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Caption: Oscar Nunez and Sarah Drew. , Credit: Photo by Matt Petit
Sarah Drew and Oscar Nuñez channel their inner Lucy and Desi.

Bought by KCHW, KMUN, Spokane Public Radio, KWMR, KFCF FM and more


  • Added: Mar 20, 2024
  • Length: 01:58:02
  • Purchases: 29
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Dawn Powell wrote novels about people like herself: outsiders who’d come to New York City in the early twentieth century to make a name for themsel...

Bought by KALW


  • Added: Jan 25, 2024
  • Length: 22:02
  • Purchases: 1
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Michael Henrik Wynn (me) reads a very funny first world war satire by Edgar Wallace, the man who created King Kong.

  • Added: Jan 03, 2024
  • Length: 32:59
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Sliced bread had never been automated before Otto Rohwedder unveiled his “power-driven, multi-bladed bread slicer” at Chillicothe Baking Company on...

  • Added: May 29, 2023
  • Length: 09:34
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Who invented the hamburger? It’s almost impossible to know, given that mincemeat has been consumed all around the world, and for centuries – but Os...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: May 29, 2023
  • Length: 10:26
  • Purchases: 2
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Swimwear never made more of a splash than when designer Louis Réard unveiled his daring new two-piece at the Piscine Molitor in Paris on July 5th, ...

  • Added: May 29, 2023
  • Length: 09:47
Caption: Reporter Matthew Schneeman poses in front of the runestone at the Kensington Runestone Museum, Credit: Mattew Scheeman
In 1898, a farmer dug up a stone engraved with a Nordic language in a field in Kensington, Minnesota. People have been arguing about it ever since...

  • Added: Feb 02, 2023
  • Length: 25:48
Caption: Jennifer Barnett, Credit: Second Sandbar Productions
Join host Lena Dorey, the cast of The Red Jacket Jamboree and guests for a Christmas episode which pays tribute to jazz singer Billie Holiday. In ...

Bought by KBRP Community Radio, WNMU-FM, and Southern Branch Bluegrass


  • Added: Nov 21, 2022
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 3
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This week on "A Way with Words": If you take up texting and social media late in life, there's a lot to learn! A 20-something wants advice getting ...

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


  • Added: May 30, 2022
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 19
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Ever wonder what medieval England looked and sounded like? In Old English, the word hord meant "treasure" and your wordhord was the treasure of wor...

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


  • Added: May 23, 2022
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 19
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Don't move my cheese! It's a phrase middle managers use to talk about adapting to change in the workplace. It comes from a popular 1990s business b...

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


  • Added: May 16, 2022
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 18
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If you speak a second or third language, you may remember the first time you dreamed in that new tongue. But does this milestone mean you're actual...

Bought by KUAT, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], RADIOLEX, WYAP, WSLR and more


  • Added: May 09, 2022
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 17
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Do you refer to your dog or cat as "somebody"? As in: When you love somebody that much, you don't mind if they slobber. In other words, is your pet...

Bought by KUAT, KNCT FM, KTSW 89.9, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], WYAP and more


  • Added: May 02, 2022
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 19
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The word filibuster has a long and colorful history, going back to the days when pirates roamed the high seas. Today it refers to hijacking a piece...

Bought by KUAT, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], KTXK, KTSW 89.9, WYAP and more


  • Added: Apr 25, 2022
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 18
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Sure, there's winter, spring, summer, and fall. But the seasons in between have even more poetic names. In Alaska, greenup describes a sudden, dram...

Bought by KUAT, KTSW 89.9, WSLR, RADIOLEX, WNIN and more


  • Added: Apr 18, 2022
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 17
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Understanding the varieties of conversational styles can mean the difference between feeling you're understood and being insulted. "High involvemen...

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


  • Added: Apr 11, 2022
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 18
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Centuries ago, monks who took a vow of silence still had to communicate about routine matters, from gardening to equipment repair. So they develope...

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


  • Added: Apr 04, 2022
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 17
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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, KTSW 89.9, WYAP, WSLR, RADIOLEX and more


  • Added: Mar 28, 2022
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 17
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Eels, orts, and Wordle! Sweden awarded its most prestigious literary award to a book about . . . eels. The Book of Eels reveals the mysterious lif...

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


  • Added: Mar 21, 2022
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 18
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We take our voices for granted, but it's truly miraculous that we communicate complex thoughts simply by moving our mouths while exhaling. A fascin...

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


  • Added: Mar 14, 2022
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 17
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Some people work hard to lose their accent in order to fit in when they move somewhere else. But others may be homesick for the sounds they grew up...

Bought by KUAT, KTXK, KTSW 89.9, WSLR, KVSC and more


  • Added: Mar 07, 2022
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 18
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For rock climbers, skiers, and other outdoor enthusiasts, the word "send" has a whole new meaning. You might cheer on a fellow snowboarder with "Se...

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


  • Added: Feb 28, 2022
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 17
Caption: Julian Brave NoiseCat, LaNada War Jack and Clayton Thomas Müller
History doesn’t repeat itself, but it rhymes. From the historic Indigenous occupation of Alcatraz Island in 1969 to the fossil fuel fights througho...

  • Added: Feb 23, 2022
  • Length: 28:30
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Some college students are using the word loyalty as a synonym for monogamy. Are the meanings of these words now shifting? Plus, a biologist discove...

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


  • Added: Feb 21, 2022
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 18
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In Cockney rhyming slang, apples and pears is a synonym for "stairs," and dustbin lids means kids. Plus, sniglets are clever coinages for things we...

Bought by KUAT, KTSW 89.9, WYAP, WNIN, WSLR and more


  • Added: Feb 14, 2022
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 19