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Rule of Thumb
From: Chrysti M. Smith
Series: Chrysti the Wordsmith
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The genesis of the phrase "rule of thumb" is uncertain.

  • Added: Apr 15, 2005
  • Length: 02:03
Good Samaritan
From: Chrysti M. Smith
Series: Chrysti the Wordsmith
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The story behind the coinage of the common expression "good Samaritan."

  • Added: Apr 15, 2005
  • Length: 02:03
Epitaph
From: Chrysti M. Smith
Series: Chrysti the Wordsmith
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A discussion of the etmology of the word epitaph.

  • Added: Apr 15, 2005
  • Length: 02:02
Dope
From: Chrysti M. Smith
Series: Chrysti the Wordsmith
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Origin and evolution of the word "dope."

  • Added: Apr 15, 2005
  • Length: 02:03
Best Laid Plans
From: Chrysti M. Smith
Series: Chrysti the Wordsmith
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A discussion of the origin of the expression "the best laid plans of mice and men often go awry."

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and KHSU


  • Added: Apr 15, 2005
  • Length: 02:02
  • Purchases: 2
The Greening of Salt Lake City
From: KUER
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A mayor in the most conservative state in the nation vows to reach the goals of the Kyoto Accord.

Bought by WGVU, WAER Syracuse, NY, WILL, WNKU, KRCC-FM and more


  • Added: Apr 14, 2005
  • Length: 07:12
  • Purchases: 6
A Tribute To Eva Cassidy
From: FM Odyssey
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The bittersweet story about the music & life of the late Eva Cassidy told through the eyes of her record label president, Bill Straw from Blix Str...

Bought by Public Interactive, KBBI Alaska, KDUR, WNKU, and WAER Syracuse, NY


  • Added: Apr 14, 2005
  • Length: 58:55
  • Purchases: 5
Mira Nair in Uganda
From: WFUV
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A report on Mira Nair's efforts to develop independent film in East Africa.

Bought by Marfa Public Radio, KUCB, WGVU, WAER Syracuse, NY, WCOM and more


  • Added: Apr 14, 2005
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 7
Using Wildfire As A Classroom
From: KSUT
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Students from 5 states visit Southwest Colorado to learn about the origins of wildfires

Bought by KRFC


  • Added: Apr 14, 2005
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 1
Japan-Asia
From: Steve Herman
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Japan ponders is diplomatic path as anti-Japanese sentiment escalates among its neighbors

Bought by WETA


  • Added: Apr 14, 2005
  • Length: 06:03
  • Purchases: 1
Other Answers
From: marybethkirchner group
Caption: PRX default Piece image
One-hour special/pilot on children’s health with pediatrician Dr. Jay Gordon and guest, actor Noah Wyle of “ER.”

  • Added: Apr 12, 2005
  • Length: 55:16
RN Documentary: Enough is Enough - Albania’s Environmental Challenges
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Documentaries
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Albania’s environmental hotspots and how civil society is saying no to more trash from abroad.

  • Added: Apr 12, 2005
  • Length: 29:30
Japan-China Diplomacy
From: Steve Herman
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Japan, China trade blame for demonstrations

  • Added: Apr 12, 2005
  • Length: 03:13
March of the Salamanders
From: Adam Allington
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Every year the first spring rains rouse hibernating amphibians from their winter torpor. In Amherst, MA this time is punctuated by the annual Sala...

Bought by WABE, PRX Remix, PRX to iTunes, KUOW, and The Nature Podcast


  • Added: Apr 11, 2005
  • Length: 02:51
  • Purchases: 5
Sri Lanka Radio Diary: A Journey Through a Rebuilding Country
From: UNICEF
Caption: PRX default Piece image
This Story is Free! An Audio Journey around Sri Lanka a few months after December's tsunami, to see the rebuilding efforts

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Apr 11, 2005
  • Length: 12:16
  • Purchases: 1
PRC-Anti Japan Demos
From: Steve Herman
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Anti-Japanese demonstrations in China rile Tokyo

  • Added: Apr 10, 2005
  • Length: 04:05
Hollywood Beauty Reigns in Asian-American Eyes
From: WFUV
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WFUV's George Bodarky reports on the growing number of Asian-Americans seeking plastic surgery to look more like their favorite American celebrities.

Bought by Outer Voices, New Hampshire Public Radio, WGVU, WAER Syracuse, NY, KBBI Alaska and more


  • Added: Apr 08, 2005
  • Length: 04:02
  • Purchases: 7
Dalai Lama-Japan
From: Steve Herman
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Dalai Lama Begins Spiritual Visit to Japan

Bought by WYSO


  • Added: Apr 08, 2005
  • Length: 02:29
  • Purchases: 1
Chainsaws and Gunshots
From: Voices of Our World
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Standing up to the Logging Industry

  • Added: Apr 07, 2005
  • Length: 28:00
Japan-Textbooks
From: Steve Herman
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Japanese textbook revisions cause an uproar in Korea, China

  • Added: Apr 06, 2005
  • Length: 03:40
Islamic History - Made in America
From: Hana Baba
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A long feature on the the first female-led Islamic prayer in history, and the new Progressive Muslim movement that's behind it.

Bought by KCUR


  • Added: Apr 06, 2005
  • Length: 13:41
  • Purchases: 1
Heirs of the Fisherman
From: With Good Reason
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J. Peter Pham, a former Vatican insider, chronicles the history of the modern papacy and reveals what goes on behind closed doors when the College ...

Bought by WMNF


  • Added: Apr 06, 2005
  • Length: 29:33
  • Purchases: 1
Quilting the Black-eyed Pea
From: With Good Reason
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Poets Nikki Giovanni and Lucinda Roy discuss their roles as African American poets in contemporary America and share personal visions of the "Middl...

Bought by KPVL and WCSU-FM


  • Added: Apr 06, 2005
  • Length: 29:51
  • Purchases: 2
#1184 You Asked For It 80
From: David Miller
Series: Swingin' Down the Lane
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Recordings requested by listeners and visitors to website.

Bought by KUAT


  • Added: Apr 04, 2005
  • Length: 58:28
  • Purchases: 1
Blues File: preview 2005 Pocono Blues Festival
From: WXPN
Series: Blues File
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Preview: 2005 Pocono Blues Festival

Bought by KKRN, WEFT, WQJC, KUHB, and KDLG


  • Added: Apr 02, 2005
  • Length: 03:02
  • Purchases: 5

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