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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
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.
- Added: Sep 05, 2024
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 3
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
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...
- Added: Aug 15, 2024
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 3
The pretzel, known as a “Brezel” or “Brezn” in German, is not an ordinary pastry. It has a century-old history full of myths and stories. Where did...
Bought by KICI Iowa City and KICI Iowa City
- Added: Apr 03, 2019
- Length: 33:17
- Purchases: 2
In Episode 18 of Behind The Thread, we look at wages around the world. Sokny Say of the Free Trade Union of the Workers of the Kingdom of Cambodia ...
- Added: Nov 21, 2014
- Length: 40:07
Kerstin Rodgers aka Ms Marmite Lover - queen of London's underground restaurants - chats with me in her kitchen in Kilburn, North London. Topics du...
- Added: Feb 23, 2014
- Length: 19:24
From: Third Coast International Audio Festival
Series: 2013 Third Coast ShortDocs: Stories Inspired by "Appetite"
Series: 2013 Third Coast ShortDocs: Stories Inspired by "Appetite"
The Sichuan Peppercorn provides a confusing, disorienting and compelling flavor to the spicy cuisine of Sichuan.
- Added: Sep 17, 2013
- Length: 03:00
- Purchases: 3
Three quick angles of life in the cattle business.
- Added: Sep 17, 2013
- Length: 03:00
From: Third Coast International Audio Festival
Series: 2013 Third Coast ShortDocs: Stories Inspired by "Appetite"
Series: 2013 Third Coast ShortDocs: Stories Inspired by "Appetite"
No one has an appetite for perfection and swearing like a Québécois in search of poutine.
Bought by KRPS, North Country Public Radio, WNIJ, and PRX Remix
- Added: Sep 17, 2013
- Length: 02:58
- Purchases: 4
Good science takes time... or not? On today's show we explore the extremes. First the longest-running experiment in the world; then the near-instan...
Bought by WTJU
- Added: Aug 29, 2012
- Length: 14:12
- Purchases: 1
In this episode we are visited by the ghosts of chemistry's past, present, and future, who teach us about Greek fire, red sludge, and the future of...
Bought by WTJU
- Added: Jan 16, 2012
- Length: 13:46
- Purchases: 1
This episode explores two very different ways people hope to protect future harvests. First, follow us to the Doomsday Vault, which protects 700,00...
Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio
- Added: Jan 16, 2012
- Length: 12:06
- Purchases: 1
Every year, in cities across the world, cyclists throw off their clothes and ride naked as part of the World Naked Bike Ride - a global protest mov...
Bought by KUT
- Added: Jun 15, 2011
- Length: 18:13
- Purchases: 1
This week the Global Guru learns how to negotiate land deals, family disputes, wedding arrangements, cattle sales and other deals in Timor Leste.
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Oct 05, 2010
- Length: 02:59
- Purchases: 1
In honor of World AIDS Day, Distillations looks at global health.
- Added: Nov 21, 2008
- Length: 13:27
Every four years, February packs a whole extra day... but why?
Bought by KHNS, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, PRX Remix, KISU, KZYX and more
- Added: Feb 25, 2008
- Length: 04:56
- Purchases: 6
A nostalgic trip through British television's idents and theme tunes.
- Added: Feb 20, 2007
- Length: 14:48
