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Midnight Oil (#1644)
From: A Way with Words
Series: A Way with Words
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What exactly is a planet? The controversy over this question led to Pluto's redefinition, along with a brand-new English word. And: Some people now...

  • Added: Sep 23, 2024
  • Length: 54:00
Jimmy Carter: Celebrating a Century of Service and Compassion
From: The Children's Hour Inc.
Series: The Children's Hour
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In this special episode of The Children’s Hour, we celebrate the extraordinary life and legacy of Jimmy Carter, just in time for his 100th birthday...

Bought by KRSC, KECG, KSTK, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WGTE Public Media and more


  • Added: Sep 23, 2024
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 7
092324: Jimmy Carter: Celebrating a Century of Service and Compassion, 9/23/2024
From: The Children's Hour Inc.
Series: The Children's Hour (Subscribable)
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In this special episode of The Children’s Hour, we celebrate the extraordinary life and legacy of Jimmy Carter, just in time for his 100th birthday...

  • Added: Sep 21, 2024
  • Length: 58:00
Yak Shaving (#1548)
From: A Way with Words
Series: A Way with Words
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There was a time when William Shakespeare was just another little 7-year-old in school. Classes in his day were demanding -- and all in Latin. A ne...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, WHCP-LP Cambridge, WSLR, KTSW 89.9, WNIN and more


  • Added: Sep 16, 2024
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 16
Easy as Pie (#1643)
From: A Way with Words
Series: A Way with Words
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How hot is it? Well, poet Dylan Thomas found lots of memorable ways to describe a heat wave. In one letter to a friend, he wrote that it was so hot...

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


  • Added: Sep 09, 2024
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 16
Cabin Fever (#1547)
From: A Way with Words
Series: A Way with Words
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The adjective canine refers to dogs, and feline refers to cats. But how does English address other groups of animals? Plus, cabin fever has been ar...

Bought by KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA, WHCP-LP Cambridge, WSLR, WPCA-LP, WNIN and more


  • Added: Sep 02, 2024
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 17
Toad in the Hole (#1642)
From: A Way with Words
Series: A Way with Words
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An ambitious effort to install poetry in national parks around the United States features the work of beloved poets in beautiful spots. It's a remi...

Bought by WHCP-LP Cambridge, WNIN, WPCA-LP, WSLR, WUOT 91.9 FM and more


  • Added: Aug 26, 2024
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 15
Singing Sand (#1546)
From: A Way with Words
Series: A Way with Words
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Cat hair may be something you brush off, but cat hair is also a slang term that means "money." In the same way, cat beer isn't alcoholic -- some pe...

Bought by RADIOLEX, WHCP-LP Cambridge, WNIN, WSLR, WPCA-LP and more


  • Added: Aug 19, 2024
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 16
Kate Magruder— "Celebrating Community"
From: Barry Vogel
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Ukiah, California, a small vibrant community, approximately 100 miles north of the Golden Gate Bridge is the home to the Ukiah Players Theater. An ...

  • Added: Aug 15, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
Make a Beeline (#1641)
From: A Way with Words
Series: A Way with Words
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If you make a beeline for something, you're taking the shortest route possible. You're also mimicking bee bee-havior! After a bee has visited enoug...

Bought by KECG, KTSW 89.9, WNIN, WPCA-LP, WSLR and more


  • Added: Aug 12, 2024
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 16
Baby's Breath (#1545)
From: A Way with Words
Series: A Way with Words
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Have you ever googled your own name and found someone else who goes by the very same moniker? There's a word for that: googleganger. Plus, the lang...

