PRX » Search » Query

PRX

Home
Pieces
Series
Playlists

Pieces & Series (1837)
Playlists (9)
People, Groups & Stations (16)
All (1862)

Can't find it? Try Advanced Search

View by:

82 results

« Previous 1 2 3 4 Next »

Mittens in Moonlight (#1586)

From: A Way with Words
Series: A Way with Words

Need a slang term that can replace just about any noun? Try chumpie. If you're from Philadelphia, you may already know this handy placeholder word....

Bought by KUAT, KREV-LP, KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA, RADIOLEX, WYAP and more

Added: Oct 31, 2022
Length: 54:00
Purchases: 20

Mittens in Moonlight (#1586)

From: A Way with Words
Series: A Way with Words

Need a slang term that can replace just about any noun? Try chumpie. If you're from Philadelphia, you may already know this handy placeholder word....

Bought by KUAT, KTXK, KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA, KTSW 89.9, WYAP and more

Added: Feb 07, 2022
Length: 54:00
Purchases: 20

Orange Pigs (#1629)

From: A Way with Words
Series: A Way with Words

What do you call a segment of an orange? These juicy pieces of fruit go by lots of different names, including section, wedge, and carpel. But they'...

Bought by KTSW 89.9, Raven Radio, WPCA-LP, KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio), WNIN and more

Added: Jan 15, 2024
Length: 54:00
Purchases: 17

Dirty Laundry (#1520)

From: A Way with Words
Series: A Way with Words

When you had sleepovers as a child, what did you call the makeshift beds you made on the floor? In some places, you call those bedclothes and blank...

Bought by KUAT, KQRU FM LP, KTXK, Royalton Community Radio, WYAP and more

Added: Sep 28, 2020
Length: 54:00
Purchases: 16

If Grandma Had Wheels (#1603)

From: A Way with Words
Series: A Way with Words

While compiling the Oxford English Dictionary, lexicographer James Murray exchanged hundreds of letters a week with authors, advisors, and voluntee...

Bought by KUAT, KREV-LP, KTSW 89.9, RADIOLEX, WYAP and more

Added: Nov 07, 2022
Length: 54:00
Purchases: 18

Kite in a Phonebooth (#1524)

From: A Way with Words
Series: A Way with Words

Stunt performers in movies have their own jargon for talking about their dangerous work. They refer to a stunt, for example, as a gag. Across the c...

Bought by KUAT, KTXK, WSLR, KTSW 89.9, Royalton Community Radio and more

Added: Nov 03, 2020
Length: 54:00
Purchases: 17

Mrs. Astor's Horse (#1530)

From: A Way with Words
Series: A Way with Words

"What has a head like a cat, feet like a cat, a tail like a cat, but isn't a cat?" Answer: a kitten! A 1948 children's joke book has lots of these ...

Bought by KUAT, WSLR, KTSW 89.9, WYAP, KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio) and more

Added: Jan 12, 2021
Length: 54:00
Purchases: 17

Had the Radish (#1527)

From: A Way with Words
Series: A Way with Words

This week on A Way with Words: Your first name is very personal, but what if you don't like it? For some people, changing their name works out grea...

Bought by KUAT, WSLR, KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio), WPCA-LP, WNIN and more

Added: Dec 07, 2020
Length: 54:00
Purchases: 17

James Dean in Mendocino

From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious

Radio Curious visits with Bruce Levene, author of “James Dean in Mendocino: The Filming of East of Eden.”

Added: Nov 13, 2014
Length: 29:01

Goody Two-Shoes (#1543)

From: A Way with Words
Series: A Way with Words

She sells seashells by the seashore. Who is the she in this tongue twister? Some claim it's the young Mary Aning, who went on to become a famous 19...

Bought by KUAT, KTXK, KTSW 89.9, WYAP, KNVC Carson City Community Radio and more

Added: Jul 12, 2021
Length: 54:00
Purchases: 17

This I Believe - Mark Shields

From: This I Believe
Series: This I Believe

Even after 40 years in the business, Mark Shields still believes there is good to be found in politics.

Bought by WEZU, WEZU, and KJZZ

Added: Jun 12, 2006
Length: 04:01
Purchases: 3

I Don't Have the Spoons (#1597)

From: A Way with Words
Series: A Way with Words

Whether it's a Rubik's cube or a round of Wordle, why do so many of us find puzzles irresistible? A new book celebrates the allure and psychologica...

Bought by KUAT, KTXK, WYAP, KTSW 89.9, RADIOLEX and more

Added: Jul 25, 2022
Length: 54:00
Purchases: 18

Little Shavers (#1538)

From: A Way with Words
Series: A Way with Words

The word "hipster" might seem recent, but it actually originated in the 1930s, and referred to jazz aficionados who were in the know about the best...

