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Folding Money (#1616)
From: A Way with Words
Series: A Way with Words
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Barbara Kingsolver's book Demon Copperhead is a retelling of Charles Dickens' David Copperfield set in today's Appalachia. Martha shares memories o...

Bought by KTSW 89.9, WYAP, KECG, WPCA-LP, KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio) and more


  • Added: May 15, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 17
Atomic Age Cocktail Party 5/19/23 "Traveling"
From: WILL
Series: Atomic Age Cocktail Party
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It's music from the golden age of the hi-fi! The music itself goes by a lot of names: Lounge, Space Age Bachelor Pad Music, Rat Pack, easy listenin...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, KBBI Alaska, KRPS, and KMXT


  • Added: May 10, 2023
  • Length: 59:30
  • Purchases: 4
Mimeographs and Dittos (#1502)
From: A Way with Words
Series: A Way with Words
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How colors got their names, and a strange way to write. The terms "blue" and "orange" arrived in English via French, so why didn't we also adapt th...

Bought by RADIOLEX, KECG, WYAP, KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio), WNIN and more


  • Added: May 08, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 17
Atomic Age Cocktail Party 5/12/23 "Grooving Guitars"
From: WILL
Series: Atomic Age Cocktail Party
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It's music from the golden age of the hi-fi! The music itself goes by a lot of names: Lounge, Space Age Bachelor Pad Music, Rat Pack, easy listenin...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, KBBI Alaska, and KRPS


  • Added: May 04, 2023
  • Length: 59:30
  • Purchases: 3
Takes the Cake (#1615)
From: A Way with Words
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What do you call a long sandwich filled with lots of ingredients? Whether you call it a sub, a hoagie, a grinder, or something else entirely depend...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: May 01, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 1
Atomic Age Cocktail Party 5/5/23 "Heavy Petting"
From: WILL
Series: Atomic Age Cocktail Party
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It's music from the golden age of the hi-fi! The music itself goes by a lot of names: Lounge, Space Age Bachelor Pad Music, Rat Pack, easy listenin...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, KBBI Alaska, KRPS, and KMXT


  • Added: Apr 28, 2023
  • Length: 59:30
  • Purchases: 4
Truth and Beauty (#1499)
From: A Way with Words
Series: A Way with Words
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Vocabulary that trickles down from the top of the world. Malamute, kayak, and parka are just some of the words that have found their way into Engli...

Bought by KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], RADIOLEX, WHCP-LP Cambridge, KTSW 89.9, WYAP and more


  • Added: Apr 24, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 17
Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month -- What Don't You Know?
From: KSFR
Series: Equal Time with Martha Burk
Caption: Host Martha Burk
May is Asian Pacific American Heritage Month. Didn’t know we celebrated such a thing? You’re not alone. Lesser known than Black History Month or ...

Bought by KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif.


  • Added: Apr 22, 2023
  • Length: 02:59
  • Purchases: 1
CJL-808 Joel Paterson Quartet - Part 2
From: Steve Rashid
Series: Chicago Jazz Live
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This week on Chicago Jazz Live it's Part Two of our two-part episode as we welcome the extraordinary guitarist, Joel Paterson, with another extraor...

Bought by WLPR and WDCB


  • Added: Apr 18, 2023
  • Length: 57:01
  • Purchases: 2
Atomic Age Cocktail Party 4/28/23 "Broadway Bound"
From: WILL
Series: Atomic Age Cocktail Party
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It's music from the golden age of the hi-fi! The music itself goes by a lot of names: Lounge, Space Age Bachelor Pad Music, Rat Pack, easy listenin...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, KBBI Alaska, and KRPS


  • Added: Apr 18, 2023
  • Length: 59:30
  • Purchases: 3
Dessert Stomach (#1498)
From: A Way with Words
Series: A Way with Words
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Funny cat videos and cute online photos inspire equally adorable slang terms we use to talk about them. When a cat leaves its tongue out, that's a ...

Bought by KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio), KECG, WYAP, KTXK, RADIOLEX and more


  • Added: Apr 16, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 18
Atomic Age Cocktail Party 4/21/23 "Ladies of Lounge 2"
From: WILL
Series: Atomic Age Cocktail Party
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It's music from the golden age of the hi-fi! The music itself goes by a lot of names: Lounge, Space Age Bachelor Pad Music, Rat Pack, easy listenin...

Bought by KBBI Alaska and KRPS


  • Added: Apr 14, 2023
  • Length: 59:30
  • Purchases: 2
CJL-807 Joel Paterson Quartet - Part 1
From: Steve Rashid
Series: Chicago Jazz Live
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This week on Chicago Jazz Live it's Part One of a two-part episode as we welcome the extraordinary guitarist, Joel Paterson, with another extraordi...

