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ZPOYH: Spinach & Artichoke Stuffed Mushrooms, 3/16/2023
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: Zorba Paster on Your Health
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RECIPE: Spinach & Artichoke Stuffed Mushrooms THIS WEEK'S SPECIAL TOPICS: * (Segment 1) Air pollution linked to kids asthma risk * (Segment 3) Ski...

  • Added: Feb 15, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
Familiar Strangers (#1594)
From: A Way with Words
Series: A Way with Words
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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 ...

Bought by KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio), KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], RADIOLEX, KTSW 89.9, WYAP and more


  • Added: Feb 13, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 17
Hot Gossip (#1609)
From: A Way with Words
Series: A Way with Words
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Gossip goes by many names: the poop, the scoop, the lowdown, the dope, the scuttlebutt, the 411, the grapes, the gore, and hot tea. Plus, John Donn...

Bought by WHCP-LP Cambridge, KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio), KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], KTSW 89.9, WYAP and more


  • Added: Feb 06, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 18
#1060 Shooting down balloons and inflation :)
From: marc cuniberti
Series: Money Matters Economic Forum
Caption: Money Matters host Marc Cuniberti
What do spy balloons and inflation have in common? Amusing and informative ... great news piece covering current events

  • Added: Feb 05, 2023
  • Length: 05:18
Word Hoard (#1593)
From: A Way with Words
Series: A Way with Words
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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...

Bought by KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio), KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], WPCA-LP, RADIOLEX, KTSW 89.9 and more


  • Added: Jan 30, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 17
The 90 Second Naturalist February 2023 Modules
From: WGUC/ WVXU
Series: The 90-Second Naturalist
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The 90 Second Naturalist February 2023 Modules

Bought by KCBX, Mountain Streams Radio WKYW-LP, and Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi)


  • Added: Jan 30, 2023
  • Length: 29:59
  • Purchases: 3
In the Ballpark (#1608)
From: A Way with Words
Series: A Way with Words
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Novelist Charles Dickens and the musician Prince were very different types of artists, but they also had a lot in common. A new book chronicling th...

Bought by Raven Radio, KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio), WYAP, RADIOLEX, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio] and more


  • Added: Jan 23, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 17
You Talk Like a Sausage (#1592)
From: A Way with Words
Series: A Way with Words
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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 KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio), RADIOLEX, KTSW 89.9, WYAP, WEKU and more


  • Added: Jan 16, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 18
Jeopardy Flute Rock
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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At the end of 2022, Jeopardy had a category titled Classic Flute Rock. The problem is that the category did not include the one band viewers felt ...

Bought by WMTNradio, WYAP, KHNS, KWIT, Harford Community Radio and more


  • Added: Jan 15, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 8
ZPOYH: Spicy Soy Chicken Lettuce Wraps, 3/2/2023
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: Zorba Paster on Your Health
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RECIPE: Spicy Soy Chicken Lettuce Wraps THIS WEEK'S SPECIAL TOPICS: * (Segment 1) Pain Reduced By Hand Holding * (Segment 3) Blood Sugar Control ...

  • Added: Jan 10, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
ZPOYH: Sweet Potato Pomegranate Crostini, 1/19/2023
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: Zorba Paster on Your Health
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RECIPE: Sweet Potato Pomegranate Crostini THIS WEEK'S SPECIAL TOPICS: * (Segment 1) Forever Chemicals in our lives (PFAS) * (Segment 3) How medita...

  • Added: Jan 10, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
Old College Try (#1607)
From: A Way with Words
Series: A Way with Words
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In just seconds, online text generators and chatbots can produce whole paragraphs of sophisticated prose. But what do advances in artificial intell...

Bought by WFAE, KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio), KUAT, KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA, WEKU and more


  • Added: Jan 09, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 19
2023 Anniversaries Part 2
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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This is the second of a pair of shows where we look at what musical event anniversaries 2023 will bring. It's a good many.

Bought by WMTNradio, KHNS, KWIT, Harford Community Radio, KTRL and more


  • Added: Jan 08, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 7
Pushing the Envelope (#1591)
From: A Way with Words
Series: A Way with Words
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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...

Bought by KUAT, KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio), WYAP, WNIN, WSLR and more


  • Added: Jan 02, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 16
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
(Holiday Re-Air 2022-12-28) The Impact of Sitcom Abbott Elementary: Putting a Critical Eye on Public Education
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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Can you remember the last time when the challenges that inner city public school teachers face were the subject of a popular TV series? Abbott Elem...

Bought by KWMR, KDNK, WNYE, and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Dec 21, 2022
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 4
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...

Bought by KUAT, KTSW 89.9, KTXK, WSLR, WPCA-LP and more


  • 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...

Bought by KUAT, KTSW 89.9, WYAP, WPCA-LP, WSLR and more


  • Added: Dec 12, 2022
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 17
Christmas Movies
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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Here is our first of two Christmas shows this year. Songs from Christmas movies. It's all opinion so please offer yours. Here are a few we like....

Bought by KSRQ, KHNS, KWIT, Harford Community Radio, KTRL and more


  • Added: Dec 11, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
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...

Bought by KUAT, KTSW 89.9, WPCA-LP, WYAP, WSLR and more


  • 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...

Bought by KUAT, KTSW 89.9, KREV-LP, WPCA-LP, RADIOLEX and more


  • 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 ...

Bought by KUAT, KTSW 89.9, KTXK, WPCA-LP, RADIOLEX and more


  • 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...

Bought by KUAT, KREV-LP, KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA, RADIOLEX, WYAP and more


  • 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...

Bought by KUAT, KREV-LP, KTSW 89.9, RADIOLEX, WYAP and more


  • Added: Nov 07, 2022
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 18

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