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Author Hank Davis
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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This week, we speak with music author Hank Davis about his new book, Ducktails, Drive-ins and Broken Hearts: An Unsweetened Look at 50s Music.

Bought by WMTNradio, WYAP, KHNS, KWIT, KSRQ and more


  • Added: Jun 24, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 7
Cultural Appropriation Consideration
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Half Hour Episodes
Caption: Claudia Fox Tree
On this edition of PEACE TALKS RADIO, we’ll explore the challenges surrounding conflicts around cultural appropriation. Cultural appropriation invo...

Bought by KUNM


  • Added: Jun 21, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Coinkydink (#1505)
From: A Way with Words
Series: A Way with Words
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Sometimes it's a challenge to give a book a chance: How many pages should you read before deciding it's not worth your time? There's a new formula ...

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


  • Added: Jun 19, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 18
Presidential musicians
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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This week in 1992, Bill Clinton played saxophone on the Arsinio Hall show. With that and the presidential race heating up, here's a rundown of pre...

Bought by WMTNradio, KHNS, WYAP, KWIT, KTRL and more


  • Added: Jun 17, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 7
Spinning Cookies (#1618)
From: A Way with Words
Series: A Way with Words
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A book of photographs and essays by famous writers celebrates libraries--and the librarians who changed their lives. Plus cutting doughnuts, spinni...

Bought by WYAP, RADIOLEX, KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio), Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), WPCA-LP and more


  • Added: Jun 12, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 17
Up Your Alley (#1504)
From: A Way with Words
Series: A Way with Words
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Martha and Grant have book recommendations, including a collection of short stories inspired by dictionaries, and a techno-thriller for teens. Or, ...

Bought by WYAP, RADIOLEX, KTSW 89.9, KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio), WHCP-LP Cambridge and more


  • Added: Jun 05, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 18
Just Skylarking (#1617)
From: A Way with Words
Series: A Way with Words
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The art of the invitation can be tricky. If you want someone to join your group on an outing, it's important to state it clearly. Otherwise, the in...

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


  • Added: May 29, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 17
Banned In School
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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Back in 1992 this week, the principal of a school in New Jersey banned We Are the Champions because Freddy Mercury had died of AIDS. Of course peo...

Bought by WMTNradio, WYAP, KHNS, KWIT, KSRQ and more


  • Added: May 28, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 7
Donald Trone– "Fiduciary Responsibility"
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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Though some people dislike the idea, money has become an important and complex aspect of life. Many choose to invest in stocks and mutual funds, ho...

  • Added: May 26, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
Piping Hot (#1503)
From: A Way with Words
Series: A Way with Words
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The game of baseball has always inspired colorful commentary. Sometimes that means using familiar words in unfamiliar ways. The word "stuff," for e...

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


  • Added: May 22, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 18
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
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
20230501: World War II, 5/1/2023
From: The Children's Hour Inc.
Series: The Children's Hour (Subscribable)
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We take a step back in time, to over 80 years ago to World War II, one of the biggest conflicts in human history, which changed modern humanity for...

  • Added: May 02, 2023
  • Length: 58:00
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
World War II
From: The Children's Hour Inc.
Series: The Children's Hour
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We take a step back in time, to over 80 years ago to World War II, one of the biggest conflicts in human history, which changed modern humanity for...

Bought by KECG, KRSC, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KSTK and more


  • Added: May 01, 2023
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 8
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
Broadway on the Charts
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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This week, back in 1968, the Broadway musical Hair opens up. It will spawn multiple top 40 hits including a number one, Aquarius/Let the Sunshine ...

Bought by WMTNradio, KHNS, WYAP, KWIT, WOUB and more


  • Added: Apr 23, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 8
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
Food for Thought (hour/no bb or bed)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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We all remember what it was like entering the social battleground known as the school cafeteria.

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KHEN-LP, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., Royalton Community Radio, RadioStPete Florida and more


  • Added: Apr 13, 2023
  • Length: 52:00
  • Purchases: 6
Food for Thought (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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We all remember what it was like entering the social battleground known as the school cafeteria.

Bought by WNED Buffalo, WTJU, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KXCV, WMUU-LP and more


  • Added: Apr 13, 2023
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 8
Food for Thought (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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We all remember what it was like entering the social battleground known as the school cafeteria.

Bought by KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, Kansas Public Radio, KXCV, WFHB, KVSC and more


  • Added: Apr 13, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 12
Food for Thought (promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason promo
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We all remember what it was like entering the social battleground known as the school cafeteria.

Bought by KXCV, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., and WNMU-FM


  • Added: Apr 13, 2023
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 3
Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street
From: KXCI
Series: Flicks with the Film Snob Chris Dashiell
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A documentary about the 1921 Tulsa race massacre not only explains the full story of the shameful attack on the Greenwood neighborhood of Tulsa tha...

  • Added: Apr 12, 2023
  • Length: 03:23
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
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

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