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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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The Camden County-based Unity Choir has become a way to defy what many feel is mounting hatred towards the Black and Jewish communities. (Ximena Conde/WHYY)
Music
New Jersey
Race & Ethnicity

Interfaith choir keeps MLK’s voice alive as bias incidents rise in N.J.

The Camden County-based Unity Choir has become a way to defy what many feel is mounting hatred towards the Black and Jewish communities.

7 years ago

Children play in the snow Saturday, Jan. 18, 2020, in Toksook Bay, Alaska. The first Americans to be counted in the 2020 Census starting Tuesday, Jan. 21, live in this Bering Sea coastal village. (Gregory Bull/AP Photo)
National
Policing

On the edge of America, census begins in a tiny Alaska town

There are no restaurants in Toksook Bay, Alaska. No motels or movie theater, either. There also aren't any factories. Or roads.

7 years ago

Saxophonist, composer and arranger Jimmy Heath.  (Lonnie Timmons III/Getty Images)
NPR
Music
Philadelphia

Jazz saxophone legend Jimmy Heath has died

Jimmy Heath, a prolific saxophonist, composer and bandleader who played alongside some of the biggest names of jazz, including Miles Davis and John Coltrane, has died.

7 years ago

Steve Gruzlovic (center) of the Statewide Independent Living Council testified Thursday. (NJTV News)
New Jersey
Transportation
NJ Spotlight

Sweeney’s N.J. Transit Panel Fields Complaints from Riders with Disabilities

Witnesses share stories about how NJ Transit services for people with physical and developmental challenges are reliably unreliable

7 years ago

Female regent honeyeater in Capertee National Park, New South Wales, Australia. There are only 300 to 400 of the birds left in the wild, says Ross Crates, an ecologist at Australia National Universit. (David Stowe/via AP Photo)
Biology
Environment
International

Scientists seek rare species survivors amid Australia flames

Australia’s unprecedented wildfires season has so far charred 40,000 square miles (104,000 square kilometers) of brushland, rainforests, and national parks.

7 years ago

Downingtown East High School students Chloe Baumann, Hope Hessler, Megan Beale, and Gabbi Chacko traveled to Philadelphia to attend the Women's March. (Becca Haydu for WHYY)
Gender
Philadelphia
Social Justice

‘We cannot wait:’ Philly area youth tackle gun violence, climate change at this year’s Women’s March

For many young people at the march, it was about showing the lawmakers and other people in power that they’re galvanized and ready for change.

7 years ago

Jeannine A. Cook is the owner of Harriet's Bookshop in Fishtown. (Michaela Winberg/Billy Penn)
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

She was told not to open a Black-owned bookstore in Fishtown. She’s doing it anyway.

Harriet’s Bookshop is now welcoming customers to browse its woman-centric shelves.

7 years ago

In this image made from video taken on Dec. 22, 2019, and provided by Oakbank Balhannah CFS, a koala drinks water from a bottle given by a firefighter in Cudlee Creek, South Australia. (Oakbank Balhannah CFS via AP)
Community Events
Environment

Philly expat hosting benefit for Australia bushfire recovery at Khyber Pass Pub

Kylie Flett, a food and drink publicist, is organizing an Aussie-themed Bushfire Benefit on Jan. 25 at Old City’s Khyber Pass Pub for the country’s most at-risk creatures and

7 years ago

Julie Coker (photo provided)
Economic Development
Philadelphia
The Philadelphia Tribune

Julie Coker to leave Philadelphia Convention and Visitors Bureau

Julie Coker is moving on after four years of leading the Philadelphia Convention and Visitors Bureau.

7 years ago

Oat Foundry's modern split-flap board COURTESY OAT FOUNDRY
Billy Penn

RIP Amtrak flippy board: Commemorate the anniversary of 30th Street’s loss with a modern solution

Thanks to Oat Foundry, you can get up close and personal with a split-flap display in Old City.

7 years ago

Indego's electric bike (Indego)
PlanPhilly
Philadelphia
Policing
Transportation

City pulls Indego e-bikes from streets while police search for stolen electronic bicycles

Philadelphia police are hunting e-bikes as Indego works to make it harder to steal electric bikes from the city’s bike share system.

7 years ago

Philadelphia Energy Solutions refinery on August 8, 2019. (Bastiaan Slabbers for WHYY)
Business
Energy
Environment

Future of PES refinery could be decided Friday behind closed doors

A New York law office will host the bankruptcy sale of the Philadelphia Energy Solutions complex, closed since June’s explosion and fire.

7 years ago

A large flare burns off fuel at Philadelphia Energy Solutions refinery while firefighters battle a fire there. The wind carried the black smoke toward residential areas of South Philadelphia. (Emma lee/WHYY)
Energy
Environment
Public Safety

High levels of cancer-causing chemical recorded at PES refinery in May, report reveals

The city knew about the high levels of benzene at the refinery, but decided not to inform the public.

7 years ago

Several rowhouses were destroyed by an explosion and fire that killed two people on the 1400 block of S. 8th Street. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Neighborhoods
Public Safety

‘We’re scared,’ South Philly residents say after city officials reveal explosion cause

Philadelphia residents want to know if they are safe after learning that a cracked gas main caused the explosion that killed two of their neighbors.

7 years ago

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Seals resting off Sandy Hook. (Robert Siliato Photography)
Down the Shore
Environment
New Jersey

Seals return to island off the Jersey Shore

Seals have returned to an island off the northern New Jersey coast. Harbor, grey, and harp seals are typical winter visitors at the Jersey Shore.

7 years ago

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