Hey there, and welcome to our latest newsletter. Latest Broadcast Did you catch our examination of the phrase like a boss? It comes from hip-hop but was popularized by a parody. In the same episode, we took a look at infra dig and explored old...
Hey, friends! This past weekend, we re-aired an episode you may have missed. Among other things, we talked anatomical eponyms in medicine, such as Achilles heel and fallopian tubes, which are being phased out; litotes, which use negatives to say...
Hey, will you look at that! It’s the new A Way with Words website! We’ve made it easier to search, switched to a new way of playing shows in the browser, updated it to look much better on smartphones and tablets, overhauled the episode...
We need your contribution today. A Way with Words costs money to make. And it receives no money from National Public Radio or radio stations. In fact, the biggest part of the show’s budget is covered by listeners just like you. More than a...
Hi-ho, neighbors! Did you catch last week’s brand-new episode? Listen to “Lousy with Diamonds,” see its show notes, or download the MP3. Among many other things, we talked about money cat. It’s what a Mainer might call a...
A Way with Words is celebrating its fifth anniversary as an independent program! Thanks to your donations, the show is now heard across North America and around the world by more than a quarter-million listeners each week. When we took over the show...