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Whole 9 Yards is a weekly podcast that will simultaneously educate, astonish, and amuse. Listen while we share equivocal research about the origin of words, phrases, and idioms we use every day. From the team at Big Science Pods, we bring you the whole 9 yards, the entire kit and caboodle, the whole shebang of this quick, entertaining look at our language and the history therein. Learn why we call New York "The Big Apple," what "red-handed" REALLY means and why sometimes people are "happy as ...
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It's not about color! It's about transparency, and the effective understanding and relatability that embraces culture and real life conversation over clinical jargon. Mental note: Scientific jargon is better understood and received by some, while colloquial expression is better understood and embraced by others; one-style-doesn't-fit-all.
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Learn *Real Colloquial English* with Zapp! English Colloquial classes! This free audio podcast by Zappenglish.com contains real unscripted English conversations with native speakers, and interactive audio classes including English pronunciation practice. Each podcast comes with its own eBook which you can download at Zappenglish.com. We charge a small amount for the eBooks as this allows us to continue publishing the audio for free. The eBooks contain: A full transcript of the English conver ...
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The Language Lie

Ingrid Powell and Casey Devine

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Join Casey and Ingrid as they take a humorous dive into the origins of your favorite idioms, and we all learn something new. They chew the fat, spill the tea and the beans, and shoot the breeze until they get to the root of the matter. Follow the soothing voices of this duo as they venture down winding rabbit holes of lighthearted banter, having fun while uncovering some language truths.
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Hindi: A Spoken Thesaurus

Hindi Urdu Flagship, University of Texas at Austin

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Which word is the best fit for a particular meaning and context? How do I express everyday ideas in colloquial language, avoiding the bookish style found in dictionaries? What’s the actual difference in meaning between the ‘synonyms’ that dictionaries offer? How do I build up phrases and sentences around a particular word? The Hindi Thesaurus addresses such questions in a series of lively, unscripted Hindi-medium conversations about groups of words of related meaning. Concentrating on select ...
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Hindi: Glossaries Alive!

Hindi Urdu Flagship, University of Texas at Austin

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This series is designed to help you learn the basic vocabulary of Hindi. It is based on the vocabulary introduced in Teach Yourself Hindi; but can be used independently of any book, and should be useful for anyone beginning to learn Hindi. We give the Hindi equivalents for common English words and expressions, show how they can be used in context, and drill some of them. The idea is simply to make the words come alive as you hear them pronounced; you’ll also pick up some useful phrases, and ...
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City of Tea is a group of 3 friends dedicated to the fun & fuckery of the great City of Sacramento. Every episode will bring you the hottest tea from what’s happening at City Hall to the best shows in town to what community groups are doing the work work work work work. Your hosts aka captains of the fun & fuckery are Shannon, Gabe & PJ. Submit show ideas to: [email protected] Follow us all the socials at CityofTea916.
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Let's Talk Italian With Aronne is the podcast that helps English speakers learn, practice and improve the Italian language. You can also master your Italian pronunciation, practice your Italian listening comprehension and last but not least you can learn more about the Italian culture. What are you waiting for?! Let's start listening!
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Exhaling Words

