2011-2012 Season
Arts & Culture Podcasts
All the individual segments from A Way with Words' season 2011-2012.
Location:
United States
Genres:
Arts & Culture Podcasts
Description:
All the individual segments from A Way with Words' season 2011-2012.
Language:
English
Episodes
Why Do Auctioneers Talk So Fast? (full episode)
7/9/2012
Why do auctioneers talk so fast? Martha and Grant discuss the rapid-fire speech of auctioneers, and how it gets you to bid higher. Also, why so many books have ridiculously long titles, where you'd have sonker for dessert, and an appreciation of that children's classic, "The Phantom Tollbooth." Plus, "different from" vs. "different than," the origin of suss out, words that apparently entered English in 1937, and the many names for those little gray bugs that roll up into a ball. See the full...
Duration:00:51:14
1348-CallerBill-Sawbuck.mp3
7/7/2012
1348-CallerBill-Sawbuck.mp3 by Martha Barnette and Grant Barrett
Duration:00:02:08
1348-Caller-Grace-Liefer.mp3
7/7/2012
1348-Caller-Grace-Liefer.mp3 by Martha Barnette and Grant Barrett
Duration:00:02:44
1348-CallerJustin-Hipster.mp3
7/7/2012
1348-CallerJustin-Hipster.mp3 by Martha Barnette and Grant Barrett
Duration:00:06:31
1348-CallerPeter-Brodies.mp3
7/7/2012
1348-CallerPeter-Brodies.mp3 by Martha Barnette and Grant Barrett
Duration:00:04:08
1348-CallerPhil-Typos.mp3
7/7/2012
1348-CallerPhil-Typos.mp3 by Martha Barnette and Grant Barrett
Duration:00:05:06
1348-CallerSuzie-Cheesy.mp3
7/7/2012
1348-CallerSuzie-Cheesy.mp3 by Martha Barnette and Grant Barrett
Duration:00:05:24
1348-CallerThomas-Cookaloris.mp3
7/7/2012
1348-CallerThomas-Cookaloris.mp3 by Martha Barnette and Grant Barrett
Duration:00:04:55
1348-Filler-CabSlang1.mp3
7/7/2012
1348-Filler-CabSlang1.mp3 by Martha Barnette and Grant Barrett
Duration:00:01:01
1348-Filler-Joke.mp3
7/7/2012
1348-Filler-Joke.mp3 by Martha Barnette and Grant Barrett
Duration:00:00:34
1348-Filler-Omnishambles.mp3
7/7/2012
1348-Filler-Omnishambles.mp3 by Martha Barnette and Grant Barrett
Duration:00:00:50
1348-Filler-PoemFromUs.mp3
7/7/2012
1348-Filler-PoemFromUs.mp3 by Martha Barnette and Grant Barrett
Duration:00:02:25
1348-Filler-ShoestringBudget.mp3
7/7/2012
1348-Filler-ShoestringBudget.mp3 by Martha Barnette and Grant Barrett
Duration:00:00:48
1348-Intro-CabSlang.mp3
7/7/2012
1348-Intro-CabSlang.mp3 by Martha Barnette and Grant Barrett
Duration:00:02:09
1348-LexBag-Bootleg.mp3
7/7/2012
1348-LexBag-Bootleg.mp3 by Martha Barnette and Grant Barrett
Duration:00:03:39
1348-WordQuiz-ContainerClues.mp3
7/7/2012
1348-WordQuiz-ContainerClues.mp3 by Martha Barnette and Grant Barrett
Duration:00:04:42
1325-CallerAdam-BreadAndButter.mp3
7/7/2012
1325-CallerAdam-BreadAndButter.mp3 by Martha Barnette and Grant Barrett
Duration:00:04:24
1325-CallerAlvaro-SilentK.mp3
7/7/2012
1325-CallerAlvaro-SilentK.mp3 by Martha Barnette and Grant Barrett
Duration:00:03:29
1325-CallerAndy-ToeNames.mp3
7/7/2012
1325-CallerAndy-ToeNames.mp3 by Martha Barnette and Grant Barrett
Duration:00:03:54
1325-CallerKim-Thee.mp3
7/7/2012
1325-CallerKim-Thee.mp3 by Martha Barnette and Grant Barrett
Duration:00:05:14