In this episode, Ryan looks at how a pun transformed a word with "tandem", and Amy looks back at the intersection of magic and reason with "spell".

Lexitecture is a podcast about words. In each episode, a Canadian (Ryan) and a Scot (Amy) each present their current favourite word and talk about its origins, current use, and try to puzzle out how it may have gone from A to B. If you love thinking and talking about words, word origins, or language trivia, this may be the show for you!

In this episode, Amy talks about the subconscious and doorway construction with "subliminal" and Ryan thinks about politics and letter-switching with "riding".

Lexitecture is a podcast about words. In each episode, a Canadian (Ryan) and a Scot (Amy) present their current favourite word and talk about its origins, current use, and try to puzzle out how it may have gone from A to B. If you love thinking and talking about words, word origins, or language trivia, this may be the show for you!

In the first ever episode of Lexitecture, Amy takes a trip to the Isle of Serendip to find out what you call it when you find something you weren't even looking for, and Ryan explores the relation between "nice" and "science" and traces the history of a surprisingly old way to call someone stupid.

Lexitecture is a podcast about words. In each episode, a Canadian (Ryan) and a Scot (Amy) present their current favourite word, talk about its origins, current use, and puzzle out how it got from A to B.

Hello everybody!

We're thrilled to introduce a brand new podcast called Lexitecture!

Lexitecture is a podcast about words. In each episode, a Canadian (Ryan) and a Scot (Amy) each present their current favourite word and talk about its origins, current use, and try to puzzle out how it got from A to B. If you love thinking and talking about words, word origins, or just random bits of head-scratching language trivia, this may be the show for you!

Launching with our first two episodes on March 12!