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Caption: Love's Reward.  1908., Credit: LOC
In this episode, the History Guys explore three centuries of pre-marital intimacy. Did economic considerations used to play a greater role in coupl...

Bought by WSKG, WFPL News, WTJU, and WOUB


  • Added: Feb 08, 2013
  • Length: 54:30
  • Purchases: 4
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An hour-long program of early music, celebrating Dads. We’ll feature traditional music from Scotland, and medieval music from the region around the...

Bought by KREV-LP


  • Added: Apr 20, 2012
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 1
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Coleslaw isn't what most people would call a delicacy - but it was treated that way in Wes Alexander's family. His grandparents were Oklahoma wheat...

Bought by KOSU and Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Aug 05, 2011
  • Length: 03:54
  • Purchases: 2
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English is full of unusual terms, both old (eleemosynary, favonian) and new (flyway, catio). Also, the Swahili term that means "sleep like a log," ...

Bought by KUOW, WCNP-FM, WRNC-LP, and KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 21, 2011
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: Robert Tsutakawa spoke with his daughter Susan Tsutakawa in the San Francisco StoryCorps booth
It’s the year 1942. The United States has just joined the war in the Pacific. On the home front, the FBI is investigating and interning Japanese-Am...

Bought by Public Radio Remix


  • Added: May 16, 2011
  • Length: 01:56
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Civic Center in orange lights for World Series, Credit: Martina Castro
This is the story of the underdog team that was always pushing the envelope when it came to fashion, to nicknames and to hairstyles … on their face...

Bought by Northstate Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 04, 2011
  • Length: 01:00:00
  • Purchases: 1
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This week on "A Way with Words," what's in a pet name? Martha and Grant talk about how they came up with names for their dogs. Also this week: Have...

Bought by WCNP-FM, WRNC-LP, and WRVO


  • Added: Jan 27, 2011
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 3
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Martha and Grant discuss unintentionally funny headlines. Also, Quiz Guy John Chaneski composes a holiday-song quiz. And the hosts settle a grammat...

Bought by WCNP-FM


  • Added: Unknown
  • Length: 40:00
  • Purchases: 1
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This week on A Way with Words: Everybody has a nickname, and there's usually a story to go with it. Martha and Grant reveal their own nicknames and...

Bought by WCNP-FM, KXOT Public Radio, and WFSU


  • Added: Unknown
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Montage: Chicago fire, train, Credit: Private Archive Photos
An immigrant story: longing for permanence but restless in pursuing it. My great-grandmother.

  • Added: Dec 12, 2008
  • Length: 03:00
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Diane Bahrenburg talks with her neighbor and friend, 89-year-old retired dairy farmer Roland Thompson.

  • Added: Sep 01, 2006
  • Length: 04:44