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Sound of a Kiss - 17 March 2014
53 mins; March 17, 2014
Blow a Gasket - 10 March 2014
52 mins; March 09, 2014
Feeling Gruntled - 17 February 2014
53 mins; February 16, 2014
The Big Cheese - 10 February 2014
53 mins; February 09, 2014
By the Seat of Your Pants - 3 February 2014
53 mins; February 02, 2014
How America Talks - 27 January 2014
53 mins; January 26, 2014
Polyglot Problems (Rebroadcast) - 20 January 2014
53 mins; January 19, 2014
Ride the Merry-Go-Round (Rebroadcast) - 13 January 2014
53 mins; January 12, 2014
Bouncy House of Language (Rebroadcast) - 6 January 2014
53 mins; January 05, 2014
On the Shoe Phone (Rebroadcast) - 30 December 2013
53 mins; December 29, 2013
Thrown for a Loop - 23 December 2013
53 mins; December 22, 2013
Sexy Prunes - 16 December 2013
53 mins; December 15, 2013
Not Quite a Boyfriend - 9 December 2013
53 mins; December 08, 2013
Got Your Six (Rebroadcast) - 2 December 2013
53 mins; December 01, 2013
Wet Brick - 25 November 2013
53 mins; November 24, 2013
Catbird Seat - 18 November 2013
53 mins; November 17, 2013
Jumped Up Bald-Headed - 11 November 2013
53 mins; November 10, 2013
I'll Be Your Boo - 4 November 2013
53 mins; November 03, 2013
Monkey's Wedding - 28 October 2013
53 mins; October 27, 2013
Writerly Insults - 21 October 2013
53 mins; October 20, 2013
Mr. Can't Died - 14 October 2013
53 mins; October 13, 2013
Drop a Dime - 7 October 2013
53 mins; October 06, 2013
That Old-Book Smell - 30 September 2013
53 mins; September 29, 2013
A Hole to China (Rebroadcast) - 23 September 2013
53 mins; September 22, 2013
Whistling Dixie (Rebroadcast) - 16 September 2013
53 mins; September 15, 2013
Gnarly Foot (Rebroadcast) - 9 September 2013
53 mins; September 08, 2013
Bump and Grind (Rebroadcast) - 2 September 2013
53 mins; August 31, 2013
Gracious Plenty (Rebroadcast) - 26 August 2013
53 mins; August 25, 2013
Pie in the Sky (Rebroadcast) August 3, 2013
52 mins; August 05, 2013
Polyglot Problems - 1 July 2013
53 mins; June 24, 2013
Ride the Merry-Go-Round - 24 June 2013
53 mins; June 23, 2013
Bouncy House of Language - 17 June 2013
53 mins; June 16, 2013
On the Shoe Phone - 3 June 2013
53 mins; June 02, 2013
Got Your Six - 13 May 2013
53 mins; May 12, 2013
A Hole to China - 1 April 2013
53 mins; March 31, 2013
Crazy Crossword Clues (Rebroadcast) - 25 March 2013
52 mins; March 24, 2013
Whistling Dixie - 18 March 2013
53 mins; March 17, 2013
Gnarly Foot - 11 March 2013
53 mins; March 10, 2013
Bump and Grind - 4 March 2013
53 mins; March 03, 2013
Gracious Plenty - 11 February 2013
53 mins; February 10, 2013
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1 min; December 21, 2012
A Murmuration of Starlings (Rebroadcast) - 30 July 2012
52 mins; July 29, 2012
What's a Hipster?