Erin Morgan

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Polyglot Erin shares her thoughts on languages, linguistics, and the language learning journey. Erin Morgan is a Western & Central Asian linguist and academic, translator (Arabic & Persian), and teacher (Arabic, Spanish, & French). Raised in a rural part of the US, Erin used languages to explore the world and communicate with other outside of her monolingual hometown. Now Erin shares her experiences with others, hoping they find the same love and passion she has. Find Erin on IG, TW, FB, YT ...
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Hi folks, Michael Muto here. Each week I have a little chat about whatever I’m thinking about that week. From art I’m enjoying to art I want to make to talking about what happened to me that week. Sometimes I’ll be out and about with my recorder and take you for a walk with me to talk about any o’l thing. Come hang out for a pretty chill fun time.
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Episode 298: Jay & Ray kibitz over some old idioms. - Encore roger kibitz Subscribe, review, and come find us on BlueSky, Insta, & FB. Big Science Music is an award-winning original music and sound boutique. Providing scoring, sound design, radio, podcast, and all audio-post production services for the advertising, film, and video industries. Grab …
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Episode 297: Jay & Ray get festive with a few sparkle season idioms. - Encore deck the halls trim the tree Subscribe, review, and come find us on BlueSky, Insta, & FB. Big Science Music is an award-winning original music and sound boutique. Providing scoring, sound design, radio, podcast, and all audio-post production services for the advertising, …
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Episode 296: Jay & Ray drink up some old idioms. -Encore nip mooch Subscribe, review, and come find us on BlueSky, Insta, & FB. Big Science Music is an award-winning original music and sound boutique. Providing scoring, sound design, radio, podcast, and all audio-post production services for the advertising, film, and video industries. Grab a taste…
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Episode 295: Jay & Ray talk to some people about idioms. - Encore latchkey kid buckaroo Subscribe, review, and come find us on BlueSky, Insta, & FB. Big Science Music is an award-winning original music and sound boutique. Providing scoring, sound design, radio, podcast, and all audio-post production services for the advertising, film, and video ind…
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Episode 294: Jay & Ray leaf through some old foliage idioms. - Encore root for bushed Subscribe, review, and come find us on BlueSky, Insta, & FB. Big Science Music is an award-winning original music and sound boutique. Providing scoring, sound design, radio, podcast, and all audio-post production services for the advertising, film, and video indus…
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Episode 293: Jay & Ray get hungry for some old thanksgiving foodioms. -Encore talk turkey easy as pie Subscribe, review, and come find us on BlueSky, Insta, & FB. Big Science Music is an award-winning original music and sound boutique. Providing scoring, sound design, radio, podcast, and all audio-post production services for the advertising, film,…
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Episode 292: Jay & Ray knock out some old idioms. - Encore cold cocked beats me Subscribe, review, and come find us on BlueSky, Insta, & FB. Big Science Music is an award-winning original music and sound boutique. Providing scoring, sound design, radio, podcast, and all audio-post production services for the advertising, film, and video industries.…
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Did you know that in the Fruitridge Finger, in the Oak Park Neighborhood, there lives a farm? Well, you're about to find out. On this episode, the team welcomes Matthew Ampersand who is just as cool as his name sounds. Along with his wife, and landscape artist, Tessa, Matthew runs what is really an incredible resource, Find Out Farms. They are more…
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Episode 291: Jay & Ray take a random approach to some old idioms. -Encore hemming & hawwing butter you up cat got your tongue Subscribe, review, and come find us on BlueSky, Insta, & FB. Big Science Music is an award-winning original music and sound boutique. Providing scoring, sound design, radio, podcast, and all audio-post production services fo…
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This episode is the fast practice and repetition session, or quick spin associated with “Descas 10 - Lesson 10” of the audio-course “Desky Kernowek Bew - Learning Colloquial Cornish” presented in Episode 34. www.deskykernowekbew.com Facebook-Group: “Desky Kernôwek Bew”By Dan
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This is the slow practice and repetition session associated with Descas 10 - Lesson 10 of the audio-course "Desky Kernôwek Bew - Learning Colloquial Cornish" presented in Episode 34. www.deskykernowekbew.com Facebook-Group: “Desky Kernôwek Bew”By Dan
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Episode 290: Jay & Ray pick an (old) bone about some body idioms. - Encore cold shoulder elbow grease cake eater Subscribe, review, and come find us on BlueSky, Insta, & FB. Big Science Music is an award-winning original music and sound boutique. Providing scoring, sound design, radio, podcast, and all audio-post production services for the adverti…
