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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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Image: NASA, ESA, and D. Coe, J. Anderson, and R. van der Marel (STScI)
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Imaging The Unimaginable

The Event Horizon Telescope team may reveal an image of a black hole event horizon on Wednesday. An array of eight radio telescopes aroun ...

Air Date: April 6, 2019

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Catherine McCabe says she looks forward to helping Murphy deal with the state’s environmental issues. (Phil Murphy/WHYY)
Health
NJ Spotlight

N.J. DEP: Getting lead out of water pipes could cost $2.3 billion

Some 350,000 supply lines bringing drinking water to New Jersey residents are thought to have lead components.

7 years ago

Stephanie Lee remembers the period after her son Santeno, 2, was born. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
The Pulse
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Moms have trouble finding help for postpartum depression, so it’s finding them

Money, transportation and stigma make getting treatment hard — but what if help came to women who need it?

7 years ago

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Jabina Coleman (right) introduces herself to Pamela Newman and  3-month-old James at the Lucien E. Blackwell library. Coleman leads a breastfeeding class and co-runs the Prenatal Mental Health Alliance for Women of Color. In  February, some mothers described experiencing postpartum depression. (Rachel Wisniewski/ For the Philadelphia Inquirer)
The Pulse
Health

Silenced by fear: New moms worry postpartum depression could mean losing their children

Women of color are less likely to get treatment for postpartum depression because they fear they'll be judged too quickly or harshly by child-welfare services.

7 years ago

Listen 7:49
The Pulse
Health

Becoming a Mother

“Motherhood will change your life.” It may sound like a greeting card sentiment — but it’s also a statement of fact. Pregnancy ch ...

Air Date: April 5, 2019

Listen 48:28
In this March 7, 2017, file photo, the CEO of a methadone clinic holds a 35 mg liquid dose of methadone. (Kevin D. Liles/AP Photo, File)
Health

Pew recommends Delaware increase access to opioid treatment

Pew Charitable Trusts offers suggestions for expanding medication-assisted treatment in Delaware, as well as making sure inmates have access to the addiction treatment.

7 years ago

Governor Tom Wolf (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Health

Gov. Wolf touts success of opioid info sharing system after first year

Pennsylvania officials say a system that tracks overdoses and information about drug investigations has been widely adopted during its first year of use.

7 years ago

Cooling towers at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant in Middletown (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Science
StateImpact Pennsylvania

State Senate introduces a nuclear bailout bill, similar to $500 million proposal from House last month

Pennsylvania state Sen. Ryan Aument (R-Lancaster) on Wednesday introduced a long-awaited bill aimed at preventing two of the state’s five nuclear plants from retiring early.

7 years ago

Poor diet is the leading risk factor for deaths from lifestyle-related diseases in the majority of the world, according to new research.
(John D. Buffington/Getty Images)
NPR
Health

Bad diets are responsible for more deaths than smoking, global study finds

Some 11 million deaths annually are linked to diet-related diseases like diabetes and heart disease. Researchers say that makes diet the leading risk for deaths globally.

7 years ago

New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy. (Julio Cortez/AP Photo)
Radio Times
Health

“Aid in dying” in New Jersey

NJ Governor Phil Murphy is expected to sign into law legislation that allows terminally-ill patients the option to end their own lives.

Air Date: April 3, 2019 10:00 am

Listen 49:30
Cattle eating a mixture of antibiotic-free corn and hay at Corrin Farms, near Neola, Iowa. Their meat is sold by Niman Ranch. (Dan Charles/NPR)
NPR
Health

Some in the beef industry are bucking the widespread use of antibiotics. Here’s how

Farmers can no longer use antibiotics to make cattle grow faster. Overall, their use of these drugs is down. But farmers can give antibiotics to treat or prevent disease.

7 years ago

In this Wednesday, May 20, 2015, photo, oil containing CBD from agricultural hemp is displayed at the Marijuana Business Conference & Expo in Chicago. (Carla K. Johnson/AP Photo)
Health

CBD is getting buzz, but does it work? And is it legal?

U.S. regulators announced Tuesday they are exploring ways the marijuana extract could be used legally in foods, dietary supplements and cosmetics.

7 years ago

Raul Leandro was born at his grandmother’s house shortly after Hurricane Maria struck in September 2017. His parents, Raúl Malavé Cotto and Yahaira Molina Perez, planned to give birth at a hospital in San Juan, but when they showed up in early labor, they found the facility full of sand, without power, and attending only to emergencies.  (Irina Zhorov/For WHYY)
The Pulse
Health

Pregnant during a storm? Be ready, one Puerto Rico doc says

After an OB-GYN heard of unexpected home births post-Hurricane Maria, she is teaching her patients calm and self-reliance, just in case.

7 years ago

Listen 9:16
Huntley & Huntley Energy Exploration's Midas Well pad, the first Marcellus shale gas well in the Pittsburgh suburb of Plum. (Reid R. Frazier/StateImpact Pennsylvania)
Health
StateImpact Pennsylvania

DEP investigating gas well for water supply complaint in Pittsburgh suburb

It would be the first water supply impacted by drilling in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.

7 years ago

Suboxone, an oral film prescribed for the medication-assisted treatment of opioid addiction and dependency, is pictured in this Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2017 photo. (Charles Krupa/AP Photo)
Health
NJ Spotlight

Access to treatment for opioid addiction eased for those on Medicaid in N.J.

New Jersey is removing a barrier to medication-assisted treatment that should give Medicaid patients greater access.

7 years ago

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