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Ring-Tailed Tooter (#1563)
From: A Way with Words
Series: A Way with Words
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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...

Bought by KUAT, KTXK, KTSW 89.9, WYAP, WSLR and more


  • Added: Jan 31, 2022
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 17
What the Blazes? (#1562)
From: A Way with Words
Series: A Way with Words
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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...

Bought by KUAT, KTSW 89.9, WYAP, WSLR, WNIN and more


  • Added: Jan 24, 2022
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 18
Robert Moog
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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Remember, pronounce it Mohg rather than Mooog. Robert Moog did not invent the synthesizer. He just made it so that it was in the reach of the reg...

Bought by KTRL, WYAP, KWIT, WOUB, and Harford Community Radio


  • Added: Jan 23, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
Mudlarking (#1561)
From: A Way with Words
Series: A Way with Words
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Twice a day the River Thames recedes, revealing a muddy shoreline. Hobbyists known as mudlarks stroll the surface searching for objects that have f...

Bought by KUAT, KTXK, KTSW 89.9, WYAP, WSLR and more


  • Added: Jan 17, 2022
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 18
Diamond Dust (#1585)
From: A Way with Words
Series: A Way with Words
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Diamond dust, tapioca snow, and sugar icebergs -- a 1955 glossary of arctic and subarctic terms describes the environment in ways that sound poetic...

Bought by KUAT, KTXK, KTSW 89.9, WYAP, WSLR and more


  • Added: Jan 10, 2022
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 17
193: Navy Seals
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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The US military uses more than boats to protect our Naval bases. This episode brings a whole new meaning to "Navy seals".

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: Jan 10, 2022
  • Length: 09:30
  • Purchases: 1
Separate and Unequal (promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: Black History Month specials
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In 1970, Philicia Jefferson was forced to integrate into all-white, E.C. Glass High School in Lynchburg, Virginia. 40 years later, she finally atte...

Bought by Morehead State Public Radio, KUAT, WKMS, KUHF, WSIU and more


  • Added: Jan 10, 2022
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 8
Separate and Unequal (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: Black History Month specials
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In 1970, Philicia Jefferson was forced to integrate into all-white, E.C. Glass High School in Lynchburg, Virginia. 40 years later, she finally atte...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, WXDU, Kansas Public Radio, Harford Community Radio, WJCT and more


  • Added: Jan 10, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 12
Separate and Unequal (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: Black History Month specials
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In 1970, Philicia Jefferson was forced to integrate into all-white, E.C. Glass High School in Lynchburg, Virginia. 40 years later, she finally atte...

Bought by WYPL, Morehead State Public Radio, KUAT, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WWNO and more


  • Added: Jan 10, 2022
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 24
Sleepy Winks (#1584)
From: A Way with Words
Series: A Way with Words
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It was a dark and stormy night. So begins the long and increasingly convoluted prose of Edwards Bulwer-Lytton's best-known novel. Today the annual ...

Bought by KTSW 89.9, KUAT, KTXK, WSLR, WYAP and more


  • Added: Jan 04, 2022
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 16
EP185 Mark Hummel
From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: Crusin' The Blues with Mr. Jack
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Mark Hummel has been a carrier of the Harmonica Blues torch for over 50 years.

Bought by WLPR


  • Added: Dec 31, 2021
  • Length: 58:23
  • Purchases: 1
Snaggletooth (#1560)
From: A Way with Words
Series: A Way with Words
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Many of us struggled with the Old English poem "Beowulf" in high school. But what if you could actually hear "Beowulf" in the English of today? The...

Bought by KUAT, KTXK, KTSW 89.9, WYAP, WPCA-LP and more


  • Added: Dec 27, 2021
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 18
Like a Boiled Owl (#1559)
From: A Way with Words
Series: A Way with Words
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What's it like to hike the Pacific Crest Trail all the way from Mexico to Canada? You'll end up with sore muscles and blisters, and great stories t...

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


  • Added: Dec 20, 2021
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 16
2022 Anniversaries Part Two Early Upload
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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EARLY UPLOAD! THIS SHOW SHOULD BE USED THE WEEK OF 1/3 THROUGH 1/9. I CANNOT SCHEDULE MY UPLOADS. This is the second Anniversary show for 2022....

