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From: KMUW
Series: You're Saying It Wrong

We continue our fascination with rules we don't know we know with a look at the importance of where we put the stress when we say words out loud.

Bought by KECG, WWNO, KWMR, and KRPS

Getting an "A" on the SAT

From: KMUW
Series: You're Saying It Wrong

The letter of the day is "A"! We're getting you (or your kids) ready for the SATs with some tricky vocabulary from the beginning of the alphabet.

Bought by KWMR, KXCV, and KRPS

We Simply Must Talk About Modal Verbs

From: KMUW
Series: You're Saying It Wrong

Must, could, should, shall, might, may... We dig into the weird, wiggly, weaselly world of modal verbs.

Bought by KXCV, KECG, KWMR, and KRPS

Let's Hit the Beach!

From: KMUW

Grab your swimsuit! Or your bathing suit. That's up to you. We're heading to the beach for a look at the language of tides, waves, and other things...

Bought by KWMR and KRPS

Now is the Winter of Our Discontent Made Brat Summer

From: KMUW

With Charli XCX sparking a summer phenomenon, we take a look at the nature of slang: who uses it, why we use it, and how we need to be very careful...

Bought by WWNO, KWMR, and KRPS

Silly Rules (Or, the Unpredictability of the English Language)

From: KMUW

We look at language rules that are rules sometimes, and rules that don't make sense. Well, they make some sense. Whatever. They're rules, anyway.

Bought by WWNO, KWMR, and KRPS

PE 2429

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

Opposites Attract, but...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), Royalton Community Radio, KHNS, WFHB, WOUB and more

The Ambiguity of English (Is the Name of My Jazz Band)

From: KMUW

This week, we're talking ambiguous words and ambiguous phrases. Sometimes we think we know what we're saying and sometimes we're really wrong.

Bought by KRPS

It's a Dead Language, I Always Say

From: KMUW

Latin may be dead, but we still use it every day. This week, we look at some common Latin phrases and what they actually mean.

Bought by KWMR and KRPS

Cranberry Morphemes

From: KMUW

We know what a berry is, we know what a cranberry is, but what the heck is a "cran?" We enter the sometimes murky world of the cranberry morpheme...

Bought by KRPS

Final Exams

From: KMUW

As we head into summer, we'll take a look back to see if we can remember what we've learned over the past year.

Bought by KRPS

The Defining Words of the Spelling Bee

From: KMUW

After this year's thrilling spell-off in the National Spelling Bee, we try to tease out the definitions of some of the words that won the contest.

Bought by KRPS

Season 1, Episode 47 - 'Challenging Consumerism' feat John de Graaf

From: Radio 2050
Series: Radio 2050 - Season 1

The importance of keeping our outdoor spaces beautiful.

Bought by WOJB

The Oldest of Old Worlds

From: KMUW

This week, we're talking about some of the very oldest words in the English language, and how little some of them have changed over thousands of ye...

Bought by KRPS and KECG

Smooshed-up Words

From: KMUW

We're looking at words that were made by smooshing together other words, but it all happened so long ago that we completely forgot about it.

Bought by KRPS and KECG

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

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 WWNO, KWMR, KXCV, 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