Snow, Bunting & Egg

Alexander Dubov, Dmitry 'Mitya' Karelin, Taras Molotilin •sbe.show

Подкаст о языках, на которых мы говорим и не говорим раз в две недели — Bi-monthly banter about languages which we forgot to invite a professional linguist to

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Episodes

14: The Gam of Go

Охотничий этикет. Набоков. Бастарды. — In this sinister episode we bend the rules of the gregarious wildlife, whisk wombats with wisdom, and solve the anagram of unheard heraldry

Oct 23, 2020•52 min

13: A Pod of Casts (feat. Alexander Ershov)

Our first guest is here! Together, in this schadenfroh episode we deal with the paroxysm of paronyms, choose people's plosives over churchy fricatives, and explore a notorious quirk of the English language

Oct 09, 2020•1 hr 9 min

12: Levels, Levels

In this obligatory episode we tread the well trodden ground of ambiguity, get lured by the beat of hoisting machinery, and safely return to terra firma with our kidneys intact

Sep 25, 2020•58 min

11: O'clock

In this toplofty episode Sasha summons a dark horse of a clue, Taras doesn't take the bait, and Mitya suggests that if one lays flat upon the belly, their sickness will abate

Sep 11, 2020•1 hr 3 min

10, Which Nearly Made the Vicar Curse

Boy we fenced with the rhyme for the ‘Milligan’ / ‘Will not do!’ one would cry, ‘Dip the quill again!’ / Thus for hours in despair / We thumbed through Dictionnaire / But we did in the end find the killing one

Aug 28, 2020•1 hr 7 min

9: Lesser, Greater, Middling

In this episode Mitya finally gets to fiddle with a jig, Sasha could do worser, and all the while Taras just mills about the shop

Aug 14, 2020•1 hr 13 min

8: Same as Pants

In this episode we meet in the flesh to cross words over a dodgy charade

Jul 31, 2020•1 hr 12 min

7: Glowing Fruit Red

In this psychologically salient episode Sasha questions his unrestricted resemblance to Pierce Brosnan, Taras tackles a clot of non-monolexemic words, and all three of us grab an exclusive opportunity to fail at Icelandic pronunciation

Jul 17, 2020•55 min

6: Hashtag Octothorpe

In this inexcusably curt episode Taras summons all hands on deck, Mitya gets seized by a sudden wordsmith's zeal, and Sasha throws caution to the wind and refrains from providing a follow up

Jul 03, 2020•49 min

5: Dun Dun Dun

In this lengthy solstitial episode Sasha, Taras and Mitya attempt a treacherous stunt of literary translation and get stuck between pedantry and fancy. Meanwhile, Sasha proves that given the right circumstances, even a squid can aspire to the bishopric

Jun 19, 2020•1 hr 44 min

4: What Would You Snow: Bunting & Egg?

In this freshly cast episode Mitya learns that punctuation doesn't imply citation, Sasha toys with the idea of providing a Saussurean clue, and all three of us get ready to shoot ourselves in the foot

Jun 05, 2020•59 min

3: What the Anvil!

In this episode Sasha is haunted by German dairy, Taras snatches an etymological defeat from the jaws of victory, while Mitya performs an elbow-deep surgery on a school classic

May 22, 2020•53 min

2: Confinement to the End of the Line

In the ensuing episode Sasha and Taras assault Mitya's sanity with anecdotal snippets of popular science, while the latter claims victory in a twisted installment of Lossless translation

May 08, 2020•55 min

1: Pilot

In this inaugural episode Taras sets us on a Pan-European chase after a couple of elusive words, Sasha studies the erratic backflips the 'positive-negative' duo performed in a single country, Mitya finds the way to sully the reputation of some of the world's most unassuming words, and all three of us engage in a thankless endeavour of translating a pun

Apr 24, 2020•1 hr 7 min

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