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Salad Days (Rebroadcast) - 25 August 2025
A documentary film called My Beautiful Stutter follows youngsters at a summer camp specifically for stutterers. It’s a place for finding acceptance, support, and confidence for navigating the larger …
Published on 2 months, 1 week ago
Tall Drink of Water - 18 August 2025
Why is it harder to talk if we don’t move our hands? Even when we’re talking on the phone we feel the need to gesture to aid communication. A new book offers a look at the relatively new field of ges…
Published on 2 months, 2 weeks ago
Your Imaginary Boyfriend (Rebroadcast) - 11 August 2025
We use the term Milky Way for that glowing arc across the sky. But how people picture it varies from culture to culture. In Sweden, that starry band goes by a name that means “Winter Street,” and in …
Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago
Mox Nix - 4 August 2025
You might be surprised to learn that a “hoosier” isn’t necessarily from Indiana. Around the St. Louis, Missouri, area, the term hoosier has a whole other meaning. And: Scotland is the home of the Gol…
Published on 2 months, 4 weeks ago
Beefed It (Rebroadcast) - 28 July 2025
The words tough, through, and dough all end in O-U-G-H. So why don’t they rhyme? A lively new book addresses the many quirks of English by explaining the history of words and phrases. And: have you e…
Published on 3 months ago
Imaginary Friends - 21 July 2025
Alright, alright, alright! How do some catchphrases become part of the larger vernacular—to the point where people don’t always know the original reference? And the island of Ocracoke off the coast o…
Published on 3 months, 1 week ago
Forty Eleven Zillion (Rebroadcast) - 14 July 2025
When there’s no evening meal planned at home, what do you call that scramble to cobble together your own dinner? Some people apply acronyms like YOYO — “you’re on your own” — or CORN, for “Clean Out …
Published on 3 months, 2 weeks ago
Mystery Date (Rebroadcast) - 7 July 2025
A librarian opens a book and finds a mysterious invitation scribbled on the back of a business card. Another discovers a child’s letter to the Tooth Fairy, tucked into a book decades ago. What storie…
Published on 3 months, 3 weeks ago
Eat My Hat - 30 June 2025
Have you lived in your home so long that you don’t notice its flaws? In Sweden, they have a name for this condition: It’s hemmablind—literally, “home blind.” A popular Swedish TV program shows what y…
Published on 4 months ago
Sour Pickle (Rebroadcast) - 23 June 2025
You know that Yogi Berra quote about how Nobody ever comes here; it’s too crowded? Actually, the first person to use this was actress Suzanne Ridgeway, who appeared in several movies with The Three S…
Published on 4 months, 1 week ago