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SIPS – On this episode we discuss Coffee, like all things 101. We cover such a wide range of topics. We guarantee you’ll learn something no matter ...
- Added: Jun 28, 2022
- Length: 59:51
Old. Elderly. Senior. Why are we so uncomfortable when we talk about reaching a certain point in life? An 82-year-old seeks a more positive term to...
- Added: Jun 27, 2022
- Length: 54:00
- Purchases: 16
We tend to take the index of a book for granted, but centuries ago, these helpful lists were viewed with suspicion. Some even worried that indexes ...
- Added: Jun 20, 2022
- Length: 54:00
- Purchases: 18
People who hunt treasure with metal detectors have a lingo all their own. Canslaw means the shreds of aluminum cans left after a lawnmower ran over...
- Added: Jun 13, 2022
- Length: 54:00
- Purchases: 18
Imagine telling someone how to get to your home, but without using the name of your street, or any other street within 10 miles. Could you do it? W...
- Added: Jun 06, 2022
- Length: 54:30
- Purchases: 19
This week on "A Way with Words": If you take up texting and social media late in life, there's a lot to learn! A 20-something wants advice getting ...
- Added: May 30, 2022
- Length: 54:00
- Purchases: 19
Ever wonder what medieval England looked and sounded like? In Old English, the word hord meant "treasure" and your wordhord was the treasure of wor...
- Added: May 23, 2022
- Length: 54:00
- Purchases: 19
Don't move my cheese! It's a phrase middle managers use to talk about adapting to change in the workplace. It comes from a popular 1990s business b...
- Added: May 16, 2022
- Length: 54:00
- Purchases: 18
If you speak a second or third language, you may remember the first time you dreamed in that new tongue. But does this milestone mean you're actual...
Bought by KUAT, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], RADIOLEX, WYAP, WSLR and more
- Added: May 09, 2022
- Length: 54:00
- Purchases: 17
Do you refer to your dog or cat as "somebody"? As in: When you love somebody that much, you don't mind if they slobber. In other words, is your pet...
Bought by KUAT, KNCT FM, KTSW 89.9, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], WYAP and more
- Added: May 02, 2022
- Length: 54:00
- Purchases: 19
RECIPE: Asparagus Garbanzo Bean Salad
THIS WEEK'S SPECIAL TOPICS:
* (Segment 1) The Power of Music
* (Segment 3) Exercise & Marijuana Use
- Added: Apr 28, 2022
- Length: 59:00
RECIPE: Zaatar Roasted Eggplant
THIS WEEK'S SPECIAL TOPICS:
* (Segment 1) Opioids & Suboxone Treatment
* (Segment 3) Babysitting Grandparents May ...
- Added: Apr 28, 2022
- Length: 59:00
RECIPE: Grilled Veggie Sandwiches
THIS WEEK'S SPECIAL TOPICS:
* (Segment 1) Take A Vacation For Your Health
* (Segment 3) TV In Bed Linked To Obesity
- Added: Apr 28, 2022
- Length: 59:00
RECIPE: Eggplant w/ Braised Chickpeas
THIS WEEK'S SPECIAL TOPICS:
* (Segment 1) Using Baseball To Fight Dementia
* (Segment 3) Some Drugs May Incr...
- Added: Apr 28, 2022
- Length: 59:00
The word filibuster has a long and colorful history, going back to the days when pirates roamed the high seas. Today it refers to hijacking a piece...
Bought by KUAT, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], KTXK, KTSW 89.9, WYAP and more
- Added: Apr 25, 2022
- Length: 54:00
- Purchases: 18
There has much interest in the use of frequencies for health, healing and general feeling better. The most famous are the Solfeggio Frequencies. ...
- Added: Apr 24, 2022
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 7
Sure, there's winter, spring, summer, and fall. But the seasons in between have even more poetic names. In Alaska, greenup describes a sudden, dram...
- Added: Apr 18, 2022
- Length: 54:00
- Purchases: 17
The first roller skates were patented by John Joseph Merlin in 1760. He showed off his new fangled wheeled shoes with an epic entrance to a party t...
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- Added: Apr 15, 2022
- Length: 05:00
- Purchases: 1
Understanding the varieties of conversational styles can mean the difference between feeling you're understood and being insulted. "High involvemen...
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- Added: Apr 11, 2022
- Length: 54:00
- Purchases: 18
With enough pressure and heat, just about anything with enough carbon in it could become a diamond. And thankfully for us, when a scientist was ask...
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- Added: Apr 08, 2022
- Length: 04:56
- Purchases: 1
Centuries ago, monks who took a vow of silence still had to communicate about routine matters, from gardening to equipment repair. So they develope...
- Added: Apr 04, 2022
- Length: 54:00
- Purchases: 17
In cases of emergency, lizards pop off their tails to get away. Evolution made it possible for that tail to stay on when tugged but not twisted. It...
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- Added: Mar 31, 2022
- Length: 05:00
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It wasn't just fame and glory that inspired Lewis and Clark's expedition across this great land. It took a "medication" so powerful that people wou...
- Added: Mar 30, 2022
- Length: 04:58
Anything that scatters when you turn on the light...does it have a personality? Is the cockroach urge to run an indicator of a bold or timid world ...
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- Added: Mar 30, 2022
- Length: 05:33
- Purchases: 1
An anadrome is a word that forms a whole new word when you spell it backwards. For example, the word "stressed" spelled backwards is "desserts." So...
- Added: Mar 28, 2022
- Length: 54:00
- Purchases: 17
