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Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
Playing With Words

  • Added: Feb 27, 2010
  • Length: 01:43
Caption: Crazy Heart author Thomas Cobb is a professor at Rhode Island College., Credit: Rhonda J. Miller
With Crazy Heart winning Academy Awards for best actor and best original song, Rhode Island author Thomas Cobb says the seeds of his book were pla...

  • Added: Feb 25, 2010
  • Length: 04:00
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What is the importance forgetting has played throughout human history? What will be the effects on society, relationships and humanity now that so...

  • Added: Jan 12, 2010
  • Length: 58:02
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
Simple storytelling has become complicated.

  • Added: Dec 20, 2009
  • Length: 01:43
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
There are people who scrape together and repackage scraps of tired old worn out wisdom, but when it’s encapsulated they call it an aphorism, becaus...

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Dec 10, 2009
  • Length: :41
  • Purchases: 1
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Modern life has become a constant stream of electronic devices demanding our attention. What are the consequences when we choose e-mail, Blackberri...

  • Added: Dec 07, 2009
  • Length: 29:01
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The development of the large human head and broad shoulders provide many evolutionary benefits for our species but also require assistance for a sa...

  • Added: Nov 30, 2009
  • Length: 29:00
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A conversation with founder Anthony Rotolo

  • Added: Jun 15, 2009
  • Length: 24:44
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
Having an affair wasn’t bad. Getting caught was bad.

  • Added: Jun 04, 2009
  • Length: 01:09
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Andy attends a poetry reading on Mill Ave.

Bought by KZYX


  • Added: May 20, 2009
  • Length: 02:56
  • Purchases: 1
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Five teenaged Harry Potter fans "muggle-ize" a Quidditch game in a Chicago park.

Bought by KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm


  • Added: May 11, 2009
  • Length: 02:33
  • Purchases: 1
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Robert Frost's famous poem helps us reflect on our own paths.

Bought by PRX Remix and KUT


  • Added: Apr 27, 2009
  • Length: 01:53
  • Purchases: 2
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Stephanie Kaza links buddhism and sustainability in her new book, MINDFULLY GREEN: A Personal and Spiritual Guide to Whole Earth Thinking. Sea Cha...

  • Added: Mar 06, 2009
  • Length: 29:03
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A commentary on lost items

  • Added: Oct 20, 2008
  • Length: 02:17

  • Added: Aug 18, 2008
  • Length: 02:38
  • Purchases: 2
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The Count of Monte Cristo made Exxon oil executives look like bottle pickers

  • Added: Aug 01, 2008
  • Length: 02:17
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Violinist Eugene Drucker reads an excerpt from his debut novel, THE SAVIOR (reissued in Paperback on July 8, 2008).

Bought by WFIU


  • Added: Jun 30, 2008
  • Length: 02:16
  • Purchases: 1
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A chaconne is series of melodic variations played over a repeated sequence of notes and harmonies. One of the most famous chaconnes is heard in th...

  • Added: Jun 30, 2008
  • Length: :24
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Dan Rather made it respectable

  • Added: Jun 23, 2008
  • Length: 02:03

  • Added: Jun 19, 2008
  • Length: :39
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An Hourlong Radio Documentary examining the Alzheimer's Poetry Project

Bought by KRZA, KSJD, WEKU, Yellowstone Public Radio, WSKG and more


  • Added: Apr 01, 2007
  • Length: 59:03
  • Purchases: 7
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An interview with Joni Cole, author, "This Day: Diaries from Women Across America"

  • Added: Apr 23, 2006
  • Length: 30:03
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Episode 26: A pot pourri of stories by women about men!

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Apr 14, 2006
  • Length: 25:56
  • Purchases: 1
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This week's stories are about failure and success, often entwined.

  • Added: Apr 14, 2006
  • Length: 30:04
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Would it surprise you to hear that Sleeping Beauty, a fire-breathing dragon, Prince Charming, and our president all have something in common? Stanf...

  • Added: Apr 10, 2006
  • Length: 22:00