Martha Barnette is a longtime journalist and co-host of the popular radio show and podcast A Way with Words. She holds an undergraduate degree in English from Vassar College, did graduate work in classical languages at the University of Kentucky, and studied Spanish in Costa Rica. She’s the author of A Garden of Words, Ladyfingers & Nun’s Tummies: A Lighthearted Look at How Foods Got Their Names, Dog Days & Dandelions, and most recently Friends with Words: Adventures in Languageland. A Kentucky native, she now lives in San Diego, California.
Aug. 5, 2025
Martha Barnette - FRIENDS WITH WORDS
In this interview, I chat with Martha Barnette about Friends with Words , her interest in words and word origins, hosting A Way With Words, what a call-out show is and how it works, her favorite questions she is asked on her ...