Lost Words: The Forgotten Language of Humanity

By Barry Shrimpton

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Lost Words is a journey into the forgotten corners of language — exploring ancient, vanished, or untranslatable words that once shaped how humans thought, felt, and dreamed. Each short episode uncovers the story behind a single word: its origin, meaning, and the world it reveals about the people who spoke it. From Old Norse to Latin, from Japanese to Sanskrit, and even words lost in modern languages, this podcast revives them with storytelling, history, and philosophy. Through these “lost words,” listeners rediscover lost emotions, lost ways of seeing the world — and perhaps, lost parts of themselves.

Episode Date
Lagom - The Quiet Balance of Enough
Apr 06, 2026
Jayus - When Imperfection Becomes Funny
Mar 30, 2026
Tingo - The Power of Small, Gradual Change
Mar 22, 2026
Meraki Putting Your Soul into What You Do
Mar 16, 2026
Gezelligheid - The Warmth of Being Together
Mar 08, 2026
Saudade - The Warm Ache of Absence
Mar 02, 2026
Shibui - The Beauty That Deepens Over Time
Feb 22, 2026
Ikigai - The Reason for Being
Feb 13, 2026
Friðr - Peace as Strength and Balance
Feb 07, 2026
Yūgen The Beauty of Mystery and Depth
Jan 30, 2026
Kintsugi The Beauty of Being Broken
Jan 24, 2026
Sehnsucht - The Longing Without a Name
Jan 17, 2026
Tsundoku - The Beauty of Unread Books
Jan 10, 2026
Mamihlapinatapai - The Look Before Everything Changes
Jan 03, 2026
Hygge - The Quiet Art of Comfort
Dec 26, 2025
Duende - The Dark Spirit of Art
Dec 26, 2025
Waldeinsamkeit - Alone, but Not Lonely
Dec 12, 2025
Ubuntu - I Am Because We Are
Dec 05, 2025
Fernweh The Longing for Faraway Places
Nov 29, 2025
The Soul in the Work
Nov 22, 2025
Komorebi - The Sunlight Between the Leaves
Nov 16, 2025
Sonder – The Lives We Never See
Nov 10, 2025
Saudade: The Word That Remembers What We Lost
Nov 06, 2025