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The old saying "necessity is the mother of invention" may be true, but it leaves out an important component -- the real "mothers" and "aunts" and "...
- Added: Mar 12, 2024
- Length: 03:00
August is the month when we mark Women's Equality Day, when the 19th Amendment giving women the right to vote passed in 1920. But we're still behi...
- Added: Aug 23, 2023
- Length: 02:30
XPRESSIONS is a series of short, light-hearted features about the origin of popular phrases & sayings of every sort.
Bought by Key Radio KEYK 89.3 FM
- Added: Mar 15, 2015
- Length: 01:44
- Purchases: 1
XPRESSIONS is a series of short, light-hearted features about the origin of popular phrases & sayings of every sort
- Added: Aug 11, 2014
- Length: 01:34
XPRESSIONS is a series of short, light-hearted features about the origin of popular phrases & sayings of every sort.
- Added: Jul 28, 2014
- Length: 01:45
XPRESSIONS is a series of short, light-hearted features about the origin of popular phrases & sayings of every sort
- Added: Jul 13, 2014
- Length: 01:41
XPRESSIONS is a series of short, light-hearted features about the origin of popular phrases & sayings of every sort
- Added: Jul 06, 2014
- Length: 01:25
XPRESSIONS is a series of short, light-hearted features about the origin of popular phrases & sayings of every sort.
- Added: Jun 30, 2014
- Length: 01:41
XPRESSIONS is a series of short, light-hearted features about the origin of popular phrases & sayings of every sort.
- Added: Jun 23, 2014
- Length: 01:27
A mysterious sound sends us on a snipe hunt in Yellowstone National Park.
- Added: May 19, 2014
- Length: 02:41
- Purchases: 3
- Added: May 02, 2011
- Length: 03:40
- Added: Mar 28, 2011
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
When is a good time to get a kid interested in reducing waste? As early as possible! And, if you pack your child’s school lunch, try getting them s...
Bought by KOSU
- Added: Jan 28, 2011
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
A girl. A boy. A horse. A chase. Listen as this week's Global Guru takes you inside the world of courtship in Kazakhstan...
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio, KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA, PRX Remix, KZYX, Prairie Public and more
- Added: Jan 26, 2011
- Length: 02:56
- Purchases: 7
This week, the Global Guru ventures waaaaaayyyy up into the bell towers of an English church to learn just how mathematical -- and dangerous -- bel...
Bought by WABE, HCC Radio The Dragon, New Hampshire Public Radio, PRX Remix, and WTIP
- Added: Jan 09, 2011
- Length: 02:59
- Purchases: 5
This week's Global Guru visits a temple in India where an unlikely rodent reigns supreme
Bought by HCC Radio The Dragon and WTIP
- Added: Dec 16, 2010
- Length: 02:59
- Purchases: 2
Aw, c'mon. Building a lakeside getaway...hurts fish? That sounds...fishy. But catch this: the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration...
- Added: Nov 17, 2010
- Length: 01:32
- Purchases: 3
Are hurricanes good for anything? Maybe. Katrina and Rita devastated hundreds of square miles in the Louisiana and Mississippi lowlands. But it tur...
- Added: Sep 27, 2010
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 2
This week the Global Guru explores why there are so many barbershops -- sometimes a dozen in a single block -- in Tanzania.
Bought by WABE, HCC Radio The Dragon, and PRX Remix
- Added: Mar 08, 2010
- Length: 02:44
- Purchases: 3
It turns out that the milk that goes with the ‘breakfast of champions’ is less environmentally friendly than a pint of beer.
Bought by KMXT
- Added: Nov 24, 2009
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
A historian in Richmond, VA believes he has solved the riddle behind the legendary Confederate War cry that was thought to be lost to the ages.
Bought by WEZU, Louisville Public Media, PRX Remix, and Remix Radio
- Added: Jul 08, 2009
- Length: 03:48
- Purchases: 4
When rain refills a dried out pond, life soon returns to normal. Frogs croak, algae grows and dragonflies dart back and forth. But that’s only part...
- Added: Jun 17, 2009
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 2
If you’re thinking of sending a message in a bottle, maybe you should reconsider. There’s some heavy traffic out there.
- Added: Mar 25, 2009
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 2
It’s no news flash that, over the years, one of the dirtiest sources of energy has been coal; in fact, it’s among the top contributors to carbon di...
- Added: Mar 25, 2009
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 2
Just about everybody's seen Jaws, the hit movie about a monster shark that snacks on captains and coeds. But have you ever wondered how many sharks...
Bought by KOSU
- Added: Sep 29, 2008
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
