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Have you ever googled your own name and found someone else who goes by the very same moniker? There's a word for that: googleganger. Plus, the lang...
Bought by WPCA-LP, WRFA-LP, KNVC Carson City Community Radio, Tri States Public Radio, and RadioFreePalmer
- Added: Aug 09, 2021
- Length: 54:00
- Purchases: 5
18 more country tunes forgotten along the path of history.
- Added: Aug 04, 2021
- Length: 58:00
- Purchases: 3
Throwing cheese and shaky cheese are two very different things. In baseball, hard cheese refers to a powerful fastball, and probably comes from a s...
- Added: Aug 03, 2021
- Length: 54:00
- Purchases: 19
One secret to writing well is . . . there is no secret! There's no substitute for simply sitting down day after day to practice the craft and learn...
- Added: Jul 26, 2021
- Length: 54:00
- Purchases: 18
Old. Elderly. Senior. Why are we so uncomfortable when we talk about reaching a certain point in life? An 82-year-old seeks a more positive term to...
- Added: Jul 19, 2021
- Length: 54:00
- Purchases: 18
The water is coming. By century’s end, the oceans could be anywhere from 2 to 6 feet higher, threatening millions of people and low-lying property....
Bought by WMUU-LP, WMUU-LP, CHSR-FM 97.9, KAZU Seaside, Calif., Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting and more
- Added: Jul 19, 2021
- Length: 54:00
- Purchases: 15
17 tracks of regional country music forgotten to history.
- Added: Jul 13, 2021
- Length: 58:00
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
18 country tracks from forgotten 45 rpm discs
- Added: Jul 07, 2021
- Length: 58:00
- Purchases: 4
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...
- Added: Jul 05, 2021
- Length: 54:00
- Purchases: 17
A hundred years ago, suffragists lobbied to win women the right to vote. Linguistically speaking, though, suffrage isn't about "suffering." It's fr...
- Added: Jun 28, 2021
- Length: 54:00
- Purchases: 18
Eighteen forgotten country tunes on 45rpm.
- Added: Jun 23, 2021
- Length: 58:00
- Purchases: 2
Imagine telling someone how to get to your home, but without using the name of your street, or any other street within 10 miles. Could you do it? W...
- Added: Jun 22, 2021
- Length: 54:00
- Purchases: 17
18 more country songs forgotten to history played on 45 rpm singles.
- Added: Jun 16, 2021
- Length: 58:00
- Purchases: 3
Dr. John Froude discussed the history of pandemics in his new book, Plagued.
Bought by RadioFreePalmer, WYAP, and KICI Iowa City
- Added: Jun 16, 2021
- Length: 28:30
- Purchases: 3
One of the most powerful words you'll ever hear -- and one of the most poignant -- isn't in dictionaries yet. But it probably will be one day. The ...
- Added: Jun 14, 2021
- Length: 54:00
- Purchases: 18
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...
- Added: Jun 08, 2021
- Length: 54:00
- Purchases: 15
You may have a favorite word in English, but what about your favorite in another language? The Spanish term ojala is especially handy for expressin...
- Added: Jun 01, 2021
- Length: 54:00
- Purchases: 17
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...
- Added: May 24, 2021
- Length: 54:00
- Purchases: 17
A sampling of singles from Wichita Kansas' Kanwic Records with a bit of history of the label thrown in.
- Added: May 24, 2021
- Length: 58:00
- Purchases: 5
Eighteen tracks of forgotten country music.
- Added: May 19, 2021
- Length: 58:00
- Purchases: 2
Ribbon fall. Gallery forest. You won't find terms like these in most dictionaries, but they and hundreds like them are discussed by famous writers ...
- Added: May 17, 2021
- Length: 54:00
- Purchases: 18
Eighteen country songs played on 45, featuring The Arcadia Valley Boys, Hank Jolley, and Ernie Chaffin
- Added: May 12, 2021
- Length: 58:00
- Purchases: 3
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...
- Added: May 10, 2021
- Length: 54:00
- Purchases: 17
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
