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Word of Mouth

Summary: Word of Mouth digs into the nooks and crannies of the state to uncover the stories, places, and people that make New Hampshire home. It's your questions answered, your state explored. Produced by New Hampshire Public Radio.

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 11.19.14: Against The Word 'Reform' & Cory Doctorow's Laws For The Internet Age | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 2722

100 years ago this month, a young socialite decided to ditch her corset and slipped into a little something more comfortable. On today’s show, a...

 Aasif Mandvi: No Land's Man | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 931

Aasif Mandvi talked to Virginia about his new collection of essays, No Land’s Man and about the time he got a call from The Daily Show to come in for an...

 11.17.14: Aasif Mandvi & No Plot? No Problem! Writing A Book In 30 Days | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 2718

Since his debut on The Daily Show, Aasif Mandvi has held such titles as “Senior Muslim Correspondent”, “Senior Middle East Correspondent” and “Senior...

 11.16.14: Innovations That Made The Modern World, The Whiteness Project, & Bacterial Fingerprints | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 3047

Among the things we take for granted in today’s America is knowing the time, which makes transportation, business and national events possible. This,...

 A Luminous Dress Inspired By The Firefly | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 557

Biologists call it “signaling”, traits and behaviors that evolved because recipients respond to them in ways that benefit the signaler. Among humans,...

 11.13.14: Invisible Innovations That Shaped Our World & Saving Portsmouth | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 2723

Among the things we take for granted in today’s America is knowing the time, which makes transportation, business and national events possible. This,...

 11.12.14: Bacterial "Fingerprints", The Seedy Underworld Of Kickboxing, & The Whiteness Project | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 2704

The fingerprint was once law enforcement’s “smoking gun”, next came DNA evidence. Now, scientists are researching another bio-marker that may be able to...

 10.20.14: The Star Wars Universe & What Your Browser History Says About You | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 2702

The first Star Wars film may have been released 37 years ago, but its hold on the popular imagination remains as strong as Darth Vader’s death-grip. On...

 6.16.14: The Song Of The Summer & The Worst Songs From The World Cup | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 2687

According to the calendar, it’s still spring for a few more days, but some music critics have already anointed the song of the summer. Today on Word of...

 6.14.14: To Twee Or Not To Twee | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 3016

First there was rock & roll, then punk, then hip-hop. Today, we’re living in the age of “twee”. And boy is it precious. We'll explore the gentle...

 6.12.14: Not Dead Yet! | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 2688

From tailfins to compact discs, America’s economy hums along on technology that goes out of date. Today on Word of Mouth, the collectors,...

 6.11.14: Happy Spending, Tinkering Kids, And The Weird History Of Scarecrows | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 2686

The old adage goes, “money can’t buy you happiness”, but maybe you’re just not spending it right. From paying for experiences to spending on others, we...

 The Debate: Should Adults Be Embarrassed To Read YA? | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 785

When Ruth Graham published the Slate article “Against YA” there was an immediate push back. Here we’ve compiled some of our favorites for both sides of...

 6.10.14: The Exo-Skeleton Kicking Off The World Cup And Why Reading YA Is Embarassing | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 2350

The world cup kicks off in Sao Paulo this Thursday amid controversy, corruption, and protest. Today, a profile of the neuroscientist behind a bionic...

 6.9.14: Understanding Twee, Michael Blum, And Comedian Todd Glass | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 2687

We are in the midst of a cultural movement…it’s called Twee and boy is it precious. Today we look into the gentle revolution that is Twee…from artisanal...

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