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Get out your umbrellas -- it's raining pitchforks and . . . bullfrogs? This week, it's odd expressions that mean "a heavy downpour." Also, holistic...

Bought by WRNC-LP and KUOW


  • Added: May 23, 2012
  • Length: 00:54:00
  • Purchases: 2
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Remember those children's classics, the Velveteen Rabbi and The Little Price? The Twitterverse is abound with these books with a letter missing. An...

Bought by KREV-LP, WRNC-LP, and KUOW


  • Added: May 10, 2012
  • Length: 00:54:00
  • Purchases: 3
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What did you call the cliques in your high school? Were you a member of the nerds, the jocks, or maybe the "grits" or the "heshers"? Also, what's t...

Bought by KREV-LP, WRNC-LP, and KUOW


  • Added: May 04, 2012
  • Length: 00:54:00
  • Purchases: 3
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What colorful language do you use to when you're angry and  tempted to use a four-letter word? There's a difference between cursing and cussing: It...

Bought by KREV-LP, WRNC-LP, and KUOW


  • Added: Apr 26, 2012
  • Length: 00:54:00
  • Purchases: 3
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A true story told live in London. Rachel heads to New York to find 'her inner Jew', but ends up having a sexual awakening.

  • Added: Apr 23, 2012
  • Length: 00:08:10
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What time is it if it's "the crack of chicken"? And when exactly is the "shank of the evening"? How do you pronounce the word spelled H-O-V-E-R? Di...

Bought by KREV-LP, WRNC-LP, and KUOW


  • Added: Apr 19, 2012
  • Length: 00:54:00
  • Purchases: 3
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Have you been dining on a budget lately? Martha recommends the necessity mess, potato bargain, and other tasty regional foods that won't break the ...

Bought by WRNC-LP, KREV-LP, and KUOW


  • Added: Apr 12, 2012
  • Length: 00:54:00
  • Purchases: 3
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Ever been to an ABC party? How about a darty? The hosts discuss these and other slang terms heard around campus. They also talk about mulligrubs an...

Bought by KREV-LP and KUOW


  • Added: Apr 04, 2012
  • Length: 00:54:00
  • Purchases: 2
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If someone offered you a croaker with an old man's face, would you accept? You should! Croaker is a slang term for "hundred dollar bill." And did y...

Bought by KREV-LP and KUOW


  • Added: Mar 29, 2012
  • Length: 00:54:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Grant Barrett and Martha Barnette
It's all about the benjamins, and NPR Puzzlemaster Will Shortz has a game of monetary anagrams that's sure to give you a run for your spondoolies! ...

  • Added: Mar 22, 2012
  • Length: 00:31:13
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Does the thought of going without your cellphone fill you with separation anxiety? Grant and Martha coin some monikers for this modern-day phobia. ...

Bought by WRNC-LP, KREV-LP, and KUOW


  • Added: Mar 22, 2012
  • Length: 00:54:00
  • Purchases: 3
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What do you call it when you roll through a stop sign without ever coming to a complete stop? A California stop, a Michigan stop -- or something el...

Bought by WRNC-LP, KREV-LP, and KUOW


  • Added: Mar 15, 2012
  • Length: 00:54:00
  • Purchases: 3
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Do you ever wonder why the almost-human characters that appear in video games can seem downright creepy? That disturbing sensation is called "the u...

Bought by KREV-LP, WRNC-LP, and KUOW


  • Added: Mar 08, 2012
  • Length: 00:54:00
  • Purchases: 3
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Let's put the moose on the table: You have questions, and Grant and Martha have answers. For example, why would someone have an albatross around hi...

Bought by WRNC-LP, KREV-LP, and KUOW


  • Added: Mar 01, 2012
  • Length: 00:54:00
  • Purchases: 3
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Which came first, orange the color or orange the fruit? And what's a busman's holiday? Martha and Grant talk about bumbershoots, brollies, nursery ...

Bought by WRNC-LP and KUOW


  • Added: Feb 23, 2012
  • Length: 00:54:00
  • Purchases: 2
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What's the best way to help your child learn to speak a foreign language? One option is an immersion school, where teachers avoid speaking English....

Bought by WRNC-LP and KUOW


  • Added: Feb 16, 2012
  • Length: 00:54:00
  • Purchases: 2
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Survey time! Do you call that kind of cap a beanie, a toboggan, or a stocking hat, or something else? What about rubber-soled athletic shoes? Do yo...

Bought by WRNC-LP, KREV-LP, and KUOW


  • Added: Feb 09, 2012
  • Length: 00:54:00
  • Purchases: 3
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Why do spelling bees include such bizarre, obsolete words like cymotrichous? And why is New York called the Big Apple? Also, the stinky folk medici...

Bought by KREV-LP and KUOW


  • Added: Feb 02, 2012
  • Length: 00:54:00
  • Purchases: 2
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What do pigs have to do with piggyback rides? Martha and Grant have the answer. They also get a lesson from a listener in the fine art of speaking ...

Bought by KREV-LP and KUOW


  • Added: Jan 25, 2012
  • Length: 00:54:00
  • Purchases: 2
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If your friend says she's coming to town "Sunday week," exactly when should you expect to see her? And what do you call those typographical symbols...

Bought by KREV-LP and KUOW


  • Added: Jan 19, 2012
  • Length: 00:54:00
  • Purchases: 2
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It's a bird! It's a plane! It's . . . "witches' knickers"? Well, what do YOU call those stray plastic bags littering the landscape? Also, what it m...

Bought by KREV-LP and KUOW


  • Added: Jan 12, 2012
  • Length: 00:54:00
  • Purchases: 2
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How about some wind pudding with a dollop of air sauce? What's in a tavern sandwich? Do pregnant women really crave pickles and ice cream? Grant an...

Bought by KREV-LP and KUOW


  • Added: Jan 04, 2012
  • Length: 00:54:00
  • Purchases: 2
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Yo! Who you callin' a jabronie? And what exactly is a jabronie, anyway? Also, what do vintage school buses and hack writers have in common? Grant a...

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Dec 29, 2011
  • Length: 00:54:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Why do some puns strike us as clever, while others are plain old groaners? Martha and Grant puzzle over this question. Also, the difference between...

Bought by KREV-LP, WCAI / WNAN, and KUOW


  • Added: Dec 22, 2011
  • Length: 00:54:00
  • Purchases: 3
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What's YOUR choice for the Word of the Year for 2011? What word or phrase best sums up the ideas, events, and themes that speakers of English have ...

Bought by WRNC-LP, KREV-LP, and KUOW


  • Added: Dec 15, 2011
  • Length: 00:54:00
  • Purchases: 3