Reverbiage: Stories from NPR tagged 'emann'

Rose Cousins On Mountain Stage

Wed, 24 Dec 2008 12:41:00 EST

The Canadian singer-songwriter, who notes that she hails from the setting of Anne of Green Gables, was one of the winners of the Mountain Stage NewSong Contest. Here, she performs songs from her third album, If You Were for Me.

Ig Nobels Salute Stranger Side Of Science

Fri, 28 Nov 2008 10:00:00 EST

What do studies on potato chips, puzzle-solving slime mold and jumping fleas have in common? Each was awarded an Ig Nobel prize by the editors of the humor magazine Annals of Improbable Research. Annals editor Marc Abrahams is emcee of this broadcast of the awards ceremony.

Beauty And Mischief In 'Anne Of Green Gables'

Sat, 02 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EDT

The Modern Library has released a special edition of Anne of Green Gables in honor of the book's centennial. Writer Gwenda Bond, who blogs about children's books and young-adult literature, discusses the importance of L.M. Montgomery's classic novel and her personal attachment to Anne.

Burial Set for Soldier Found Dead After 4 Years MIA

Wed, 23 Apr 2008 06:00:00 EDT

For four years, the parents of a soldier from Southwest Ohio regarded their son as captured and missing. Friends and family kept up hope that Matt Maupin would return home alive. But a recent Iraqi tip led the U.S. Army to his remains, and now the community is preparing for a funeral and a new sense of closure. Ann Thompson reports from member station WVXU.