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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: April 18, 2025 12:00 pm

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Air Date: April 11, 2025 12:00 pm

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Air Date: April 4, 2025 12:00 pm

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Air Date: March 21, 2025 12:00 pm

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Science

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Air Date: March 14, 2025 12:00 pm

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‘Last Seen’: searching for lost family after slavery

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Air Date: March 7, 2025 12:00 pm

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Air Date: February 28, 2025 12:00 pm

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Air Date: February 21, 2025 12:00 pm

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Jennifer Finney Boylan on her memoir ‘Cleavage’

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Air Date: February 14, 2025 12:00 pm

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Air Date: February 7, 2025 12:00 pm

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Air Date: January 31, 2025 12:00 pm

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‘The power of no in a world that demands yes’

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Air Date: January 24, 2025 12:00 pm

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Air Date: January 17, 2025 12:00 pm

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