The Language Lie

The Language Lie

By Ingrid Powell and Casey DevineComedySociety & CultureEducationLanguage Learning
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The Language Lie episodes

  • The Wrong Side of the Bed

    Join Ingrid and Casey as they discuss augury, Edith Hamilton's "Mythology," and which side of the bed is the correct side of the bed. 

    Support the show

    We'd love to research your favorite idiom! Email us at [email protected] or slide into our DMs on Instagram @TheLanguageLie. Closed caption available on Youtube. 

    21 min
  • Knock On Wood

    Join Ingrid and Casey as they discuss Ingrid’s 3 Roman Empires, Jesus Wafers, and Otis Redding’s top ten hit.  

    Support the show

    We'd love to research your favorite idiom! Email us at [email protected] or slide into our DMs on Instagram @TheLanguageLie. Closed caption available on Youtube. 

    23 min
  • Shoo-In

    Join Ingrid and Casey as they discuss Ingrid’s competitive nature, horsies, the misspellings of the NYTimes online editions and, of course, doom core.

    Support the show

    We'd love to research your favorite idiom! Email us at [email protected] or slide into our DMs on Instagram @TheLanguageLie. Closed caption available on Youtube. 

    18 min
  • Right As Rain

    Join Ingrid and Casey as they discuss rain, trivets, and Adele's confusing poetry.

    Support the show

    We'd love to research your favorite idiom! Email us at [email protected] or slide into our DMs on Instagram @TheLanguageLie. Closed caption available on Youtube. 

    23 min
  • Lying Through One's Teeth

    Join Casey and Ingrid as they discuss lying, zombies, and pussycats. 

    Support the show

    We'd love to research your favorite idiom! Email us at [email protected] or slide into our DMs on Instagram @TheLanguageLie. Closed caption available on Youtube. 

    23 min
  • Batten Down the Hatches

    Join Casey and Ingrid as they discuss hurricanes, the universality of the pandemic, and Taylor Swift. 

    Support the show

    We'd love to research your favorite idiom! Email us at [email protected] or slide into our DMs on Instagram @TheLanguageLie. Closed caption available on Youtube. 

    17 min
  • Push the Envelope

    Join Casey and Ingrid as they discuss mathematics, Mad Men, and how Casey and Ingrid are actually AI bots. 

    Support the show

    We'd love to research your favorite idiom! Email us at [email protected] or slide into our DMs on Instagram @TheLanguageLie. Closed caption available on Youtube. 

    18 min
  • All Hat, No Cattle

    Join Casey and Ingrid as they discuss cowboys, manners, and just owning up to who you are, already. 

    Support the show

    We'd love to research your favorite idiom! Email us at [email protected] or slide into our DMs on Instagram @TheLanguageLie. Closed caption available on Youtube. 

    16 min
  • To Bury the Hatchet

    Join Casey and Ingrid as they discuss a beautiful and possibly problematic idiom. 

    Support the show

    We'd love to research your favorite idiom! Email us at [email protected] or slide into our DMs on Instagram @TheLanguageLie. Closed caption available on Youtube. 

    14 min
  • Waiting for the Other Shoe to Drop

    Join Casey and Ingrid as they discuss power lines, divorce, and Casey's history as a hitchhiker. 

    Support the show

    We'd love to research your favorite idiom! Email us at [email protected] or slide into our DMs on Instagram @TheLanguageLie. Closed caption available on Youtube. 

    16 min

About The Language Lie

From the publisher's feed

Join Casey and Ingrid as they take a humorous dive into the origins of your favorite idioms, and we all learn something new. They chew the fat, spill the tea and the beans, and shoot the breeze…