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Just Looking Like a Wow!
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Jasmeen Kaur “Just looking like a wow”, Credit: Instagram/@designmachinesuitslive
“Looking like a wow" is the hot new viral craze in India. Sandip brings us the story and what it means for a boutique owner from New Delhi to sudde...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 27, 2023
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 1
La Hora Mágica
From: Brooklyn Public Library
Series: "Borrowed" Podcast from Brooklyn Public Library
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La Hora Mágica has been the heart of Sunset Park’s storytime programming for a decade now, highlighting songs and stories in Spanish and English fo...

  • Added: Feb 01, 2023
  • Length: 10:56
Un-Word of the Year
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
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It’s that time of the year again when dictionaries around the world try to sum up the year in a word or two.

  • Added: Jan 03, 2023
  • Length: 06:00
Aravrit
From: Israel Story
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Mishy Harman talks to Liron Lavi Turkenich, a type and graphic designer from Haifa, who invented a hybrid Hebrew-Arabic script.

  • Added: Jan 29, 2020
  • Length: 09:01
breakpoint
From: Pius Wong
Series: Engineering Word Of The Day
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Stop everything! We've hit a breakpoint, and things are gonna get dicey. This is Episode 65 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an informal show on fav...

Bought by Enchantment Radio


  • Added: May 28, 2018
  • Length: 04:04
  • Purchases: 1
tappet
From: Pius Wong
Series: Engineering Word Of The Day
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No, it's not an alternative slang form of "tap that," but it is a part that really gets us going.

Bought by WETD


  • Added: Sep 25, 2017
  • Length: 05:37
  • Purchases: 1
eutectic
From: Pius Wong
Series: Engineering Word Of The Day
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Talking about eutectic points of solid mixtures.

Bought by WETD


  • Added: Sep 22, 2017
  • Length: 04:48
  • Purchases: 1
Talk with the Animals
From: KXCI
Series: The Weekly Green
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Does language distinguish man from beast? Or do chirps, growls and howls of animals also carry meaning, like our words? Many studies over the past ...

  • Added: Aug 16, 2017
  • Length: 04:56
Straddling Borders
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Rafael Contreras business card., Credit: Image provided by Ingrid Rojas Contreras.
Whether it’s understanding a shaman grandfather, or deepening love via another tongue. These stories from around the world are about personal histo...

Bought by KQED, KSFR, and KUNM


  • Added: Jun 26, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Allusionist 29: WLTM part II
From: The Allusionist
Series: The Allusionist
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You're looking for your perfect partner, but dating sites keep matching you with duds. So what do you do? Conduct an elaborate linguistic experimen...

  • Added: Feb 06, 2016
  • Length: 41:57
Allusionist 26: Xmas Man
From: The Allusionist
Series: Allusionist festive episodes
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CONTENT WARNING: Be wary of listening to this episode around young children, as there may be life spoilers. Historian Greg Jenner traces the origin...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 14, 2015
  • Length: 25:35
  • Purchases: 1
Allusionist 25: Toki Pona
From: The Allusionist
Series: The Allusionist
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There’s a language which is said to be the smallest language in the world. It has around 123 words, five vowels, nine consonants, and apparently yo...

Bought by Canadian Broadcasting Corporation


  • Added: Dec 14, 2015
  • Length: 20:24
  • Purchases: 1
Allusionist 24: Spill Your Guts
From: The Allusionist
Series: The Allusionist
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It's cathartic; it's a useful historical record; and it might help you behave better on public transport. Neil Katcher and Dave Nadelberg from Mort...

  • Added: Dec 14, 2015
  • Length: 18:58
Allusionist 23: Criminallusionist
From: The Allusionist
Series: The Allusionist
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Phoebe Judge and Lauren Spohrer from the podcast Criminal stop by to talk about the linguistic challenges of crime reporting. They also share their...

  • Added: Nov 02, 2015
  • Length: 23:05
Allusionist 21. Eponyms I: The Ballad of Bic and Biro
From: The Allusionist
Series: The Allusionist
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Naming something after yourself: a grand display of egomania, or the humble willingness to be overshadowed by your own product? Stationery expert J...

  • Added: Oct 24, 2015
  • Length: 17:56
Allusionist 19: Architecting About Dance
From: The Allusionist
Series: The Allusionist
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“Talking about music is like dancing about architecture” is a problematic statement: not just because nobody can agree on who came up with it, but ...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WABE, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 24, 2015
  • Length: 27:04
  • Purchases: 3
Allusionist 18: Fix part II
From: The Allusionist
Series: The Allusionist
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The messiness of English is the price of its success. It is the most widely spoken language in the world, geographically, being an official languag...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 14, 2015
  • Length: 28:03
  • Purchases: 1
Allusionist 16: Word Play
From: The Allusionist
Series: The Allusionist
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Words are all over the place. So how do you turn them into fun games? Here to show the way is Leslie Scott, founder of Oxford Games and inventor of...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 14, 2015
  • Length: 27:35
  • Purchases: 2
Allusionist 9: The Space Between
From: The Allusionist
Series: The Allusionist
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Forget words for a moment; look at the spaces between the words.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 23, 2015
  • Length: 10:21
  • Purchases: 1
Allusionist 7: Mountweazel
From: The Allusionist
Series: The Allusionist
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You'd think you could trust dictionaries, but it turns out, they are riddled with LIES.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 26, 2015
  • Length: 15:26
  • Purchases: 1
How We Learn Language
From: KUT
Series: Two Guys On Your Head
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Can you remember what it was like for you to learn your native language? Probably not, but why is that? As humans, we begin learning to speak our...

Bought by KALW


  • Added: Sep 12, 2014
  • Length: 07:20
  • Purchases: 1
Newspeak
From: NBPC
Series: Rip And Rebind
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An audio homage to short-form languages (i.e. shorthand, texting language, beatboxing).

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 03, 2011
  • Length: 11:38
  • Purchases: 1