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A Way with Words is an upbeat and lively show about language examined through culture, history, and family. Language debates, variations, and evolution, as well as new words, old sayings, slang, family expressions, word histories, etymology, linguistics, regional dialects, word games, grammar, books, literature, writing, and more.
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A Way with Words

A Way with Words is an upbeat and lively show about language examined through culture, history, and family. Language debates, variations, and evolution, as well as new words, old sayings, slang, family expressions, word histories, etymology, linguistics, regional dialects, word games, grammar, books, literature, writing, and more.

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Drag performer Mabeline Diorio
Arts & Entertainment

TKTS discount theater tickets has opened in Philadelphia

Twenty regional theater companies have embraced the rush ticket seller’s new outpost in the Independence Visitor Center.

10 months ago

Listen 1:21
Philadelphia City Councilmember Rue Landau seated at her desk at City Council chambers at City Hall.
Politics & Policy

Philadelphia City Council plans to review President-elect Trump’s potential impact on LGBTQ+, immigrant communities

The hearing is designed to review the impacts of a Republican administration and Congress on Philadelphia.

10 months ago

Listen 1:22
National map showing a rightward shift from 2020 to 2024
Politics & Policy

Most of the country shifted right in the 2024 presidential election

In 2020, President Biden won six of the seven closely watched states. This year, President-elect Donald Trump won all seven — plus he will got a majority of the popular vote.

10 months ago

Matt Gaetz
Politics & Policy

Gaetz withdraws as Trump’s pick for attorney general, averting confirmation battle in the Senate

The decision could heighten scrutiny on other controversial Trump nominees, including Pentagon pick Pete Hegseth, who faces sexual assault allegations that he denies.

10 months ago

Tape cordons off a scene of police activity, Saturday, March 16, 2024, in Trenton, N.J.
Courts & Law

Justice Department finds pattern of misconduct by Trenton Police following a yearlong investigation

A 45-page report found that officers "frequently" violated people’s constitutional rights. Talks towards a consent decree are expected.

10 months ago

Listen 1:06
Mike Johnson shakes hands Donald Trump
Health

Here’s how Trump and the GOP may try to weaken Obamacare

Republican control of the White House and Congress sets the stage for potentially seismic changes including curtailing Medicaid and increasing premium costs for millions.

10 months ago

Workers tend to crops at one of the Farm's two indoor growing sites
Community

‘It’s outrageous’: Medical marijuana provider has Delaware’s approval for new store, but gets blocked by Sussex County

The Office of Medical Marijuana approved the site off a rural highway in southern Delaware, but the plan got derailed by county law that advocates call a “total ban.”

10 months ago

Listen 2:43
a fire truck
Community

Philadelphia forms new city task force to fight trash fires in Kensington

The goal is to extinguish trash fires before they get out of hand and offer a warm bed to the people responsible for starting them.

10 months ago

Listen 1:02
a boat driving in the bay
Weather

Human waste has been detected in Southern Delaware waterways. Home septic systems may be to blame

Homeowners are not required to inspect their septic systems until they sell their home, meaning deteriorating systems could go unnoticed.

10 months ago

Listen 1:14
Sarah McBride walks
Politics & Policy

U.S. House speaker institutes bathroom ban aimed at Delaware’s transgender Congresswoman-elect Sarah McBride

The House speaker says single-use facilities are limited to people based on “biological sex.” Delaware Rep.-elect Sarah McBride says she’ll follow the rule.

10 months ago

People line up outside a school board meeting in Souderton
Education

ACLU of Pa. files lawsuit against Souderton Area School District, alleging free speech and due process violations

The legal action challenges the district’s response to controversy surrounding school board member Bill Formica.

10 months ago

Listen 0:59
the Giant Heart
Arts & Entertainment

At the heart of it all is a heart: Franklin Institute built a state-of-the-art exhibition around an old-fashioned favorite

The “Body Odyssey” exhibit makes visitors’ own bodies part of the show.

10 months ago

Listen 1:19
The exterior of the Pennsylvania Judicial Center, home to the Commonwealth Court in Harrisburg, Pa., is pictured on Nov. 6, 2020
Courts & Law

Philadelphia loses lawsuit that sought greater power for the city to regulate firearms

The justices ruled 6-0 to uphold the dismissal of a lawsuit filed by the city, family members of gun violence victims and the nonprofit group CeaseFirePA.

10 months ago

police car lights flashing
Community

Neighbor kills 2 people and then himself in West Oak Lane: Police

The circumstances surrounding the shooting have not been released.

10 months ago

Donald Trump at a podium
Politics & Policy

Veteran news editor expects Trump ‘to go after the press in every conceivable way’

Former Washington Post executive editor Marty Baron says he thinks Trump is "salivating for the opportunity to prosecute and imprison journalists."

10 months ago

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