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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Cobbler

Episode Date: September 20, 2022

It’s time to take a trip to the bakery Purple People where we will run into Lords and Ladies, horses and testicles as we explore the shelves of bread....

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Water Vessels

Episode Date: September 13, 2022

We’ve spoken before about Susie’s, often fancy, water glasses that she sips on throughout the recordings… so this week we are pouring our thoughts int...

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Gymnasium

Episode Date: September 6, 2022

We’re always impressed with how Gyles manages to hot foot around the country with such speed, what is his fitness regime? So, it is back to the gymnas...

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Barocco

Episode Date: August 30, 2022

Building on our recent fascination with cathedrals, this week we cast our architectural net a bit wider by taking a look at the other wonderful struct...

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kê-tsiap

Episode Date: August 23, 2022

What’s small and red and speaks with a husky voice? A hoarse radish! (groan!) And Purple People, that’s what we have on the table for you today.  W...

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Titamatorta

Episode Date: August 16, 2022

Susie and Gyles are going hammer and tongs at the English language today as they deconstruct the world of DIY…   Come learn why the vice isn’t as v...

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Ultracrepidarian

Episode Date: August 9, 2022

Put your best foot forward and join us as we march through the sole-ful language of shoes. There’s no loafing around as we find out what links your pu...

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Feles

Episode Date: August 2, 2022

Psssss psssss... Over here Purple People! It’s your weekly dose of the English language where Susie and Gyles let the cat out the bag about all those...

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Cackletub

Episode Date: July 26, 2022

Recorded on the hottest day of the year where better to seek some solace than within the cool walls of a cathedral? Take a seat as we take in the naut...

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Chiaroscuro

Episode Date: July 19, 2022

July is the 125th anniversary of The Tate Britain, one of the UK’s most established art galleries, so today on the podcast we are going to be dedicati...

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Googly

Episode Date: July 12, 2022

We’re stepping up to the crease this week as we test our knowledge of the rich, and sometimes baffling, language of cricket. We discover the agricultu...

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Vespa

Episode Date: July 5, 2022

We’re brushing off our entomological skills once again as we revisit the world of creepy crawlies. Find out why ants in your pants is a bad thing but...

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Tantalus

Episode Date: June 28, 2022

Today’s episode is fabulous in the most literal of senses as Susie and Gyles are looking into fables and specifically the works of one of the most fam...

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Swazzle

Episode Date: June 21, 2022

This week we’re embracing nostalgia and throwing open our trunks to skip through the wonderful world of toys. Along the way we discover the real Teddy...

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Phloem

Episode Date: June 14, 2022

Here in the UK, we’re striding into summer - we’ve just celebrated the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee where people were quaffing Pimm’s at street parties up...

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Electrick

Episode Date: June 7, 2022

We’re full of energy this week as we fuel up on petrol (or should that be gas?) and blaze through the language associated with power and resources. Po...

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Chenille

Episode Date: May 31, 2022

We are morphing from etymologists into entomologists today as we put the world of insects and other creepy crawlies under the microscope.  We will...

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Furlong

Episode Date: May 24, 2022

Hands and feet at the ready Purple People, today we are looking at the world of measurements.  We’ll find out how Oxens’ shaped our measurement sys...

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The Purple People Eater

Episode Date: May 17, 2022

A highly enjoyable sift through the mountain of emails you’ve sent in over the last few weeks with some absolutely corking questions to answer. In thi...

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Ichthyologist

Episode Date: May 10, 2022

You are in for a whale of a time today Purple People as we are jumping into the deep blue sea and meeting the fishes. We will discover why Halibut...