart StudiosLexicon Valley | — | mellifluousbeautiful words+3 | — | 19m 52s | ||
| 6/23/26 | languagepoetry+3 | — | Poetry Society of AmericaBooksmart Studios+1 | — | beautiful wordPoetry Society of America+3 | — | 24m 03s | ||
| 6/9/26 | datinglanguage+3 | Bob Garfield | Booksmart Studios | — | dating gameparanormal+3 | — | 24m 57s | ||
| 6/2/26 | parasocial relationshipsAI+3 | Bob Garfield | Booksmart StudiosLexicon Valley+1 | — | parasocialAI+5 | — | 26m 14s | ||
| 5/19/26 | languageetymology+3 | John McWhorter | Lexicon ValleyBooksmart Studios+1 | — | lowkeyterms of venery+5 | — | 27m 52s | ||
| 5/12/26 | datinggames+3 | — | Lexicon ValleyBooksmart Studios+1 | — | dating gameperfect crime+3 | — | 26m 14s | ||
| 5/6/26 | languageword evolution+3 | Bob Garfield | Booksmart StudiosMegaphone | — | perfectlanguage+3 | — | 25m 12s | ||
| 4/21/26 | languageetymology+3 | — | Booksmart StudiosLexicon Valley+1 | — | hornswoggledetymology+3 | — | 20m 47s | ||
| 4/7/26 | idiomslanguage+3 | — | Lexicon ValleyBooksmart Studios+1 | — | loose as a gooseidiom+3 | — | 27m 19s | ||
| 3/24/26 | language changepronunciation+3 | John McWhorter | Lexicon ValleyBooksmart Studios+1 | — | language changewit+3 | — | 31m 31s | ||
| 3/10/26 | dictionarylanguage+4 | Stefan FatsisBob Garfield | Lexicon ValleyBooksmart Studios+1 | — | dictionarynew words+4 | — | 25m 43s | ||
| 3/3/26 | lexicographydictionaries+3 | Stefan Fatsis | Booksmart StudiosLexicon Valley+1 | — | dictionarylexicography+5 | — | 30m 00s | ||
| 2/24/26 | racismlanguage+3 | John McWhorter | Lexicon ValleyBooksmart Studios+1 | — | racismlanguage+3 | — | 23m 47s | ||
| 2/10/26 | anglingliterature+3 | — | Miller's Crossing | — | anglingSt. John the Apostle+4 | — | 25m 15s | ||
| 2/3/26 | languageetymology+3 | Bob GarfieldMike Pesca | Lexicon ValleyBooksmart Studios | — | gistlanguage+3 | — | 13m 15s | ||
| 1/20/26 | men's fashionlanguage of clothing+3 | Derek Guy | Booksmart StudiosLexicon Valley | — | fashionclothing+3 | — | 19m 53s | ||
| 1/6/26 | controversial articlelanguage+3 | John McWhorter | Lexicon ValleyBooksmart Studios | — | John McWhortercontroversial article+4 | — | 30m 12s | ||
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Chart history for Lexicon Valley
Peaked at #163 in PE, currently #163 in PE.
| Market | Genre | Peak | Current | Trend |
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| PE | — | #163 | #163 | — |
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1 placement across 1 market.
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1 placement across 1 market.