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Have you ever wondered about that weird expression that grandma used to say? Martha Barnette, co-host of the radio show and podcast A Way with Words, likely knows the history of that expression. Barnette has spent her life being a word detective, and in her new book, "Friends with Words: Adventures in Languageland," she shares that story. During her two decades on the show, Martha has seen that people of all stripes are curious about etymology, they revel in slang, are surprised by regional vocabulary, delighted by idioms, and eager to share that weird phrase Grandma always used to say.

The House and Senate have approved a $9 billion rescission package that directly affects local public media stations.

Services will be held Saturday, March 22, at 11 a.m. at Oak Meadow Methodist Church on the city's North Side.

He arrived in the Alamo City in 1988 and became general manager of classical KPAC-FM, and he worked with NPR to create KSTX-FM. He also guided a restructuring of the parent organizations licensed to operate KPAC and KSTX that resulted in the creation of a new nonprofit corporation which he named Texas Public Radio. Services will be held Saturday, March 22, at 11 a.m. at Oak Meadow Methodist Church on San Antonio's North Side.

Ashley Alvarado formerly served as the Vice President of Community Engagement and Strategic Initiatives at LAist. She will lead TPR's day to day operations and programming across platforms.

Svara-Svapna is an interactive art installation soon to be on display and accessible at Texas Public Radio that transforms the gallery into a vibrant playground of music and visuals.

Texas Public Radio (TPR), the San Antonio-based NPR station, has been recognized by the LA Press Club with its Diversity in the Entertainment Industry radio/podcast award for Nathan Cone's piece How Duke Ellington stretched the boundaries of jazz and classical.

Comedians Vanessa Gonzalez, Raul Sanchez, and Tori Pool took center stage June 6 in celebration of Latino comedy as part of TPR's Creekside Sessions series. They participated in an hour-long set before sitting down for a conversation moderated by Fronteras producer, Marian Navarro.

The music group played at Texas Public Radio's Malú & Carlos Alvarez Theater.

On this year-in-review episode, David Martin Davies talks with Texas Public Radio reporters about the top stories they covered in 2019.1. Cellist Yo-Yo Ma…