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Caption: Host Martha Burk
The old saying "necessity is the mother of invention" may be true, but it leaves out an important component -- the real "mothers" and "aunts" and "...

  • Added: Mar 12, 2024
  • Length: 03:00
Caption: Allen Ginsberg reading poetry, Credit: The New York Public Library Digital Collections
One of Allen Ginsberg's first publishers was taken to court for a book that an undercover police officer deemed "not fit for children to read."

  • Added: Feb 03, 2016
  • Length: :59
Caption: Hunter S. Thompson, Long Beach, California, May 1989, Credit: Rs79
Hunter S. Thompson had his first run-in with federal agents as a young boy during the Louisville summer of 1946

  • Added: Feb 03, 2016
  • Length: 01:00
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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 23, 2014
  • Length: 01:27
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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 09, 2014
  • Length: 01:41
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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 02, 2014
  • Length: 01:34
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XPRESSIONS is a series of short, light-hearted features about the origin of popular phrases & sayings of every sort.

  • Added: May 12, 2014
  • Length: 01:48
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XPRESSIONS is a series of short, light-hearted features about the origin of popular phrases & sayings of every sort.

  • Added: May 05, 2014
  • Length: 01:34
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XPRESSIONS is a series of short, light-hearted features about the origin of popular phrases & sayings of every sort.

  • Added: Apr 28, 2014
  • Length: 03:36
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XPRESSIONS is a series of short, light-hearted features about the origin of popular phrases & sayings of every sort.

  • Added: Apr 17, 2014
  • Length: 01:43
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XPRESSIONS is a series of short, light-hearted features about the origin of popular phrases & sayings of every sort.

  • Added: Apr 11, 2014
  • Length: 01:38
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XPRESSIONS is a series of short, light-hearted features about the origin of popular phrases & sayings of every sort.

  • Added: Apr 07, 2014
  • Length: 01:40
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XPRESSIONS is a series of short, light-hearted features about the origin of popular phrases & sayings of every sort.

  • Added: Mar 31, 2014
  • Length: 01:20
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XPRESSIONS is a series of short, light-hearted features about the origin of popular phrases & sayings of every sort.

  • Added: Mar 17, 2014
  • Length: 01:29
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XPRESSIONS is a series of short, light-hearted features about the origin of popular phrases & sayings of every sort.

  • Added: Mar 11, 2014
  • Length: 01:36
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XPRESSIONS is a series of short, light-hearted features about the origin of popular phrases & sayings of every sort.

  • Added: Mar 06, 2014
  • Length: 01:37
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XPRESSIONS is a series of short, light-hearted features about the origin of popular phrases & sayings of every sort. Read the full description.

  • Added: Feb 24, 2014
  • Length: 01:31
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XPRESSIONS is a series of short, light-hearted features about the origin of popular phrases & sayings of every sort.

  • Added: Feb 19, 2014
  • Length: 01:35
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The current philosophy seems to be the more “friends” that we can amass on Facebook, or the more “followers” that we can attract on Twitter, the be...

  • Added: Oct 28, 2013
  • Length: 08:12
Caption: Ellen Millender, Professor of Classics and Humanities at Reed College in Portland, Oregon, Credit: Michael Clapp, OPB
What kind of power did ancient Athenians have over elected officials? Eligible voters screened candidates for several positions before they took th...

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  • Added: Oct 26, 2012
  • Length: 04:11
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Ellen Millender, Professor of Classics and Humanities at Reed College in Portland, Oregon, Credit: Michael Clapp
Waffling. Flip-flopping. We hear a lot about the pros and cons of politicians changing their minds in modern politics. So how long has that debate ...

  • Added: Oct 26, 2012
  • Length: 04:08
Caption: Billy Luther
Reporter Ben Kreimer speaks with award winning filmmaker Billy Luther.

  • Added: Feb 20, 2012
  • Length: 21:06
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On the banks of the Detroit River, sits the J.W. Westcott. The ship is only 45 feet long. But believe it or not, it has its own zip code. Since 1...

Bought by PRX Remix and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 14, 2011
  • Length: 02:52
  • Purchases: 2
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A curious phrase that has its origins from a sail boat

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  • Added: May 07, 2009
  • Length: 01:45
  • Purchases: 1
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Interview with two members of The Ames Piano Quartet from Iowa State University.

  • Added: Jan 25, 2008
  • Length: 20:59