Words Unravelled with RobWords and Jess Zafarris

Why do news anchors talk like that? | JOURNALESE


Listen Later

BREAKING: Rob and Jess uncover news clichés and weird journalistic words. 

📺 Why do TV news anchors talk in that strange way?
🗞️ Why do newspaper journalists spell lead as "lede"?
🎤 Why do journalists use clichés like "on the rise"?
🐊 What is a "knobbly monster"?

These questions answered – and many more – in another hot-off-the-press episode of Words Unravelled.

👕 OUR MERCH 👚
US SHOP: https://wordsunravelledshop.myspreadshop.com/
EU/UK SHOP: https://wordsunravelledshop.myspreadshop.net/

WATCH THIS EPISODE: https://youtu.be/Q_A1OtVd8RA
...more
View all episodesView all episodes
Download on the App Store

Words Unravelled with RobWords and Jess ZafarrisBy Words Unravelled with RobWords and Jess Zafarris

  • 4.9
  • 4.9
  • 4.9
  • 4.9
  • 4.9

4.9

87 ratings


More shows like Words Unravelled with RobWords and Jess Zafarris

View all
In Our Time by BBC Radio 4

In Our Time

5,461 Listeners

A Way with Words - language, linguistics, and callers from all over by Martha Barnette and Grant Barrett. Produced by Stefanie Levine.

A Way with Words - language, linguistics, and callers from all over

2,280 Listeners

Radiolab by WNYC Studios

Radiolab

43,909 Listeners

In Our Time: History by BBC Radio 4

In Our Time: History

1,882 Listeners

The History of English Podcast by Kevin Stroud

The History of English Podcast

6,416 Listeners

Gastropod by Cynthia Graber and Nicola Twilley

Gastropod

3,650 Listeners

The Allusionist by Helen Zaltzman

The Allusionist

3,009 Listeners

Twenty Thousand Hertz by Dallas Taylor

Twenty Thousand Hertz

3,989 Listeners

Lingthusiasm - A podcast that's enthusiastic about linguistics by Gretchen McCulloch and Lauren Gawne

Lingthusiasm - A podcast that's enthusiastic about linguistics

638 Listeners

The Common Descent Podcast by Common Descent

The Common Descent Podcast

726 Listeners

The Vocal Fries by The Vocal Fries

The Vocal Fries

162 Listeners

A Problem Squared by Matt Parker, Bec Hill

A Problem Squared

227 Listeners

Lexicon Valley by Lexicon Valley

Lexicon Valley

550 Listeners

Let's Learn Everything! by Maximum Fun

Let's Learn Everything!

423 Listeners

Lateral with Tom Scott by Tom Scott and David Bodycombe

Lateral with Tom Scott

448 Listeners