Bought by WHCP-LP Cambridge, Raven Radio, WSLR, WNIN, WPCA-LP and more


  • Added: Aug 05, 2024
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 15
Communication Nation: Mother Tongues
From: The Children's Hour Inc.
Series: The Children's Hour
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Communication Nation: Mother Tongues focuses on the incredible diversity of language around us, from appreciation of the way names sound, to the re...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, Allegheny Mountain Radio, KSTK, KMXT, KRSC and more


  • Added: Aug 05, 2024
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 7
Pickled Peppers (#1640)
From: A Way with Words
Series: A Way with Words
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Names don't always mean what you think they mean. Main Street in San Francisco is named after businessman Charles Main, and Snowflake, Arizona, hon...

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


  • Added: Jul 29, 2024
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 16
080524: Communication Nation: Mother Tongues, 8/5/2024
From: The Children's Hour Inc.
Series: The Children's Hour (Subscribable)
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Communication Nation Episode 2: Mother Tongues focuses on the incredible diversity of language around us, from appreciation of the way names sound,...

  • Added: Jul 23, 2024
  • Length: 58:00
Hog on Ice (#1544)
From: A Way with Words
Series: A Way with Words
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One secret to writing well is . . . there is no secret! There's no substitute for simply sitting down day after day to practice the craft and learn...

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


  • Added: Jul 22, 2024
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 15
Minor Planets (#1639)
From: A Way with Words
Series: A Way with Words
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There are eight major planets, but more than a million minor ones, including asteroids. If you discover one, you get the honor of naming it. The Di...

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


  • Added: Jul 15, 2024
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 16
Goody Two-Shoes (#1543)
From: A Way with Words
Series: A Way with Words
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She sells seashells by the seashore. Who is the she in this tongue twister? Some claim it's the young Mary Aning, who went on to become a famous 19...

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


  • Added: Jul 08, 2024
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 17
Trains
From: The Children's Hour Inc.
Series: The Children's Hour
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This time on The Children's Hour we get onboard and learn about trains. The Kids Crew went on a field trip to The Wheels Museum of Albuquerque, and...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, Allegheny Mountain Radio, KRSC, KICI Iowa City, KSTK and more


  • Added: Jul 08, 2024
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 8
Pinking Shears (#1638)
From: A Way with Words
Series: A Way with Words
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When you're distracted by trying to get the perfect photo at a wedding or fiddling with your camera during a solar eclipse, you're missing out on s...

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


  • Added: Jul 01, 2024
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 13
Michael A’Dair & William Ray- "Shakespeare Was Really Edward De Vere"
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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Of two people, William Shakespeare and Edward De Vere, whose lives overlapped, De Vere had many of the experiences described in the literary works ...

  • Added: Jun 28, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
Baby Blues (#1542)
From: A Way with Words
Series: A Way with Words
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A hundred years ago, suffragists lobbied to win women the right to vote. Linguistically speaking, though, suffrage isn't about "suffering." It's fr...

Bought by KTSW 89.9, Raven Radio, WSLR, WHCP-LP Cambridge, WNIN and more


  • Added: Jun 24, 2024
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 16
070824: Trains, 7/8/2024
From: The Children's Hour Inc.
Series: The Children's Hour (Subscribable)
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This time on The Children's Hour we get onboard and learn about trains. The Kids Crew went on a field trip to The Wheels Museum of Albuquerque, and...

  • Added: Jun 18, 2024
  • Length: 58:00
Sleeve Island (#1637)
From: A Way with Words
Series: A Way with Words
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Language from inside a monastery. A Benedictine monk in the Episcopal Church shares terms from his world: For example, corporate prayer refers to p...

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


  • Added: Jun 17, 2024
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 17
Walkie Talkie (#1541)
From: A Way with Words
Series: A Way with Words
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One of the most powerful words you'll ever hear -- and one of the most poignant -- isn't in dictionaries yet. But it probably will be one day. The ...

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


  • Added: Jun 10, 2024
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 15
Tiger Tail (#1540)
From: A Way with Words
Series: A Way with Words
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You may have a favorite word in English, but what about your favorite in another language? The Spanish term ojala is especially handy for expressin...

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


  • Added: Jun 03, 2024
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 17

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