For the last few years, I’ve hosted and produced a podcast at The Incomparable network called Pants in the Boot. It’s a fun romp about what people in the US, UK, and other English-speaking countries call things. We get into lorries and trucks, pants and underwear, boots and trunks, but also into the kinds of foods we eat and meals we have, what items around the house are called, and much more.

I began posting episodes a few weeks ago in the latest “series” (in the UK meaning of each season being a “series”), and you can listen to them as well as the nearly 20 previous episodes recorded over the last two years.

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The latest episodes are:

• Properly Scared of Electricity: Our panelists turn on the tap and fill their kettle—or is it a pot, pan, or jug?—with cold, clear water, before boiling it. We debate voltage. Also, Jean reveals her regifting habit.
• Home on the Range: Broil, broil, toil, and trouble, cooktop flame and grill bubble! On this episode, panelists talk around the hob about knobs, grill each other over flames, and do not, I repeat, do not put another shrimp on the barbie. Barbecue is meat. Unless it’s a kind of cookout.
• Are You Mocha-ing Me? A flat white isn’t just a boring person who frequents Starbucks, but a drink invented in New Zealand. Fortunately, we have a Kiwi on this episode to talk about that and other coffee we drink out in the best of times (and, in New Zealand, right now) and we make at home.