Lu Anne Stephens

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Recent Pieces from Lu Anne Stephens

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The Etymology Olympics (29:00)
From: KMUW

With the world's greatest sporting event upon us, we look at the origins of some sports-related words.
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New music from DOE and Lucre (58:59)
From: KMUW

Coming up on Soulsations, a new release, “So What” by inspirational singer/songwriter DOE and Grammy-winning hip hop artist, Lecrae, taken from the album Heart of a Human. ...
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It's a Dead Language, I Always Say (29:00)
From: KMUW

Latin may be dead, but we still use it every day. This week, we look at some common Latin phrases and what they actually mean.
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Summer Sounds (58:57)
From: KMUW

It’s a summer of fun on Soulsations with backyard barbecue music from Marvin Gaye, Tom Browne, DJ Jazzy Jeff and Will Smith, and Martha and the Vandellas. Karen Shepard ...
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Cranberry Morphemes (29:00)
From: KMUW

We know what a berry is, we know what a cranberry is, but what the heck is a "cran?" We enter the sometimes murky world of the cranberry morpheme...
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Come and Get Your Love (58:59)
From: KMUW

Coming up on Soulsations, a new single by Minneapolis multi-instrumentalist, Shaun LaBelle featuring a duet by Maysa and Stokely, “Your Love Kept Calling My Name." We’ll ...
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Sizzlin’ Summer Music (58:59)
From: KMUW

It’s a sizzlin’ summer of music on Soulsations, with a brand-new jazzy tune, “Well Alright” by Grammy winning saxophonist, Kirk Whalum featuring Andrew Ford and Nick ...
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The Defining Words of the Spelling Bee (28:59)
From: KMUW

After this year's thrilling spell-off in the National Spelling Bee, we try to tease out the definitions of some of the words that won the contest.
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Gettin' Down Kool & The Gang (58:57)
From: KMUW

Coming up on Soulsations, a conversation with Robert “Kool” Bell of Kool & The Gang. We’ll share their new music and "Get down on it, Get down on it" with their classic hits. ...
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The Oldest of Old Worlds (28:58)
From: KMUW

This week, we're talking about some of the very oldest words in the English language, and how little some of them have changed over thousands of years.