Whole 9 Yards: Idioms, Etymology, & Origins

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Whole 9 Yards is a weekly podcast that will simultaneously educate, astonish, and amuse. Listen while we share equivocal research about the origin of words, phrases, and idioms we use every day. From the team at Big Science Pods, we bring you the whole 9 yards, the entire kit and caboodle, the whole shebang of this quick, entertaining look at our language and the history therein. Learn why we call New York "The Big Apple," what "red-handed" REALLY means and why sometimes people are "happy as a...

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W9Y Gets Cold Feet

Jan 16th, 2026 11:00 AM

Episode 300: Jay & Ray grab a few cold ones. -Encorecold feettie one onSubscribe, review, and come find us on BlueSky, Insta, & FB.Big Science Music is an award-winning original music and sound boutique. Providing scoring, sound design, radio, podcast, and all audio-post production services for the advertising, film, and video industries. Grab a taste of the groove salad at bigsciencemusic.comsome of the W9Y sources include phrase finder uk, word wizard forums, etymology online, the OED, American Dictionary of Idioms, Wiki, newspapers.com, stackexchange, worldwidewords.Trying Our Quest: A D&D Improv Comedy Actual-Play PodcastAn actual-play D&D comedy podcast hosted by some of New York’s most...Listen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify

W9Y Takes an L

Jan 9th, 2026 11:00 AM

Episode 299: Jay & Ray get a little lazy. - Encorelazy susanlo and beholdSubscribe, review, and come find us on BlueSky, Insta, & FB.Big Science Music is an award-winning original music and sound boutique. Providing scoring, sound design, radio, podcast, and all audio-post production services for the advertising, film, and video industries. Grab a taste of the groove salad at bigsciencemusic.comsome of the W9Y sources include phrase finder uk, word wizard forums, etymology online, the OED, American Dictionary of Idioms, Wiki, newspapers.com, stackexchange, worldwidewords.Trying Our Quest: A D&D Improv Comedy Actual-Play PodcastAn actual-play D&D comedy podcast hosted by some of New York’s most...Listen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify

W9Y Kibitzes About Idioms

Jan 2nd, 2026 11:00 AM

Episode 298: Jay & Ray kibitz over some old idioms. - EncorerogerkibitzSubscribe, review, and come find us on BlueSky, Insta, & FB.Big Science Music is an award-winning original music and sound boutique. Providing scoring, sound design, radio, podcast, and all audio-post production services for the advertising, film, and video industries. Grab a taste of the groove salad at bigsciencemusic.comsome of the W9Y sources include phrase finder uk, word wizard forums, etymology online, the OED, American Dictionary of Idioms, Wiki, newspapers.com, stackexchange, worldwidewords.Trying Our Quest: A D&D Improv Comedy Actual-Play PodcastAn actual-play D&D comedy podcast hosted by some of New York’s most...Listen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify

W9Y Trims the Tree

Dec 26th, 2025 11:00 AM

Episode 297: Jay & Ray get festive with a few sparkle season idioms. - Encoredeck the hallstrim the treeSubscribe, review, and come find us on BlueSky, Insta, & FB.Big Science Music is an award-winning original music and sound boutique. Providing scoring, sound design, radio, podcast, and all audio-post production services for the advertising, film, and video industries. Grab a taste of the groove salad at bigsciencemusic.comsome of the W9Y sources include phrase finder uk, word wizard forums, etymology online, the OED, American Dictionary of Idioms, Wiki, newspapers.com, stackexchange, worldwidewords.Trying Our Quest: A D&D Improv Comedy Actual-Play PodcastAn actual-play D&D comedy podcast hosted by some of New York’s most...Listen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify

W9Y Takes A Few Nips

Dec 19th, 2025 11:00 AM

Episode 296: Jay & Ray drink up some old idioms. -EncorenipmoochSubscribe, review, and come find us on BlueSky, Insta, & FB.Big Science Music is an award-winning original music and sound boutique. Providing scoring, sound design, radio, podcast, and all audio-post production services for the advertising, film, and video industries. Grab a taste of the groove salad at bigsciencemusic.comsome of the W9Y sources include phrase finder uk, word wizard forums, etymology online, the OED, American Dictionary of Idioms, Wiki, newspapers.com, stackexchange, worldwidewords.Trying Our Quest: A D&D Improv Comedy Actual-Play PodcastAn actual-play D&D comedy podcast hosted by some of New York’s most...Listen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify

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