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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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United States' players take photos during a visit at the Parc des Princes stadium a day before the Group F soccer match between United States and Chile at the Women's World Cup in Paris, Saturday, June 15, 2019. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
Sports

United States face Chile with chance to advance in World Cup

The United States gets back on the field at the Women's World Cup on Sunday, just as the uproar following its opening 13-0 win is quieting down.

6 years ago

Mike is the son of an American mom and an Italian dad and grew up in a little southern Italian town. He took a month of parental leave to take care of his newborn son Elliot in Brooklyn. (Dirk Anschütz)
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Home & Family
Kids

Census says more than 60% of US men are fathers

The data in the report come from 2014 when the bureau for the first time asked both men and women about their fertility histories.

6 years ago

Candi and Estela Reyes shared memories of their father during a 2012 StoryCorps interview in El Paso, Texas. (Anaid Reyes/StoryCorps)
NPR
Home & Family

‘He’s in our soul’: Sisters remember their dad’s legacy on Father’s Day

At StoryCorps, Estela and Candi Reyes recount how a simple act of devotion helped them say goodbye to their beloved father. "Papito era lo máximo," Estela said.

6 years ago

The pool at Samuel Recreation Center is set to open on Friday, June 21. (Sydney Schaefer/Billy Penn)
Outdoors
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

Philly’s public pools are back! Here’s the opening schedule for the first week

6 years ago

Yansen is a hip-hop dancer and actor in Bay Shore, N.Y. His siblings and his father, Hector, all worked in financial institutions. Yansen decided to go against the grain. Father and son both agree, though, that Yansen is pretty good at what he does. (Dirk Anschütz)
NPR
Home & Family

Tracing The Expanding Definition Of Fatherhood

After his son's birth, Dirk Anschütz photographed fathers and sons for six years. "There's a lot of change going on right now regarding what fatherhood means."

6 years ago

Jamal Walker and his daughter, Bella (Courtesy Rashena Carter)
Criminal Justice
Home & Family
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

Father’s Day bailout: 10 Philly dads get to spend the holiday with their kids

A criminal justice nonprofit put up thousands of dollars so fathers awaiting trial behind bars could spend the holiday with their families.

6 years ago

Trenton police officers patrol on foot on Walnut Street, where one person was killed and five injured in a mass shooting on May 28. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Criminal Justice
New Jersey
Policing

After three mass shootings in a year, Trenton searching for solutions to gun violence

The recent bloodshed, including five homicides in May, has only deepened the resignation some residents feel toward gun violence in their city.

6 years ago

(Billy Penn illustration)
Outdoors
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

10 places the #phillybear is probably hiding

A black bear has been traipsing around Philadelphia for at least a few days now. It’s been spotted in East Falls, Roxborough and Andorra.

6 years ago

Cardinal Daniel DiNardo of the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston, and president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), speaks during a news conference at the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), 2019 Spring meetings in Baltimore, Md.,Tuesday, Jun 11, 2019. (Jose Luis Magana/AP Photo)
National
Public Safety
Religion

U.S. Catholic Bishops approve measures to police themselves

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops voted to implement several measures following last year's sweeping Pa. grand jury report on clergy sex abuse.

6 years ago

Piping plover with chicks in Cape May, N.J. (Courtesy of Kevin Karlson)
Down the Shore
Environment
New Jersey
Outdoors

Sandy Hook cancels summer concert series after piping plover nest discovered

Federal officials say they've canceled an annual summer concert series at Sandy Hook after the discovering of a piping plover nest. 

6 years ago

Lew Klein, an early executive producer of the American Bandstand speaks about Dick Clark during an interview, Thursday, April 19, 2012, in Jenkintown, Pa.  Clark, who died Wednesday, hosted the wildly popular
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

Philly mourns the loss of broadcast pioneer Lew Klein, 91

The Temple college namesake spent a lifetime making waves in media.

6 years ago

Tyrone Webb stirs green paint in a small room in Suburban Station. He's painting as part of the Same Day Work program. (Michael Bryant/Philadelphia Inquirer)
Homelessness
Income Inequality
Philadelphia
Broke in Philly

Philly launched a program to put homeless people to work. Here’s what happened.

The Same Day Work program — developed by Mural Arts with the Scattergood Foundation and MHP, and funded by private philanthropy — is eight weeks into a two-year pilot.

6 years ago

In this file photo, environmental groups campaign to convince legislators to ban fracking and not to accept wastewater from fracking operations in New Jersey. (Phil Gregory/WHYY)
Energy
Environment
New Jersey

Environmentalists call for full fracking ban in the Delaware River watershed

A coalition of environmental groups is calling on the multistate agency that oversees the Delaware River watershed to ban fracking and related activities.

6 years ago

Raye Jones Avery of the Christina Cultural Arts Center addressed the audience, flanked by, (from left), attorney Kyle Evans Gay, community organizer Dubard McGriff and doctoral candidate Cimone Philpotts. (Cris Barrish/WHYY)
Delaware

WHYY forum on leadership draws diverse voices in Wilmington

Delaware labor secretary Cerron Cade kicked off a two-hour WHYY civic engagement event Wednesday night at the Delaware History Museum in Wilmington.

6 years ago

The 10th Annual Juneteenth Festival. (Courtesy Tieshka Smith for the Johnson House Historic Site)
Things To Do
Community Events
June 13 - 19, 2019

Juneteenth, Caribbean culture and Father’s Day

This week, our picks to celebrate Father's Day and more.

6 years ago

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