Bought by KSRQ, KWIT, KTRL, WOUB, Harford Community Radio and more


  • Added: Dec 19, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 7
2022 Anniversaries Part One (Early Upload!)
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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NOTE: THIS SHOULD BE USED THE WEEK OF 12/27 THROUGH 1/2. I CANNOT SCHEDULE MY UPLOADS. We always take the first two weeks of the year and talk abo...

Bought by KSRQ, KWIT, WYAP, RadioStPete Florida, WOUB and more


  • Added: Dec 19, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 7
Your Two Cents (#1558)
From: A Way with Words
Series: A Way with Words
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Astronauts returning from space say they experience what's called the overview effect, a new understanding of the fragility of our planet and our n...

Bought by KUAT, WSLR, WYAP, WNIN, WPCA-LP and more


  • Added: Dec 13, 2021
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 17
Made from Scratch (#1583)
From: A Way with Words
Series: A Way with Words
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Enthusiastic book recommendations! Martha's savoring the biography of Alexander von Humboldt, the 19th-century explorer, polymath, and naturalist w...

Bought by KUAT, KTSW 89.9, KTXK, WYAP, WNIN and more


  • Added: Dec 06, 2021
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 18
A Steampunk Aesthetic
From: Wind & Rhythm
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How do you feel about Art Nouveau and 19th Century steam-powered technology? On this episode of Wind & Rhythm we take a look at Steampunk with Erik...

Bought by WQCS, GCR (Global Community Radio), KMFA, Interlochen Public Radio, WBAA and more


  • Added: Dec 01, 2021
  • Length: 59:29
  • Purchases: 10
Deviled Eggs (#1554)
From: A Way with Words
Series: A Way with Words
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Some TV commercials launch catchphrases that stick around long after the original ads. The exclamation Good stuff, Maynard! is still a compliment a...

Bought by KUAT, KTSW 89.9, WYAP, WSLR, WNIN and more


  • Added: Nov 29, 2021
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 18
Follow Up Albums
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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Once a musician has a massive hit album, they are expected to follow it up. But the rules change. What would easily be considered a hit for other...

Bought by KSRQ, WYAP, KWIT, KTRL, WOUB and more


  • Added: Nov 28, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
Good Vibrations (#1556)
From: A Way with Words
Series: A Way with Words
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Asthenosphere, a geologist's term for the molten layer beneath the earth's crust, sparks a journey that stretches all the way from ancient Greece t...

Bought by KUAT, KTSW 89.9, KTXK, WYAP, WSLR and more


  • Added: Nov 22, 2021
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 18
Salad Days (#1582)
From: A Way with Words
Series: A Way with Words
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A documentary film called My Beautiful Stutter" follows youngsters at a summer camp specifically for stutterers. It's a place for finding acceptanc...

Bought by KUAT, KTSW 89.9, WYAP, WSLR, WNIN and more


  • Added: Nov 16, 2021
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 19
Mystery Drawer (#1555)
From: A Way with Words
Series: A Way with Words
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Amid court-ordered busing in the 1970s, a middle-school teacher tried to distract her nervous students on the first day of class with this strange ...

Bought by KUAT, KTSW 89.9, KTXK, WYAP, WSLR and more


  • Added: Nov 08, 2021
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 18
Your Imaginary Boyfriend (#1581)
From: A Way with Words
Series: A Way with Words
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We use the term Milky Way for that glowing arc across the sky. But how people picture it varies from culture to culture. In Sweden, that starry ban...

Bought by KUAT, KTSW 89.9, WYAP, WSLR, WPCA-LP and more


  • Added: Nov 01, 2021
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 18
Sock it to Me (#1557)
From: A Way with Words
Series: A Way with Words
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In the 15th century, the word respair meant "to have hope again." Although this word fell out of use, it's among dozens collected in a new book of...

Bought by KUAT, KTSW 89.9, KTXK, WSLR, WYAP and more


  • Added: Oct 25, 2021
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 18

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