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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...

Bought by Raven Radio


  • Added: Jun 03, 2024
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 1
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We look at some names of famous people that, when you pronounce them correctly, can let people know you're an expert... or a snob.

Bought by KECG and KRPS


  • Added: Apr 25, 2024
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 2

  • Added: Sep 07, 2023
  • Length: 02:00
Caption: A Moment of Science
Same and Different: Infants Use Analogies before They Can Speak

  • Added: Feb 02, 2023
  • Length: 02:00

  • Added: Jan 06, 2023
  • Length: 02:00
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To shrink the number of our faulty counts, you have to learn how to debounce. This is Episode 105 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an informal show...

  • Added: Apr 16, 2021
  • Length: 08:17
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Engineers, don't be shady, eh? Design it with the ADA. This is Episode 96 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an informal show on favorite, fascinatin...

  • Added: Oct 14, 2020
  • Length: 06:52
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Is there a standard I may have missed? Time to consult the engineers at NIST. This is Episode 88 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an informal show ...

  • Added: Jul 19, 2020
  • Length: 06:50

  • Added: Sep 16, 2019
  • Length: 02:00
Caption: Perovskite crystal structure., Credit: Cadmium at English Wikipedia - Transferred from en.wikipedia to Commons., Public Domain: https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2527511
Engineers, unite! Harness the power of perovskite. This is Episode 78 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an informal show on favorite, fascinating, or...

  • Added: Jul 29, 2019
  • Length: 04:50

  • Added: May 21, 2019
  • Length: 02:00

  • Added: May 21, 2019
  • Length: 02:00

  • Added: May 20, 2019
  • Length: 02:00
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I like my definitions to be CRISPR and clearer. This is Episode 76 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an informal show on favorite, fascinating, or fu...

  • Added: Apr 02, 2019
  • Length: 04:26

  • Added: Oct 22, 2018
  • Length: 02:00
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Let's take a crack at this jargon from quality and reliability engineering (but don't crack your products). This is Episode 71 of Engineering Word ...

  • Added: Aug 09, 2018
  • Length: 05:22
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Forget to get your tare, and you might shed a tear. This is Episode 69 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an informal show on favorite, fascinating, o...

  • Added: Jul 11, 2018
  • Length: 03:31
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She thought it was very fancy of her / to separate the two enantiomers / She looked in the mirror / It couldn't be clearer / The left one was bette...

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  • Added: Jun 12, 2018
  • Length: 03:40
  • Purchases: 1
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If you have some metal, in a pot or a kettle, on this you can trust: over time it'll rust. This is Episode 64 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an in...

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  • Added: May 22, 2018
  • Length: 03:57
  • Purchases: 1
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If I read through a thousand invention patents, I hope I'd learn something, too. This is Episode 63 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an informal sho...

Bought by Enchantment Radio


  • Added: May 07, 2018
  • Length: 05:57
  • Purchases: 1
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For those situations when you just can't let go. This is Episode 54 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an informal show on favorite, fascinating, or f...

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  • Added: Feb 05, 2018
  • Length: 03:45
  • Purchases: 1
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Why Would Somebody Insist We Yank Goats? That's not what WYSIWYG stands for. This is Episode 53 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an informal show on...

Bought by WETD


  • Added: Jan 28, 2018
  • Length: 04:35
  • Purchases: 1
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Submitting a 510(k) might be like saying you're qualified for college because your fraternal twin is already there. This is Episode 52 of Engineeri...

Bought by WETD


  • Added: Jan 22, 2018
  • Length: 06:06
  • Purchases: 1
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The delicious flavor of a 0% manufacturing defect rate can come from fresh poka-yoke. This is Episode 51 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an informa...

Bought by WETD


  • Added: Jan 07, 2018
  • Length: 04:36
  • Purchases: 1
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Organize your to-do list efficiently! This is episode 44 of a series about engineering vocabulary, phrases, acronyms, jargon, and slang.

Bought by WETD


  • Added: Nov 06, 2017
  • Length: 04:46
  • Purchases: 1