Sunday Puzzle Uh-Oh! Clues for Two February 24, 2008 • Clues are given for two words. Each word has two syllables. The first syllable of the first word has a short "U" sound as in "uh." Change this to a long "O" sound and, phonetically, you'll get a new word that answers the second clue. Example: "absolutely beautiful" and "an old-style punishment," would be "stunning" and "stoning." Uh-Oh! Clues for Two Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/19291285/19315144" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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New Music Annoying Campaign Songs February 23, 2008 • Jim Nayder of Chicago Public Radio's The Annoying Music Show offers a sampling of presidential campaign songs that won't necessary persuade an audience to lend them their ears. Annoying Campaign Songs Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/19304252/19304211" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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The Evolution of Play February 22, 2008 • NPR reporter Alix Spiegel reports on how play has shifted focus from "activity" to "things." The Evolution of Play Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/19267988/19267942" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Bryant Park Project Video The Art of Pen Spinning February 21, 2008 • To most folks, it's mindless fidgeting, but to a select few, it's an artform. The BPP filmed master pen spinner Kam Kuo in action, and learned a bit about the pen spinning community in the process. The Art of Pen Spinning Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/19227045/19227014" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Your Health Old-Fashioned Play Builds Serious Skills February 21, 2008 • Elaborate toys, busy schedules and the demise of recess have left children with fewer opportunities for imaginative play — and it shows. Researchers say changing the way children play has changed their emotional and cognitive development. Old-Fashioned Play Builds Serious Skills Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/19212514/19225995" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Opinion From Our Listeners Vocal Impressions: The Presidential Contenders February 20, 2008 • We share listeners' descriptions of the presidential candidates' voices and issue a new challenge: Describe the voices of cowboy sidekick Andy Devine, politician Henry Kissinger, singer and actress Jeanette MacDonald and actor Christopher Walken. Vocal Impressions: The Presidential Contenders Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/19195333/19216217" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Sunday Puzzle The Hidden Presidents February 17, 2008 • This week, an on-air presidential puzzle for Presidents Day. Will reads a series of sentences. Each sentence conceals the name of a U.S. president in consecutive letters. For example: Have moms hairstyle redone. The answer would be Tyler, which is hidden inside, hairsTYLE Redone. The Hidden Presidents Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/19095460/19128123" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Opinion From Our Listeners Homework: Calling All Birders February 16, 2008 • This week we're playing radio Mad Libs. We asked you to fill in the blanks with an adverb, a verb, a noun, an adjective, a type of animal and a number. For next week's assignment, call our homework hotline and do your best bird call. Homework: Calling All Birders Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/19120213/19120182" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Books Vollmann Hops Trains, Lives to Tell All February 13, 2008 • Author William T. Vollmann took a deep dive into the culture of "catching out." Vollmann hopped freight trains around the United States, meeting hobos, tramps and prostitutes. He writes about his travels in Riding Toward Everywhere. Vollmann Hops Trains, Lives to Tell All Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/18939012/18938984" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Technology E-Mail This Story: Of Kittens, Quinoa & Ron Paul February 13, 2008 • Producer Dan Pashman takes aim at National Public Radio's list of most e-mailed stories, cobbling this feature out of sugar and spice and everything nice. Help him out, will you, and e-mail it — a lot. E-Mail This Story: Of Kittens, Quinoa & Ron Paul Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/18939045/18938993" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Diversions Beagle Takes Top Dog Award February 13, 2008 • The coveted Best in Show award at the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show on Tuesday went to a breed that has never won that honor: the beagle. Beagle Takes Top Dog Award Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/18937770/18937968" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Diversions Tiny Trinkets Mark Big Hopes for New Year in Bolivia February 12, 2008 • "Alasitas," the festival that makes everyone feel like a kid again, is a celebration of hope for — and faith in — abundance for the coming year. It's celebrated in miniature. Stall after stall sells tiny versions of everything — from luggage to cars to computers — and it's all blessed by shamans. It's Bolivia at its most pagan. Tiny Trinkets Mark Big Hopes for New Year in Bolivia Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/18921339/18925060" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Sunday Puzzle Anagram Magic February 10, 2008 • In this week's on-air puzzle, every answer is a two-word phrase, in which both words start with the letter "P" and the two words are anagrams of each other. For example, for the clue "One hundred percent the land of Lima," the answer would be: Pure Peru. Anagram Magic Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/18825979/18854816" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Opinion From Our Listeners Homework: Bad Date in Three Acts February 9, 2008 • Last week we asked for your dating disasters. We now present "The Bad Date" in three acts. Act One: It's in the Asking. Act Two: Dating with a Double-D. Act Three: Dutch This. Next week we're going to play radio Mad Libs. Homework: Bad Date in Three Acts Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/18847870/18847845" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Diversions Catering Goes to the Dogs February 8, 2008 • Hundreds of canines are arriving in New York City for the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show. Alex Cohen talks to Jerry Grymek, the "doggie concierge" for the Hotel Pennsylvania, about catering to the four-legged champions and their two-legged companions. Catering Goes to the Dogs Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/18815454/18815855" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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