The Shows

  • How to Learn New Words How can you learn new words? How are neologisms created? What are the origins of new word lists? English Mojo presents some of the recent additions to dictionaries, along with tips ...
  • How to Tell a Story What are the secrets of telling a humorous or comedy story? Are they timeless, or do they change from generation to generation? English Mojo checks in with a master humorist on ...
  • The Highest Ranking UK Words What do the favorite 20 words in the United Kingdom reveal about the character of the nation? English Mojo examines each of the top words chosen in a nationwide survey.
  • Lifestyles of the Superstar Drugs Which drug names are real, and which fictional? What are the black arts of drug naming? What are lifestyle drugs? English Mojo concludes the series on the special world of drug ...
  • Creating New Drug Names How much do pharmaceutical companies pay to professional names for a drug moniker? How do naming specialists create a new bestselling name? Which letters work best to create a mood ...
  • The Drugs of Superheroes How do pharmaceutical companies name their new bestseller drugs? What obstacles stand in the way of a new name? English Mojo takes its medicine.
  • The Me, Me, Me Campaign What words did presidential candidates in a furious election rely on? What did speech analysis show about the leading contenders? English Mojo jumps once again into a campaign fray.
  • Big Money Campaigning What does the first billion dollar campaign buy? Can you use online tools to analyze candidates? What makes a speech great? English Mojo looks into the differences between big money and ...
  • Progress, Spreadsheets & the President How was the US stock market called in to measure progress? Can you index security in a battle-torn nation? English Mojo highlights a new way of looking at war.
  • Making Presidential Progress What was the phrase of choice for the US war President plunging in popularity? What theme is most beloved by advertisers of new products? English Mojo looks into an American mindset.
  • A One-Word Defense, 70 Times What happens when a lawyer to the most powerful man in the world is questioned in public? What word became his and all Washington’s defensive legal shield? What’s the real ...
  • Perils of Japanese English Why does this country so far from the origins of a language embrace it? What obstacles arise between a visual Asian language and a phonetic European one? How far does ...
  • Favorite Words of the President What are the tricks of teleprompter scripting at the White House? How do speeches change with a change in writers? English Mojo analyzes speeches of the president.
  • The Three Words of War How does a blood and guts conflict turn into a word war in Washington? What was behind the sidestepping by politicos as soldiers moved toward the front? English Mojo examines the ...
  • Celebrities Saying Sorry How do the image-conscious apologize in public? How do they manage to craft a heroic story of themselves when admitting wrongdoing? What circumlocutions do the prominent employ to avoid accepting ...
  • The Perils of Apologizing Why do Japanese fear saying sorry in the US? How can apologies can make things worse? What are the elements of actual apologies? English Mojo examines the current state of apologizing.
  • This Election Explained How do political candidates explain issues in an election? Do their views ever agree? What dangers are highlighted? English Mojo collects wide ranging candidates’ attempts to explain.
  • The Candidates’ Mantras How do political slogans work their magic? What words work during electioneering? How were the attack slogans created? English Mojo delves into the phraseology and tactics of campaign slogans.
  • The Presidents’ Analyst Who are the wordsmiths behind the presidents? How are phrases repeated to achieve political ends? What structures dominate in different White House speeches. English Mojo examines presidential words from Washington.
  • The Ask, Link, Promise of Slogans Which slogans won in the mind-share game? How has the Coca-Cola tagline evolved to its present state? What tactics generate the catchphrases of our time? English Mojo eyes the most powerful ...
  • Billion Dollar Outsourcing Where are publishers outsourcing their work? Can a foreign language dominate the books and newspapers of a country? Will a hybrid tongue outshine its parents in the modern age? English Mojo ...
  • A New #1 Overtakes the Homelands How did the UK and the US lose their combined strength of language? How did English nearly come to its end in India? What led to protests in India over ...
  • Korean Cuts What happens when East Asians tackle English? How far will people go to speak it? And why are Korean mothers turning to surgeons to help with English? English Mojo enters the ...
  • Wild Word Counts How many words are in the English Language? That depends where you look. English Mojo looks into the disputed world of the word count in this episode.
  • Frenchified English How did the kings of England come to speak only French for 300 years? How did the Gallic tongue drive out English in the home country? And what happened to ...
  • Dominating Language How have languages spread around the world? Which have been the currency of communication? And which has become preeminent? English Mojo explores the global lingua franca.
  • A President Shocked at English Why did the Frenchman give his presentation in English? And why did his president object? English Mojo looks at how European Union financial leaders communicate. Or don’t.
  • How the Super-Rich Sue for Libel How did Monaco-based British millionaire twins choose Paris to bring libel charges against a British newspaper? Have they succeeded before suing their countrymen in a foreign country? English Mojo presents a ...
  • Fines for Using English How did using English in France result in a 700,000 euro fine? What provoked a French court’s ruling? English Mojo highlights the cause and the unlucky loser in a language tug ...
  • English Code Plaguing Pakistan Hidden messages surfaced in government-supported programs. Why did English language lines prompt a Pakistani official to move to cut them? English Mojo discovers the strange actions and reactions to poetry in ...
  • Al Jazeera, Russia, France, Iran Under English What prompted governments from northern Europe to western Asia to independently do the same thing at the same time? How have new global media acted on international ambitions? English Mojo looks ...
  • Which Language Rules the World Who speaks English around the world? How does it rank among the world’s languages? And how many words are there in it? We explore this and more in this episode.