Podcasts

BBC: Word of Mouth

2025-02-20: Hana Videen and Michael Rosen explore the evocative Old English words used in daily life a thousand years ago, many of which are still in use now. (28 minutes)

Future Imperfect

2024-09-29: Hana Videen discusses Old English and medieval animals with Jason Kingsley. Hear about walker-weavers, teeth tyrants and the best Old English word. (41 minutes)

Gone Medieval

2024-06-03: Hana Videen in conversation with Eleanor Janega about gold-hoarding ants, deceitful whales, penitent serpents and other creatures from The Deorhord. (39 minutes)

Grammar Girl

2024-05-02: Hana Videen in conversation with Mignon Fogarty (a.k.a. Grammar Girl): air worms, fire-breathing dragons and other Old English animal stories. Also available with video on YouTube. (30 minutes)

The Medieval Podcast

2023-11-16: Danièle Cybulskie and Hana Videen chat about Old English, bestiaries and The Deorhord. (40 minutes)

NPR: Weekend Edition Sunday

2023-05-21: NPR’s Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Hana Videen about The Wordhord. (4 minutes)

CBC: The Sunday Magazine

2023-03-19: Word Processing: The magic, mystery and legacy of Old English. If you’re outside of Canada, the CBC link might not work, but you can still listen to the podcast (starting at 1:24:20). (11 minutes)

First Things

2022-09-29: A conversation with Mark Bauerlein about ‘Our Forgotten Language’. (32 minutes)

The Great Books Podcast

2022-07-05: Hana Videen discusses the Old English poem Judith with John J. Miller. (31 minutes)

The Medieval Podcast

2022-06-01: Danièle Cybulskie and Hana Videen chat about Old English and The Wordhord. (40 minutes)

A Way with Words

2022-05-29: Martha Barnette discusses The Wordhord in a segment on Old English. (4 minutes)

Princeton UP Ideas

2022-05-02: Mark Klobas interviews Hana Videen about The Wordhord. (52 minutes)

BBC: History Extra

2022-03-02: Hana Videen discusses Old English with Dave Musgrove. (35 minutes)