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These Names Have Snob Appeal

From: KMUW
Series: You're Saying It Wrong

We look at some names of famous people that, when you pronounce them correctly, can let people know you're an expert... or a snob.

Bought by KECG and KRPS

Shakespeare: He Made Up a Lot of Words

From: KMUW
Series: You're Saying It Wrong

This week, Kathy and Ross quiz Fletcher on a list of words that may or may not have been coined by Shakespeare. You might be surprised by which one...

Bought by KMUN, KECG, and KRPS

British-isms

From: KMUW
Series: You're Saying It Wrong

We look at why Americans love to talk like our friends from across the pond-- or like to *think* that's what we're doing.

Bought by KECG

March Madness

From: KWIT
Series: Listen to This!

Move smartly forward to this collection of marches, with some surprises

The Good Kind of Stress

From: KMUW
Series: You're Saying It Wrong

We'll look at sentence stress and how the meaning of a sentence can completely change depending on which words you emphasize.

Bought by KRPS and KECG

Pretending to be Proper

From: KMUW

We look at some "rules" of the language that were mostly just made up so people could feel like they were speaking proper English.

Bought by KECG and KRPS

Sticky, Tricky Grammar Moments

From: KMUW

We run through some particularly confusing grammar mistakes and how sometimes, we might think we’re saying one thing when we’re really saying another.

Bought by KRPS

Black History Month Jewish Style

From: Mississippi Public Broadcasting
Series: Sounds Jewish

Sounds Jewish commemorates Black History Month with great Jewish tunes performed by African-Americans and some Jewish-Americans – plus many of the ...

Bought by WLPR

Sneaky Rules We Don't Know We Follow

From: KMUW

Some of us like to be rule breakers, but here are a few rules of the English language we can’t help but follow. And we probably don’t even know the...

Bought by KRPS

You're Saying It Wrong: An Introduction

From: KMUW
Series: You're Saying It Wrong

Who are we? What are we doing here? This episode will introduce listeners to host Fletcher Powell and language experts Kathy Petras and Ross Petras...

Bought by KECG and KRPS

PE 2405

From: Stephen R Webb
Series: Stuck in the Psychedelic Era

Perfectly balanced, with attitude

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), Royalton Community Radio, KHNS, WFHB, WFiT Melbourne 89.5 FM and more

Celebrating MLK

From: Mississippi Public Broadcasting
Series: Sounds Jewish

Martin Luther King Day commemorates his efforts to bring about social equality. We celebrate with songs extolling equal rights and affirming an aff...

Bought by WLPR and KALW

Ep. 235: Guest Hosted by Thomas of Phonic Underground

From: Franklin Fantini
Series: Dollar Country

Country music from 45 and 78s this week on Dollar Country

Bought by KECG, GCR (Global Community Radio), and KHNS

2024 Anniversaries #1

From: KSLU
Series: Rock School

This is our yearly start to the new year. We go back 10 years again and again as far back as we can go and tell you the music anniversaries that w...

Bought by KTRL, KHNS, KWIT, The Bear 91.3, KUCA-FM, KECG and more

016: Stuttering out loud: embracing speech diversity and fighting shame around stuttering, 12/29/2023

From: Embodied
Series: Embodied

Stuttering has long been the butt of many jokes. People who stutter are working to change that.

PE 2351

From: Stephen R Webb
Series: Stuck in the Psychedelic Era

Having a Cool Yule with a hermit

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), WFHB, WFiT Melbourne 89.5 FM, KRZA, KEOS and more

PE 2348

From: Stephen R Webb
Series: Stuck in the Psychedelic Era

Laundry List

Bought by KHNS, WFHB, WFiT Melbourne 89.5 FM, KEOS, KRZA and more

Ep. 228: Country & Gospel From West Virginia

From: Franklin Fantini
Series: Dollar Country

A musical drive through the wooded hills of West Virginia.

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio)

What is "court packing"?

From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Civics 101

How justices are added to the Supreme Court, via partisan or nonpartisan means.

Halloween Buried With

From: KSLU
Series: Rock School

Here is our second Halloween show. Many musicians and celebrities have been buried with some rather interesting items. We have a rather long list...

Bought by KHNS, The Bear 91.3, KUCA-FM, KSRQ, WOUB, KWIT and more

Ep. 230: Murder Ballads 2023

From: Franklin Fantini
Series: Dollar Country

Murder ballads have a checkered past, in this episode we explore the world of Murder Ballads.

Bought by KSTK, GCR (Global Community Radio), and KHNS

From the Vault Pgm 088 Halloween 2

From: WICR
Series: From the Vault

This is the second From the Vault Halloween Special. Music of Aguila, Caplet, Whitacre and de Falla.

Bought by RadioFreePalmer

From the Vault Pgm 021 Halloween

From: WICR
Series: From the Vault

My first Halloween special edition of From the Vault

Bought by RadioFreePalmer

Full Moon Hacksaw #1907 (Hour 1 & 2) - 08/24/2023

From: KRDP
Series: Full Moon Hacksaw

Tell the truth, shame the devil: New jazz releases, and artists today, still deliver. We feature a batch from the Origin label, as well as their OA...

Bought by WEJP-LP 107.1, KJZX-Austin, KRZA, WYAP, KHNS and more

Rock Star Commercials

From: KSLU
Series: Rock School

Of course rock stars do commercials. Some believe it is selling out but you have pay the bills. This week is a long list of rock stars you might ...

Bought by WYAP, WMTNradio, KHNS, KWIT, The Bear 91.3, KUCA-FM and more

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