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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.
- Added: Sep 19, 2024
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 4
Must, could, should, shall, might, may... We dig into the weird, wiggly, weaselly world of modal verbs.
- Added: Aug 29, 2024
- Length: 28:59
- Purchases: 4
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...
- Added: Aug 22, 2024
- Length: 28:57
- Purchases: 2
Today we look at words that came from other words even though we think the second word should have come first.
- Added: Aug 08, 2024
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 3
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.
- Added: Aug 01, 2024
- Length: 28:59
- Purchases: 3
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
- Added: Jun 13, 2024
- Length: 28:59
- Purchases: 1
This week on the show, we are chatting with Kenai born & raised (and currently anchorage based) newcomer, Keeley Boyle, about her awesome debut EP,...
Bought by KHNS, KTNA, and Raven Radio
- Added: May 13, 2024
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 3
Meet an extreme ironer, cheese roller, and shin kicking referee (also called a "stickler") on this weird sports episode of Audacious!
- Added: Feb 24, 2024
- Length: 50:00
We zoom out to examine the real-world impact of rural horror movies. From economic boosts to persistently harmful stereotypes, these films have lef...
- Added: Dec 15, 2023
- Length: 41:33
This week we are talking to James Glaves - an Anchorage musician & producer with quite a bit of street cred. He has toured with bands in the lower ...
- Added: Nov 13, 2023
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 6
Trees, menorahs, and hair caught on fire.
- Added: Nov 07, 2023
- Length: 04:29
It’s the 40th year of the Minneapolis Battle of the Jug Bands. It’s held at the Cabooze this Sunday starting at 12:40 PM, with a 4PM Saturday pre-p...
- Added: Feb 01, 2023
- Length: 08:00
WINNER of the 2023 Atlanta Fringe Audio Critics' Choice Award, as well as Best Writing, Best Mixing & Most Creative! The judges said "I LOVED THE H...
- Added: Jan 20, 2023
- Length: 19:33
Our voice activation and metadata is when we crack the mike and back announce a record. B3 organ starts this tour, all the pleasures of life hittin...
Bought by KJZX-Austin, KRZA, KHNS, WOUB, WVBI-LP and more
- Added: Aug 30, 2022
- Length: 02:00:02
- Purchases: 8
On this episode we discuss the fear people in the world have for She-Hulk as well as the fear people have here locally of aggressive urban deer. On...
- Added: Aug 24, 2022
- Length: 58:04
This week on On Story we’ll hear from Gone Girl author and screenwriter Gillian Flynn. And later will hear from Ed Solomon, the screenwriter behind...
- Added: Mar 01, 2022
- Length: 54:00
Summer carnivals were all the rage in the 1960s and us kids loved to put them on. Do you remember those? Did you run one?
- Added: Sep 17, 2021
- Length: 05:06
The Kids Crew gets puzzled with the world's most syndicated puzzle maker, David L. Hoyt, author of the Jumble puzzle found in more than 600 newspap...
Bought by RadioFreePalmer, KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio), Allegheny Mountain Radio, KSTK, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio] and more
- Added: Aug 16, 2021
- Length: 58:00
- Purchases: 10
Dr. Rhett Allain and Adam Cortez discuss the importance and the origin of Pi: 3.1415926535897932384626433832795028841971693993751058209749445923078...
- Added: May 06, 2021
- Length: 12:11
Rhett Allain and Adam Cortez converse on the topic of Mars and the factors that are unique to the planet.
- Added: May 06, 2021
- Length: 12:38
Dr. Rhett Allain and Adam Cortez discuss the quirkier sides of science.
- Added: May 06, 2021
- Length: 11:40
In this episode we hear an exciting King Arthur adventure from Heather Forest. We also hear wonderful stories from Mary Gavan and Donald Davis.
- Added: Jan 13, 2021
- Length: 54:59
- Purchases: 2
A special Halloween episode begins as if it’s going to be an hour of terror, until –PSYCH! It becomes, instead, an hour of exciting and funny stories.
- Added: Oct 02, 2020
- Length: 54:58
- Purchases: 3
In the episode, our hosts analyze the real implications of Star Wars technology. From the widely-known Light-saber to the concept of artificial gra...
Bought by RadioFreePalmer and Belfast Community Radio
- Added: Jul 27, 2020
- Length: 13:20
- Purchases: 2
This week, Isaak and Rhett remember old internet challenges and discuss the allure the makes them viral sensations.
Bought by Belfast Community Radio
- Added: Mar 05, 2020
- Length: 12:12
- Purchases: 1