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Rita Dove: Rara Avis
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
Caption: Poet Rita Dove, Credit: Fred Viebahn
Pulitzer-prize winning poet Rita Dove.

  • Added: Jul 28, 2022
  • Length: 24:10
Best of the Best 2020: Letters to a Young Poet
From: Third Coast International Audio Festival
Series: Best of the Best: The 2020 Third Coast Broadcast
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In this episode, two young Black artists revisit memories to grapple with how they are seen by others, and how they see themselves.

Bought by WXXI Rochester, Prairie Public, WBEZ, WRVO Public Media, New England Public Media and more


  • Added: Nov 17, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 37
Sipho Gumbo: A Revolution Is Defined as a Rapid Change in Events
From: Shefik Macauley
Series: Shefik presents Invocation: The Journey Continues
Caption: Sipho Gumbo, Credit: Shefik
Revolution - Sipho Gumbo, the creator of Yangu Beauty, sought out a leading expert in skincare chemistry to help transform her authentic recipes in...

  • Added: Jul 16, 2020
  • Length: 04:24
4 : STAR TREK
From: matthew schneeman
Series: AT NiGHT I FLY
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Spoon talks about his love for Star Trek and the day his TV was taken from him. Matthew visits a Star Trek fan club.

  • Added: Apr 27, 2020
  • Length: 20:00
2 : PAWS FOR LiFE
From: matthew schneeman
Series: AT NiGHT I FLY
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Episode 2. Spoon talks about a dog rescue program that took place inside Lancaster State Prison. He talked to Common the rapper, Matthew visits a s...

  • Added: Apr 27, 2020
  • Length: 20:00
1 : FAT KiNG
From: matthew schneeman
Series: AT NiGHT I FLY
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First episode. Spoon talks about growing up in the desert, reads a poem about maggots and a pig, and Matthew visits his parents.

  • Added: Apr 27, 2020
  • Length: 20:00
Amazing Gracie - Gracie's story, and "Forward" from the book.
From: Paul Messing
Caption: Amazing Gracie (cover)
The story behind the story of Three Dog Bakery, and how a dog with special needs brought all the elements together.

  • Added: Aug 26, 2019
  • Length: 02:00
New Americans
From: Brooklyn Public Library
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Immigration is a pressing topic in our political landscape right now, with concerns about ICE raids and immigration bans. In this episode, we liste...

  • Added: Jul 24, 2019
  • Length: 21:11
Joy Harjo: Writing the Southwest
From: David Dunaway
Caption: Joy Harjo, Poet Laureate
The work and life of Joy Harjo, newly-named U.S. Poet Laureate, explores growing up between cultures, part Muskogee-Creek and Cherokee, part Irish ...

Bought by KGLP and Prairie Public


  • Added: Jul 03, 2019
  • Length: 27:23
  • Purchases: 2
CESAR CHAVEZ STORY 4
From: Cesar Chavez Foundation
Series: CESAR CHAVEZ ANECDOTES
Caption: resist, Credit: flocabulary
Celebrating the Month of our founder Cesar Chavez through his own words and with the people who were closer to him.

  • Added: Apr 24, 2019
  • Length: 01:01
Two Years With Franz
From: Atlantic Public Media
Series: The Transom Radio Specials
Caption: Franz Wright
What if you have a story that's really complicated, and you have 546 tapes to listen to, and you get obsessed and don't know where to stop? All of ...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KFAI Minneapolis, WRVO Public Media, KUT, WYSO and more


  • Added: Jun 06, 2018
  • Length: 57:59
  • Purchases: 11
#1 Pax Bill
From: Regina Revazova
Series: Cab Talks
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Pax Bill tells the driver his story

  • Added: Jun 22, 2017
  • Length: 04:53
Episode 49: The Editor
From: Criminal
Series: Criminal
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In November of 1988, Robin Woods was sentenced to sixteen years in the notoriously harsh Maryland Correctional Institution. In prison, Robin found ...

Bought by WFAE


  • Added: Jan 14, 2017
  • Length: 27:37
  • Purchases: 1
TSR15-05 Don McClean
From: Tent Show Radio
Series: Tent Show Radio
Caption: Tent Show Radio
McLean recorded his first album, Tapestry, in 1969 in Berkeley, California, during the student riots. After being rejected 72 times by labels, the ...

