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Language Bites!
From Colette Kinsella | 01:31:03
Have you ever wondered where the phrase "to be on the wagon" comes from or even what it means to "get off on the wrong foot"? This series of one-minute shorts takes a wacky look at the origins of popular English phrases.
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A lot of the phrases we use in English go way back to 17th and 18th century Britain, and many of them are from military or naval terminology. This series of 80 one-minute pieces will take you on a linguistic adventure on Spanish galleons, to meet Roman business men, and even to encounter unscrupulous 19th-century gravediggers. All in the name of language!
Science Drops!
From Colette Kinsella | Part of the Science Drops! series | 45:11
A series of 90-second quirky science pieces. Fun, fact-filled, entertaining, and educational.
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Science Drops! is a series of 90-second pieces that answer pop-science questions like, 'why is the sky blue?', or 'why do we have earwax?', or why is the Earth round and not, say, square?'
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