The Dictionary

By Spencer Parks

I read the English Dictionary in short sections, comment on it, make bad jokes, and sometimes sing little songs. I hope it’s more entertaining than just reading the dictionary alone. It’s an evolving ... more

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The podcast currently has 2,013 episodes available.

The Dictionary episodes:

June 18, 2024 #E207 (express to expropriate)
I read from express to expropriate.

I think "Expressionism" covers most art, but TECHNICALLY it's a modernist movement around the beginning of the 20th century.
To be honest, I was thinking about impressionism when I was reading the definition, but I realized my mistake.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expressionism

The word of the episode is "expressive".

Theme music from Jonah Kraut
https://jonahkraut.bandcamp.com/

Merchandising!
https://www.teepublic.com/user/spejampar

"The Dictionary - Letter A" on YouTube

"The Dictionary - Letter B" on YouTube

"The Dictionary - Letter C" on YouTube

"The Dictionary - Letter D" on YouTube

"The Dictionary - Letter E" on YouTube

Featured in a Top 10 Dictionary Podcasts list!
https://blog.feedspot.com/dictionary_podcasts/

Backwards Talking on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmIujMwEDbgZUexyR90jaTEEVmAYcCzuq

https://linktr.ee/spejampar
[email protected]
https://www.facebook.com/thedictionarypod/
https://www.threads.net/@dictionarypod
https://twitter.com/dictionarypod
https://www.instagram.com/dictionarypod/
https://www.patreon.com/spejampar
https://www.tiktok.com/@spejampar
917-727-5757
...more
28min
June 17, 2024 #E206 (exposure to express)
I read from exposure to express.

The word of the episode is "exposure".

Theme music from Tom Maslowski
https://zestysol.com/

Merchandising!
https://www.teepublic.com/user/spejampar

"The Dictionary - Letter A" on YouTube

"The Dictionary - Letter B" on YouTube

"The Dictionary - Letter C" on YouTube

"The Dictionary - Letter D" on YouTube

"The Dictionary - Letter E" on YouTube

Featured in a Top 10 Dictionary Podcasts list!
https://blog.feedspot.com/dictionary_podcasts/

Backwards Talking on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmIujMwEDbgZUexyR90jaTEEVmAYcCzuq

https://linktr.ee/spejampar
[email protected]
https://www.facebook.com/thedictionarypod/
https://www.threads.net/@dictionarypod
https://twitter.com/dictionarypod
https://www.instagram.com/dictionarypod/
https://www.patreon.com/spejampar
https://www.tiktok.com/@spejampar
917-727-5757
...more
32min
June 14, 2024 #E205 (exporter to expostulation)
I read from exporter to expostulation.

The word of the episode is "exposition".

Theme music from Jonah Kraut
https://jonahkraut.bandcamp.com/

Merchandising!
https://www.teepublic.com/user/spejampar

"The Dictionary - Letter A" on YouTube

"The Dictionary - Letter B" on YouTube

"The Dictionary - Letter C" on YouTube

"The Dictionary - Letter D" on YouTube

"The Dictionary - Letter E" on YouTube

Featured in a Top 10 Dictionary Podcasts list!
https://blog.feedspot.com/dictionary_podcasts/

Backwards Talking on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmIujMwEDbgZUexyR90jaTEEVmAYcCzuq

https://linktr.ee/spejampar
[email protected]
https://www.facebook.com/thedictionarypod/
https://www.threads.net/@dictionarypod
https://twitter.com/dictionarypod
https://www.instagram.com/dictionarypod/
https://www.patreon.com/spejampar
https://www.tiktok.com/@spejampar
917-727-5757
...more
30min
June 13, 2024 #E204 (explorer to exportation)
I read from explorer to exportation.

The word of the episode is "export".

