About Words To That Effect
Words To That Effect is a literary podcast of the intriguing, the curious, and the unexplored. It's a research-based, story-telling show which wanders through the fields of fiction, popular culture, science, and history, drawing on the knowledge of a diverse cast of experts. Topics are wide-ranging but every episode is grounded in the same dedication to telling an engaging story about a less well-known aspect of history or culture
73 Episodes
The Greatest Matter: A Victorian Gothic Crime Tale
Sun, 06 Oct 2024
WTTE 2024 Update & Announcing: The Greatest Matter
Sat, 21 Sep 2024
WTTE Season 6 Update
Fri, 01 Jul 2022
60: Dungeons & Dragons
Thu, 19 May 2022
59: Robin Hood
Sat, 30 Apr 2022
58: The Origins Of The Gothic
Thu, 31 Mar 2022
A Word To That Effect: Serendipity (Bonus Ep)
Tue, 22 Mar 2022
A Word To That Effect: Cliffhanger (Bonus Ep)
Tue, 08 Mar 2022
57: The Sensation Novel
Tue, 22 Feb 2022
56: Arthurian Romance
Tue, 08 Feb 2022
55: A History Of Dragons
Tue, 25 Jan 2022
Season 6 Preview
Tue, 18 Jan 2022
54: Underwater Worlds
Wed, 21 Jul 2021
53: Fiction & Food
Fri, 11 Jun 2021
52: Gothic Forests
Fri, 30 Apr 2021
51: Desert Fictions
Wed, 31 Mar 2021
50: Arsene Lupin
Tue, 09 Mar 2021
49: Robots
Thu, 28 Jan 2021
Announcement: WTTE & HeadStuff+
Wed, 20 Jan 2021
48: Fictions Of Antarctica
Tue, 22 Dec 2020
47: Alternate History
Tue, 08 Dec 2020
46: Weird Westerns
Tue, 24 Nov 2020
45: Mashups, Remixes, And Frankenfiction
Tue, 10 Nov 2020
Season 5 Preview
Wed, 04 Nov 2020
44: Words Dunnit (WTTE + Shedunnit Live)
Fri, 03 Apr 2020
43: Lost Books
Wed, 11 Mar 2020
42: The Missing Link
Wed, 26 Feb 2020
41: Romance Novels
Tue, 11 Feb 2020
40: Time Travel Tales
Wed, 29 Jan 2020
39: Edgar Rice Burroughs
Tue, 10 Dec 2019
38: Children's Picture Books
Tue, 26 Nov 2019
37: The Golden Age Of Piracy
Tue, 12 Nov 2019
36: Blood, Death, And Varney The Vampire
Tue, 29 Oct 2019
35: Jekyll & Hyde
Tue, 15 Oct 2019
Season 4 Preview
Tue, 08 Oct 2019
34: The Art Of The Short Story
Tue, 04 Jun 2019
33: The Noun Of Nouns (The Rise Of Modern Fantasy)
Tue, 21 May 2019
32: Golden Age Detective Fiction
Tue, 07 May 2019
31: Steampunk, Pt 2 (Even Greater London)
Tue, 23 Apr 2019
30: Steampunk, Pt1 (Fetch Me My Fighting Trousers)
Mon, 08 Apr 2019
29: Travels In Four-Dimensional Space
Mon, 11 Mar 2019
28: Pulp Fiction (Amazing Stories Of The Sisters Of Tomorrow)
Mon, 25 Feb 2019
27: Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
Mon, 11 Feb 2019
26: Unwrapping The Egyptian Mummy
Mon, 28 Jan 2019
25: Dinosaurs (Palaeontology To Pyjamas)
Mon, 14 Jan 2019
Season 3 Preview
Thu, 10 Jan 2019
24: WTTE Live At Liberty Hall
Mon, 31 Dec 2018
23: Adaptation (How Does A Book Become A Film?)
Mon, 30 Jul 2018
Two Announcements And An Update
Mon, 16 Jul 2018
22: Book Clubs: Revolution And Politics
Mon, 02 Jul 2018
21: The Invention Of Time
Mon, 18 Jun 2018
20: Domestic Noir
Mon, 04 Jun 2018
19: Climate Change Fiction (Utopia, Pt2)
Mon, 21 May 2018
18: What Is Utopia? (Utopia, Pt 1)
Mon, 07 May 2018
17: The 10% Brain Myth
Mon, 26 Mar 2018
16: Transhumanism, Fiction, And Immortality
Mon, 12 Mar 2018
15: The Scarlet Pimpernel & Baroness Orczy
Mon, 26 Feb 2018
14: Weird Fiction & HP Lovecraft
Mon, 12 Feb 2018
Season 2 Preview
Tue, 06 Feb 2018
13: The Ghost Stories Of MR James
Mon, 18 Dec 2017
12: The Horrifically Complicated History Of Zombies
Mon, 27 Nov 2017
11: Cesare Lombroso & The Born Criminal
Mon, 13 Nov 2017
10: The Endless Influence Of Robinson Crusoe
Mon, 30 Oct 2017
9: Imaginary Countries And The Ruritanian Romance
Mon, 16 Oct 2017
8: A Lawyer, An Author, And A Murderer
Mon, 02 Oct 2017
7: Overpopulation From Malthus To Manila
Mon, 18 Sep 2017
6: Neurasthenia, Cowboys, And Feminists
Mon, 04 Sep 2017
5: Canals On Mars
Sun, 20 Aug 2017
4: What Is Popular Literature?
