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Primary Colors (#1590)
From: A Way with Words
Series: A Way with Words
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Centuries ago, monks who took a vow of silence still had to communicate about routine matters, from gardening to equipment repair. So they develope...

Bought by KUAT, KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio), KTXK, KREV-LP, WPCA-LP and more


  • Added: Dec 26, 2022
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 18
ZPOYH: Banana Pudding, 1/5/2023
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: Zorba Paster on Your Health
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RECIPE: Banana Pudding THIS WEEK'S SPECIAL TOPICS: * (Segment 1) Children & Bacteria * (Segment 3) Cell Phones & Radiation

  • Added: Dec 22, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
Deep-Fried Air (#1589)
From: A Way with Words
Series: A Way with Words
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Eels, orts, and Wordle! Sweden awarded its most prestigious literary award to a book about . . . eels. The Book of Eels reveals the mysterious lif...

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  • Added: Dec 19, 2022
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 16
Stub Your Toe (#1606)
From: A Way with Words
Series: A Way with Words
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Advice about college essays from the winner of a top prize for children's literature: Kelly Barnhill encourages teens to write about experiences th...

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  • Added: Dec 12, 2022
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 17
Big Bang (#1605)
From: A Way with Words
Series: A Way with Words
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A savory Sicilian sausage roll is always a hit for the holidays. This dish goes by a long list of names that are equally delicious to say. Plus, wh...

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  • Added: Dec 05, 2022
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 18
East Overshoe (#1588)
From: A Way with Words
Series: A Way with Words
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Some people work hard to lose their accent in order to fit in when they move somewhere else. But others may be homesick for the sounds they grew up...

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  • Added: Nov 28, 2022
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 18
Snookums and Snicklefritz (#1604)
From: A Way with Words
Series: A Way with Words
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A new book about how animals perceive their environment reveals immense worlds beyond our own. A bee can see ultraviolet light, catfish have taste ...

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  • Added: Nov 21, 2022
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 17
Herd of Turtles (#1587)
From: A Way with Words
Series: A Way with Words
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Some college students are using the word loyalty as a synonym for monogamy. Are the meanings of these words now shifting? Plus, a biologist discove...

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  • Added: Nov 14, 2022
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 20
If Grandma Had Wheels (#1603)
From: A Way with Words
Series: A Way with Words
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While compiling the Oxford English Dictionary, lexicographer James Murray exchanged hundreds of letters a week with authors, advisors, and voluntee...

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  • Added: Nov 07, 2022
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 18
Mittens in Moonlight (#1586)
From: A Way with Words
Series: A Way with Words
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Need a slang term that can replace just about any noun? Try chumpie. If you're from Philadelphia, you may already know this handy placeholder word....

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  • Added: Oct 31, 2022
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 20
ZPOYH: Barley Salad w/ Dates, 12/29/2022
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: Zorba Paster on Your Health
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RECIPE: Barley Salad w/ Dates THIS WEEK'S SPECIAL TOPICS: * (Segment 1) Eating For Hunger vs. Pleasure * (Segment 3) Graphic Warning Labels On Cig...

  • Added: Oct 26, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
ZPOYH: Garlic & Rosemary Latkes, 12/22/2022
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: Zorba Paster on Your Health
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RECIPE: Garlic & Rosemary Latkes THIS WEEK'S SPECIAL TOPICS: * (Segment 1) Cellphone-related Injuries * (Segment 3) Hair Dye Cancer Risk

  • Added: Oct 26, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
ZPOYH: BBQ Pineapple Chicken Kabobs, 12/8/2022
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: Zorba Paster on Your Health
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RECIPE: BBQ Pineapple Chicken Kabobs THIS WEEK'S SPECIAL TOPICS: * (Segment 1) Is Intermittent Fasting Healthy? * (Segment 3) Psilocybin May Help ...

