American Roots.

[Affair on Touhy Ave.]

Anyone here ever listen to that music show on NPR?

[violet Blue]

The name is American Routes. Never heard it. No NPR up here unfortunately. I do know they lost their studios to Katrina, as did a couple other NPR programs and NPR stations. Industry wide fundraising efforts are being planned to help those NPR stations get back on their feet.

[Sydney Steve]

The change of spelling to "route" would be a great disappointment to Australians and changes the context entirely . To me the term American Roots held untold promise - it sounded X rated !!

I refer you to the Australian Slang dictionary (see the hyperlink below):

Root (verb and noun) : synonym for f*ck in nearly all its senses: "I feel rooted"; "this washing machine is rooted"; "(s)he's a good root". A very useful word in fairly polite company.
If you are interested in Australian slang this may be a good starting point. (It isn't all as coarse as this example ) lol

http://www.koalanet.com.au/australian-slang.html