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RECIPE: Spinach & Chicken Tortilla Casserole
THIS WEEK'S SPECIAL TOPICS:
* (Segment 1) Dish Sponge Germs
* (Segment 3) Dementia Prevention Study
- Added: Aug 28, 2022
- Length: 59:00
Author Angela Tedesco talks about community-supported agriculture and the new book "Finding Turtle Farm"
- Added: Aug 25, 2022
- Length: 08:01
This week on A Way with Words: Language is always evolving, and that's also true for American Sign Language. A century ago, the sign for "telephone...
- Added: Aug 22, 2022
- Length: 54:00
- Purchases: 18
RECIPE: Spicy Eggplant & Tofu Bowls
THIS WEEK'S SPECIAL TOPICS:
* (Segment 1) Dietary salt substitutes lower risk of heart attack stroke and death...
- Added: Aug 17, 2022
- Length: 59:00
This week on "A Way with Words": When there's no evening meal planned at home, what do you call that scramble to cobble together your own dinner? S...
- Added: Aug 15, 2022
- Length: 54:00
- Purchases: 18
This is the time of year when you see desert millipedes out and about on muggy overcast days. Sometimes even crossing the two lane blacktop roads n...
- Added: Aug 12, 2022
- Length: 04:03
I’m pretty sure I first encountered the plant called mala mujer in the Santa Rita Mountains south of Tucson around 30 years ago. I had 10 years of ...
- Added: Aug 12, 2022
- Length: 04:30
How long can a newly married woman be called a bride? Does bride apply only as long as her wedding day, or does it extend right on through the coup...
- Added: Aug 08, 2022
- Length: 54:00
- Purchases: 17
John Kennedy is a puppeteer on Sesame Street where he plays Mumford the Magician. His other credits include work on The Muppets, Dinosaurs, The Wu...
- Added: Aug 02, 2022
- Length: 01:39:10
A librarian opens a book and finds a mysterious invitation scribbled on the back of a business card. Another discovers a child's letter to the Toot...
- Added: Aug 01, 2022
- Length: 54:00
- Purchases: 17
Whether it's a Rubik's cube or a round of Wordle, why do so many of us find puzzles irresistible? A new book celebrates the allure and psychologica...
- Added: Jul 25, 2022
- Length: 54:00
- Purchases: 18
RECIPE: Turkey Hummus Sliders
THIS WEEK'S SPECIAL TOPICS:
* (Segment 1) Binge Drinking Up In Seniors
* (Segment 3) Post-Surgery Brain Function Risk
- Added: Jul 19, 2022
- Length: 59:00
You know that Yogi Berra quote about how Nobody ever comes here; it's too crowded? Actually, the first person to use this was actress Suzanne Ridge...
- Added: Jul 18, 2022
- Length: 54:00
- Purchases: 17
Throwing cheese and shaky cheese are two very different things. In baseball, hard cheese refers to a powerful fastball, and probably comes from a s...
Bought by KUAT, KTXK, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], KTSW 89.9, RADIOLEX and more
- Added: Jul 11, 2022
- Length: 54:00
- Purchases: 18
The Journey of Man, A Genetic Odyssey Around 60,000 years ago, a man – identical to us in all important genetic respects – lived in Africa. Every ...
- Added: Jul 08, 2022
- Length: 29:00
When a teenager went a week without talking as part of a school project, he noticed a surprising side effect: Instead of rehearsing a response to w...
Bought by KUAT, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], KTXK, KTSW 89.9, WYAP and more
- Added: Jul 04, 2022
- Length: 54:00
- Purchases: 17
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
Meet Melina, a nine-year-old kid who loves reading, writing, playing with her little siblings, and learning how to be a spy. When Melina joins the ...
- Added: Jun 13, 2022
- Length: 22:24
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
In honor of Flag Day and the Fourth of July, the Smithsonian unveils the often misunderstood stories behind two of our nation's most famous flags: ...
Bought by WVTF, KALW, KVMR, KVNF, Spokane Public Radio and more
- Added: May 18, 2022
- Length: 52:00
- Purchases: 59
