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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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Bunker Hill: A City, A Siege, A Revolution

GUEST: NATHANIEL PHILBRICK Was the order, “Don’t fire ‘till you see the whites of their eyes” really shou ...

Air Date: May 13, 2013

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Hunger strike at Guantanamo Bay — ethics and the law

Hour 1 Guests:  Carol Rosenberg, Jonathan Marks and Scott Allen Over 100 inmates at the ...

Air Date: May 8, 2013

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‘Embers of War’: Historian Fredrik Logevall traces long roots of Vietnam War

GUEST: FREDRIK LOGEVALL [REBROADCAST] Why did Vietnam became the setting for one of the longest ...

Air Date: May 2, 2013

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Syria: crossing the red line and U.S. action forward

Guests:  Brian Katulis and Michael Noonan Back in August 2012, President Obama warned Syrian President Bas ...

Air Date: May 1, 2013

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Air Date: April 25, 2013

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What drives radicalization; then media coverage of the Boston bombings

Guests: John Horgan and Rem Rieder What does it take for a young man to go from being what friends said was a ...

Air Date: April 22, 2013

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“Fire and Forget” and the value of war stories

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Air Date: April 18, 2013

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Continuing coverage of the bombings in Boston

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Air Date: April 17, 2013

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What’s behind North Korea’s latest threats?

Guests: Joel Wit and Marcus Noland North Korea’s relatively young and untested leader Kim Jong-un  has bee ...

Air Date: April 3, 2013

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An update on the U.S. Guantanamo Bay detention facility

CAROL ROSENBERG, BENJAMIN WITTES & DAVID FRAKT At least 31 prisoners at the ...

Air Date: April 1, 2013

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Assessing the media coverage of the war in Iraq

Guests:  JONATHAN LANDAY, MARK THOMPSON In 2004, the New York Times ran an ...

Air Date: March 20, 2013

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The legacy of the war in Iraq

Guests:  CELESTE ZAPPALA, LAURA JACOBY, PAUL RIECKHOFF Ten years ago today, the U.S. launched its invasion of Ir ...

Air Date: March 19, 2013

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Air Date: March 18, 2013

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Lincoln’s code: the fundamentals of international war time conduct

[REBROADCAST] 1863 was a very bloody year as thousands of Americans were killed in many Civil War battles, despite the h ...

Air Date: March 15, 2013

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The debate over the use of unmanned drones over U.S. skies

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Air Date: March 12, 2013

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