Anthony Etherin and Rob Watts meet to discuss their mutual interests in linguistics and etymology, the success of Rob’s YouTube channel RobWords, and the future of YouTube as a platform.

Rob Watts runs the popular YouTube channel RobWords, where he tells stories about word origins and the quirks of the English language. Before becoming a full-time word nerd, he worked as a newsreader for the BBC in the UK and for Germany’s international TV station DW. He now lives in Berlin, from where he also writes a weekly newsletter and co-presents the Words Unravelled podcast with author Jess Zafarris.

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