en clair: forensic linguistics, literary detection, language mysteries, and more
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
S02E11 - The Imitation Gaime (voice only)
01 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It's a special story for a special day. This little bonus episode was made in around two hours, which may or may not give you pause for thought. en cl...
S02E11 - The Imitation Gaime
01 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It's a special story for a special day. This little bonus episode was made in around two hours, which may or may not give you pause for thought. en cl...
S02E10 - Bot or Not (voice only)
19 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Can you tell your real individual from your robot agent? In the ultimate game of Bot or Not, would you stake $26m of your own money on it? en clair is...
S02E10 - Bot or Not
19 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Can you tell your real individual from your robot agent? In the ultimate game of Bot or Not, would you stake $26m of your own money on it? en clair is...
S02E08 - Slowburn Shakespeare, Park 6 of 6 (voice only)
01 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Did Shakespeare really write, well, Shakespeare? Or is the Swan of Avon a five century old con? This final episode in this slowburn mini-series looks ...
S02E08 - Slowburn Shakespeare, Part 6 of 6
01 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Did Shakespeare really write, well, Shakespeare? Or is the Swan of Avon a five century old con? This final episode in this slowburn mini-series looks ...
S02E07 - Slowburn Shakespeare, part 5 of 6 (voice only)
01 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Did Shakespeare really write, well, Shakespeare? Or is the Swan of Avon a five century old con? Part 5 of this slowburn mini-series pitches the comput...
S02E07 - Slowburn Shakespeare, part 5 of 6
01 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Did Shakespeare really write, well, Shakespeare? Or is the Swan of Avon a five century old con? Part 5 of this slowburn mini-series pitches the comput...
S02E06 - Slowburn Shakespeare, part 4 of 6 (voice only)
01 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Did Shakespeare really write, well, Shakespeare? Or is the Swan of Avon a five century old con? Part 4 of this slowburn mini-series looks at our last ...
S02E06 - Slowburn Shakespeare, part 4 of 6
01 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Did Shakespeare really write, well, Shakespeare? Or is the Swan of Avon a five century old con? Part 4 of this slowburn mini-series looks at our last ...
S02E05 - Slowburn Shakespeare, part 3 of 6 (voice only)
01 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Did Shakespeare really write, well, Shakespeare? Or is the Swan of Avon a five century old con? Part 3 of this slowburn mini-series looks at our first...
S02E05 - Slowburn Shakespeare, part 3 of 6
01 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Did Shakespeare really write, well, Shakespeare? Or is the Swan of Avon a five century old con? Part 3 of this slowburn mini-series looks at our first...
S02E04 - Slowburn Shakespeare, part 2 of 6 (voice only)
01 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Did Shakespeare really write, well, Shakespeare? Or is the Swan of Avon a five century old con? Part 2 explores why we doubt Shakespeare and what happ...
S02E04 - Slowburn Shakespeare, part 2 of 6
01 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Did Shakespeare really write, well, Shakespeare? Or is the Swan of Avon a five century old con? Part 2 explores why we doubt Shakespeare and what happ...
S02E03 - Slowburn Shakespeare, part 1 of 6
01 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Did Shakespeare really write, well, Shakespeare? Or is the Swan of Avon a five century old con? Part 1 of this slowburn mini-series looks at the quest...
S02E03 - Slowburn Shakespeare, part 1 of 6 (voice only)
01 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Did Shakespeare really write, well, Shakespeare? Or is the Swan of Avon a five century old con? Part 1 of this slowburn mini-series looks at the quest...
S02E02 - Codetalkers (voice only)
01 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
When you have codebreakers like Alan Turing to contend with, how do you come up with a code that even the smartest people alive can't break? This epis...
S02E02 - Codetalkers
01 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
When you have codebreakers like Alan Turing to contend with, how do you come up with a code that even the smartest people alive can't break? This epis...
S02E01 - The Iceland Confessions
01 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Can you make a person confess to a crime they haven't committed? To a crime as serious as murder? What about a whole group of people? This episode tel...
S02E01 - The Iceland Confessions (voice only)
01 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Can you make a person confess to a crime they haven't committed? To a crime as serious as murder? What about a whole group of people? This episode tel...
S01E99 - Season Two trailer (voice only)
01 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
THIS IS A VOICE ONLY VERSION OF SEASON 01. en clair is a podcast about forensic linguistics, literary detection, and language mysteries. You can find ...
S01E99 - Season Two Trailer
01 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
We’re going on holiday for a bit. It’s a vacation before we start Season Two. On this note, what sort of cases, you might ask, will Season Two bri...
S01E15 - Enigma, part 3 of 3 (voice only)
09 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
THIS IS A VOICE ONLY VERSION OF SEASON 01. en clair is a podcast about forensic linguistics, literary detection, and language mysteries. You can find ...
S01E15 - Enigma, part 3 of 3 (ESRC's Festival of Social Science)
09 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Part 3 of 3: As war consumes Europe, Alan Turing and Bletchley Park take on the ultimate version of the Enigma mechanical cipher - the naval Triton M4...
S01E14 - Enigma, part 2 of 3 (voice only)
06 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
THIS IS A VOICE ONLY VERSION OF SEASON 01. en clair is a podcast about forensic linguistics, literary detection, and language mysteries. You can find ...
S01E14 - Enigma, part 2 of 3 (ESRC's Festival of Social Science)
06 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Part 2 of 3: We meet the civilians, scientists, and spies whose lives became inextricably tangled up in the Enigma cipher. Jealousy, desperation, geni...
