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Word of Mouth - Segment
9:56 am
Wed December 21, 2011

Love Untranslatable

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The English language is remarkable for the richness of its vocabulary. The revised Oxford English Dictionary includes over 600,000 words, however English is the only language that has, or needs, a thesaurus. There are twice as many words in common use in English than in French. Nonetheless, sometimes English words fail us -- at least when it comes to love. Our guest has compiled an illuminating top-ten list of foreign words describing nuances of love and relationships.

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Word of Mouth
8:00 am
Sat December 17, 2011

Word of Mouth for 12.17.2011

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Part 1: Auto Paparazzi

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Word of Mouth - Segment
1:17 pm
Wed December 14, 2011

This Year’s Gaming Show Case

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If there are gamers in your family, their Christmas lists probably include a new title or two, or maybe a shiny new HD or even 3D video game system. As with all things in pop culture, games are subject to their own trends, some are blockbusters, some bomb, and others inspire franchises and copycats. Here to tell us what’s hot in video games now, and what could be coming down the pipe is Clay Wirestone. He’s an avid gamer and freelance writer who has written for Mental Floss Magazine. He’s also the arts editor for the Concord Monitor.

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Word of Mouth - Segment
12:37 pm
Wed December 14, 2011

Video Games,No Longer Just For Teens

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Word of Mouth - Segment
12:06 pm
Wed December 14, 2011

The Tale of Two Farms

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We’ve heard the stories of farm family underdogs pitched against profit-hungry developers or deep- pocketed corporations. This story of a land dispute in Canterbury New Hampshire defies the good guy versus bad guy model. The players in this conflict are two well-liked farm families. One has been farming in town for hundreds of years, and currently runs a dairy farm. The other family is not native, farms organically, and has corporate backing.

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Word of Mouth - Segment
12:06 pm
Wed December 14, 2011

Listener Comments

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Reactions to our interview with A.P. food writer J.M. Hirsch.  

Word of Mouth - Segment
1:30 am
Wed December 14, 2011

Three cognitive scientists walk into a bar...

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How many public radio hosts does it take to change a lightbulb?  None – they tell their producer to do it.  Okay, so maybe you have to work in “the industry” to appreciate that one – but it does bring us one feeble step closer to the subject of this segment:  the connection between humor and thinking. The funny bone rarely attracts the serious scholarship of other body parts and functions… Until a cognitive scientist, a psychologist and a grad student walked into a lab and studied the connection between laughter and the human brain.

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Word of Mouth - Segment
12:04 pm
Tue December 13, 2011

A Year In Food

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Here’s one word for the food trends of 2011: bi-polar.   

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