A Way with Words
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 Chaneski. The program is distributed mainly for weekend airing across member stations of NPR, utilizing the Public Radio Exchange for program distribution. That week's program is then distributed weekly as a podcast on Mondays.
| Genre | Call-in talk radio about language arts topics |
|---|---|
| Running time | 55 min. |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Language(s) | English |
| Syndicates | Public Radio Exchange, Public Radio Satellite System, web |
| Hosted by | Martha Barnette and Grant Barrett |
| Created by | Wayword, Inc. |
| Executive producer(s) | Stefanie Levine |
| Recording studio | San Diego |
| Original release | 1998 – present |
| No. of episodes | 1,621 |
| Audio format | Stereophonic |
| Website | waywordradio.org |
| Podcast | A Way with Words podcast |
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