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Episode 289: Jay & Ray get eerily close with a few old frightful idioms - encore. graveyard shift bat outta hell jack-o-lantern skeletons in the closet Subscribe, review, and come find us on BlueSky, Insta, & FB. Big Science Music is an award-winning original music and sound boutique. Providing scoring, sound design, radio, podcast, and all audio-p…
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Episode 288: Jay and Ray do some investigative yellow journalism. what a crock! yellow journalism Subscribe, review, and come find us on BlueSky, Insta, & FB. Big Science Music is an award-winning original music and sound boutique. Providing scoring, sound design, radio, podcast, and all audio-post production services for the advertising, film, and…
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Gabe and PJ sit down with the host of the Golden State Naturalist podcast, Michelle Fullner, to talk about nature in California, and specifically what makes Sac a dope place worth protecting. We talk trees, bugs, birds and more. Find out more about GSN https://www.goldenstatenaturalist.com/ Check out the California Native Plant Society https://www.…
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Episode 287: Jay & Ray get in the ring with a few old sports idioms - Encore. ringer go to bat for hat trick rubber match Subscribe, review, and come find us on BlueSky, Insta, & FB. Big Science Music is an award-winning original music and sound boutique. Providing scoring, sound design, radio, podcast, and all audio-post production services for th…
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Send us a text https://www.buzzsprout.com/2381461/subscribe In this episode, I do it my way — stepping right into the noise: the chatter, the scrolling, the constant distractions, and uncovering the quiet truth hidden underneath it all. Facts: When life gets too loud to think, silence becomes more than peace, it becomes power. Because sometimes, wh…
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Episode 286: Jay & Ray make newsense with some old nonsense. - Encore lackadaisical flabbergasted gobsmacked shenanigans Subscribe, review, and come find us on BlueSky, Insta, & FB. Big Science Music is an award-winning original music and sound boutique. Providing scoring, sound design, radio, podcast, and all audio-post production services for the…
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The Right to Exist follows the rise and fall of Camp Resolution in Sacramento, centering the stories of unhoused women and the activists, filmmakers, and academics who tried to protect them. The episode explores common myths about homelessness, the role of affordable housing and policy failures, and how visibility, advocacy, and political decisions…
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Episode 285: Jay & Ray get down to business with old potty talk - Encore latrine privy head commode Subscribe, review, and come find us on BlueSky, Insta, & FB. Big Science Music is an award-winning original music and sound boutique. Providing scoring, sound design, radio, podcast, and all audio-post production services for the advertising, film, a…
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Episode 284: Jay & Ray promote a few (old) important titles. - Encore big-wig mogul muckity muck head honcho Subscribe, review, and come find us on BlueSky, Insta, & FB. Big Science Music is an award-winning original music and sound boutique. Providing scoring, sound design, radio, podcast, and all audio-post production services for the advertising…
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Descas Naw 9 Lesson Nine ___________________________________________________________ Geryow - Words: e-bôst {m.sg.n.} - (an) e-mail. hir {adj.} - long; tall. lether {m.sg.n.}, lyther - (a) letter. pajar {card.num.}, peswar - four. pajora {ord.num.}, peswora - fourth. scrifa {vb.n.} - to write/writing. Lavarow - Phrases: o kil {contin. < gwil“to do/…
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Descas Eth 8 Lesson Eight ________________________________________________________ Geryow - Words: an tryja {ord.num.} - the third. dhebm {1sg.prp.prn.}, dhymm - to me. dhewgh {2pl.prp.prn.}, dhywgh - to you. ehes {m.sg.n.}, yeghes - health. ha! {int.} - hi! ma {vb.3sg.pres.loc.} - there is; there’s. (Location) o (3) ... vy {poss.adj.} ... {prn.}, …
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Episode 283: Jay & Ray spend some time cashing in a few old money idioms. - Encore cheapskate dollars to donuts burn a hole in your pocket Subscribe, review, and come find us on BlueSky, Insta, & FB. Big Science Music is an award-winning original music and sound boutique. Providing scoring, sound design, radio, podcast, and all audio-post productio…
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PJ is off saving kittens, so it's Shannon and Gabe sitting down with climate justice organizer Ilonka to discuss the fight against big oil in California, the Make Billionaires Pay March and Climate Justice Festival in Sacramento, and criticisms of Governor Gavin Newsom's recent policy shifts. Listen up as we get into refinery closures, cap-and-trad…
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Descas Seyth 7 Lesson Seven _________________________________________________________________ Geryow - Words: chei scol {m.sg.n. + f.sg.n.}, chi scol - a school building. ewedh {adv.}, ynwedh - also, too. lever {m.sg.n.}, lyver - (a) book. levrow {m.pl.n.}, lyvrow, lyvryow - books. obma {adv.}, omma - here; here’s. redya {vb.n.} - to read/reading. …
