On The Media's look at dictionaries

I'm way behind on podcast listening and just recently got to the NPR show On The Media's broadcast from September 18, 2009. Here's the blurb from the story I'm recommending:

September 18th is the tercentenary of Samuel Johnson, whose Dictionary of the English Language was one of the first and most influential. His format – with head words, etymologies and sample sentences – remains unchallenged. But his standard – what dictionaries stand for – has been undergoing a slow but inexorable evolution, as OTM's Mike Vuolo reports.

I found this to be an entertaining and informative expansion to things Grant and Martha have been telling us about for a long time, and I think anyone who likes AWWW will enjoy this very much.