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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

Let's Hop Across the Pond!

From: KMUW
Series: You're Saying It Wrong

Jump in your estate car and head to the chemist; this week, we're looking at some British equivalents of American English words.

Bought by WWNO, KWMR, KECG, KXCV, 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

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

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

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

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

Discovering delight - and despair - in dumpster diving

From: Connecticut Public (WNPR)
Series: Audacious with Chion Wolf

This week on Audacious: Dumpster Diving! A pro takes host Chion Wolf into the depths of a dumpster, plus a TikTok star talks about how she got hook...

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

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

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

Musician Cameos

From: KSLU
Series: Rock School

Now and again, you will see a rock musician show up in a movie either as a performer or an extra. This week we have a long list of appearences.

Bought by WMTNradio, WYAP, KHNS, Harford Community Radio, KWIT and more

Musician Effects on Music

From: KSLU
Series: Rock School

It is said there is Taylor Swift Effect. Her entering the business made a ton of girls buy guitars and play. The Baker Street Effect made the sa...

Bought by WMTNradio, WYAP, KHNS, KWIT, KTRL and more

Portrait of US Ep. 04 Casper

From: Adam Scher
Series: Portrait of US

Casper talks with us about coming to terms with health struggles.

Grave Robbers

From: KSLU
Series: Rock School

Elvis was not always buried on the Graceland property. After an attempted grave robbing, he was moved there. In fact, many musicians' graves have...

Bought by WMTNradio, KHNS, KWIT, Harford Community Radio, KSRQ and more

Arizona Walnut Tree

From: KXCI
Series: Growing Native with Petey Mesquitey

I grew up in the land of the black walnut, Juglans nigra. And if you grew up in the eastern US, then you did too. It has a very large range in east...

Vod's Here

From: WGTE Public Media
Series: The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor

Michelle Atkinson goes by her roller derby name, Vod. She also named her craft business after the same moniker, Vod's Here. The venture is a brand ...

Bought by WRFA-LP

213: Unexpected Origin of Roller Skates

From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk

The first roller skates were patented by John Joseph Merlin in 1760. He showed off his new fangled wheeled shoes with an epic entrance to a party t...

Bought by WRFA-LP

212: Peanut Butter Diamonds

From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk

With enough pressure and heat, just about anything with enough carbon in it could become a diamond. And thankfully for us, when a scientist was ask...

Bought by WRFA-LP

209: Detachable Tails

From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk

In cases of emergency, lizards pop off their tails to get away. Evolution made it possible for that tail to stay on when tugged but not twisted. It...

Bought by WRFA-LP

206 part two: Skeet Shooting Fish

From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk

Sure, Archerfish can use a squirt of water to knock prey into the water to be eaten. But researchers wanted to know, could they count?

Bought by WRFA-LP

TV Themes that Became Hits

From: KSLU
Series: Rock School

Here's the game. Name a TV theme song that then became a hit on the pop chart. You cannot choose a song that was first a hit and then used for a ...

Bought by WKPW, KSRQ, KTRL, KHNS, KWIT and more

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