Theme music from Tom Maslowski
https://zestysol.com/

Merchandising!
https://www.teepublic.com/user/spejampar

"The Dictionary - Letter A" on YouTube

"The Dictionary - Letter B" on YouTube

"The Dictionary - Letter C" on YouTube

"The Dictionary - Letter D" on YouTube

"The Dictionary - Letter E" on YouTube

Featured in a Top 10 Dictionary Podcasts list!
https://blog.feedspot.com/dictionary_podcasts/

Backwards Talking on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmIujMwEDbgZUexyR90jaTEEVmAYcCzuq

https://linktr.ee/spejampar
[email protected]
https://www.facebook.com/thedictionarypod/
https://www.threads.net/@dictionarypod
https://twitter.com/dictionarypod
https://www.instagram.com/dictionarypod/
https://www.patreon.com/spejampar
https://www.tiktok.com/@spejampar
917-727-5757
...more
33min
June 12, 2024 #E203 (explode to explore) ft. Dan Jeremy Brooks
I read from explode to explore with Dan Jeremy Brooks.
Here are his various links:
https://projexploitation.com/
https://www.aurorafilmsociety.org/
https://filmfreeway.com/CityofLightsFilmFestival
https://www.diabolicaltales.com/

I'm still not sure why "exploded" views became more popular in the 1940s.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exploded-view_drawing

Fritz Lang
https://youtu.be/oqgL_cTc-wk?si=nNyCcWtTDlLsFRqf
https://daily.jstor.org/how-fritz-langs-flight-from-nazi-germany-shaped-hollywood/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fritz_Lang

Here are a few of the movies Dan recommended.
Death Race 2000
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072856/
Vampyros Lesbos
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066380/
Tokyo Drifter
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061101/

William Beaumont was the guy who put stuff in people's bodies and this is the song by Dopplepopolis featuring our friend Greg Simpson (of "This Might Be A Podcast" fame).
https://open.spotify.com/track/4FFmIaeZlLPcSw4GRs4A7O?si=KX1CwQ-PTaitu-68h2s2Aw

The word of the episode is "exploitation".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exploitation_film

Theme music from Jonah Kraut
https://jonahkraut.bandcamp.com/

Merchandising!
https://www.teepublic.com/user/spejampar

"The Dictionary - Letter A" on YouTube

"The Dictionary - Letter B" on YouTube

"The Dictionary - Letter C" on YouTube

"The Dictionary - Letter D" on YouTube

"The Dictionary - Letter E" on YouTube

Featured in a Top 10 Dictionary Podcasts list!
https://blog.feedspot.com/dictionary_podcasts/

Backwards Talking on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmIujMwEDbgZUexyR90jaTEEVmAYcCzuq

https://linktr.ee/spejampar
[email protected]
https://www.facebook.com/thedictionarypod/
https://www.threads.net/@dictionarypod
https://twitter.com/dictionarypod
https://www.instagram.com/dictionarypod/
https://www.patreon.com/spejampar
https://www.tiktok.com/@spejampar
917-727-5757
...more
1h 38min
June 11, 2024 #E202 (explain away to explicit)
I read from explain away to explicit.

The word of the episode is "explicit".

Theme music from Tom Maslowski
https://zestysol.com/

Merchandising!
https://www.teepublic.com/user/spejampar

"The Dictionary - Letter A" on YouTube

"The Dictionary - Letter B" on YouTube

"The Dictionary - Letter C" on YouTube

"The Dictionary - Letter D" on YouTube

"The Dictionary - Letter E" on YouTube

Featured in a Top 10 Dictionary Podcasts list!
https://blog.feedspot.com/dictionary_podcasts/

Backwards Talking on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmIujMwEDbgZUexyR90jaTEEVmAYcCzuq

https://linktr.ee/spejampar
[email protected]
https://www.facebook.com/thedictionarypod/
https://www.threads.net/@dictionarypod
https://twitter.com/dictionarypod
https://www.instagram.com/dictionarypod/
https://www.patreon.com/spejampar
https://www.tiktok.com/@spejampar
917-727-5757
...more
35min
June 10, 2024 #E201 (expiate to explain)
I read from expiate to explain.

The word of the episode is "expiration".

