Episode 188: Old England and New England
In this episode, we explore the first large-scale migration of English settlers to North America in the early 1600s. The settlers arrived in the newly...
Episode 187: Islands and Sea
In this episode, we explore the influence of seafaring on the English language in the early 1600s. We also look at events in the latter half of the 16...
Episode 186: A Dutch Treat
In this episode, we explore two important developments in North America. First, we examine the legendary story of the Pilgrims’ arrival in New England...
Episode 185: Spelling Says a Lot (Part 2)
In the second part of our look at the sound of English in the early 1600s, we continue to explore the letters of the alphabet and the sounds that each...
Episode 184: Spelling Says a Lot (Part 1)
Over the course of the 1500s, English spelling started to become standardized, but the pronunciation of the language continued to change. By the early...
Episode 183: The Fabric of Our Lives
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
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 proc...
Episode 181: Heaven and Earth
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
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
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 cen...