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Brian Dunning delves into urban legends surrounding three of the greatest classical composers as well as the renowned Stradivarius violin.
- Added: May 09, 2024
- Length: 59:00
Long ago, German immigrants brought their brewing traditions to the United States. More recently, brewers from the U.S. have begun bringing America...
Bought by KICI Iowa City
- Added: Aug 04, 2022
- Length: 28:51
- Purchases: 1
There are around 30 species of Porophyllum, the majority of which are found in Mexico and southward. Around me in the borderlands of Arizona Sonora...
- Added: Jan 13, 2022
- Length: 04:52
Xanthisma gracilis is an annual and found all over the southwest and into Mexico as well. Duh. A common name is slender goldenweed or spiny zinnia....
- Added: Jan 13, 2022
- Length: 05:03
A postcard from Earth's largest living being: the Pando Aspen Grove near Fish Lake, Utah.
Bought by KTNA
- Added: Dec 13, 2021
- Length: 02:00
- Purchases: 1
You know you haven’t been hiking or botanizing out in the desert or grassland enough when you look to the roadsides for interesting plants, but I’l...
- Added: Sep 24, 2019
- Length: 05:13
Well, I spent so much time jabbering about my conversion to a desert rat and monsoon believer that I left some stuff out and so here is what I left...
- Added: Sep 24, 2019
- Length: 04:55
Direct democracy. What are the pros and cons?
- Added: Dec 21, 2018
- Length: 25:55
The state and local offices that have a big impact on your life.
- Added: Dec 21, 2018
- Length: 21:52
How do candidates do it? What are the rules? What are the tropes?
- Added: Dec 21, 2018
- Length: 29:06
- Purchases: 2
Why midterms matter, plus a snapshot of a historic midterm from 1826.
- Added: Dec 21, 2018
- Length: 21:18
Desert Rosemallow is the official common name I think, though I see it called Coulter’s Hibiscus as well.
- Added: Aug 03, 2017
- Length: 05:34
Though Sonoran Desert millipedes are nocturnal, this is the time of year when you see them out and about on muggy overcast days.
- Added: Aug 03, 2017
- Length: 04:56
The 2016 US election isn't going away anytime soon, so let's seek refuge in etymology. Consider the linguistically appropriate age of a senator, an...
- Added: Feb 25, 2016
- Length: 36:05
La la la, dum di di dum, a wop bop a loo bop a wop bom bom - what are all those non-words doing masquerading as words in songs? Hrishikesh Hirway f...
- Added: Oct 24, 2015
- Length: 13:44
Why do we all sound like idiots when we talk to babies?
Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and PRX Remix
- Added: Oct 08, 2015
- Length: 11:37
- Purchases: 2
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
Heartfelt, energetic, and down home. Heralded by CMT Edge as "one of the most promising bands on the bluegrass scene," the music of the Nashville b...
- Added: May 08, 2015
- Length: 59:30
- Purchases: 9
On the eve of the 2015 General Election in the UK, take a jaunt through the etymology of election-related words.
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: May 06, 2015
- Length: 09:01
- Purchases: 1
- Added: Apr 23, 2015
- Length: 10:21
- Purchases: 1
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
Audio essay bringing the current summer-long Market Basket situation back to the basics.
- Added: Aug 28, 2014
- Length: 04:34
Acoustic Stories: Michael Goldberg On Foot-In-Mouth Situations - "More Or Less Human Than A Human.""
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, MinnesotaSeries: Acoustic Stories
Michael Goldberg contributes "The Last Word," his weekly topical essay to Northern Community Radio's Between You and Me program on Saturdays.
- Added: Jan 29, 2014
- Length: 03:34
Steve Downing has been a teacher, house painter, conflict mediator, musician, arts administrator, freelance writer, and has occasionally worked for...
- Added: Dec 22, 2013
- Length: 02:35
Aaron Brown pontificates about a list of The Most, and Least Stressful Jobs recently published by a major news organization. Aaron J. Brown is an a...
Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KSRQ
- Added: Feb 23, 2013
- Length: 03:35
- Purchases: 2
