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XPRESSIONS is a series of short, light-hearted features about the origin of popular phrases & sayings of every sort.
- Added: Jun 16, 2014
- Length: 01:34
My Dad never wanted to be a hero. Survival was the only option.
- Added: Mar 26, 2014
- Length: 11:01
For many, the Eastmont Town Center in East Oakland is the go-to place to apply for food stamps, get medical coverage, find childcare, and get job a...
- Added: Sep 17, 2013
- Length: 06:27
From Tolstoy to Lermontov, the program that’s putting the Russian classics to work—in a juvenile detention center.
- Added: Sep 03, 2013
- Length: 53:50
- Purchases: 3
Heather McNaugher, a poet and professor at Chatham University, reads from her collection and answers some writer-ly questions.
- Added: Feb 14, 2013
- Length: 08:30
With the end of the War in Iraq, tens of thousands of soldiers have returned home, and many of them are going to college. Two writing professors ha...
Bought by KUOW, WRST-FM Oshkosh, and New Hampshire Public Radio
- Added: Jan 31, 2012
- Length: 02:30
- Purchases: 3
If a town’s success is determined by the number of laundromats it has, the East Bay city of Richmond is set. They’ve got Teddy Bear Wash n Dry, Oas...
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and KUOW
- Added: Apr 27, 2011
- Length: 06:28
- Purchases: 2
Children's Rights are sometimes completely overlooked in our society. But things are changing Children are slowly getting the respect they deserve ...
- Added: Jun 04, 2010
- Length: 30:00
A new boxing clinic focuses on both physical fitness and philosophical growth.
Bought by KFAI Minneapolis and KUOW
- Added: Mar 11, 2010
- Length: 06:57
- Purchases: 2
An Hourlong Radio Documentary examining the Alzheimer's Poetry Project
Bought by KRZA, KSJD, WEKU, Yellowstone Public Radio, WSKG and more
- Added: Apr 01, 2007
- Length: 59:03
- Purchases: 7
The word "scrotum" is used in a children's book. Controversy ensues.
- Added: Mar 16, 2007
- Length: 02:15
- Purchases: 2
- Added: Dec 07, 2006
- Length: 11:03
- Purchases: 1
Poets from across the country offer up their words on the subject of "peace" at a special reading held at the 2005 National Poetry Slam Chapionship...
Bought by WGBH Radio Boston
- Added: Jan 18, 2006
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
An aspiring writer discovers that inspiration and imitation aren't the same thing.
- Added: Feb 20, 2005
- Length: 04:00
