The History of English Podcast

The Spoken History of a Global Language

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Episode 183: The Fabric of Our Lives

Posted May 13, 202501:16:44

In the early 1600s, cotton fabrics made in India were in high demand throughout Asia and Africa. When the English and Dutch arrived in India and Japan,...

Episode 182: World of Confusion

Posted March 18, 202501:15:31

In the early 1600s, English began to spread around the world as speakers searched for new trading partners and new places to settle. Through that process,...

Episode 181: Heaven and Earth

Posted January 29, 202501:21:10

The invention of the telescope in the early 1600s laid the foundation for the scientific revolution, but it also disrupted the traditional view of the...

Episode 180: English on the Move

Posted November 13, 202401:14:20

In the first decade of the 1600s, English speakers were on the move as they established the first permanent English settlement in North America. They...

Episode 179: Defining Moments

Posted September 24, 202401:26:04

In the early 1600s, several landmark events shaped the history of England and determined how and where the English language would be spoken in the centuries...