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The Wodcast is a fortnightly podcast exploring the words that shape our lives, cultures, relationships, and imagination. Hosted by Benjamin Aston and Mabel Evans, each episode unfolds into conversations, stories, ideas, and perspectives from writers, thinkers, artists, and cultural voices. From love and belonging to courage, grief, joy, identity, and everything in between, the Wodcast invites you ... more

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Latest Episodes

For our Season One bonus episode, we return to the question at the heart of so many of our conversations: what can a single word reveal about the way we live, the way we relate to one another, and the world we share?

This season, we’ve explored wher... more

What if words can never mean exactly what we want them to mean?

Stephen Fry has spent a lifetime exploring language: writing it, performing it, studying its history, and delighting in its strange contradictions. In this final episode of Season One, ... more

Today, Wodcast sits down with Sir Tim Rice one of the world's most celebrated lyricists and one of only a small number of people to have won an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony, for a wide-ranging conversation about words, songwriting, storytelling and t... more

What does freedom really mean when you have spent part of life without it?

Today, the Wodcast sits down with Waad Al-Kateab journalist, filmmaker and activist for a deeply personal conversation about freedom, home, family, language, community and th... more

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Hosts

Benjamin Aston
Host of The Wodcast
Mabel Evans
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Reviews

4.5 out of 5 stars from 113 ratings
  • Amazing inspiration

    Great to hear views from so many different backgrounds and fields on how words are the fabric that bring us all together

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Gio.Pigna
    Italy4 months ago
  • Insightful feast for the word-hoarder!

    A brilliantly varied group of thinkers, writers and creatives discuss the beauty of words with each conversation going in unexpected and entertaining directions. Both hosts act as excellent foils for each other, bringing their own expertise and curiosities to the fore! A great listen that shifts perspectives and makes you think about language in new ways!

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Megan Beech Poet
    United Kingdom4 months ago
  • This is the podcast I’ve always wanted

    I’ve only listened to the Elif Shafaq episode and the recap so far, but it’s been great. Such a great concept. From the concept, to the hosts, to the guests, I couldn’t imagine anything better. Please keep going.

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    navid review
    Australia4 months ago
  • Too good to be true

    I’m trying to find the best words while writing the review. It definitely had a therapeutic or a kind of healing effect on me. I internalised some words that I’ve never thought of like that before. I’m extremely excited as excited as you to listen to more from you. I’m with you “forever”.

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Baris Alagoz
    United Kingdom5 months ago

Listeners Say

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High-quality hosts pair curiosity with respect, making complex topics accessible.
Guests come from diverse fields, keeping conversations fresh and insightful.
Vibrant discussions that broaden perspectives on language and meaning.

Chart Rankings

How this podcast ranks in the Apple Podcasts, Spotify and YouTube charts.

Apple Podcasts
#180
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Spotify
#20
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#18
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#51
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#112
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#181
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Talking Points

Recent interactions between the hosts and their guests.

E9 - There Is No Perfect Word | with Stephen Fry
Q: What makes someone a writer?
Fry says writing is difficult because the story comes hard. Writers must persist through barriers, and writing tools or routines matter less than the underlying creative work.
E9 - There Is No Perfect Word | with Stephen Fry
Q: How do we ever understand one another if every word can be interpreted so differently?
Fry says people understand words through context, while their roots and histories contribute additional associations and meanings.
E6 - What If Surrender Is a Form of Creation? | with Nick Mulvey
Q: What is your word of the day and why does it speak to you?
Yield, because it embodies both producing and surrendering, revealing a hidden harmony between action and receptivity that resonates deeply with my creative and spiritual life.
E4 - The Courage to Be Frequently Happy | with David Larbi
Q: What's your word of the day?
My word of the day is anodyne, which I think is useful for thinking about how ordinary or dull experiences can still be meaningful and even necessary, like elevator music that isn't terrible but prompts a moment of reflection.
E3 - Can You Make Empathy Illegal? | with Professor David Nutt
Q: What is the current legal status of psychedelics, and what would it take to reschedule them for research and therapy?
Schedule 1 status creates heavy bureaucracy and long delays for approvals, imports, dispensing, and licensing; reform would require changes in the UN conventions and national regulatory bodies, alongside a cultural shift recognizing therapeutic value and safety.

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A thoughtful, language-centered show that hosts conversations with writers, musicians, activists, and thinkers about how words shape culture, identity, and everyday life. Episodes thread through topics like storytelling, lyricism, creativity, language policy, and social change, often blending personal memory with big ideas. Notable for high-profile guests who bring interdisciplinary perspectives on communication, ethics, and meaning, and for a warm, exploratory tone that invites listeners to consider how language influences their relationships, work, and worldviews.

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1. Elif Shafak
2. Hak Baker
3. David Nutt
4. David Larbi
5. Nick Mulvey
6. Remi Olajoyegbe
7. Waad Al-Kateab
8. Tim Rice

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