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The Good Kind of Stress
From: KMUW
Series: You're Saying It Wrong
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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


  • Added: Apr 04, 2024
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 2
Sticky, Tricky Grammar Moments
From: KMUW
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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


  • Added: Feb 29, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Hyperforeignisms Are Our Forte
From: KMUW
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We look at what happens when we approach non-English words with a little too much gusto, and how, exactly, we should be saying foreign words so tha...

  • Added: Feb 01, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
2302: Refeed: Seinfeld: A Retrospective, 1/12/2023
From: Austin Film Festival's On Story®
Series: Austin Film Festival's On Story®
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This week on On Story we’ll hear from Seinfeld writer David Mandel. And later will hear from screenwriting duo Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewsk...

  • Added: Jan 11, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
Minnesota 'N Ice: Hiking the Frozen Backwaters with the Winona Outdoor Collaborative
From: KQAL
Series: Culture Clique
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Winter in Minnesota. It’s a lot of different things to a lot of different people. Some love it, some hate it, but we all get through (deal with) it...

  • Added: Mar 30, 2022
  • Length: 18:31
Parody Bands
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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This week was inspired by the Spinal Tap debut back in 1984. Once I started doing the research, there was simply a large group of bands that are b...

Bought by KSRQ, KWIT, Harford Community Radio, and WOUB


  • Added: Mar 28, 2021
  • Length: 58:56
  • Purchases: 4
YBYG196: You Bet Your Garden # 96 A Fresh Look: Death by Lawn; The Sad Story of Contaminated Clippings, 7/30/2020
From: You Bet Your Garden
Series: You Bet Your Garden
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On this episode of YBYG Mike warns of LAWN CLIPPINGS that may contain remaining chemicals that can hurt your Compost piles and your Plants!! Plus y...

  • Added: Jul 29, 2020
  • Length: 54:58
YBYG35: You Bet Your Garden # 35, 5/30/2019
From: You Bet Your Garden
Series: You Bet Your Garden
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"What CAN you do with a Greenhouse during the Summer?" Mike McGrath finds out the answer on The Question of the Week!! And finds answers to your ...

  • Added: May 28, 2019
  • Length: 54:59
Dear Cherry 021 - Guest Lists
From: Mondo Frolic Productions
Series: Dear Cherry Capri
Caption: Dear Cherry Capri, Credit: Taso Papadakis
Weekly, 90-second, humorous, radio interstitial drop-ins featuring Cherry Capri talking about retro inspired topics. This week is about party plann...

Bought by Enchantment Radio


  • Added: Oct 18, 2017
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Dear Cherry 020 - Be On Time - Part 2
From: Mondo Frolic Productions
Series: Dear Cherry Capri
Caption: Dear Cherry Capri, Credit: Taso Papadakis
Weekly, 90-second, humorous, radio interstitial drop-ins featuring Cherry Capri talking about retro inspired topics. This is the second week about ...

Bought by Enchantment Radio


  • Added: Oct 18, 2017
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Dear Cherry 025 - Second Marriages
From: Mondo Frolic Productions
Series: Dear Cherry Capri
Caption: Dear Cherry Capri, Credit: Taso Papadakis
Weekly, 90-second, humorous, radio interstitial drop-ins featuring Cherry Capri talking about retro inspired topics. This week is about second marr...

Bought by Enchantment Radio


  • Added: Oct 18, 2017
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Dear Cherry 016 - New Hat
From: Mondo Frolic Productions
Series: Dear Cherry Capri
Caption: Dear Cherry Capri, Credit: Taso Papadakis
Weekly, 90-second, humorous, radio interstitial drop-ins featuring Cherry Capri talking about retro inspired topics. This week is about new clothes...

Bought by Enchantment Radio


  • Added: Oct 17, 2017
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Dear Cherry 023 - Summer Solstice
From: Mondo Frolic Productions
Series: Dear Cherry Capri
Caption: Dear Cherry Capri, Credit: Taso Papadakis
Weekly, 90-second, humorous, radio interstitial drop-ins featuring Cherry Capri talking about retro inspired topics. This week is about summertime ...

Bought by Enchantment Radio


  • Added: Oct 17, 2017
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Dear Cherry 022 - Elevator Etiquette
From: Mondo Frolic Productions
Series: Dear Cherry Capri
Caption: Dear Cherry Capri, Credit: Taso Papadakis
Weekly, 90-second, humorous, radio interstitial drop-ins featuring Cherry Capri talking about retro inspired topics. This week is about elevator et...

