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  • Added: Nov 13, 2008
  • Length: 03:14

  • Added: Nov 13, 2008
  • Length: 03:49
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Clutter: it pursues us, fills our drawers, hides our keys.

  • Added: Nov 13, 2008
  • Length: 03:18
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The characters we tell stories about, our unforgettables

  • Added: Nov 13, 2008
  • Length: 03:07

  • Added: Nov 13, 2008
  • Length: 03:39

  • Added: Nov 12, 2008
  • Length: 03:25

  • Added: Nov 12, 2008
  • Length: 03:50
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A reminder that love keeps changing

  • Added: Nov 12, 2008
  • Length: 04:01

  • Added: Nov 12, 2008
  • Length: 03:02
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Two pictures of jobs: from the outside In and in the Imagination

  • Added: Nov 12, 2008
  • Length: 02:45
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...the flights of fancy, the follies, the letdowns, and the soft landings

Bought by KZYX


  • Added: Nov 12, 2008
  • Length: 03:44
  • Purchases: 1

  • Added: Nov 12, 2008
  • Length: 03:30

  • Added: Nov 12, 2008
  • Length: 03:43
  • Purchases: 1

  • Added: Nov 12, 2008
  • Length: 03:34

  • Added: Nov 12, 2008
  • Length: 03:34

  • Added: Nov 12, 2008
  • Length: 03:58
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The story behind the word "gnome"

  • Added: Nov 13, 2006
  • Length: 02:48
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An 'in dialect' and audio narrative of rural poems from the Annapolis Valley, in Nova Scotia, Canada

  • Added: May 02, 2006
  • Length: 02:36
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The expression "the opera ain't over until the fat lady sings" gained national attention in 1978.

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and WUAL


  • Added: Jul 19, 2005
  • Length: 02:03
  • Purchases: 2
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"Dressed to the nines," like so many English idioms, is a mysterious expression.

  • Added: Jul 19, 2005
  • Length: 02:02
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Who were the original Amazons, and why do they share a name with the South American river and the bookselling giant amazon.com?

Bought by KVNF


  • Added: Jul 15, 2005
  • Length: 02:03
  • Purchases: 1
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The genesis of the phrase "rule of thumb" is uncertain.

  • Added: Apr 15, 2005
  • Length: 02:03
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The story behind the coinage of the common expression "good Samaritan."

  • Added: Apr 15, 2005
  • Length: 02:03
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A discussion of the origin of the expression "the best laid plans of mice and men often go awry."

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and KHSU


  • Added: Apr 15, 2005
  • Length: 02:02
  • Purchases: 2