Today's Interview: NPR's "A Way With Words" Co-Host Martha Barnette

WEKU | By Tom Martin

Published October 28, 2025 at 6:30 AM EDT

NPR's "A Way With Words" co-host Martha Barnette

The hosts of NPR's "A Way With Words" will be in Lexington on Thursday for Kentucky Humanities' annual Kentucky Book Festival. Eastern Standard's Tom Martin spoke with co-host Martha Barnette, and a portion of their conversation is Today's Interview.

You can meet "Way With Words" co-hosts Martha Barnette and Grant Barrett, 7 pm Thursday at Joseph Beth Booksellers in Lexington Green.

Tickets are required with online registration and book pre-order of Friends with Words. Go to kybookfestival.org and click on "events."

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Tom Martin hosts Eastern Standard, a weekly radio magazine of interviews and stories about interesting people, places, and things happening in the Commonwealth.

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