52 mins; June 24, 2012
Crazy Crossword Clues - 18 June 2012
52 mins; June 17, 2012
Lousy with Diamonds - 11 June 2012
52 mins; June 11, 2012
Special Request! -- Help Support A Way with Words
2 mins; December 14, 2011
A Murmuration of Starlings - 12 December 2011
52 mins; December 12, 2011
You Sound Old - 31 October 2011
52 mins; October 31, 2011
One Space or Two (rebroadcast) - 5 September 2011
52 mins; September 05, 2011
Seeing The Elephant (rebroadcast) - 29 August 2011
52 mins; August 29, 2011
Eastern Seaboard West Coast (rebroadcast) - 22 August 2011
52 mins; August 22, 2011
Red Light, Green Light (minicast) - 17 Aug. 2011
11 mins; August 17, 2011
Nerd vs Geek (rebroadcast) - 15 August 2011
52 mins; August 15, 2011
Of Pupae and Pupils (minicast) - 10 Aug. 2011
4 mins; August 10, 2011
Infix is Just Another Word for Fanfreakintastic (minicast) - 3 Aug. 2011
8 mins; August 03, 2011
Cannibal Sandwich Anyone (rebroadcast) - 1 August 2011
52 mins; August 01, 2011
Guess What (rebroadcast) - 25 July 2011
52 mins; July 25, 2011
Beanplating the Lunatic Fringe (rebroadcast) - 18 July 2011
52 mins; July 18, 2011
Who is Chester Drawers - 11 July 2011
52 mins; July 08, 2011
A Yankee Dime - 4 July 2011
52 mins; July 01, 2011
Tweet Nothings - 13 June 2011
52 mins; June 13, 2011
Tend to the Rat-Killin' - 6 June 2011
52 mins; June 06, 2011
Everything is Tickety-Boo - 9 May 2011
52 mins; May 09, 2011
Like Death Eating a Cracker (rebroadcast) - 25 Apr. 2011
52 mins; April 25, 2011
A Pickle Short of a Jar (rebroadcast) - 20 Apr. 2011
52 mins; April 20, 2011
Sailor's Delight (rebroadcast) - 21 March 2011
52 mins; March 21, 2011
Sufficiently Suffonsified (rebroadcast) - 31 Jan. 2011
52 mins; January 31, 2011
Word Up! - 17 Jan. 2011
52 mins; January 17, 2011
The Thought Plickens (rebroadcast) - 3 Jan. 2010
52 mins; January 03, 2011
Too Much Sugar for a Dime - 20 Dec. 2010
52 mins; December 20, 2010
Anaheim, Asuza, and Cuck-a-monga (Rebroadcast) - 6 Dec. 2010
52 mins; December 06, 2010
Zig-Zag and Shilly-Shally (Rebroadcast) - 29 Nov. 2010
52 mins; November 29, 2010
A Roberta of Flax - 22 Nov. 2010
52 mins; November 22, 2010
NPR Puzzlemaster Will Shortz - 16 Nov. 2010
9 mins; November 16, 2010
Words of the Year - 15 Nov. 2010
52 mins; November 15, 2010
Lunatic Fringe - 25 Oct. 2010
52 mins; October 24, 2010
Drinking Terms (minicast) - 6 Oct. 2010
15 mins; October 06, 2010
A Louse in a Wrestling Jacket - 4 Oct. 2010
52 mins; October 03, 2010
A Gazelle on the Lawn (rebroadcast) - 13 Sept. 2010
51 mins; September 14, 2010
Spendthrift Snollygosters (rebroadcast) - 16 Aug. 2010
51 mins; August 15, 2010
The Language of Less Than Three (rebroadcast) - 9 Aug. 2010
51 mins; August 08, 2010
Cellar Door (minicast) - 19 July 2010
8 mins; July 19, 2010
What's the Possessive of Y'all? (minicast) - 8 July 2010
6 mins; July 08, 2010
Not to Be Confused with Hieronymus (minicast) - 30 June 2010
6 mins; June 29, 2010
The Fighting Kewpies, Un-hunh! (rebroadcast) - 28 June 2010
51 mins; June 28, 2010
Forte or For-tay: Is Pronunciation Your Strong Suit? (minicast) - 24 June 2010
7 mins; June 23, 2010
Are You Annoyed by Embololalia? (minicast) - 18 June 2010
7 mins; June 17, 2010
Season and Sea Change (minicast) - 18 June 2010
5 mins; June 17, 2010
Get Your Nickels Together for a Jitney Supper - 7 June 2010
52 mins; June 06, 2010
Bless Your Heart - 31 May 2010
51 mins; May 30, 2010
Hit the Pickle Button - 10 May 2010
51 mins; May 09, 2010
X, Y, and Zed (Rebroadcast) - 26 April 2010
51 mins; April 26, 2010
Pardon Our French - 19 April 2010
51 mins; April 19, 2010
Awkward Turtle - 5 April 2010
51 mins; April 05, 2010
Gyros and Sheath Cakes (Rebroadcast) - 29 March 2010
53 mins; March 29, 2010
Jan Freeman, Write it Right - 4 March 2010
12 mins; March 04, 2010
Jack Lynch, Author of The Lexicographer's Dilemma - 22 Jan. 2010
16 mins; January 22, 2010
Ken Jennings: Not-So-Trivial Pursuits (minicast) - Jan. 12, 2010
8 mins; January 11, 2010
Squeejawed Red-heads and Grockles (Rebroadcast) - 4 January 2010
51 mins; January 03, 2010
See A Man About A Horse (Rebroadcast) - 28 Dec. 2009
51 mins; December 27, 2009
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