S01E13 - Enigma, part 1 of 3 (voice only)
03 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
THIS IS A VOICE ONLY VERSION OF SEASON 01. en clair is a podcast about forensic linguistics, literary detection, and language mysteries. You can find ...
S01E13 - Enigma, part 1 of 3 (ESRC's Festival of Social Science)
03 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Part 1 of 3: Enigma was one of the most advanced mechanical ciphers of its time. We look back at the history of cryptology to see the ashes from which...
S01E12 - Cursing and swearing (voice only)
01 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
THIS IS A VOICE ONLY VERSION OF SEASON 01. en clair is a podcast about forensic linguistics, literary detection, and language mysteries. You can find ...
S01E12 - Cursing and Swearing
01 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Should you be prosecuted for barking? Or asking about a horse's sexuality? What about using a racist slur? This episode looks at the turbulent history...
S01E11 - The Yorkshire Ripper, part 5 of 5 (voice only)
01 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
THIS IS A VOICE ONLY VERSION OF SEASON 01. en clair is a podcast about forensic linguistics, literary detection, and language mysteries. You can find ...
S01E11 - The Yorkshire Ripper, part 5 of 5
01 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In the final part of this five-episode miniseries, now that the killer is caught, there is a chance to see whether the linguists were right all along....
S01E10 - The Yorkshire Ripper, part 4 of 5 (voice only)
01 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
THIS IS A VOICE ONLY VERSION OF SEASON 01. en clair is a podcast about forensic linguistics, literary detection, and language mysteries. You can find ...
S01E10 - The Yorkshire Ripper, part 4 of 5
01 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In the fourth part of this five-episode miniseries, increasingly disillusioned with the investigation, one of the linguists speaks out, leading to a d...
S01E09 - The Yorkshire Ripper, part 3 of 5 (voice only)
01 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
THIS IS A VOICE ONLY VERSION OF SEASON 01. en clair is a podcast about forensic linguistics, literary detection, and language mysteries. You can find ...
S01E09 - The Yorkshire Ripper, part 3 of 5
01 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In the third part of this five-episode miniseries, the police turn to linguists for help. Can Stanley Ellis and Jack Windsor Lewis help the police cat...
S01E08 - The Yorkshire Ripper, part 2 of 5 (voice only)
01 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
THIS IS A VOICE ONLY VERSION OF SEASON 01. en clair is a podcast about forensic linguistics, literary detection, and language mysteries. You can find ...
S01E08 - The Yorkshire Ripper, part 2 of 5
01 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In the second part of this five-episode miniseries, embattled police receive letters and a tape claiming to be from the murderer. Is this the breakthr...
S01E07 - The Yorkshire Ripper, part 1 of 5 (voice only)
01 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
THIS IS A VOICE ONLY VERSION OF SEASON 01. en clair is a podcast about forensic linguistics, literary detection, and language mysteries. You can find ...
S01E07 - The Yorkshire Ripper, part 1 of 5
01 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Part 1 of 5: For half a decade, the Yorkshire Ripper terrorised northern England, attacking and murdering at least twenty women. The first part of thi...
S01E06 - The Pendle Witch Trials (voice only)
01 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
THIS IS A VOICE ONLY VERSION OF SEASON 01. en clair is a podcast about forensic linguistics, literary detection, and language mysteries. You can find ...
S01E06 - The Pendle Witch Trials
01 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Between 1400-1750, at least 40,000 Europeans were executed for cursing, casting spells, and other forms of witchcraft. This episode looks in particula...
S01E05 - Messages in music (voice only)
01 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
THIS IS A VOICE ONLY VERSION OF SEASON 01. en clair is a podcast about forensic linguistics, literary detection, and language mysteries. You can find ...
S01E05 - Messages in Music
01 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Authors and painters have found many ways to encrypt messages into their creations, but how do you do this is you are a musician working with instrume...
S01E04 - David Elliott (voice only)
01 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
THIS IS A VOICE ONLY VERSION OF SEASON 01. en clair is a podcast about forensic linguistics, literary detection, and language mysteries. You can find ...
S01E04 - David Elliott
01 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In 2012, David Elliott filed a lawsuit arguing that the word Google has become so generic, it should be stripped of its trademarked status. En clair i...
S01E03 - Belle de Jour (voice only)
01 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
THIS IS A VOICE ONLY VERSION OF SEASON 01. en clair is a podcast about forensic linguistics, literary detection, and language mysteries. You can find ...
S01E03 - Belle de Jour
01 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In 2003, one of the most popular online blogs was Belle de Jour: Diary of a London Call Girl, but who was its mysterious author? En clair is a podcast...
S01E02 - Paul Ceglia
01 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In 2010, Paul Ceglia sues Mark Zuckerberg for half of Facebook. In response, Zuckerberg calls in a forensic linguist. En clair is a podcast about fore...
S01E02 - Paul Ceglia (voice only)
01 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
THIS IS A VOICE ONLY VERSION OF SEASON 01. en clair is a podcast about forensic linguistics, literary detection, and language mysteries. You can find ...
S01E01 - Derek Bentley (voice only)
01 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
THIS IS A VOICE ONLY VERSION OF SEASON 01. en clair is a podcast about forensic linguistics, literary detection, and language mysteries. You can find ...
S01E01 - Derek Bentley
01 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In 1953, 19-year-old Derek Bentley was hanged for murder, but did the police interfere with his statement to make him look guilty? En clair is a podca...
S01E00 - Welcome waffle
30 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to en clair. Rather than including extended waffly intros on every episode saying the same sorts of things over and over, I've put it all here...