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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
AG 23-18: Irving Berlin At The Movies, 5/1/2023
From: WFIU
Series: Afterglow
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The songs of Irving Berlin were featured in some of Hollywood’s first “Talkies,” and this week on Afterglow, we’ll explore the songwriter’s work in...

  • Added: Apr 07, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
AG 23-17: Dream A Little Dream, 4/24/2023
From: WFIU
Series: Afterglow
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We’re counting sheep with the Great American Songbook this week, as we explore standards all about dreaming, including “This Time The Dream’s On Me...

  • Added: Apr 06, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
Cats and Dogs (#1614 Spring 2023 Pledge Show)
From: A Way with Words
Series: A Way with Words
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It's cats and dogs, and a few other critters, too. Animals prowl around inside several English words, including sleuth, which was originally sleuth...

Bought by Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), KTXK, KVSC, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], WYAP and more


  • Added: Apr 04, 2023
  • Length: 30:50
  • Purchases: 8
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
AG 23-15: Put Down The Horn: Jazz's Unlikely Singers, 4/10/2023
From: WFIU
Series: Afterglow
Caption: Buddy Rich, Credit: Library of Congress
This week on Afterglow, we look at some of full-time jazz instrumentalist, and part-time jazz singers, including Chet Baker, Buddy Rich, and Oscar ...

  • Added: Mar 31, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
Fair Dinkum (#1612)
From: A Way with Words
Series: A Way with Words
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This week on "A Way with Words": A magnificent new book celebrates the richness and diversity of 450 years of written and spoken English in what is...

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


  • Added: Mar 27, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 17
AG 23-14: What The World Needs Now: The Burt Bacharach Songbook, 4/3/2023
From: WFIU
Series: Afterglow
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This week, we pay tribute to the great American songwriter Burt Bacharach, who brought style and sophistication to pop music in the 1960s. Bacharac...

  • Added: Mar 23, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
Put on the Dog (#1494)
From: A Way with Words
Series: A Way with Words
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Ever wonder whatever happened to responding to "Thank you" with the words "You're welcome"? A listener asks why so many radio interviews end with t...

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


  • Added: Mar 20, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 17
Reel Discovery: Boston Strangler
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Reel Discovery
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On the latest Reel Discovery, Kristin hunts for a serial killer with a couple of reporters in Hulu’s Boston Strangler.

Bought by WRMU, KKRN, Spokane Public Radio, and RADIOLEX


  • Added: Mar 16, 2023
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 4
Excuse the Hogs (#1596)
From: A Way with Words
Series: A Way with Words
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When a teenager went a week without talking as part of a school project, he noticed a surprising side effect: Instead of rehearsing a response to w...

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


  • Added: Mar 13, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 15
By a Landslide (#1611)
From: A Way with Words
Series: A Way with Words
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How do you transform ancient Chinese script for use in the modern age? English uses a keyboard with just 26 letters, but the first Chinese typewrit...

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


  • Added: Mar 06, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 16
All That and a Bag of Chips (#1595)
From: A Way with Words
Series: A Way with Words
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We tend to take the index of a book for granted, but centuries ago, these helpful lists were viewed with suspicion. Some even worried that indexes ...

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


  • Added: Feb 27, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 16
Big Dog (#1610)
From: A Way with Words
Series: A Way with Words
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If you're ever near a sundial, step closer and look for a message. Many sundials bear haunting, poetic inscriptions about the brevity of life. Plus...

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


  • Added: Feb 20, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 17
Familiar Strangers (#1594)
From: A Way with Words
Series: A Way with Words
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This week on "A Way with Words": If you take up texting and social media late in life, there's a lot to learn! A 20-something wants advice getting ...

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


  • Added: Feb 13, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 18
Hot Gossip (#1609)
From: A Way with Words
Series: A Way with Words
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Gossip goes by many names: the poop, the scoop, the lowdown, the dope, the scuttlebutt, the 411, the grapes, the gore, and hot tea. Plus, John Donn...

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


  • Added: Feb 06, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 18
Word Hoard (#1593)
From: A Way with Words
Series: A Way with Words
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Ever wonder what medieval England looked and sounded like? In Old English, the word hord meant "treasure" and your wordhord was the treasure of wor...

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


  • Added: Jan 30, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 17
AG 23-07: Mr. B: The Great Billy Eckstine, 2/13/2023
From: WFIU
Series: Afterglow
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On this episode, we’ll explore the life and career of “Mr. B” Billy Eckstine, a singer and bandleader who broke boundaries as a black icon in a seg...

  • Added: Jan 30, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
In the Ballpark (#1608)
From: A Way with Words
Series: A Way with Words
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Novelist Charles Dickens and the musician Prince were very different types of artists, but they also had a lot in common. A new book chronicling th...

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


  • Added: Jan 23, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 17
You Talk Like a Sausage (#1592)
From: A Way with Words
Series: A Way with Words
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Do you refer to your dog or cat as "somebody"? As in: When you love somebody that much, you don't mind if they slobber. In other words, is your pet...

Bought by KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio), RADIOLEX, KTSW 89.9, WYAP, WEKU and more


  • Added: Jan 16, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 18
Old College Try (#1607)
From: A Way with Words
Series: A Way with Words
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In just seconds, online text generators and chatbots can produce whole paragraphs of sophisticated prose. But what do advances in artificial intell...

Bought by WFAE, KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio), KUAT, KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA, WEKU and more


  • Added: Jan 09, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 19
AG 23-03: The Modern Touch Of Marty Paich, 1/16/2023
From: WFIU
Series: Afterglow
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This week, we’ll examine the work of one of the great jazz arrangers: Marty Paich. Paich helped develop the cool, west coast sound in the 1950s, ar...

  • Added: Jan 04, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
Pushing the Envelope (#1591)
From: A Way with Words
Series: A Way with Words
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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...

Bought by KUAT, KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio), WYAP, WNIN, WSLR and more


  • Added: Jan 02, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 16
Primary Colors (#1590)
From: A Way with Words
Series: A Way with Words
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Centuries ago, monks who took a vow of silence still had to communicate about routine matters, from gardening to equipment repair. So they develope...

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


  • Added: Dec 26, 2022
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 18
Reel Discovery: Corsage
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Reel Discovery
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On the latest Reel Discovery, Kristin joins in the adventures a middle-aged royal who refuses to grow old gracefully in Corsage.

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio) and KKRN


  • Added: Dec 23, 2022
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 2

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