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During this program, Josh Hanagarne talks about and reads from 'The World's Strongest Librarian: A Memoir of Tourette's, Faith, Strength, and the P...
Bought by Spokane Public Radio and Yellowstone Public Radio
- Added: Jun 14, 2013
- Length: 29:01
- Purchases: 2
Some people proudly embrace the label cancer survivor, while others feel that's not quite the right word. Is there a better term for someone who's ...
- Added: Jun 13, 2013
- Length: 54:00
- Purchases: 4
You've been reading a book but you're just not into it. How do you quit it, guilt-free? How do you break up with a book? Also, what do you ask for ...
- Added: Jun 07, 2013
- Length: 54:00
- Purchases: 4
First names like "Patience," "Hope," and "Charity" are inspired by worthy qualities. But how about "Be-courteous" or "Hate-evil"? The Puritans some...
- Added: May 30, 2013
- Length: 54:00
- Purchases: 6
Spokane author Sharma Shields tells the stories behind a few of the stories in her collection, 'Favorite Monster,' winner of an Autumn House Fictio...
Bought by KSJD, Spokane Public Radio, and Yellowstone Public Radio
- Added: May 28, 2013
- Length: 29:01
- Purchases: 3
In this hour, it's the shared history of jazz and sex—from the blues' raunchy roots to the French lounge singer who made the Pope into his "greates...
Bought by KBGA 89.9 FM, Troy Public Radio, Northeast Indiana Public Radio, WRGY, KPVL and more
- Added: May 27, 2013
- Length: 59:01
- Purchases: 16
Everyone knows you don't start a sentence with "But." But why? We sort out the confusion over this little word. Also, how voice recognition technol...
- Added: May 23, 2013
- Length: 54:00
- Purchases: 2
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
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Host Brian Balough chats with Law professor Chris Sprigman about the intellectual property debates surrounding standup comedy – no joke!
Bought by KBRP Community Radio
- Added: May 20, 2013
- Length: 10:32
- Purchases: 1
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
- Purchases: 3
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: 4
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: 5
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
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
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
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
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
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
Today's most popular dog names are Max and Bella. In the Middle Ages, though, dogs would answer to names like Amiable. Or Nosewise. Or even . . . ...
- Added: Mar 14, 2013
- Length: 54:00
- Purchases: 5
It's the Up Goer Five Challenge! Try to describe something complex using only the thousand most common words in English. It's a useful mental exerc...
- Added: Mar 07, 2013
- Length: 54:00
- Purchases: 6
Remember a few years ago when Amazon introduced that mysterious device called a Kindle? People worried that electronic readers would replace tradit...
- Added: Feb 28, 2013
- Length: 54:00
- Purchases: 7
You've probably noticed how work always seems to expand to fill the time given to complete it. But did you know there's a term for that? Also this ...
- Added: Feb 22, 2013
- Length: 54:00
- Purchases: 5