Bought by WDCB and WLPR


  • Added: Apr 11, 2023
  • Length: 57:01
  • Purchases: 2
Blessing Box (#1613)
From: A Way with Words
Series: A Way with Words
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Is there such a thing as a "neutral" accent, and if so what does it sound like? And that quirk in the way Southern Californians talk about freeways...

Bought by KECG, KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio), RADIOLEX, WYAP, WHCP-LP Cambridge and more


  • Added: Apr 10, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 18
Atomic Age Cocktail Party 4/14/23 "Burt Bacharach"
From: WILL
Series: Atomic Age Cocktail Party
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It's music from the golden age of the hi-fi! The music itself goes by a lot of names: Lounge, Space Age Bachelor Pad Music, Rat Pack, easy listenin...

Bought by KBBI Alaska and KRPS


  • Added: Apr 07, 2023
  • Length: 59:30
  • Purchases: 2
Cats and Dogs (#1614 Spring 2023 Pledge Show)
From: A Way with Words
Series: A Way with Words
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It's cats and dogs, and a few other critters, too. Animals prowl around inside several English words, including sleuth, which was originally sleuth...

Bought by Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), KTXK, KVSC, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], WYAP and more


  • Added: Apr 04, 2023
  • Length: 30:50
  • Purchases: 8
Cool Your Soup (#1495)
From: A Way with Words
Series: A Way with Words
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According to Nigerian writer Chinua Achebe, it's important to master the basics of writing, but there comes a time when you have to strike out on y...

Bought by KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio), RADIOLEX, RadioStPete Florida, WPCA-LP, WNIN and more


  • Added: Apr 03, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 16
Atomic Age Cocktail Party 4/7/23 "Change in the Weather"
From: WILL
Series: Atomic Age Cocktail Party
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It's music from the golden age of the hi-fi! The music itself goes by a lot of names: Lounge, Space Age Bachelor Pad Music, Rat Pack, easy listenin...

Bought by KBBI Alaska and KRPS


  • Added: Mar 30, 2023
  • Length: 59:30
  • Purchases: 2
Fair Dinkum (#1612)
From: A Way with Words
Series: A Way with Words
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This week on "A Way with Words": A magnificent new book celebrates the richness and diversity of 450 years of written and spoken English in what is...

Bought by KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio), RADIOLEX, WPCA-LP, KTXK and more


  • Added: Mar 27, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 17
Atomic Age Cocktail Party 3/31/23 "Polynesian Paradise"
From: WILL
Series: Atomic Age Cocktail Party
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It's music from the golden age of the hi-fi! The music itself goes by a lot of names: Lounge, Space Age Bachelor Pad Music, Rat Pack, easy listenin...

Bought by KMXT, KBBI Alaska, and KRPS


  • Added: Mar 24, 2023
  • Length: 59:30
  • Purchases: 3
Put on the Dog (#1494)
From: A Way with Words
Series: A Way with Words
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Ever wonder whatever happened to responding to "Thank you" with the words "You're welcome"? A listener asks why so many radio interviews end with t...

Bought by KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio), KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], WYAP, RADIOLEX, KTSW 89.9 and more


  • Added: Mar 20, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 16
Atomic Age Cocktail Party 3/24/23 "The Big City"
From: WILL
Series: Atomic Age Cocktail Party
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It's music from the golden age of the hi-fi! The music itself goes by a lot of names: Lounge, Space Age Bachelor Pad Music, Rat Pack, easy listenin...

Bought by KBBI Alaska and KRPS


  • Added: Mar 17, 2023
  • Length: 59:30
  • Purchases: 2
Excuse the Hogs (#1596)
From: A Way with Words
Series: A Way with Words
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When a teenager went a week without talking as part of a school project, he noticed a surprising side effect: Instead of rehearsing a response to w...

Bought by KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio), KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], WPCA-LP, KTSW 89.9, WYAP and more


  • Added: Mar 13, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 15
Atomic Age Cocktail Party 3/17/23 "Sleepy Time"
From: WILL
Series: Atomic Age Cocktail Party
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It's music from the golden age of the hi-fi! The music itself goes by a lot of names: Lounge, Space Age Bachelor Pad Music, Rat Pack, easy listenin...

Bought by KRPS


  • Added: Mar 10, 2023
  • Length: 59:30
  • Purchases: 1
By a Landslide (#1611)
From: A Way with Words
Series: A Way with Words
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How do you transform ancient Chinese script for use in the modern age? English uses a keyboard with just 26 letters, but the first Chinese typewrit...

Bought by KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio), KTXK, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], WYAP, RADIOLEX and more


  • Added: Mar 06, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 16

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