Lu Anne Stephens

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Recent Pieces from Lu Anne Stephens

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Ohio Players' James 'Diamond' Williams reveals the inspiration behind "OHIO" (59:28)
From: KMUW

The Ohio Players’ James “Diamond” Williams talks about the intention for their 1977 funky tune, "O-H-I-O." Hear new music from the legendary Charlie Wilson, classics from ...
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Shakespeare: He Made Up a Lot of Words (28:59)
From: KMUW

This week, Kathy and Ross quiz Fletcher on a list of words that may or may not have been coined by Shakespeare. You might be surprised by which ones we still use today.
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New Music From José James (58:57)
From: KMUW

New music by José James, a throwback groove, “Saturday Night” from his latest release, 1978. We’ll go “Dancing In The Street” with Martha Reeves as we celebrate the Motown ...
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British-isms (28:58)
From: KMUW

We look at why Americans love to talk like our friends from across the pond-- or like to *think* that's what we're doing.
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The Good Kind of Stress (28:59)
From: KMUW

We'll look at sentence stress and how the meaning of a sentence can completely change depending on which words you emphasize.
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Escher Sentences (And Other Nice Ways of Saying Nothing) (29:00)
From: KMUW

We'll look at phrases that seem at first glance to mean something, but are actually complete nonsense.
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Got To Get You Into My Life (59:28)
From: KMUW

We'll be jamming to Yuna's single, "Relax Your Mind," plus grooves from Barry White, Ashford & Simpson and a "Thank you" gospel tune from Ledisi. KMUW's own Marlene Ryan ...
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Return of the Confusables (29:00)
From: KMUW

We get back to one of our favorite topics: words that sound a lot like other words but that mean totally different things.
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Refreshing New Soul Music from Cornell C.C. Carter (59:25)
From: KMUW

There's some refreshing new soul music, “The Change," by R&B artist, Cornell C.C. Carter, on the show this week. We celebrate soul artist and prolific songwriter, Frankie ...
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Pretending to be Proper (29:00)
From: KMUW

We look at some "rules" of the language that were mostly just made up so people could feel like they were speaking proper English.