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The Expressionists

The Expressionists

22 Episodes • By Olivia Rosenman and Helen Rydstrand • expressionists.audio/
A podcast exploring how idioms connect us with the past and to each other.
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Tea ladies
It's tea for two and two for tea on the last Express... more
Mar 8 2018 24m
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Cop an earful
We all try to get along most of the time, but everyo... more
Feb 22 2018 21m
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Legwork
Humans have been walking upright for at least six mi... more
Feb 8 2018 20m
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Always was, always will be
We're marking this January 26 by exploring and celeb... more
Jan 26 2018 29m
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Kick-off
What better way to kick off a World Cup year than wi... more
Jan 11 2018 28m
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Sneak peek: What's in a name?
In our first episode for 2018, we joined forces with... more
Jan 10 2018 5m
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Out with the old
It's the end of 2017 already and, even though we're ... more
Dec 28 2017 25m
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Silly season
'Tis the season... to burn the midnight oil while pu... more
Dec 14 2017 26m
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Code red
On the rags, shark week, red wedding, surfing the cr... more
Nov 30 2017 25m
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Bonus: Blood Sweat and Tears
It's not just teens who suffer from the lack of a to... more
Nov 19 2017 3m
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Potty mouths
You don't have to get up at sparrow's fart to make s... more
Nov 16 2017 35m
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Horsing Around
The Melbourne Cup is famously "the race that stops t... more
Nov 2 2017 26m
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Mail order marriage
As ballots are arriving in mailboxes around the coun... more
Sep 21 2017 33m
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Cats vs. dogs
We go to see a man about a dog... and a cat. Actuall... more
Sep 7 2017 27m
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Considering caps and bees in bonnets
Do you have a bee in your bonnet? Perhaps you need t... more
Aug 24 2017 19m
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All about the cock
Cocks feature in many English expressions and this w... more
Aug 10 2017 25m
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Why did the chicken cross the line?
You might know part of the story behind 'the sky is ... more
Jul 27 2017 26m
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Put this in your cake hole
Baked goods have a special place in English expressi... more
Jul 13 2017 18m
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And a bottle of rum
Do you know whether the sun is over the yard arm yet... more
Jun 29 2017 16m
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Haters Gonna
We roast that old chestnut about the grandmother who... more
Jun 15 2017 14m
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What a treat!
Here at the Expressionists we love eating and idioms... more
Jun 1 2017 20m
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We come from a land downunder
Is there a roo loose in your top paddock or are you ... more
May 31 2017 12m
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