Lexicon Valley

Exploring the intersection of language, culture, and technology.

San Francisco/USA

About Lexicon

Hosts and producers Peter Thiel, Ayanna Howard, and other experts in linguistics, psychology, philosophy, law, computer science, sociology, politics, economics, and the humanities delve into topics related to language, culture, and society.

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Loose as a Goose

The Sound of a Car Backshifting

How Do Words Get into the Dictionary?

Look It Up! The Story of the Dictionary.

Open Season for Racists

Playing the Angles

You Get the Gist

Derek Guy on the Language of Clothing

McWhorter vs. McWhorter

A Toast to Toast

All the Rage Bait

The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows

6 7: Everything You Don't Know About the Word of the Year

Gobbledygook Explained

Gen Alpha Thinks You're Cringe

The Amazing Great

It's Been a Minute

Ask Not?

The American Accent Came First

Oversleeping at the Sleepover