Bought by KUAT, KTXK, KTSW 89.9, WYAP, Tri States Public Radio and more

Added: May 03, 2021
Length: 54:00
Purchases: 16

Kiss the Cow (#1567)

From: A Way with Words
Series: A Way with Words

An anadrome is a word that forms a whole new word when you spell it backwards. For example, the word "stressed" spelled backwards is "desserts." So...

Bought by KUAT, WSLR, KTXK, WYAP, KVSC and more

Added: Apr 12, 2021
Length: 54:00
Purchases: 18

Endless Summer (#1623)

From: A Way with Words
Series: A Way with Words

Surf's up! When surfers describe the waves as going gangbusters, it's a great time to be out on the water. But why describe surf conditions that wa...

Bought by KTSW 89.9, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], RADIOLEX, WYAP, KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio) and more

Added: Sep 04, 2023
Length: 54:00
Purchases: 18

Care Package (#1511)

From: A Way with Words
Series: A Way with Words

Sending someone a care package shows you care, of course. But the first care packages were boxes of food and personal items for survivors of World ...

Bought by KTSW 89.9, WYAP, RADIOLEX, WGCU, WNIN and more

Added: Aug 28, 2023
Length: 54:00
Purchases: 19

Life of the Law #53: Anatomy of a Confession

From: Life of the Law
Series: Life of the Law

A triple murder, a habitual liar on a stolen motorcycle, and a confession that doesn’t add up. Why would anyone confess to a crime they didn’t comm...

Bought by PRX Remix

Added: Mar 24, 2015
Length: 31:23
Purchases: 1

Coinkydink (#1505)

From: A Way with Words
Series: A Way with Words

Sometimes it's a challenge to give a book a chance: How many pages should you read before deciding it's not worth your time? There's a new formula ...

Bought by KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio), WNIN, RADIOLEX, WYAP, WPCA-LP and more

Added: Jun 19, 2023
Length: 54:00
Purchases: 18

Spinning Cookies (#1618)

From: A Way with Words
Series: A Way with Words

A book of photographs and essays by famous writers celebrates libraries--and the librarians who changed their lives. Plus cutting doughnuts, spinni...

Bought by WYAP, RADIOLEX, KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio), Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), WPCA-LP and more

Added: Jun 12, 2023
Length: 54:00
Purchases: 17

Simple wins again E340

From: One Tan Hand Productions
Series: Sips, Suds, & Smokes

SUDS Episode – Just when you think you know us and what we think is best, whammy. Our Best of SUDS 2019 is filled with lots of whammy towards the...

Added: Jan 06, 2020
Length: 59:51

Stub Your Toe (#1606)

From: A Way with Words
Series: A Way with Words

Advice about college essays from the winner of a top prize for children's literature: Kelly Barnhill encourages teens to write about experiences th...

Bought by KUAT, KTSW 89.9, WYAP, WPCA-LP, WSLR and more

Added: Dec 12, 2022
Length: 54:00
Purchases: 17

Made from Scratch (#1583)

From: A Way with Words
Series: A Way with Words

Enthusiastic book recommendations! Martha's savoring the biography of Alexander von Humboldt, the 19th-century explorer, polymath, and naturalist w...

Bought by KUAT, RADIOLEX, WYAP, KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio), KTSW 89.9 and more

Added: Oct 03, 2022
Length: 54:00
Purchases: 17

Gold Dance (#1573)

From: A Way with Words
Series: A Way with Words

People who hunt treasure with metal detectors have a lingo all their own. Canslaw means the shreds of aluminum cans left after a lawnmower ran over...

Bought by KUAT, KNCT FM, WSLR, KTSW 89.9, RADIOLEX and more

Added: Jun 13, 2022
Length: 54:00
Purchases: 18

Gold Dance (#1573)

From: A Way with Words
Series: A Way with Words

People who hunt treasure with metal detectors have a lingo all their own. Canslaw means the shreds of aluminum cans left after a lawnmower ran over...

Bought by KUAT, WYAP, KTSW 89.9, WPCA-LP, WNIN and more

Added: Jul 05, 2021
Length: 54:00
Purchases: 17

A Hedgehog and a Spatula

From: Playing on Air
Series: Playing on Air Hour Length Episodes

Carol Kane and Jeremy Shamos in A HEDGEHOG AND A SPATULA. The show features recordings of the winners of Playing on Air's 2018 James Stevenson Priz...

Bought by Connecticut Public (WNPR) and KUNM