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Chânjya Chei (gen Richard Gendall, dhort “An Curnooack Hethow”, Teere ha Tavaz, 1993) Radn (1) Ma Matthew An Gov trigys en Loundres deg bledhen abarth dh’y wreg, Chestin, ha’y dhew flogh, Peder ha Tamsin. E j’eth ena dhe lenel appoyntyans pecar’a descador en scol vrâs, ha’y wreg a gemeras whel en clâjy. Whath nag ew da ganjans bownans an cita. Mall…
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Descas Whegh 6 Lesson Six ____________________________________________ Geryow - Words: coth {adj.} - old. coweth {m.sg.n.} - (a) (male) friend. cowetha {m.pl.n.} - (male and/or mixed male/female) friends. cowethes {f.sg.n.} - (a) (female) friend. nowydh {adj.} - new. yònk {adj.}, yowynk - young. Lavarow - Phrases: mar pleg - please. Patrons - Struc…
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Episode 282: Jay & Ray stumble randomly through some old idioms. - Encore tickle your fancy get hitched plant lowball Subscribe, review, and come find us on BlueSky, Insta, & FB. Big Science Music is an award-winning original music and sound boutique. Providing scoring, sound design, radio, podcast, and all audio-post production services for the ad…
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Send us a text “I am learning more and more about how to appreciate the noise around me, while finding ways to engage it, effectively. Perfection is NOT my goal, Wholeness is.” ~Mentally-speaking, I'm talking about image-based coping — when a person relies on outward performance, appearance, or status symbols to mask internal distress. Research sho…
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This is a Cornish-only comprehension trainer for the lessons 1-5 of the Cornish language audio-course Desky Kernôwek Bew - Learning Colloquial Cornish. you can also use it as a pronunciation trainer by mirroring the Cornish phrases as closely as possible. The pace of the language in this episode is slow. www.deskykernowekbew.com Facebook-Group: “De…
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This is a fast paced comprehension lesson that goes through the words and phrases of the previous 5 lessons. Let the Cornish wash over you and try to understand as much as you can. Chons da! Good luck! www.deskykernowekbew.com Facebook-Group: “Desky Kernôwek Bew”By Dan
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Gaffans dhorto whei, aljo whei leverel hebma arts en sygürra, mar pleg? - Excuse me, can you say this again a little slower, please? This episode contains a format that will allow you to practice understanding all the words and phrases learnt up until now. Listen to the phrases and try to understand as much as possible. This lesson can also double …
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This is the practice-and-repetition-session associated with Descas 5 - Lesson Five of the audio-course “Desky Kernôwek Bew - Learning Colloquial Cornish”. It is spoken at a rapid, conversational pace, so make sure you have done the previous lessons and exercises. Gwary teg! Have fun! www.deskykernowekbew.com Facebook-Group: “Desky Kernôwek Bew”…
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_________________________________________________________ Descas Pemp 5 Lesson Five _________________________________________________________ Geryow - Words: a (2) {rel.prt.} - (linking word) who; that; which. bian {adj.}, byghan - little; small. brâs {adj.}, bras - big. dos {vb.n.} - to come/coming. gell {vb.3sg.pres. < gallos “can, to be able“}, …
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This is the practice-and-repetition-session associated with Descas 5 - Lesson 5 of the Cornish language audio-course “Desky Kernôwek Bew - Learning Colloquial Cornish”. www.deskykernowekbew.com Facebook-Group: “Desky Kernôwek Bew”By Dan
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This is the “Practice and Repetition”-session associated with Descas 4 - Lesson 4 of the audio-course “Desky Kernôwek Bew - Learning Colloquial Cornish” presented in Episode 12. www.deskykernowekbew.com Facebook-Group: “Desky Kernôwek Bew”By Dan
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This is the practice and repetition session associated with Descas 4 - Lesson 4 of the Cornish language audio-course “Desky Kernôwek Bew - Learning Colloquial Cornish”, as presented in Episode 12. Make sure you do the slow “Practis ha Dascows - Practice and Repetition”-session in Episode 13, as this session is presented in fluent conversational spe…
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______________________________________________________ Descas Pajar 4 Lesson Four ______________________________________________________ Geryow - Words: fatla? {adv.} - how’s? genowgh {2pl.prp.prn.} - with you(pl.). meur (2) {adj.} - great; much. gras {m.sg.n.} - grace; thanks. ha {cnj.} - and. geno whei {2pl.prp.prn.emph.} - with you(pl.). gas {po…
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Episode 281: Jay & Ray get scammed by a few old idioms. - Encore nick stiff racket boost Subscribe, review, and come find us on BlueSky, Insta, & FB. Big Science Music is an award-winning original music and sound boutique. Providing scoring, sound design, radio, podcast, and all audio-post production services for the advertising, film, and video in…
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Robot Summary: The hosts shift from local news to personal reflection, discussing mental health struggles, solidarity, mutual aid, and ways Sacramento communities find joy and support amid political failure and housing crises. Human Summary: Hey fam, It's no secret that we've been struggling with consistent show production, so the team got together…
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