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Word For Word with Sophia Smith Galer

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  • Trailer: Word For Word with Sophia Smith Galer

    February 20, 2026 · 1 min

    Word For Word is a podcast about storytellers and the languages that made them. There'll be new interviews every week, hosted by award-winning journalist, author and content creator, Sophia Smith Galer. Season 1 starts very…

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About the show

Word For Word is a podcast about storytellers and the languages that made them. Each episode, award-winning journalist and author Sophia Smith Galer sits down with writers, artists and creators to explore the words behind their work: the languages they grew up with, learned, lost and gained that formed their imagination and creative practice. New episodes weekly.