Forget Westminster, Here Are The Dogs of NHPR
The Second Annual Dogs of NHPR is upon us, just in time for the 137th Annual Westminster Dog Show. We have a lovely selection of various breeds, and even a few other pet species thrown in for good...
View ArticleWord Of Mouth: Circa 1993
Our segment today on the profundity of the year 1993 brought up a lot of memories for the Word of Mouth team. I thought it might be nice to share what we were all doing in 1993.In the year 1993 our...
View Article"Which One's Worse?" The Worst Jobs We've Ever Had.
I was so inspired by today's segment on Micro-tasking and the practice of doing mind numbing work over the internet for pennies, I thought I would interview the Word of Mouth team to see which of their...
View ArticleTop 5 Quirky Travel Destinations
Spring is just around the corner and for many people that means one thing: vacation.
View ArticleD.I.Y. Sistine Chapel Security: How To Build Your Own Faraday Cage
Want to keep your home as signal-secure as the Sistine Chapel will be during the Conclave? Today's segment on Faraday Cages really inspired my inner maker-bot so I asked Rob Fleischman to give me...
View ArticleOur Report On Zach's Departure Was Greatly Exaggerated
We have great news! Yesterday’s story about Zach Nugent leaving Word of Mouth to join Disney on Ice was a silly April Fools joke. Ok, maybe it wasn’t our best April Fool’s gag; Zach as a figure...
View ArticleSubmitted With Minimal Commentary
This is Taylor Quimby. On the cover of a book. Masterfully created by the impressive and talented Sara Plourde. (With a teeny bit of help from the book cover she 'borrowed' the idea from.)BRILLIANT!...
View ArticleA Day In The Life Of An Intern
What’s a typical day like for the Word of Mouth intern at NHPR? I’m so glad you asked. (And even if you didn’t ask, I’m sure my mom and dad will be interested, so it's cool.)8:30:09Having really...
View ArticleWhat's For Dinner?
My mother loves to cook, and as a result she raised an entire family of food obsessed children who also love to cook. My father rarely cooked but was a big fan of eating and proclaimed after every...
View ArticleThe "Quantum Internet" Explained...In Amateur Illustrations
A government lab announced earlier this month that it’s been operating a quantum internet at Los Alamos for the past two years. Which led us to wonder, um, WHAT IS A QUANTUM INTERNET???
View Article6 Trailer Parks In Super Posh Locales
Our story today on trailer parks got the Word of Mouth team dreaming about the perks of living in a home on wheels. Here's our list of some of the nicest mobile home parks in the best locations....
View ArticleWord Of Mouth's Audio Clip Of The Week
It's only Tuesday, and we've already got our winner for audio clip of the week from our story on the Xbox One:We got the clip from Angry Joe's YouTube channel; the vlogger went on an angry tirade after...
View ArticleFunspot's 15th Annual International Classic Video Game Tourney
This past weekend, Funspot arcade in Laconia, New Hampshire, played host to the International Classic Video Game Tournament. Gamers from all over the world have been traveling to Funspot for the past...
View Article5 Moments In Sports That Will (Maybe) Break Your Heart
I’m am not qualified to make a list of the Top 5 most memorable sports failures, which is why I asked Eric Simons to help me create a list of moments he felt fit the bill. To say that he waffled about...
View ArticleWhat To Do With Daikon Radishes
“Also known as Japanese horseradish or mooli, daikon looks like a bigger, uglier, knobbier parsnip and, if its flavor can be likened to anything, it is reminiscent of a finer, less fiery radish.”- From...
View ArticleWe Are Literally Obsessed With Contranyms
The recent outrage over Google providing the WRONG—in our humble opinion—definition of literally as a viable one, got the digital team thinking about other words whose meanings have changed over time....
View ArticleNASA To Test Effects Of Space Travel On Twin Astronauts
Astronauts Mark and Scott Kelly are the only siblings who have both traveled in space. The fact that they are identical twins makes them unique test subjects for a new scientific experiment being...
View ArticleThe Shocking Truth Behind Pistachio Pricing: The Ones With Shells Cost MORE!
When it comes to food I can be a bit of a cheapskate. If I can’t tell the difference between two similar products, the first thing I look at to determine which to buy is the price tag. But sometimes,...
View ArticleThe Return Of A Comic Book Heroine: Nelvana Of The Northern Lights
It seems like every summer, another classic superhero gets ripped from the pages of Marvel or D.C. comics and is adapted, or rebooted, for the big screen. You don’t have to be a comic book super fan to...
View ArticleWord Of Mouth's Cool Vs. Uncool Quiz With Dan Kois
After Virginia’s conversation with Slate senior editor Dan Kois about all things cool, we thought it would be helpful to quiz Dan on what is cool and what is not. Without further ado, we present Word...
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