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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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Air Date: July 6, 2016

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Air Date: June 27, 2016

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Half the money and none of the respect, a first-year resident says no wonder new doctors aren’t choosing to be generalists. ...

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Watching TV you hate, then comedian Doug Stanhope

Guests: Erik Adams, Megan McLachlan, Doug Stanhope You hate a show and you watch every week.  This is the phenom ...

Air Date: June 15, 2016

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Author Mary Roach on the science behind warfare

Guest: Mary Roach Thousands of books have been written about war — the battles, the weapons, the strategy, and the heroes, b ...

Air Date: June 7, 2016

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Air Date: May 27, 2016

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Air Date: May 25, 2016

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Guests: Jason Cooper, Dan Feeney, Denise Donald, Malachy McHugh Most of us played sports when we were kids, but w ...

Air Date: May 16, 2016

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