Bunny Trails: A Word History Podcast

By Shauna Harrison, Dan PughEducation History Language Learning

Bunny Trails: A Word History Podcast episodes

July 08 325 End on a High Note
Welcome back, one last time, to Bunny Trails! This week Shauna and Dan explore an appropriate phrase in an effort to End on a High Note. Bonus: Cloris Leachman, Heavy Sneezes, and the Picnic in Your Freezer.

Thank you for listening for 9 seasons! Be kind to each other, and do your best to find the positives in life - even when that seems difficult.

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30 min
July 01 324 Beyond the Pale
It's our penultimate episode! This week Shauna and Dan go Beyond the Pale. We'll, Dan does because he tends to live outside the bounds of what some people think is morally right. Bonus: Music Festivals, Acme Products, and Kegerators. Also, what speed do you listen to audiobooks?

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30 min
June 24 323 Counting Sheep
This week Shauna and Dan explore the time-honored tradition of Counting Sheep. Bonus: Mindfulness, Sleeping Raw, and What Makes a Musical. It's Sheepnanigans all the way down!

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31 min
June 17 322 Quick and the Dead
Quick Quips: This week Shauna and Dan find out why they call it the 'Quick and the Dead'. Bonus: Religious Creeds, Highlander the TV show, and Podcasting Word of Mouth.

Also - there is an important announcement in the middle of the show that will be of interest to all listeners!

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13 min
June 10 RETRO 218 Spam Messages
RETRO: This week Shauna and Dan learn why we call those pesky emails spam messages. Bonus: The first spam messages (way older that you might think) and why Hormel's canned meat is called SPAM.

Originally Aired December 27, 2023

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38 min
May 27 321 Cut and Dried
This week Shauna and Dan explore the phrase, "Cut and Dried". Bonus: Dan Sings Alt Rock, Tobacco use in the United Kingdom (1586 - 1660), and a Podcast Music Legend

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30 min
May 20 320 Cut to the Chase
Quick Quips: This week Shauna and Dan ignore the fluff and "cut to the chase". Bonus: BLUF, Photo Albums, and light pop-dance-funk-jazz sounds

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13 min
May 13 319 Turn a Blind Eye
This week Shauna and Dan turn a blind eye to the problems of the world. Bonus: Gaslighting Leaders (1810s), Unpopular Tariffs (1890s), and USA's Concentration Camps (1940s). Wowsers is it a fun one this week!

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29 min
May 06 318 Belly Up
Quick Quips: This week Shauna and Dan explore the phrase, "Belly Up". Bonus: Fish, Bars, and Backwards Belly Flops

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14 min
April 29 317 Line in the Sand
This week Shauna and Dan explore the phrase, "Line in the Sand". Bonus: Moral Dubiosity, Spanish Conquistadors, and Remembering the Alamo

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33 min

About Bunny Trails: A Word History Podcast

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Welcome to our whimsical adventure of idioms and other turns of phrase. Each week, we delve into the origins of phrases to find out how they came into the English language. We tell the story of how the phrase got from its beginnings to where it is today. Shauna and Dan are two big nerds, so expect some geek culture references, random trivia facts, and loads of laughs!