Grant Barrett writes about the return of popular program to KPBS this weekend. “A Way with Words starts its new season this weekend with a brand-new one-hour show.
The program airs in San Diego on KPBS FM 89.5 Saturdays from noon to 1 p.m. and Sundays from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. You can find more stations and listen to podcasts here:
Since the show became independent in August, my co-host Martha Barnette and I have, with our producer Stefanie Levine, created a production company that has established a roadmap for new shows through the end of the 2007-08 season, fixed a five-year plan for more seasons and more shows, and given the program a highly visible first-generation web presence that will be our place to talk online with our fans.
During the transition period, we’ve kept 17 of 18 stations, all of our thousands of podcast listeners, and we’ve begun an email newsletter.
You can see the new web site and discussion forum here:
A Way with Words is a lively hour-long public radio show about the English language. Co-hosts Martha Barnette and Grant Barrett take calls from listeners about linguistic disputes, grammatical pet peeves, the origins of words and phrases, and curious regional expressions.