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Beside Myself (#1535)
From: A Way with Words
Series: A Way with Words
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The new Downton Abbey movie is a luscious treat for fans of the public-television period piece, but how accurate is the script when it comes to the...

Bought by KTXK, KTSW 89.9, RadioStPete Florida, Tri States Public Radio, WHCP-LP Cambridge and more


  • Added: Apr 29, 2024
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 13
May 2024 Episosdes
From: James O'Connor
Series: Sound Beat
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Sound Beat episodes for the month of May 2024

Bought by Mountain Streams Radio WKYW-LP, KRSC, Harford Community Radio, Allegheny Mountain Radio, KVSC and more


  • Added: Apr 28, 2024
  • Length: 34:31
  • Purchases: 11
Skookum (#1534)
From: A Way with Words
Series: A Way with Words
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So you've long dreamed of writing fiction, but don't know where to begin? There are lots of ways to get started -- creative writing classes, local ...

Bought by KTXK, KVSC, WHCP-LP Cambridge, WNIN, WPCA-LP and more


  • Added: Apr 22, 2024
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 16
Electric Soup (#1635)
From: A Way with Words
Series: A Way with Words
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When an international team of scientists traveled to a research station in Antarctica for six months, the language they all shared was English. Aft...

Bought by KTXK, WPCA-LP, WHCP-LP Cambridge, KPRG, WNIN and more


  • Added: Apr 15, 2024
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 15
2417: What Would Kant Do?, 4/23/2024
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk: Weekly
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Is it really possible to base your moral values on reason?

  • Added: Apr 15, 2024
  • Length: 53:59
Life of Riley (#1533)
From: A Way with Words
Series: A Way with Words
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Unwrap the name of a candy bar, and you just might find a story inside. For instance, one chewy treat found in many a checkout lane is named after ...

Bought by KTXK, KTSW 89.9, WHCP-LP Cambridge, WPCA-LP, WNIN and more


  • Added: Apr 08, 2024
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 15
The Spark Weekly 4.7.24: Finding Your Roots Special Guest Megan Robertson and Breastfeeding Advocate Norma Vasquez
From: WITF
Series: The Spark Weekly
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Coming up this week. A Cumberland County woman talks about her experience on PBS' Finding Your Roots with Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr., where she lea...

  • Added: Apr 05, 2024
  • Length: 46:23
Program 195
From: KCME
Series: American Landscapes
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Kenneth Fuchs unites some artists, Miguel del Aguila tells of the fall of the Aztecs, Kerry Turner reveals the Ghosts of Dublin and more.

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio) and KWAX


  • Added: Apr 04, 2024
  • Length: 58:15
  • Purchases: 2
Blue Dolphin (#1634)
From: A Way with Words
Series: A Way with Words
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How can you kick the verbal habit of saying You know and um so many times in a sentence? For one thing, get comfortable with pauses. There's no nee...

Bought by KTXK, Raven Radio, KECG, WPCA-LP, WHCP-LP Cambridge and more


  • Added: Apr 01, 2024
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 17
April 2024 Episodes
From: James O'Connor
Series: Sound Beat
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Sound Beat episodes for the month of April 2024

Bought by KKRN, KVSC, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], KRSC, Harford Community Radio and more


  • Added: Mar 31, 2024
  • Length: 35:22
  • Purchases: 13
Off the Turnip Truck (#1532)
From: A Way with Words
Series: A Way with Words
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It's hard to imagine now, but there was a time when people disagreed over the best word to use when answering the phone. Alexander Graham Bell sugg...

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


  • Added: Mar 25, 2024
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 17
A Host of Haunted Houses
From: Skeptoid
Series: Skeptoid Radio Hour
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Brian Dunning takes a look at some haunted houses and separates the historical facts from the ghost stories.

  • Added: Mar 22, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
Moving Forward By Looking Back (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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When Latorial Faison meets somebody, she can almost immediately tell if they attended a Black school during segregation. She says they carry themse...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, Kansas Public Radio, KIYU-FM, WUTC, KVSC and more


  • Added: Mar 22, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 9
Moving Forward By Looking Back (hour/no bb or bed)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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When Latorial Faison meets somebody, she can almost immediately tell if they attended a Black school during segregation. She says they carry themse...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KHEN-LP, KECG, and Royalton Community Radio


  • Added: Mar 22, 2024
  • Length: 52:00
  • Purchases: 4
Moving Forward By Looking Back (promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason promo
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When Latorial Faison meets somebody, she can almost immediately tell if they attended a Black school during segregation. She says they carry themse...

Bought by KIYU-FM


  • Added: Mar 22, 2024
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 1
Moving Forward By Looking Back (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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When Latorial Faison meets somebody, she can almost immediately tell if they attended a Black school during segregation. She says they carry themse...

Bought by WTJU, WMUU-LP, KEDT, and WRGY


  • Added: Mar 22, 2024
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 4
Episode 26- The Stephen Foster Song Book
From: KHFM
Series: The Choral Hour
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Join host Kathlene Ritch for an exploration of The Father of American Music, Stephen Foster. Having written over 200 parlor and minstrel songs in t...

  • Added: Mar 21, 2024
  • Length: 59:01
History from the Top of Minnesota!
From: KSRQ
Series: Artist Spotlight
Caption: Kittson County History Museum at Lake Bronson, MN
Cindy Adams of the Kittson County History Museum shares insights into the legacy of Norman Kittson and the symbols of settling and developing the c...

  • Added: Mar 19, 2024
  • Length: 06:22
Gilded Age (#1633)
From: A Way with Words
Series: A Way with Words
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In her sumptuous new memoir, Jamaican writer Safiya Sinclair describes her escape from a difficult childhood ruled by her tyrannical father. For Si...

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


  • Added: Mar 18, 2024
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 17
Loaded for Bear (#1531)
From: A Way with Words
Series: A Way with Words
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One way to make your new business look trendy is to use two nouns separated by an ampersand, like Peach & Creature . . . or Rainstorm & Egg. A tong...

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


  • Added: Mar 11, 2024
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 16
Bronx Cheer (#1632)
From: A Way with Words
Series: A Way with Words
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What's the best thing to say to someone who is grieving? Choosing the right words is far less important than just showing up in the first place. Al...

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


  • Added: Mar 04, 2024
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 17
Mrs. Astor's Horse (#1530)
From: A Way with Words
Series: A Way with Words
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"What has a head like a cat, feet like a cat, a tail like a cat, but isn't a cat?" Answer: a kitten! A 1948 children's joke book has lots of these ...

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


  • Added: Feb 26, 2024
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 18
Who knew antiquing could be such a rush? The producers of Antiques Roadshow
From: Connecticut Public (WNPR)
Series: Audacious with Chion Wolf
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On this episode of Audacious: What goes into producing an episode of Antiques Roadshow? And what does it feel like to find out your heirloom is wor...

  • Added: Feb 21, 2024
  • Length: 50:01
Ghost Runner (#1631)
From: A Way with Words
Series: A Way with Words
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In Japan, if you want to order a corndog, you ask for an Amerikan doggu (アメリカンドッグ). These types of coinages are called wasei-eigo, or "Japanese-mad...

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


  • Added: Feb 19, 2024
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 17
At First Blush (#1529)
From: A Way with Words
Series: A Way with Words
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Book recommendations and the art of apology. Martha and Grant share some good reads, including an opinionated romp through English grammar, a Spani...

Bought by WPCA-LP, KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio), WNIN, WHCP-LP Cambridge, KTXK and more


  • Added: Feb 12, 2024
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 17

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