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From: BackStory with the American History Guys
Series: BackStory with the American History Guys: Favorites
Series: BackStory with the American History Guys: Favorites
Host Brian Balough chats with Law professor Chris Sprigman about the intellectual property debates surrounding standup comedy – no joke!
- Added: May 20, 2013
- Length: 10:32
Chords, chords, and more chords. That's what makes Rock music so flippin' awesome to listen to. We'll be taking a look at famous chords used on var...
- Added: May 16, 2013
- Length: 59:00
What do you call a guy with a bald pate? A chrome dome? Maybe the lucky fellow is sporting a solar panel for a sex machine. Also, which would you r...
- Added: May 16, 2013
- Length: 54:00
Duluth based prose poet Louis Jenkins is celebrated around the globe. Jenkins recently joined Heidi Holtan and Steve Downing to talk about his care...
- Added: May 14, 2013
- Length: 13:25
Starting this year, Scripps National Spelling Bee contestants not only have to spell words correctly. A controversial new rule means they'll have t...
- Added: May 09, 2013
- Length: 54:00
- Purchases: 3
This week, forensic linguists use what they know about speech and writing to testify in courtrooms. And get out your hankies! Martha and Grant are ...
- Added: May 03, 2013
- Length: 54:00
- Purchases: 4
Western swing, cowboy songs and cowboy poetry, songs of inspiration, and western history.
- Added: Apr 29, 2013
- Length: 59:00
How did the word "gay" go from meaning "happy" to "homosexual"? Martha and Grant discuss the evolution of this word. Also, why are elementary schoo...
- Added: Apr 26, 2013
- Length: 54:00
- Purchases: 5
90 second modules that celebrate the natural world and bring the wonder of nature into daily life
- Added: Apr 24, 2013
- Length: 34:30
Remember getting caught sitting in a tree, K-I-S-S-I-N-G? Grant and Martha wax nostalgic on some classic schoolyard rhymes. What do you call your o...
- Added: Apr 18, 2013
- Length: 54:00
- Purchases: 6
Imagine a time when heroin was marketed for the whole family. It really happened. Also, how Twitter, M&M's, and Hallmark cards got their names. Plu...
- Added: Apr 10, 2013
- Length: 54:00
- Purchases: 6
In this interview I chat with legendary singer-songwriter Dan Hicks about his time in the psychedelic rock band the Charlatans and his decades long...
- Added: Apr 04, 2013
- Length: 16:33
Get out your skinny jeans and pass the PBR! Martha and Grant discuss the definition of the word hipster. Also, what happens when you pull a brodie?...
- Added: Apr 03, 2013
- Length: 54:00
- Purchases: 7
WTIP's Dave Seaton chatted recently with the delightful Mary Roach, author of quirky science books like "Stiff," "Bonk," and "Packing for Mars." H...
Bought by KSRQ
- Added: Mar 30, 2013
- Length: 22:04
- Purchases: 1
Producer Dred-Scott Keyes interviews film maker Dagmar Schultz about her film "Audre Lorde: The Berlin Years 1984-1992"
- Added: Mar 30, 2013
- Length: 01:00:01
In this episode we discuss how Jack's conquest of the giant relates to 19th century English colonialism with the help of scholar Brian Szumsky. We ...
- Added: Mar 29, 2013
- Length: 22:35
1... 2... 3... Yeah, that's still OK to eat. It's fun! It's got science! Producer Ruth Eddy's take on "the rule" deserves a listen.
- Added: Mar 28, 2013
- Length: 02:09
90 second modules that celebrate the natural world and bring the wonder of nature into daily life
- Added: Mar 28, 2013
- Length: 33:00
Have a question about objective pronouns? Whom ya gonna call? Wait--is that right? Or would it be "who ya gonna call"? "Whom" may be technically co...
- Added: Mar 27, 2013
- Length: 54:00
- Purchases: 5
We talk a lot on this show about grammar, slang, and word origins. But when you get right down to it so many calls on this show are really about r...
Bought by WNJR
- Added: Mar 27, 2013
- Length: 30:51
- Purchases: 1
Downtown Washington, D.C. is a sea of bollards. Some people love them. Others can’t stand them. Regardless of how anyone feels about this perimeter...
Bought by Public Radio Remix
- Added: Mar 26, 2013
- Length: 05:34
- Purchases: 1
Although he hailed from St. Louis, Charles Ellsworth “Pee Wee” Russell took his clarinet cues from New Orleans. Only now is he beginning to be reco...
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Mar 26, 2013
- Length: 58:57
- Purchases: 1
Biometrics Gone Touchy Looky, The Amazing Multi-Core Processing Power, Sporting events streamed live onto many TV Station websites, Are you infecte...
- Added: Mar 23, 2013
- Length: 49:34
From: Marc Cuniberti
Series: Money Matters Economic Commentary- The Economy, the markets and our fiscal policy.
Series: Money Matters Economic Commentary- The Economy, the markets and our fiscal policy.
The Congressional Budget office reports economic stats for the government and this EVERGREEN news piece details how inaccurate they have been.
- Added: Mar 22, 2013
- Length: 03:00
Should youngsters learn cursive handwriting in school? Plus, someone can be ruthless, but can that same person be ruthful? Which word refers to som...
- Added: Mar 22, 2013
- Length: 54:00
- Purchases: 6
