The Joy of Dictionaries

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Prof. Emeritus Marshall Cook and UW Odyssey Project graduate Derrick Allen

Who decides which words make it into dictionaries and how to define them in non-biased ways? Professor Emeritus Marshall Cook looks behind the scenes at lexicographers such as Kory Stamper (author of Word by Word), and Derrick Allen (graduate of the UW Odyssey Project www.odyssey.wisc.edu) adds readings of “I Love Webster’s” by Tosumba Welch and Malcolm X’s “A Homemade Education” on the life-changing power of dictionaries.

Episode Credits

  • Emily Auerbach Host
  • Marshall Cook Guest

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