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The story behind the word "salamander"

  • Added: Nov 24, 2006
  • Length: 02:45
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The story behind the word "mascara"

  • Added: Nov 24, 2006
  • Length: 03:05
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The story behind the word "genial"

  • Added: Nov 24, 2006
  • Length: 03:45
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The story behind the word "bombast"

  • Added: Nov 24, 2006
  • Length: 02:40
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Why we might not look the way we sound -- and vice-versa.

Bought by KZSC


  • Added: Nov 19, 2006
  • Length: 06:51
  • Purchases: 1
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Hunter Barry Forbes uses turkey psychology to lure in the toms. And some great gobbling...

Bought by 90.9 WBUR - Boston's NPR News Station, Prairie Public, and WNKU


  • Added: Nov 18, 2006
  • Length: 02:20
  • Purchases: 3
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Short piece on what is and isn't "private" on the Internet

Bought by BSR Radio, WSCS-FM, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 16, 2006
  • Length: 04:46
  • Purchases: 3
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The story behind the word "pedigree"

  • Added: Nov 13, 2006
  • Length: 02:32
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The story behind the word "tributary"

  • Added: Nov 13, 2006
  • Length: 03:19
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The story behind the word "kowtow"

  • Added: Nov 13, 2006
  • Length: 03:40
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Meet the Gastronauts, adventerous eaters extraordinaire.

Bought by KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 13, 2006
  • Length: 09:38
  • Purchases: 1

  • Added: Nov 10, 2006
  • Length: 02:21
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Independent Producer Sue Mell makes a bed and talks about working as a Bed Stylist.

Bought by WILL


  • Added: Nov 06, 2006
  • Length: 03:22
  • Purchases: 1
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Learn how the giant puppets that lead New York City's Village Halloween parade are constructed.

  • Added: Oct 30, 2006
  • Length: 09:18
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NYC Bike Messenger Keeps an Audio Diary

Bought by KZSC, BSR Radio, and CKMO


  • Added: Oct 23, 2006
  • Length: 10:13
  • Purchases: 3
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Audio diary piece of a local flea market

Bought by WXLV-FM


  • Added: Oct 12, 2006
  • Length: 08:43
  • Purchases: 1
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A New York essayist returns from a long trip abroad.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 12, 2006
  • Length: 05:41
  • Purchases: 1
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The Kerville Folk Festival is often thought of as a place for old hippies, however Devin Prikryl-Martin explores the festival as a teen hangout!

Bought by WXLV-FM


  • Added: Oct 10, 2006
  • Length: 03:31
  • Purchases: 1
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Oscar-winning movie producer Brian Grazer believes it's good to disrupt his personal comfort zone.

Bought by WEZU, WEZU, Remix Radio, and KJZZ


  • Added: Oct 06, 2006
  • Length: 03:43
  • Purchases: 4
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Jason Sheehan believes barbecue unites us, comforts us and is the only thing he can?t get enough of.

Bought by WEZU, West Virginia Public Broadcasting, WEZU, and KJZZ


  • Added: Oct 06, 2006
  • Length: 03:33
  • Purchases: 4
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While Nicolo Paganini's violin playing brought him enormous prestige and adoration from his many female admirers, he also got around on the guitar....

Bought by WITF and New England Public Media


  • Added: Sep 25, 2006
  • Length: :29
  • Purchases: 2
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Melding art and technology to creat emusical robots

  • Added: Sep 18, 2006
  • Length: 10:33
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A humorous exploration of an everyday school item. Perfect for back-to-school or education shows.

  • Added: Sep 12, 2006
  • Length: 04:47
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Zoe Cordes Selbin interviews The Hush Sound, an up-and-coming piano-rock band.

Bought by WXLV-FM


  • Added: Sep 12, 2006
  • Length: 06:59
  • Purchases: 1
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An stroll through the gory depths of a UC Berkeley Museum preparation lab -- the place where animals are skinned and stuffed for posterity -- in th...

  • Added: Aug 31, 2006
  • Length: 11:44