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RECIPE: Zaatar Roasted Eggplant
THIS WEEK'S SPECIAL TOPICS:
* (Segment 1) Opioids & Suboxone Treatment
* (Segment 3) Babysitting Grandparents May ...
- Added: Apr 28, 2022
- Length: 59:00
RECIPE: Grilled Veggie Sandwiches
THIS WEEK'S SPECIAL TOPICS:
* (Segment 1) Take A Vacation For Your Health
* (Segment 3) TV In Bed Linked To Obesity
- Added: Apr 28, 2022
- Length: 59:00
RECIPE: Eggplant w/ Braised Chickpeas
THIS WEEK'S SPECIAL TOPICS:
* (Segment 1) Using Baseball To Fight Dementia
* (Segment 3) Some Drugs May Incr...
- Added: Apr 28, 2022
- Length: 59:00
The word filibuster has a long and colorful history, going back to the days when pirates roamed the high seas. Today it refers to hijacking a piece...
Bought by KUAT, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], KTXK, KTSW 89.9, WYAP and more
- Added: Apr 25, 2022
- Length: 54:00
- Purchases: 18
Sure, there's winter, spring, summer, and fall. But the seasons in between have even more poetic names. In Alaska, greenup describes a sudden, dram...
- Added: Apr 18, 2022
- Length: 54:00
- Purchases: 17
Understanding the varieties of conversational styles can mean the difference between feeling you're understood and being insulted. "High involvemen...
Bought by KUAT, KTSW 89.9, WYAP, WSLR, KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio) and more
- Added: Apr 11, 2022
- Length: 54:00
- Purchases: 18
Centuries ago, monks who took a vow of silence still had to communicate about routine matters, from gardening to equipment repair. So they develope...
- Added: Apr 04, 2022
- Length: 54:00
- Purchases: 17
An anadrome is a word that forms a whole new word when you spell it backwards. For example, the word "stressed" spelled backwards is "desserts." So...
- Added: Mar 28, 2022
- Length: 54:00
- Purchases: 17
Eels, orts, and Wordle! Sweden awarded its most prestigious literary award to a book about . . . eels. The Book of Eels reveals the mysterious lif...
Bought by KUAT, KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio), KTSW 89.9, RADIOLEX, WYAP and more
- Added: Mar 21, 2022
- Length: 54:00
- Purchases: 18
We take our voices for granted, but it's truly miraculous that we communicate complex thoughts simply by moving our mouths while exhaling. A fascin...
- Added: Mar 14, 2022
- Length: 54:00
- Purchases: 17
Some people work hard to lose their accent in order to fit in when they move somewhere else. But others may be homesick for the sounds they grew up...
- Added: Mar 07, 2022
- Length: 54:00
- Purchases: 18
RECIPE: Eggplant Casserole
THIS WEEK'S SPECIAL TOPICS:
* (Segment 1) Cheese Is Good For Us?
* (Segment 3) Music Helps Our Brains
- Added: Mar 02, 2022
- Length: 59:00
RECIPE: Honey Garlic Salmon
THIS WEEK'S SPECIAL TOPICS:
* (Segment 1) New Methods For Alzheimer’s Detection
* (Segment 3) Sleep Is Vital To Formin...
- Added: Mar 02, 2022
- Length: 59:00
RECIPE: Zorba's Experimental Beef Brisket
THIS WEEK'S SPECIAL TOPICS:
* (Segment 1) Garlic Helps Memory
* (Segment 3) Do Supplements Actually Work?
- Added: Mar 02, 2022
- Length: 59:00
For rock climbers, skiers, and other outdoor enthusiasts, the word "send" has a whole new meaning. You might cheer on a fellow snowboarder with "Se...
Bought by KUAT, KTSW 89.9, KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio), WSLR, Tri States Public Radio and more
- Added: Feb 28, 2022
- Length: 54:00
- Purchases: 17
RECIPE: Butternut Squash Tacos w/ Avocado
THIS WEEK'S SPECIAL TOPICS:
* (Segment 1) Walking Speed Determines Health
* (Segment 3) Antibiotics & Obe...
- Added: Feb 23, 2022
- Length: 59:00
RECIPE: Pineapple Shrimp Noodle Bowl
THIS WEEK'S SPECIAL TOPICS:
* (Segment 1) What Else Is In Our Pills?
* (Segment 3) Mushrooms For Memory
- Added: Feb 23, 2022
- Length: 59:00
Some college students are using the word loyalty as a synonym for monogamy. Are the meanings of these words now shifting? Plus, a biologist discove...
Bought by KUAT, KTXK, KTSW 89.9, WYAP, KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio) and more
- Added: Feb 21, 2022
- Length: 54:00
- Purchases: 18
In Cockney rhyming slang, apples and pears is a synonym for "stairs," and dustbin lids means kids. Plus, sniglets are clever coinages for things we...
- Added: Feb 14, 2022
- Length: 54:00
- Purchases: 19
Need a slang term that can replace just about any noun? Try chumpie. If you're from Philadelphia, you may already know this handy placeholder word....
Bought by KUAT, KTXK, KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA, KTSW 89.9, WYAP and more
- Added: Feb 07, 2022
- Length: 54:00
- Purchases: 20
National Book Award winner Barry Lopez had wise advice for young writers. First, read widely and follow your curiosity. Second, travel or learn a f...
- Added: Jan 31, 2022
- Length: 54:00
- Purchases: 17
What kind of book do people ask for most often in prison? Romance Novels? No. The Bible? No. The most requested books by far are . . . dictionarie...
- Added: Jan 24, 2022
- Length: 54:00
- Purchases: 18
Twice a day the River Thames recedes, revealing a muddy shoreline. Hobbyists known as mudlarks stroll the surface searching for objects that have f...
- Added: Jan 17, 2022
- Length: 54:00
- Purchases: 18
RECIPE: Spicy Shrimp Tacos w/ Creamy Slaw
THIS WEEK'S SPECIAL TOPICS:
* (Segment 1) Online menus should put healthy food first
* (Segment 3) Cardi...
- Added: Jan 12, 2022
- Length: 59:00
Diamond dust, tapioca snow, and sugar icebergs -- a 1955 glossary of arctic and subarctic terms describes the environment in ways that sound poetic...
- Added: Jan 10, 2022
- Length: 54:00
- Purchases: 17