  • Added: Oct 26, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
ZPOYH: Chicken Empanadas, 11/24/2022
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: Zorba Paster on Your Health
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RECIPE: Chicken Empanadas THIS WEEK'S SPECIAL TOPICS: * (Segment 1) What Dreaming Does For Our Brains * (Segment 3) Reducing Sugar in Packaged Foods

  • Added: Oct 26, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
ZPOYH: Cold Cucumber Soup, 11/17/2022
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: Zorba Paster on Your Health
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RECIPE: Cold Cucumber Soup THIS WEEK'S SPECIAL TOPICS: * (Segment 1) Cancer And Sugary Sodas * (Segment 3) Good News About Dementia Risks

  • Added: Oct 26, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
ZPOYH: Slow Cooker Turkey Chili, 11/3/2022
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: Zorba Paster on Your Health
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RECIPE: Slow Cooker Turkey Chili THIS WEEK'S SPECIAL TOPICS: * (Segment 1) Vaping & Lung Issues * (Segment 3) Napping May Reduce Heart and Stroke ...

  • Added: Oct 26, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
Diamond Dust (#1585)
From: A Way with Words
Series: A Way with Words
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Diamond dust, tapioca snow, and sugar icebergs -- a 1955 glossary of arctic and subarctic terms describes the environment in ways that sound poetic...

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  • Added: Oct 24, 2022
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 18
Sleepy Winks (#1584)
From: A Way with Words
Series: A Way with Words
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It was a dark and stormy night. So begins the long and increasingly convoluted prose of Edwards Bulwer-Lytton's best-known novel. Today the annual ...

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  • Added: Oct 17, 2022
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 17
Touch Grass (#1602)
From: A Way with Words
Series: A Way with Words
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High school students in Alabama share some favorite slang terms. If someone tells you to touch grass, they're telling you to get a reality check --...

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  • Added: Oct 10, 2022
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 18
Made from Scratch (#1583)
From: A Way with Words
Series: A Way with Words
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Enthusiastic book recommendations! Martha's savoring the biography of Alexander von Humboldt, the 19th-century explorer, polymath, and naturalist w...

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  • Added: Oct 03, 2022
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 17
ZPOYH: Tangy Turkey Tostadas, 10/20/2022
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: Zorba Paster on Your Health
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RECIPE: Tangy Turkey Tostadas THIS WEEK'S SPECIAL TOPICS: * (Segment 1) FDA Says Some Hearing Aids Don’t Need Prescription * (Segment 3) Fruits & ...

  • Added: Sep 27, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
ZPOYH: Chicken Marbella, 10/13/2022
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: Zorba Paster on Your Health
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RECIPE: Chicken Marbella THIS WEEK'S SPECIAL TOPICS: * (Segment 1) Tattoo Ink Health Concerns * (Segment 3) Racial Biases in Health Care

  • Added: Sep 27, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
Salad Days (#1582)
From: A Way with Words
Series: A Way with Words
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A documentary film called My Beautiful Stutter" follows youngsters at a summer camp specifically for stutterers. It's a place for finding acceptanc...

Bought by KUAT, RADIOLEX, KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA, KTSW 89.9, WYAP and more


  • Added: Sep 26, 2022
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 19
Funny Papers (#1601)
From: A Way with Words
Series: A Way with Words
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There are word nerds, and then there's the woman who set up a folding chair on sidewalks throughout the country, cheerfully dispensing tips about g...

Bought by KUAT, RADIOLEX, WYAP, KTSW 89.9, KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio) and more


  • Added: Sep 19, 2022
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 18
Your Imaginary Boyfriend (#1581)
From: A Way with Words
Series: A Way with Words
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We use the term Milky Way for that glowing arc across the sky. But how people picture it varies from culture to culture. In Sweden, that starry ban...

Bought by KUAT, RADIOLEX, KTSW 89.9, WSLR, KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio) and more


  • Added: Sep 12, 2022
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 18