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Morning All!  It's Sunday morning and I know you're probably thinking 'what can I listen to whilst munching on my pancakes?'. Well, here I have it, another brilliant short from my favourite Radiolab.

Today's suggested episode, entitled 'Vanishing Words', examines language, words and the brain.  This audio takes you on a fascinating journey through the connection between the use of language and our mental capacity.

So, why not stretch your own mental capacity this morning by having a listen.

Link to Podcast:

Vanishing Words

Related Links:

Radiolab

Dr. Ian Lancashire

Dr. Kelvin Lim

Dr. Serguei Pakhomov

Nun Study 

Agatha Christie

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A sweet wee podcast on the evolution of our words over the last decade, from NPR's Fresh Air.  Go on, you 'jegging' wearing 'infosnacking' 'carbon neutral' 'locavores', have a listen and cheer yourselves up amidst this 'great recession'.  

Link to Podcast:

What the Word? How English Evolved this Decade

Related Links:

NPR Fresh Air

BBC, Can One Word Sum up this Decade?

Guardian, Noughtyisms: the best words of the decade

Huffington Post, Top Words of the Decade

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Today I listened to a cute little podcast called 'podictionary', which explains the root of a word in each episode.  The particular episode I listened to discusses the word 'commute', and is a delightful little snippet of information for language geeks at around 3 minutes long

Link to Podcast:

Podictionary: Commute

Related Links:

Podictionary

Wikipedia on Commuting