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A Way with Words is a lively radio program and podcast about language! Join us! Its mission is to change the way you think about language.
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A Way with Words is a fun and funny public radio program and podcast about language examined through history, culture, and family. The program is heard by broadcast and podcast across the United States and around the world by more than a half-million listeners each week. It's produced by Wayword, Inc., a nonprofit whose mission is to promote lifelong learning, better human communication, and the v

alue of a thing well-said or well-written. Call or write with your language questions at any time: (877) 929-9673 (toll-free in the US and Canada) or just email us: [email protected].

08/17/2025

"Well, aren't you a tall drink of water?"

"Yep, since hatchet was a hammer!"

The latest new episode: https://waywordradio.org/tall-drink-of-water/

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08/14/2025

Hi! Martha and Grant will speak at the KPBS San Diego Book Festival presented by the University of San Diego, Saturday, August 23, University of San Diego campus. Come join the Wayword word nerds and book nerds and RSVP at https://kpbs.org/sdbookfestival

08/05/2025

Martha lays out the story behind "lorem ipsum" and other fun word origins: https://www.writersdigest.com/7-fun-word-origins-every-writer-should-know

08/04/2025

The thousand-year-old love poem — "delight in you is breath together with life" — and more in the latest new episode. https://waywordradio.org/mox-nix/

07/20/2025

How do catchphrases become popular? https://waywordradio.org/catchphrases-and-how-they-spread/ And more in this new episode: https://waywordradio.org/imaginary-friends-episode-1661/

06/30/2025

One kind of visiting fireman paints the town red rather than douses it — that and more in our latest new episode. https://waywordradio.org/eat-my-hat/

06/16/2025

In mud eels are / In clay none are / In pine tar is / In oak none is. New episode is: https://waywordradio.org/straight-and-narrow/

06/02/2025

This one's for the pilkunviilaajat, the comma-polishers. The saltigrade tardigrades. The mothers, the madres, the mères. The other shoe has dropped: https://waywordradio.org/the-other-shoe/

05/29/2025

With forty-eleven social media outfits vying for your time and mental space, there's always home to come back to: we've relaunched the A Way with Words community forum. Come and get some sugar: https://waywordradio.org/community/

05/19/2025

Been out sworping lately? https://waywordradio.org/swarping-sworping/ Or run the sweeper (a.k.a. the vacuum)? https://waywordradio.org/sweeping-with-a-vacuum/ Well, a new episode has hove into view: https://waywordradio.org/bean-counting/

05/13/2025

Eh? What did they say? Let's find out — please help fund audio transcriptions for the entire "A Way with Words" episode back catalog! https://waywordradio.org/transcripts Thank you!

05/05/2025

Starting tomorrow, "A Way with Words" is on the air in Louisville, Kentucky! https://www.lpm.org/news/2025-05-05/new-programs-are-coming-to-wfpl-this-week Tuesday nights at 8 on 89.3 WFPL, Louisville Public Media.

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