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One man's trash is another man's treasure! A garbage truck driver in Columbia is enriching the lives of thousands of children by recovering thrown-...
- Added: Apr 26, 2021
- Length: 02:30
Every school day in February, first grade teacher LaToya McGriff dresses up to teach Black History.
- Added: Mar 11, 2021
- Length: 02:30
Kids read to shelter dogs.
- Added: Aug 26, 2018
- Length: 02:30
- Added: Sep 25, 2017
- Length: 03:51
- Purchases: 1
We’ll sample from the wealth of music inspired by the Bard’s verse, including a suite from Mendelssohn’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” and excerpts f...
- Added: Unknown
- Length: 58:58
We’ll sample from the wealth of music inspired by the Bard’s verse, including a suite from Mendelssohn’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” and excerpts f...
- Added: Unknown
- Length: 58:57
XPRESSIONS is a series of short, light-hearted features about the origin of popular phrases & sayings of every sort.
- Added: Jun 16, 2014
- Length: 01:34
Joyce Sutphen is Minnesota's Poet Laureate. Here Joyce Sutphen recites her poem, "Berryman's Hands." The Beat is a daily reminder that, in Minnesot...
- Added: Sep 09, 2013
- Length: 02:03
The inner secrets of a comma, a writer, a teacher.
- Added: Nov 13, 2008
- Length: 03:24
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
"Dressed to the nines," like so many English idioms, is a mysterious expression.
- Added: Jul 19, 2005
- Length: 02:02
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
The genesis of the phrase "rule of thumb" is uncertain.
- Added: Apr 15, 2005
- Length: 02:03
The story behind the coinage of the common expression "good Samaritan."
- Added: Apr 15, 2005
- Length: 02:03
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
