Words To That Effect
By Conor Reid
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Episodes: 71
Mar 30, 2022
Description
Words To That Effect: Stories of the Fiction that Shapes Popular Culture. WTTE is a narrative storytelling show, hosted and produced by Conor Reid, that explores the intriguing places where fiction, history, science, and popular culture intersect and inspire. From the Victorian past to utopian futures, dinosaurs to detectives, zombies to mummies, how does literature shape our understanding of popular culture? Find out more at https://wttepodcast.com. WTTE is a part of the HeadStuff Podcast Network. Support the show and get bonus episodes and more by joining HeadStuff+ (https://headstuffpodcasts.com/show/words-to-that-effect) .
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WTTE Season 6 Update
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Jul 01, 2022 |
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60: Dungeons & Dragons
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May 19, 2022 |
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59: Robin Hood
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Apr 30, 2022 |
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58: The Origins of the Gothic
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Mar 31, 2022 |
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A Word To That Effect: Serendipity (Bonus Ep)
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Mar 22, 2022 |
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A Word To That Effect: Cliffhanger (Bonus Ep)
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Mar 08, 2022 |
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57: The Sensation Novel
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Feb 22, 2022 |
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56: Arthurian Romance
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Feb 08, 2022 |
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55: A History of Dragons
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Jan 25, 2022 |
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Season 6 Preview
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Jan 18, 2022 |
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54: Underwater Worlds
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Jul 21, 2021 |
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53: Fiction & Food
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Jun 11, 2021 |
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52: Gothic Forests
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Apr 30, 2021 |
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51: Desert Fictions
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Mar 31, 2021 |
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50: Arsene Lupin
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Mar 09, 2021 |
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49: Robots
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Jan 28, 2021 |
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Announcement: WTTE & HeadStuff+
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Jan 20, 2021 |
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48: Fictions of Antarctica
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Dec 22, 2020 |
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47: Alternate History
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Dec 08, 2020 |
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46: Weird Westerns
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Nov 24, 2020 |
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45: Mashups, Remixes, and Frankenfiction
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Nov 10, 2020 |
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Season 5 Preview
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Nov 04, 2020 |
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44: Words Dunnit (WTTE + Shedunnit Live)
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Apr 03, 2020 |
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43: Lost Books
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Mar 11, 2020 |
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42: The Missing Link
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Feb 26, 2020 |
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41: Romance Novels
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Feb 11, 2020 |
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40: Time Travel Tales
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Jan 29, 2020 |
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39: Edgar Rice Burroughs
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Dec 10, 2019 |
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38: Children's Picture Books
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Nov 26, 2019 |
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37: The Golden Age of Piracy
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Nov 12, 2019 |
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36: Blood, Death, and Varney the Vampire
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Oct 29, 2019 |
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35: Jekyll & Hyde
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Oct 15, 2019 |
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Season 4 Preview
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Oct 08, 2019 |
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34: The Art of the Short Story
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Jun 04, 2019 |
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33: The Noun of Nouns (The Rise of Modern Fantasy)
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May 21, 2019 |
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32: Golden Age Detective Fiction
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May 07, 2019 |
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31: Steampunk, Pt 2 (Even Greater London)
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Apr 23, 2019 |
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30: Steampunk, Pt1 (Fetch Me My Fighting Trousers)
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Apr 08, 2019 |
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29: Travels in Four-Dimensional Space
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Mar 11, 2019 |
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28: Pulp Fiction (Amazing Stories of the Sisters of Tomorrow)
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Feb 25, 2019 |
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27: Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
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Feb 11, 2019 |
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26: Unwrapping the Egyptian Mummy
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Jan 28, 2019 |
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25: Dinosaurs (Palaeontology to Pyjamas)
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Jan 14, 2019 |
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Season 3 Preview
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Jan 10, 2019 |
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24: WTTE Live at Liberty Hall
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Dec 31, 2018 |
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23: Adaptation (How Does a Book Become a Film?)
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Jul 30, 2018 |
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Two Announcements and an Update
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Jul 16, 2018 |
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22: Book Clubs: Revolution and Politics
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Jul 02, 2018 |
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21: The Invention of Time
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Jun 18, 2018 |
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20: Domestic Noir
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Jun 04, 2018 |
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19: Climate Change Fiction (Utopia, Pt2)
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May 21, 2018 |
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18: What Is Utopia? (Utopia, Pt 1)
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May 07, 2018 |
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17: The 10% Brain Myth
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Mar 26, 2018 |
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16: Transhumanism, Fiction, and Immortality
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Mar 12, 2018 |
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15: The Scarlet Pimpernel & Baroness Orczy
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Feb 26, 2018 |
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14: Weird Fiction & HP Lovecraft
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Feb 12, 2018 |
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Season 2 Preview
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Feb 06, 2018 |
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13: The Ghost Stories of MR James
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Dec 18, 2017 |
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12: The Horrifically Complicated History of Zombies
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Nov 27, 2017 |
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11: Cesare Lombroso & The Born Criminal
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Nov 13, 2017 |
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10: The Endless Influence of Robinson Crusoe
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Oct 30, 2017 |
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9: Imaginary Countries and the Ruritanian Romance
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Oct 16, 2017 |
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8: A Lawyer, an Author, and a Murderer
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Oct 02, 2017 |
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7: Overpopulation from Malthus to Manila
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Sep 18, 2017 |
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6: Neurasthenia, Cowboys, and Feminists
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Sep 04, 2017 |
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5: Canals on Mars
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Aug 20, 2017 |
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4: What is Popular Literature?
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Aug 06, 2017 |
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3: Irish Science Fiction
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Jul 20, 2017 |
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2: Arthur Conan Doyle, Sherlock Holmes, and Spiritualism
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Jul 10, 2017 |
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1: Invasion Fiction, William Le Queux, and Fake News
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Jun 25, 2017 |
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Introduction
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Jun 22, 2017 |