North Carolina has an extensive audio archive of local accents and dialects that contains thousands of recordings. Rhode Island, sadly, has nothing of the kind. So here's a sampling of accents from ...

There's no strict recipe for the Rhode Island accent: An old-timer from Charlestown won't necessarily sound the same as someone from Cumberland or Cranston. But there are certain ingredients that ...

PROVIDENCE — The Rhode Island Report has produced about 225 podcast episodes now, and by far the most popular has been “How to talk like a Rhode Islander.” So as we take a few weeks off this summer, ...

Are you proud of your Rhode Island accent? The Rhode Island Report podcast is looking for the state’s most distinct voices for next week’s podcast episode that comes out on Thursday morning. If you or ...

The countdown is on for the 2026 Winter Olympics in Italy. The torch relay is already underway and some of the top athletes are already making headlines. Protesters will have more State House access ...

Two decades-long Rhode Island closed cases were recently closed by the Attorney General Peter Neronha's Cold Case Unit, the office announced ...

Sian writes: My partner and I adopted two kittens named Feta and Cheddar. But since their foster parents were from North Providence, R.I., my partner says it’s supposed to be pronounced Chedd-ah — to ...