Remembering Harry Belafonte; Why 'uhs' and 'likes' belong in our language
Publisher |
NPR
WBUR
Media Type |
audio
Podknife tags |
News & Politics
On The Radio
Categories Via RSS |
News
Publication Date |
Apr 25, 2023
Episode Duration |
00:23:41
Harry Belafonte, the musician, actor, and civil rights activist, died Tuesday morning at the age of 96. NPR's Elizabeth Blair looks back on Belafonte's impact on music, culture and equality. And, Bed, Bath & Beyond plans to wind down operations at 360 stores and 120 BuyBuy Baby stores with closing sales beginning Wednesday. But the big box retailer wasn't always circling the drain. Bloomberg Opinion retail columnist Leticia Miranda tells us more. Then, linguist Valerie Fridland talks about her new book "Like, Literally, Dude: Arguing for the Good in Bad Language," which dives into the history of abused speech mannerisms like "ums" and discovers that they have much more value than we think.

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