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XPRESSIONS is a series of short, light-hearted features about the origin of popular phrases & sayings of every sort.
- Added: Aug 03, 2014
- Length: 01:40
XPRESSIONS is a series of short, light-hearted features about the origin of popular phrases & sayings of every sort.
- Added: Jul 28, 2014
- Length: 01:45
XPRESSIONS is a series of short, light-hearted features about the origin of popular phrases & sayings of every sort
- Added: Jul 13, 2014
- Length: 01:41
XPRESSIONS is a series of short, light-hearted features about the origin of popular phrases & sayings of every sort
- Added: Jul 06, 2014
- Length: 01:25
On this week's episode, stories about looking for answers in the wrong places, mercury in the water, and...bigfoot.
Bought by WMUU-LP and CHSR-FM 97.9
- Added: Jun 25, 2014
- Length: 58:55
- Purchases: 2
Terry Lyman thought she'd try taxidermy, but she quickly realized she was in over her head.
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Aug 14, 2013
- Length: 05:59
- Purchases: 1
Names are important signifers, but they are also very mutable. This piece focuses on the slipperiness of names: how their meanings can change, why ...
- Added: Feb 03, 2012
- Length: 57:44
The spicy Korean dish, kimchi, has a long pedigree, dating all the way back to the 7th century, if not earlier. Before freezers, before hydroponic ...
Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, and PRX Remix
- Added: Jul 26, 2011
- Length: 03:20
- Purchases: 3
In March, a young Swiss-Tibetan named Karma Emchi produced a funny rap song about a Tibetan meat pastry and posted it on YouTube. But he couldn't...
- Added: Jun 27, 2011
- Length: 05:35
For extreme sports athletes, front-side blunt stall skateboard ollies and snaggletooth bike grinds belong on a list with the public option and pree...
- Added: May 20, 2011
- Length: 03:24
A Gypsy, he never lived in a house or wore a suit until age twenty. At age 18, a late-night caravan fire left him with only two, useful fingers on ...
- Added: May 10, 2011
- Length: 03:00
The piece investigates the influence of inflation on spirit money in a Chinese temple.
- Added: May 03, 2011
- Length: 03:31
- Added: May 02, 2011
- Length: 03:40
A girl. A boy. A horse. A chase. Listen as this week's Global Guru takes you inside the world of courtship in Kazakhstan...
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio, KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA, PRX Remix, KZYX, Prairie Public and more
- Added: Jan 26, 2011
- Length: 02:56
- Purchases: 7
A radio-noir movie in two parts. No U-Turn tells the story of love, fate, and a nightclub act gone awry. No U-Turn takes you from New York to Hol...
- Added: Jan 23, 2011
- Length: 01:52:47
From "Bollywood Across Borders" 9/10/2010: War News Radio reports on the Afghans' love for Bollywood cinema.
- Added: Sep 10, 2010
- Length: 07:47
Deep immersion in Blind Alfred Reed covers and originals, an extended “Kontrast ‘n’ Kompare©” segment. Then onto, “More Than You Ever Wanted To Kno...
- Added: Aug 04, 2010
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 2
More and more social networks and applications are popping up, allowing users to trade their personal information for cheap and amazing services.
- Added: Jun 17, 2010
- Length: 24:01
This is the story of two neighbors, their fence and what happened when it fell down. It isn't what you'd expect.
Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, Remix Radio, and KUOW
- Added: Feb 14, 2009
- Length: 06:01
- Purchases: 3
Making the Sabbath more friendly... one innovation at a time.
Bought by Remix Radio, KUOW, WFUV, Interfaith Voices, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio
- Added: Jan 05, 2009
- Length: 04:35
- Purchases: 5
A visit to the set of Mundo de Perros
- Added: Feb 24, 2007
- Length: 04:55
- Purchases: 2
On this edition of B-side we're taking a chance as host Andrea Seabrook visits the Reno airport and introduces us to some risk-takers.
- Added: Jan 02, 2007
- Length: 29:02
Incarcerated youth producer, Tyler, interviewed his fellow inmates about their definition of freedom and what they would do with freedom if they ha...
Bought by Remix Radio
- Added: Jun 30, 2004
- Length: 02:22
- Purchases: 1
The adult daughter hasn't called; the parents are desperate; but at least there's a message on the machine.
- Added: Jun 15, 2004
- Length: 01:38
An elderly man prepares to take his senile wife to the nursing home, trying inarticulately to express his love.
Bought by WYSO
- Added: Jun 15, 2004
- Length: 01:37
- Purchases: 1