Sun, 06 Aug 2017
3: Irish Science Fiction
Thu, 20 Jul 2017
2: Arthur Conan Doyle, Sherlock Holmes, And Spiritualism
Mon, 10 Jul 2017
1: Invasion Fiction, William Le Queux, And Fake News
Sun, 25 Jun 2017
Introduction
Thu, 22 Jun 2017
Sun, 06 Oct 2024
WTTE 2024 Update & Announcing: The Greatest Matter
Sat, 21 Sep 2024
WTTE Season 6 Update
Fri, 01 Jul 2022
60: Dungeons & Dragons
Thu, 19 May 2022
59: Robin Hood
Sat, 30 Apr 2022
58: The Origins Of The Gothic
Thu, 31 Mar 2022
A Word To That Effect: Serendipity (Bonus Ep)
Tue, 22 Mar 2022
A Word To That Effect: Cliffhanger (Bonus Ep)
Tue, 08 Mar 2022
57: The Sensation Novel
Tue, 22 Feb 2022
56: Arthurian Romance
Tue, 08 Feb 2022
55: A History Of Dragons
Tue, 25 Jan 2022
Season 6 Preview
Tue, 18 Jan 2022
54: Underwater Worlds
Wed, 21 Jul 2021
53: Fiction & Food
Fri, 11 Jun 2021
52: Gothic Forests
Fri, 30 Apr 2021
51: Desert Fictions
Wed, 31 Mar 2021
50: Arsene Lupin
Tue, 09 Mar 2021
49: Robots
Thu, 28 Jan 2021
Announcement: WTTE & HeadStuff+
Wed, 20 Jan 2021
48: Fictions Of Antarctica
Tue, 22 Dec 2020
47: Alternate History
Tue, 08 Dec 2020
46: Weird Westerns
Tue, 24 Nov 2020
45: Mashups, Remixes, And Frankenfiction
Tue, 10 Nov 2020
Season 5 Preview
Wed, 04 Nov 2020
44: Words Dunnit (WTTE + Shedunnit Live)
Fri, 03 Apr 2020
43: Lost Books
Wed, 11 Mar 2020
42: The Missing Link
Wed, 26 Feb 2020
41: Romance Novels
Tue, 11 Feb 2020
40: Time Travel Tales
Wed, 29 Jan 2020
39: Edgar Rice Burroughs
Tue, 10 Dec 2019
38: Children's Picture Books
Tue, 26 Nov 2019
37: The Golden Age Of Piracy
Tue, 12 Nov 2019
36: Blood, Death, And Varney The Vampire
Tue, 29 Oct 2019
35: Jekyll & Hyde
Tue, 15 Oct 2019
Season 4 Preview
Tue, 08 Oct 2019
34: The Art Of The Short Story
Tue, 04 Jun 2019
33: The Noun Of Nouns (The Rise Of Modern Fantasy)
Tue, 21 May 2019
32: Golden Age Detective Fiction
Tue, 07 May 2019
31: Steampunk, Pt 2 (Even Greater London)
Tue, 23 Apr 2019
30: Steampunk, Pt1 (Fetch Me My Fighting Trousers)
Mon, 08 Apr 2019
29: Travels In Four-Dimensional Space
Mon, 11 Mar 2019
28: Pulp Fiction (Amazing Stories Of The Sisters Of Tomorrow)
Mon, 25 Feb 2019
27: Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
Mon, 11 Feb 2019
26: Unwrapping The Egyptian Mummy
Mon, 28 Jan 2019
25: Dinosaurs (Palaeontology To Pyjamas)
Mon, 14 Jan 2019
Season 3 Preview
Thu, 10 Jan 2019
24: WTTE Live At Liberty Hall
Mon, 31 Dec 2018
23: Adaptation (How Does A Book Become A Film?)
Mon, 30 Jul 2018
Two Announcements And An Update
Mon, 16 Jul 2018
22: Book Clubs: Revolution And Politics
Mon, 02 Jul 2018
21: The Invention Of Time
Mon, 18 Jun 2018
20: Domestic Noir
Mon, 04 Jun 2018
19: Climate Change Fiction (Utopia, Pt2)
Mon, 21 May 2018
18: What Is Utopia? (Utopia, Pt 1)
Mon, 07 May 2018
17: The 10% Brain Myth
Mon, 26 Mar 2018
16: Transhumanism, Fiction, And Immortality
Mon, 12 Mar 2018
15: The Scarlet Pimpernel & Baroness Orczy
Mon, 26 Feb 2018
14: Weird Fiction & HP Lovecraft
Mon, 12 Feb 2018
Season 2 Preview
Tue, 06 Feb 2018
13: The Ghost Stories Of MR James
Mon, 18 Dec 2017
12: The Horrifically Complicated History Of Zombies
Mon, 27 Nov 2017
11: Cesare Lombroso & The Born Criminal
Mon, 13 Nov 2017
10: The Endless Influence Of Robinson Crusoe
Mon, 30 Oct 2017
9: Imaginary Countries And The Ruritanian Romance
Mon, 16 Oct 2017
8: A Lawyer, An Author, And A Murderer
Mon, 02 Oct 2017
7: Overpopulation From Malthus To Manila
Mon, 18 Sep 2017
6: Neurasthenia, Cowboys, And Feminists
Mon, 04 Sep 2017
5: Canals On Mars
Sun, 20 Aug 2017
4: What Is Popular Literature?
Sun, 06 Aug 2017
3: Irish Science Fiction
Thu, 20 Jul 2017
2: Arthur Conan Doyle, Sherlock Holmes, And Spiritualism
Mon, 10 Jul 2017
1: Invasion Fiction, William Le Queux, And Fake News
Sun, 25 Jun 2017
Introduction
Thu, 22 Jun 2017