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Program Director, producer, host, and movie critic at KMUW Wichita. Co-host of the PMJA award-winning public radio show and podcast You’re Saying It Wrong. “Pearl-clutching" - Forbes.com

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After three straight years of being the #1 worst city in the U.S. for allergies, Wichita has now fallen all the way to sixth-worst. This is unacceptable and not up to the standards we’ve set for ourselves or this organization. I promise you, as your Head Coach, we will make you proud next year.

12.03.2026 22:25 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0

M.FKA Fisher, is that anything

12.03.2026 22:08 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I think it might happen if he walked around saying these things in actual society instead of whatever that is

12.03.2026 22:06 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
An email from The Athletic with a headline that reads, “Undefeated Miami (Ohio) is already a college hoops Cinderella.” Miami lost a few hours ago.

An email from The Athletic with a headline that reads, “Undefeated Miami (Ohio) is already a college hoops Cinderella.” Miami lost a few hours ago.

The Athletic needs to work on when they schedule their emails (this just came into my inbox seven minutes ago)

12.03.2026 22:00 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

We’re the show for you!

12.03.2026 21:55 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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You're Saying It Wrong Language Learning Podcast · Updated Biweekly · From KMUW Studios and part of the NPR Podcast Network, You're Saying It Wrong is a podcast that looks at what we get wrong—and what we sometimes get righ...

Just got a negative review for our show because we laugh too much. If you also hate having fun while learning something, we are not the show for you!

12.03.2026 21:45 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0

I wish coffee and cheese went together better

12.03.2026 13:26 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

honestly how does he not just fall over

12.03.2026 11:01 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Bill Kurtis retires from 'Wait Wait...' NPR quiz show after 12-year run The 85-year-old former CBS anchorman will lend his sonorous, familiar voice to a final show on May 23.

News: As you might have heard, our Judge and Scorekeeper, with a voice on loan to God, Bill Kurtis, is stepping down from “Wait Wait” at the end of May.

chicago.suntimes.com/arts-and-cul...

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One of the best (metaphorical) depictions of depression I’ve ever seen

10.03.2026 21:37 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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This is how all my nightmares begin now

10.03.2026 19:57 👍 2479 🔁 393 💬 87 📌 120

news reporters stop saying "prices at the pump" challenge

10.03.2026 20:02 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 1
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🔊 Listen Now: Beginnings and Endings You're Saying It Wrong from KMUW on NPR One | 32:23

Prefixes and suffixes have never been so fun! Plus, we clear up the whole “which” vs. “that” thing and answer a few listener questions. Find us here or on any of your usual podcast platforms. Stations can find us on PRX!

07.03.2026 22:07 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

THREAD: I got laid off from NYMag/Vulture after 14 years. The family lost 75% of income + medical. Now mzs.press bookstore, once a side project. is do-or-die for Judith & I. I feel weird telling you this because others are doing much worse. But if you could like or share this, we'd be so grateful!

08.03.2026 00:29 👍 6031 🔁 3497 💬 289 📌 237

To Leslie is a terrific movie and everybody should watch it

08.03.2026 02:31 👍 10 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0
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🔊 Listen Now: Beginnings and Endings You're Saying It Wrong from KMUW on NPR One | 32:23

Prefixes and suffixes have never been so fun! Plus, we clear up the whole “which” vs. “that” thing and answer a few listener questions. Find us here or on any of your usual podcast platforms. Stations can find us on PRX!

07.03.2026 22:07 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Watching HARD TO BE A GOD and I just saw one of the ballsiest cuts I’ve ever seen in my life

07.03.2026 16:26 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

And you can find our show, You're Saying It Wrong, on all your usual podcast platforms, and stations can find us on PRX!

exchange.prx.org/series/46496...

05.03.2026 21:41 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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Quay? Key? Cay? How can we fault mispronunciations in a language with as many exceptions as rules? When pressed, even the most eloquent of English speakers will confess that "yes, there's a word I've long mispronounced."

Did you catch my co-hosts @kandrpetras.bsky.social on @npr.org and @wbur.org's Here & Now earlier today? Check it out!

05.03.2026 21:40 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 1
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The Taste of Things (2023) ⭐ 7.4 | Drama, History, Romance 2h 15m | PG-13

Kanopy @kanopy.com is featuring "Foodie Films" for some reason, and while there are a lot of good ones, one of them is THE TASTE OF THINGS, which is just one of my favorite movies in a long while. Admittedly part of this is because food is my love language, but it's also just so gorgeous.

05.03.2026 22:38 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

And you can find our show, You're Saying It Wrong, on all your usual podcast platforms, and stations can find us on PRX!

exchange.prx.org/series/46496...

05.03.2026 21:41 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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Quay? Key? Cay? How can we fault mispronunciations in a language with as many exceptions as rules? When pressed, even the most eloquent of English speakers will confess that "yes, there's a word I've long mispronounced."

Did you catch my co-hosts @kandrpetras.bsky.social on @npr.org and @wbur.org's Here & Now earlier today? Check it out!

05.03.2026 21:40 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 1

Just finished this the other day and holy cow

03.03.2026 03:11 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

"Decimate" has been widely used for about three hundred years by capable writers to convey intense, broad destruction.

Insisting that it does not mean that is...

Well, I can think of a few words.

28.02.2026 18:08 👍 67 🔁 4 💬 5 📌 1

His name also starts with J so he was willing to take that hit to speak the truth

28.02.2026 14:48 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

My dad, who was a teacher, always said kids with “J” names were the worst

Oh wait

28.02.2026 14:42 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Don’t really understand most of what’s in my bluesky feed right now

28.02.2026 03:31 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

My voice cracks right when I say the word "jazz" on the air... does that actually make it better?

26.02.2026 22:45 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Holy cow

26.02.2026 21:20 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0