/tags/english English en-US Copyright Fri, 25 Nov 2016 16:55:00 GMT /health/2016-11-25/waiting-for-motherhood Note: This is a rebroadcast. This program originally aired September 6, 2016. Infertility affects one in eight couples in the United States, according to… Fri, 25 Nov 2016 16:55:00 GMT /health/2016-11-25/waiting-for-motherhood Anita Rao, Frank Stasio /show/the-state-of-things/2016-11-25/waiting-for-motherhood Note: This is a rebroadcast. This program originally aired September 6, 2016. Infertility affects one in eight couples in the United States, according to… Fri, 25 Nov 2016 16:55:00 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2016-11-25/waiting-for-motherhood Anita Rao, Frank Stasio /arts-culture/2015-10-08/going-to-hell-in-a-hen-basket-modern-malapropisms Misusing words and phrases drives the language purists among us crazy, but for English professor Robert Rubin, malapropisms are not only amusing but… Thu, 08 Oct 2015 16:07:47 GMT /arts-culture/2015-10-08/going-to-hell-in-a-hen-basket-modern-malapropisms Will Michaels, Frank Stasio /show/the-state-of-things/2015-10-08/going-to-hell-in-a-hen-basket-modern-malapropisms Misusing words and phrases drives the language purists among us crazy, but for English professor Robert Rubin, malapropisms are not only amusing but… Thu, 08 Oct 2015 16:07:47 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2015-10-08/going-to-hell-in-a-hen-basket-modern-malapropisms Will Michaels, Frank Stasio /arts-culture/2015-10-05/meet-tsitsi-jaji-exploring-the-diaspora Duke English professor Tsitsi Jaji remembers the noises of independence outside her window in her home country of Zimbabwe when she was 4 years old. Jaji… Mon, 05 Oct 2015 15:45:00 GMT /arts-culture/2015-10-05/meet-tsitsi-jaji-exploring-the-diaspora Frank Stasio, Charlie Shelton-Ormond /show/the-state-of-things/2015-10-05/meet-tsitsi-jaji-exploring-the-diaspora Duke English professor Tsitsi Jaji remembers the noises of independence outside her window in her home country of Zimbabwe when she was 4 years old. Jaji… Mon, 05 Oct 2015 15:45:00 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2015-10-05/meet-tsitsi-jaji-exploring-the-diaspora Frank Stasio, Charlie Shelton-Ormond /education/2015-09-21/meet-george-gopen-exploring-the-complexities-and-eloquence-of-the-english-language George Gopen thought it was a riot when he beat his college roommate in a pun contest. "If you keep maltreating your girlfriend, she will send you a dijon… Mon, 21 Sep 2015 15:45:29 GMT /education/2015-09-21/meet-george-gopen-exploring-the-complexities-and-eloquence-of-the-english-language Will Michaels, Frank Stasio /show/the-state-of-things/2015-09-21/meet-george-gopen-exploring-the-complexities-and-eloquence-of-the-english-language George Gopen thought it was a riot when he beat his college roommate in a pun contest. "If you keep maltreating your girlfriend, she will send you a dijon… Mon, 21 Sep 2015 15:45:29 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2015-09-21/meet-george-gopen-exploring-the-complexities-and-eloquence-of-the-english-language Will Michaels, Frank Stasio /education/2015-08-18/nc-commission-wants-big-changes-to-common-core A state commission reviewing the Common Core standards is proposing major changes to the Math and English goals.The 11-member group presented draft… Tue, 18 Aug 2015 11:31:59 GMT /education/2015-08-18/nc-commission-wants-big-changes-to-common-core Reema Khrais /arts-culture/2015-01-14/the-invention-of-the-modern-dictionary This fall marks the 150th anniversary of a landmark in the history of American dictionary making: the creation of the 1864 edition of Webster's… Wed, 14 Jan 2015 17:08:05 GMT /arts-culture/2015-01-14/the-invention-of-the-modern-dictionary Hady Mawajdeh, Frank Stasio