Bought by KFCF FM, KALH, KMSU, KPIP-LP, KHNS and more


  • Added: Jan 13, 2015
  • Length: 59:30
  • Purchases: 11
TSR14-25 Live From Wausau
From: Tent Show Radio
Series: Tent Show Radio
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On the road from The Grand Theater in downtown Wausau, WI. Featuring Frank Montano, Charlie Parr, Michael Perry, the Blue Canvas Orchestra and spe...

Bought by Wisconsin Public Radio, WRNC-LP, WNMU-FM, WDSE, KMXT and more


  • Added: Jun 20, 2014
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 6
PPW 04: The Poets of San Quentin
From: Narrative Arts
Series: Prison Poetry Workshop Podcasts
Caption: San Quentin
We traveled to San Quentin State Prison, California’s oldest prison, to learn about the lasting tradition of arts and spoken word in this well know...

Bought by KFOK-LPFM


  • Added: Feb 10, 2014
  • Length: 10:26
  • Purchases: 1
Chicago Public Radio's The Gift Part II : FRANKENSTEIN'S MONSTER
From: Stanzi Vaubel
Series: The Gift
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When you mention T.S. Eliot and then refer to texts like The Waste Land or his magnum opus The Four Quartets you generally elicit discomfort, anger...

  • Added: Jan 13, 2014
  • Length: 31:33
Chicago Public Radio's The Gift Part II : THE FOUR QUARTETS
From: Stanzi Vaubel
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When you mention T.S. Eliot and then refer to texts like The Waste Land or his magnum opus The Four Quartets you generally elicit discomfort, anger...

  • Added: Jan 13, 2014
  • Length: 13:22
Louder Than A Bomb 2013 Radio Special
From: WBEZ
Series: Louder Than a Bomb 2013
Caption: 2013 Team Finals stage at the Cadillac Palace Theater, Credit: (TimeOut/Jeff Kroll)
Over the past 13 years, Louder than a Bomb, Chicago’s youth poetry competition, has grown from humble roots in the basement of a Division Street th...

Bought by WJSU, KMXT, and NPR Illinois


  • Added: Apr 25, 2013
  • Length: 59:03
  • Purchases: 3
First World War poetry with Dr Kate Macdonald
From: Alison Turner
Series: Armistice Day for Expats in Belgium
Caption: Dr Kate Macdonald, Assistant Professor of English Literature at the University of Gent, Belgium
As part of a series marking Armistice Day, the anniversary of the end of the First World War, reporter, Alison Turner, talked to Dr Kate Macdonald ...

  • Added: Nov 01, 2012
  • Length: 54:00
The Age of Innocence: A Big Read Documentary
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: The Big Read
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Actor Alfred Molina shines with masterful readings of excerpts from Edith Wharton's masterpiece. The screenwriter of Scorsese's film adaptation, Ja...

Bought by KMUN, KPIP-LP, KQED, KRZA, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 17, 2011
  • Length: 29:03
  • Purchases: 5
The Grapes of Wrath: A Big Read Documentary
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: The Big Read
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Actor Ed Harris reads from one of his favorite novels, John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath---an epic story about the Great Depression told through...

Bought by KMUN, KQED, KRZA, KUCB, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 16, 2011
  • Length: 28:44
  • Purchases: 5
To Kill A Mockingbird: A Big Read Documentary
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: The Big Read
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Featuring commentary by actor Robert Duvall, playwright Horton Foote, NEA Jazz Master David Baker, and Former Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, among ot...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, Prairie Public, KMUN, KPIP-LP, KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA and more


  • Added: Aug 12, 2011
  • Length: 29:17
  • Purchases: 19
Talking With The Wind: The Mystery of Opal Whiteley
From: Dmae Lo Roberts
Caption: Opal Whiteley, Credit: Cottage Grove Historical Society
"Talking With The Wind: The Mystery of Opal Whiteley," a half-hour documentary about Opal Whiteley who caused an international scandal in 1920 whe...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, XRAY.fm, Prairie Public, KSUT and more


  • Added: May 06, 2010
  • Length: 28:21
  • Purchases: 10
the River Witch
From: Voices of Youth - Moab
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A rural-legend from the Colorado River.

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio and KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA


  • Added: Jun 29, 2008
  • Length: 08:18
  • Purchases: 2