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Bunny Trails: A Word History Podcast

Welcome to our whimsical adventure of idioms and other turns of phrase. Each week, we delve into the origins of phrases to find out how they came into the English language. We tell the story of how the phrase got from its beginnings to where it is today. Shauna and Dan are two big nerds, so expect some geek culture references, random trivia facts, and loads of laughs!

144 Elevator Pitch

34 mins; February 09, 2022

143 Happy as a Clam

31 mins; February 02, 2022

142 Jump the Shark

33 mins; January 26, 2022

141 Heart of Gold

30 mins; January 19, 2022

140 Butterfly Kisses

28 mins; January 12, 2022

139 Scarred for Life

31 mins; January 05, 2022

138 Gild the Lily

29 mins; December 29, 2021

137 Running Around Like a Headless Chicken

27 mins; December 22, 2021

136 Never Look a Gift Horse in the Mouth

33 mins; December 15, 2021

135 Cool as a Cucumber

29 mins; December 08, 2021

134 Up My Alley

31 mins; December 01, 2021

133 A Picture Paints a Thousand Words

25 mins; November 24, 2021

132 Murphy's Law

22 mins; November 17, 2021

131 Every Rose Has Its Thorn

26 mins; November 10, 2021

130 Bull in a China Shop

32 mins; November 03, 2021

RETRO 55 Dead As a Doornail

21 mins; October 27, 2021

129 Silent as the Grave

30 mins; October 20, 2021

128 King of the Jungle

29 mins; October 13, 2021

127 Penny Dreadful

28 mins; October 06, 2021

126 Keeping Score

29 mins; September 29, 2021

125 Brass Tacks

31 mins; September 22, 2021

124 Words the Vikings Gave Us with Grace Tierney

30 mins; September 15, 2021

123 Apple of My Eye

29 mins; September 08, 2021

122 Mind Your Ps and Qs

30 mins; September 01, 2021

RETRO 29 Beat A Dead Horse

30 mins; August 25, 2021

121 Plenty of Fish in the Sea

22 mins; August 18, 2021

120 Young Blood

30 mins; August 11, 2021

119 My Bad - A Mea Culpa

28 mins; August 04, 2021

118 Bob's Your Uncle

31 mins; July 28, 2021

117 A Wolf In Sheep's Clothing

30 mins; July 21, 2021

116 Calling Dibs and Other Chicago Phrases

30 mins; July 07, 2021

115 Change Your Tune

22 mins; June 30, 2021

114 In the Same Boat

29 mins; June 23, 2021

113 Put Your Foot In Your Mouth

28 mins; June 16, 2021

One Trick Pony

31 mins; June 09, 2021

112 One Trick Pony

31 mins; June 09, 2021

111 Muddy the Waters

30 mins; May 26, 2021

110 Pardon My French

28 mins; May 19, 2021

Retro 79 The Naming of COVID-19

31 mins; May 12, 2021

109 Dead of Night

30 mins; May 05, 2021

108 Keep Your Eye on the Ball

29 mins; April 21, 2021

107 Bury Your Nose in a Book

28 mins; April 14, 2021

RETRO 43 Preaching to the Choir

24 mins; April 07, 2021

Endless Knot Meta-Etymology

82 hours 36 mins; April 01, 2021

106 Wet Behind the Ears

31 mins; March 31, 2021

105 Crossing the Rubicon

28 mins; March 24, 2021

104 Screen Your Calls

29 mins; March 17, 2021

103 The Devil's Luck

28 mins; March 10, 2021

102 Beware the Ides of March

29 mins; March 03, 2021

101 Clear As A Bell

30 mins; February 24, 2021

100 Walk Over My Grave and Other Phrases with Endless Knot, Your Brain on Facts, Vocal Fries, Lexitecture, and Sandman Stories Presents

37 mins; February 17, 2021

99 Don't Poke The Bear

30 mins; February 10, 2021

98 The Calm Before The Storm

30 mins; February 03, 2021

97 Fly By The Seat Of Your Pants

30 mins; January 27, 2021

96 Under the Weather

31 mins; January 20, 2021

95 Finders Keepers

28 mins; January 13, 2021

94 Earworm

32 mins; January 06, 2021

93 Neck and Neck

24 mins; December 30, 2020

92 Christmas Spirit and Other Christmas Idioms

25 mins; December 23, 2020

91 Trip the Light Fantastic

29 mins; December 16, 2020

90 Retronyms

29 mins; December 09, 2020

89 Wrong Side of the Bed

25 mins; September 02, 2020

88 Schmegoogle and other Yiddish words with Daniel Klein

40 mins; August 26, 2020

87 If The Shoe Fits

26 mins; August 13, 2020

86 Words The Sea Gave Us with Grace Tierney

30 mins; July 29, 2020

Retro 27 Bury the Hatchet

29 mins; July 22, 2020

85 Death Warmed Over

27 mins; July 15, 2020

84 Three Sheets In The Wind

28 mins; July 08, 2020

83 Wave A Magic Wand

32 mins; July 01, 2020

82 Mixed Metaphors

15 mins; June 24, 2020

81 Queen Bee

35 mins; June 17, 2020

80 Work of Art

34 mins; June 10, 2020

Black Lives Matter

2 mins; June 03, 2020

79 The Naming of COVID

30 mins; March 12, 2020

Retro 14 Rose Colored Glasses

33 mins; March 04, 2020

78 Heads Will Roll

26 mins; February 26, 2020

77 Ugly Duckling

28 mins; February 19, 2020

Retro 35 Valentines Day

30 mins; February 12, 2020

76 A Little Birdie Told Me

27 mins; February 05, 2020

75 Bite the Dust

29 mins; January 29, 2020

74 At the Crack of Dawn

31 mins; January 22, 2020

73 Lost the Thread

29 mins; January 15, 2020

72 Nothing Ventured

27 mins; December 19, 2019

71 Head Over Heels

28 mins; December 11, 2019

70 Take it With a Grain of Salt

26 mins; December 04, 2019

69 Dressed to the Nines - Six Phrases with Nine in Them

31 mins; November 20, 2019

68 Lost For Words

27 mins; November 13, 2019

67 Turn Over a New Leaf

26 mins; November 07, 2019

66 Blood On Your Hands and Other Blood Idioms for Halloween 2019

27 mins; October 30, 2019

65 Thick As Theives

28 mins; October 23, 2019

64 Steal My Thunder

30 mins; October 16, 2019

63 Under Fire and Other Fire Phrases

25 mins; October 11, 2019

Retro 09 Curiosity Killed the Cat

30 mins; October 02, 2019

62 The Tip of the Iceberg

28 mins; September 25, 2019

61 Dead Ringer

31 mins; September 18, 2019

Retro 02 Rain Check

28 mins; September 04, 2019

At Wit's End

23 mins; August 29, 2019

60 At Wit's End

23 mins; August 29, 2019

59 Teach an Old Dog New Tricks

28 mins; August 21, 2019

58 Worlds Apart

27 mins; August 14, 2019

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