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A Way with Words is an American weekly public radio program discussing the use of language (mainly American and Canadian English, with other languages earning more occasional mention) in everyday life, along with linguistics, lexicology and folk etymology from a pool of listener questions from weekly callers into the program, along with a weekly word game with quiz expert and comedian John ...
Martha Barnette (born November 18, 1957) is an American writer, radio host, and public speaker. She is the co-host and co-producer of A Way with Words, a weekly, hour-long show about language broadcast nationally in the United States, and is the author of four books, three of them about etymology.
In 2007, following the retirement of Richard Lederer from the radio show A Way with Words, Barrett became a co-host and eventually a co-producer of the public radio show, which is broadcast nationally in the United States. [6] [7] [8] He co-hosts the show with writer/public speaker Martha Barnette. The caller-based radio show takes a ...
Renée Montagne – Special Correspondent/ former Host, Morning Edition; Peter O'Dowd – Guest Host, Here and Now; Ayesha Rascoe – Host, Weekend Edition Sunday, Co-Host NPR Sunday Puzzle; Ari Shapiro – Co-Host, All Things Considered; Robert Siegel – Former Host, All Things Considered; retired January 2018; Scott Simon – Host, Weekend ...
Jul. 7—Participating in poetry slams as a teen led to a literary career filled with accolades for Damien Flores. He has now achieved the highest recognition for a poet and has been selected as ...
Ari Shapiro, co-host of National Public Radio’s “All Things Considered,” will talk about his new book June 13 at the Kansas City Central Library.
Ira Glass, host of This American Life, earned $170,605 in 2008, according to Chicago Public Radio. Meanwhile, the hosts of Morning Edition , Renee Montagne and Steve Inskeep, received compensation ...
Charles Harrington Elster (July 14, 1957 – March 1, 2023) [1] was an American writer, broadcaster, and logophile.In 1998, he was one of two original co-hosts of the national weekly public radio show A Way with Words, which he resigned from in 2004 after a dispute with management.