Bought by Enchantment Radio


  • Added: Jul 12, 2016
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Dear Cherry 017 - Kitchen Prowess
From: Mondo Frolic Productions
Series: Dear Cherry Capri
Caption: Dear Cherry Capri, Credit: Taso Papadakis
Weekly, 90-second, humorous, radio interstitial drop-ins featuring Cherry Capri talking about retro inspired topics. This week is about getting com...

Bought by Enchantment Radio


  • Added: Jul 12, 2016
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Dear Cherry 015 - Cell Phone Vacation
From: Mondo Frolic Productions
Series: Dear Cherry Capri
Caption: Dear Cherry Capri, Credit: Taso Papadakis
Weekly, 90-second, humorous, radio interstitial drop-ins featuring Cherry Capri talking about retro inspired topics. This week is about taking a ce...

Bought by Enchantment Radio


  • Added: Jun 28, 2016
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Dear Cherry 014 - Receiving Compliments
From: Mondo Frolic Productions
Series: Dear Cherry Capri
Caption: Dear Cherry Capri, Credit: Taso Papadakis
Weekly, 90-second, humorous, radio interstitial drop-ins featuring Cherry Capri talking about retro inspired topics. This week is about receiving c...

Bought by Enchantment Radio


  • Added: Jun 28, 2016
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Spring Bird Spectacle
From: Brian Aust
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An all-new presentation of backyard bird songs mixed into thematically related classic JazzGrass music. This 20th installment of WoodWarbler's Jazz...

  • Added: Jun 01, 2016
  • Length: 01:56:52
Dear Cherry 012 - New Neighbors
From: Mondo Frolic Productions
Series: Dear Cherry Capri
Caption: Dear Cherry Capri, Credit: Taso Papadakis
Weekly, 90-second, humorous, radio interstitial drop-ins featuring Cherry Capri talking about retro inspired topics. This week is about welcoming n...

Bought by Enchantment Radio


  • Added: May 19, 2016
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Dear Cherry 013 - Giving Compliments
From: Mondo Frolic Productions
Series: Dear Cherry Capri
Caption: Dear Cherry Capri, Credit: Taso Papadakis
Weekly, 90-second, humorous, radio interstitial drop-ins featuring Cherry Capri talking about retro inspired topics. This week is about how to give...

Bought by Enchantment Radio


  • Added: May 19, 2016
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Dear Cherry 011 - Retro Future
From: Mondo Frolic Productions
Series: Dear Cherry Capri
Caption: Dear Cherry Capri, Credit: Taso Papadakis
Weekly, 90-second, humorous, radio interstitial drop-ins featuring Cherry Capri talking about retro inspired topics. This week is about the land of...

Bought by Enchantment Radio


  • Added: Apr 20, 2016
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Ideas Books: Jamie Holmes - Nonsense, The Power of Not Knowing
From: Craig Barfoot
Series: Ideas Books
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An interview with the author Jamie Holmes about his book, Nonsense. A look at the surprising upside of ambiguity—and how, properly harnessed, it ca...

Bought by KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio]


  • Added: Apr 19, 2016
  • Length: 28:01
  • Purchases: 1
Dear Cherry 010 - Spring Cleaning
From: Mondo Frolic Productions
Series: Dear Cherry Capri
Caption: Dear Cherry Capri, Credit: Taso Papadakis
Weekly, 90-second, humorous, radio interstitial drop-ins featuring Cherry Capri talking about retro inspired topics. This week is about spring clea...

Bought by Enchantment Radio


  • Added: Apr 16, 2016
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Dear Cherry 008 - Somebody's Sick
From: Mondo Frolic Productions
Series: Dear Cherry Capri
Caption: Dear Cherry Capri, Credit: Taso Papadakis
Weekly, 90-second, humorous, radio interstitial drop-ins featuring Cherry Capri talking about retro inspired topics. This week is about visiting a ...

Bought by Enchantment Radio


  • Added: Apr 02, 2016
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Dear Cherry 009 - Be Attractive
From: Mondo Frolic Productions
Series: Dear Cherry Capri
Caption: Dear Cherry Capri, Credit: Taso Papadakis
Weekly, 90-second, humorous, radio interstitial drop-ins featuring Cherry Capri talking about retro inspired topics. This week is about good grooming.

Bought by Enchantment Radio


  • Added: Apr 02, 2016
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1