Theme music from Jonah Kraut
https://jonahkraut.bandcamp.com/

Merchandising!
https://www.teepublic.com/user/spejampar

"The Dictionary - Letter A" on YouTube

"The Dictionary - Letter B" on YouTube

"The Dictionary - Letter C" on YouTube

"The Dictionary - Letter D" on YouTube

"The Dictionary - Letter E" on YouTube

Featured in a Top 10 Dictionary Podcasts list!
https://blog.feedspot.com/dictionary_podcasts/

Backwards Talking on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmIujMwEDbgZUexyR90jaTEEVmAYcCzuq

https://linktr.ee/spejampar
[email protected]
https://www.facebook.com/thedictionarypod/
https://www.threads.net/@dictionarypod
https://twitter.com/dictionarypod
https://www.instagram.com/dictionarypod/
https://www.patreon.com/spejampar
https://www.tiktok.com/@spejampar
917-727-5757
...more
32min
June 07, 2024 #E200 (experience to expert system)
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I read from experience to expert system.

The word of the episode is "experimental".

Theme music from Tom Maslowski
https://zestysol.com/

Merchandising!
https://www.teepublic.com/user/spejampar

"The Dictionary - Letter A" on YouTube

"The Dictionary - Letter B" on YouTube

"The Dictionary - Letter C" on YouTube

"The Dictionary - Letter D" on YouTube

"The Dictionary - Letter E" on YouTube

Featured in a Top 10 Dictionary Podcasts list!
https://blog.feedspot.com/dictionary_podcasts/

Backwards Talking on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmIujMwEDbgZUexyR90jaTEEVmAYcCzuq

https://linktr.ee/spejampar
[email protected]
https://www.facebook.com/thedictionarypod/
https://www.threads.net/@dictionarypod
https://twitter.com/dictionarypod
https://www.instagram.com/dictionarypod/
https://www.patreon.com/spejampar
https://www.tiktok.com/@spejampar
917-727-5757
...more
34min
June 06, 2024 #E199 (expel to experience)
I read from expel to experience.

The word of the episode is "experience".

Theme music from Jonah Kraut
https://jonahkraut.bandcamp.com/

Merchandising!
https://www.teepublic.com/user/spejampar

"The Dictionary - Letter A" on YouTube

"The Dictionary - Letter B" on YouTube

"The Dictionary - Letter C" on YouTube

"The Dictionary - Letter D" on YouTube

"The Dictionary - Letter E" on YouTube

Featured in a Top 10 Dictionary Podcasts list!
https://blog.feedspot.com/dictionary_podcasts/

Backwards Talking on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmIujMwEDbgZUexyR90jaTEEVmAYcCzuq

https://linktr.ee/spejampar
[email protected]
https://www.facebook.com/thedictionarypod/
https://www.threads.net/@dictionarypod
https://twitter.com/dictionarypod
https://www.instagram.com/dictionarypod/
https://www.patreon.com/spejampar
https://www.tiktok.com/@spejampar
917-727-5757
...more
37min
June 05, 2024 #E198 (expected value to expeditious)
I read from expected value to expeditious.

"Expected Value" goes by a number of aliases.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expected_value

The word of the episode is "expectorate".

Theme music from Tom Maslowski
https://zestysol.com/

Merchandising!
https://www.teepublic.com/user/spejampar

"The Dictionary - Letter A" on YouTube

"The Dictionary - Letter B" on YouTube

"The Dictionary - Letter C" on YouTube

"The Dictionary - Letter D" on YouTube

"The Dictionary - Letter E" on YouTube

Featured in a Top 10 Dictionary Podcasts list!
https://blog.feedspot.com/dictionary_podcasts/

Backwards Talking on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmIujMwEDbgZUexyR90jaTEEVmAYcCzuq

https://linktr.ee/spejampar
[email protected]
https://www.facebook.com/thedictionarypod/
https://www.threads.net/@dictionarypod
https://twitter.com/dictionarypod
https://www.instagram.com/dictionarypod/
https://www.patreon.com/spejampar
https://www.tiktok.com/@spejampar
917-727-5757
...more
27min

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