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Allusionist 30: US Election Lexicon
From: The Allusionist
Series: The Allusionist
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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
Allusionist 22: Vocables
From: The Allusionist
Series: The Allusionist
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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
Allusionist 20: Baby Talk
From: The Allusionist
Series: The Allusionist
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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
Allusionist 10: Election Lexicon
From: The Allusionist
Series: The Allusionist
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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
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.

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  • Added: Apr 23, 2015
  • Length: 10:21
  • Purchases: 1
#27 MIW Mindy Aronoff - Director of Training at BAVC
From: Allegra Bandy
Series: Making It Work Radio
Caption: Mindy Aronoff on MIW, Credit: Oddua Productions
With Akeisha Johnson, life coach and your show host, on this episode we will chat with Mindy Aronoff, Bay Area Video Coalition’s Director of Traini...

  • Added: Apr 20, 2015
  • Length: 22:16
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.

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  • Added: Mar 26, 2015
  • Length: 15:26
  • Purchases: 1
Cardinal Accents Feature
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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Birds are making adjustments to live with increasing levels of human-generated noise. One Virginia scholar says that some city-dwelling birds are ...

Bought by KENW, WABE, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, West Virginia Public Broadcasting, KPVL and more


  • Added: Mar 13, 2015
  • Length: 03:52
  • Purchases: 6
Eating Like A Pig: How Beer Byproducts Transform Into Chow For Sows
From: Rebecca Sheir
Caption: Pigs at Rocklands Farm go hog wild over spent grain., Credit: Rebecca Sheir
The growth of the craft beer industry is proving to be a win-win: both for brewers, and for pigs.

Bought by WABE and XRAY.fm


  • Added: Feb 27, 2015
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 2
Show #8: Too Young to Vote, but Not to Volunteer
From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media
Series: Weekday High Podcast '08
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Today's show is about getting involved. First, Kat Beame interviews young people involved with Darcy Burner?s Congressional campaign. Then, Ann Kan...

  • Added: Jan 15, 2015
  • Length: 09:57
Teens and Dieting
From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Fad diets and sensible eating

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh, KISU, and WXLV-FM


  • Added: Jan 15, 2015
  • Length: 03:37
  • Purchases: 3
VoxPod #6 - Staples of Summer
From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media
Series: VoxPod
Caption: PRX default Piece image
This show highlights two summer traditions that bring people out to celebrate - parades and music festivals.

Bought by WXLV-FM


  • Added: Jan 15, 2015
  • Length: 07:56
  • Purchases: 1
VoxPod #7 - The Lure of Gnomes and Homes
From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media
Series: VoxPod
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Today's show refutes frequent stigmas of both home schooled students and garden gnomes.

Bought by WXLV-FM


  • Added: Jan 15, 2015
  • Length: 06:49
  • Purchases: 1
Mining Missoula's Underground
From: Lacy Roberts
Caption: A bricked door in the basement of a shop on Front Street in Missoula, MT.
No one thinks about the basements.

  • Added: Dec 18, 2014
  • Length: 19:48
Learn to ride a bike, the 21st Century way
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
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San Francisco is a bike-friendly city, despite its famous hills. There are designated bike lanes on streets throughout town, and the number of ride...

  • Added: Nov 28, 2014
  • Length: 04:59
Consider This (normal voice)
From: Paul Messing
Series: Paul Messing's Audio Producer's Grab Bag
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Knower of all things, Lloyd Breckenridge (Gene Shay) answers all questions about Camels, in his normal voice :)

  • Added: Oct 19, 2014
  • Length: 02:22
Herman the Ice Skating Cat
From: Paul Messing
Series: Paul Messing's Audio Producer's Grab Bag
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A phoned-in short story about Herman, the cat.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 17, 2014
  • Length: :57
  • Purchases: 1
The Super Cool Fold of the Week
From: Andrew Davis
Series: Claim Your Fame
Caption: Trish Witkowski, Chief Folding Officer, Credit: Louisa Jonas
Every single Thursday for the last five years Trish Witkowski has uploaded a video just meant for the few thousand people in the world that design ...

  • Added: Oct 14, 2014
  • Length: 22:59
Vatican Floors: Watch your Step
From: Jake Warga
Caption: Floor in Raphael’s Stanza della Segnatura (library of Pope Julius II). The room signifies unity, and the Star of David which has 6 points represents also the six day creation story which is in the Christian Bible (of course), so there in the floor it
A walking tour of the Vatican's floors, which are frequently made from re-purposed bits of ancient history.

Bought by WABE and PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 02, 2014
  • Length: 03:16
  • Purchases: 2
Market Basket Brand Soap...Opera
From: Perry Persoff
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Audio essay bringing the current summer-long Market Basket situation back to the basics.

  • Added: Aug 28, 2014
  • Length: 04:34
Francis Scott Key: Lawyer, Layman, Tone-Deaf Lyricist?
From: Rebecca Sheir
Caption: Francis Scott Key (shown here in a portrait by Theodor Horydczak) was far more than just the author of what would become our national anthem., Credit: Library of Congress
Turns out the author of our national anthem could very well have been nicknamed "Francis Scott Off-Key."

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Jul 16, 2014
  • Length: 03:24
  • Purchases: 1
Kitchens of Central America (Half Hour Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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Wisdom and stories learned from grandmothers in Central Mexican Kitchens. Plus: can years of farming rice change a cultural personality?

Bought by WJCT, KMUN, WABE, KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA, WMNF and more


  • Added: Jun 13, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 7
08: Goldmines & Gum Boots (Standard Length)
From: Everything Sounds
Series: Everything Sounds (Standard Length)
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Everything Sounds explores the the origins and sounds of South African gumboot dancing.

  • Added: Apr 22, 2014
  • Length: 04:30
Conservation Gamification
From: Denis Du Bois
Caption: UW students pose for photos at a kickoff event for the 2014 Campus Conservation Nationals, Credit: Energy Priorities
Earth Day 2014 -- The University of Washington is participating in a national competition to conserve energy and water on campus this month. The c...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and KUOW


  • Added: Apr 17, 2014
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 3
Home Sweet Adventures
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: Turning Pages: Authors and Their Words
Caption: Lynne & Tim Martin
In 2011, the Martin’s sold their home in Central California’s wine country, gave away the furniture, and stuffed their art, clothes and small treas...

  • Added: Jan 27, 2014
  • Length: 23:51