#43 Word of the Year 2021
#43 Word of the Year 2021
In this, the final episode of season 6, we join the Word of the Year Committee to discuss which word was crowned the Mac... Read more
30 Nov 2021
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21mins
#42 The 50 Words Project
#42 The 50 Words Project
In this episode of Word for Word, Melissa Kemble and Alison Moore interview Professor Rachel Nordlinger and Associate Pr... Read more
18 Oct 2021
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19mins
#41 C U Next Tuesday
#41 C U Next Tuesday
In this special expletive-laden episode of Word for Word, Melissa Kemble interviews linguist and academic Kate Burridge ... Read more
5 Oct 2021
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19mins
#40 Word Watch
#40 Word Watch
In this episode of Word for Word, we discuss the new words that have caught our attention over the past few months. Cons... Read more
20 Sep 2021
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19mins
#39 Animal Slang
#39 Animal Slang
In this, the first episode of the new season of Word for Word, the Macquarie team discuss some of the funniest (and rude... Read more
6 Sep 2021
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19mins
#38 Word of the Decade
#38 Word of the Decade
In this episode of Word for Word, we are joined by Tiger Webb from the ABC to chat about the inaugural Macquarie Diction... Read more
3 Mar 2021
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19mins
#37 Word of the Year 2020
#37 Word of the Year 2020
In this episode of Word for Word, we are joined by members of the Word of the Year Committee to discuss which word was c... Read more
4 Dec 2020
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34mins
#36 Word Watch
#36 Word Watch
In this episode of our special "in-iso" season, we chat about new words on the team's radar. Our editors discuss the Kar... Read more
22 Jul 2020
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22mins
#35 A pandemic of new words
#35 A pandemic of new words
Language around the ongoing coronavirus pandemic continues to evolve. In this episode of our special "in-iso" season, th... Read more
15 Jul 2020
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16mins
#34 The shifting nature of pronunciation
#34 The shifting nature of pronunciation
In this special “iso edition” episode, we take a small detour from talking about the virus to chat with Chief Editor Ali... Read more
24 Jun 2020
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18mins