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This week, on You're Saying It Wrong: We're looking at weird word origins. When we think a word is related to something, but isn't.

Bought by KECG and KRPS


  • Added: Mar 14, 2024
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: john a. powell
How do we change the story of corrosive racial inequity? First, we have to understand the stories we tell ourselves. In this program, racial justic...

  • Added: Mar 12, 2024
  • Length: 28:30
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We run through some particularly confusing grammar mistakes and how sometimes, we might think we’re saying one thing when we’re really saying another.

Bought by KRPS


  • Added: Feb 29, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
From: KMUW
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We run through a few of the many, many English words that contain silent letters. And we'll hear some of the baffling reasons we pronounce those wo...

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  • Added: Feb 22, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
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We dig into why certain words are spelled ridiculously, thanks to a bunch of scholars a few hundred years ago who got a little too nutso about maki...

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  • Added: Feb 15, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Who are we? What are we doing here? This episode will introduce listeners to host Fletcher Powell and language experts Kathy Petras and Ross Petras...

Bought by KECG and KRPS


  • Added: Jan 30, 2024
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: John Singer Sargent: "El Jaleo"
A program recorded live in concert of Spanish and Latin American music of some of the most recognizable and beloved popular dances of Spain. Habane...

Bought by KSJE, GCR (Global Community Radio), KMUN, WCQS, WXXI Rochester and more


  • Added: Jan 08, 2024
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 48
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From Cuba’s Joaquín Nin and Leo Brouwer to Argentina’s Astor Piazzolla and Osvaldo Golijov to Uruguay’s Alfonso Broqua, music by Latin American com...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, WRTI, KSJE, WCQS, WXXI Rochester and more


  • Added: Nov 05, 2023
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 41
Caption: Guitarist Narciso Yepes
From the Generation of the Maestros to El Grupo de los Ocho to today, orchestral works by Julio Gómez, Salvador Bacarisse, and José Luis Greco.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, KUCO, WRTI, KSJE, WCQS and more


  • Added: Oct 29, 2023
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 44
Caption: Alberto Ginastera with pianist Barabara Nissman
Works by Alberto Ginastera, the self-described “man of Latin America” and one of South America’s most important and innovative composers of the twe...

Bought by KMUN, KUCO, WRTI, KSJE, KVNO and more


  • Added: Oct 24, 2023
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 43
Caption: Miguel de Cervantes (1547-1616)
A program of music inspired by Miguel de Cervantes’ timeless novel Don Quixote. Manuel de Falla’s one-act opera Master Peter’s Puppet Show (El Reta...

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  • Added: Oct 08, 2023
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 49
Caption: Anna Cummins
After World War II, the U.S. government worked with industry to create a single-use, disposable consumer culture as a way to ensure ongoing market ...

  • Added: Sep 27, 2023
  • Length: 28:30
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On this episode of the Polley Music Library Show, we had a fantastic talk with Cisco Bradley, author of "The Williamsburg Avant-Garde," a phenomena...

  • Added: Apr 25, 2023
  • Length: 28:41
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On this episode of the Polley Music Library show, we talked about the new book "Artificial Music," a collection of essays that explore the impacts ...

  • Added: Apr 25, 2023
  • Length: 28:30
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On this episode of the Polley Music Library Show, we talked about some books that document the life and times of the raspy-voiced bard of blight, T...

  • Added: Apr 25, 2023
  • Length: 28:30
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On this episode of the Polley Music Library show, we discussed the book "Sound Within Sound," which highlights 10 lesser-known composers from the 2...

  • Added: Mar 31, 2023
  • Length: 27:44
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On this episode of the Polley Music Library Show, we talked about a fascinating new book that documents the fertile music scene that developed arou...

  • Added: Mar 24, 2023
  • Length: 28:27
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On this episode of the Polley Music Library show, we talked about a great new book that investigates a range of music produced by members of the As...

  • Added: Mar 21, 2023
  • Length: 28:17
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The photos are mine of the Mirabilis longiflora flowers and Manduca sexta, the Carolina sphinx moth and tobacco hornworm. Note the seven streamline...

  • Added: Sep 01, 2022
  • Length: 04:21
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In honor of Flag Day and the Fourth of July, the Smithsonian unveils the often misunderstood stories behind two of our nation's most famous flags: ...

Bought by WVTF, KALW, KVMR, KVNF, Spokane Public Radio and more


  • Added: May 18, 2022
  • Length: 52:00
  • Purchases: 59
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We are living in stressful times and getting out of the house, if only to your back yard, is always a good idea. Native flora and fauna can cure th...

  • Added: Mar 15, 2022
  • Length: 04:59
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Encelia farinosa (brittle bush, incienso) loves rocky hillsides and gravelly desert. And though this native shrub has a large range showing up in t...

  • Added: Mar 15, 2022
  • Length: 04:35
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The Supreme Court case that said racial segregation was constitutional, and the landmark decision that, decades later, overturned it.

Bought by KUPR low power FM, WYAP, WCMU Michigan, KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and more


  • Added: Aug 03, 2021
  • Length: 51:31
  • Purchases: 11
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It’s a new day, and the nation’s most trusted media institution has some new direction. Sylvia Bugg was named the Chief Programming Executive and G...

Bought by KDNK, RadioFreePalmer, and KWMR


  • Added: Apr 29, 2021
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 3
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This immersive Veterans Day one hour special is narrated by Alec Baldwin and uncovers the backstories of six veterans who have built companies, pro...

Bought by WGUC/ WVXU, KTOO, KCPW Salt Lake City, Raven Radio, KUNM and more


  • Added: Oct 14, 2020
  • Length: 53:00
  • Purchases: 38