1. The quick brown fox

    Novelist Nicholas Delbanco examines our changing language, letter by letter.

  2. To be, or not to be

    Nicholas Delbanco explores the literary and linguistic through line connecting everything from Elizabethan sonnets to modern street slang.

  3. Episode 5: Totally up for debate, featuring Aaron Kall

    A rambunctious war of words is raging on the political front line while the University of Michigan’s No. 1 debate team reaps the spoils here at home. Listen in, as debate expert extraordinaire Aaron Kall reviews the debate performance of several U.S. presidential hopefuls and gives an update on the U-M team’s upward trajectory.

  4. Who said that?

    Talk about irony: You coin a popular catchphrase and yet few know or care who wrote the words.

  5. "A" vs. "an"

    Anne Curzan sounds off on the battle between these indefinite articles.

  6. Eggcorns

    Are you trying to pass mustard for all intensive purposes in a doggy dog world?

  7. "A Table Alphabeticall"

    Anne Curzan flips through the first English dictionary, published in London in 1604.

  8. Yup, uh huh, yes

    When it comes to expressing agreement, we can choose from an extensive range of options.

  9. Argh! Ugh! Oof!

    How and when should we use these interjections? Anne Curzan explains.