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TriPod: New Orleans at 300 returns with a story about George Washington Cable, and the beautiful danger of writing New Orleans-based historical fic...
- Added: Apr 19, 2016
- Length: 10:22
The world's largest bus station, and a bus driver who wanted to be God.
Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.
- Added: Mar 27, 2016
- Length: 54:12
- Purchases: 1
CONTENT WARNING: Be wary of listening to this episode around young children, as there may be life spoilers. Historian Greg Jenner traces the origin...
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio
- Added: Dec 14, 2015
- Length: 25:35
- Purchases: 1
'Step-', as in stepparents or stepchildren, originated in grief. Family structures have evolved, but are stepmothers now so tainted by fairytale as...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Aug 12, 2015
- Length: 38:16
- Purchases: 1
You'd think you could trust dictionaries, but it turns out, they are riddled with LIES.
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Mar 26, 2015
- Length: 15:26
- Purchases: 1
100-second module, from our daily readings for May. A difficult assignment.
Bought by WEZU
- Added: Apr 24, 2014
- Length: 01:40
- Purchases: 1
This podcast talks about the many versions of Cinderella told around the world and the different kinds of footwear she wore to the ball. My persona...
- Added: Jan 26, 2013
- Length: 21:08
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...
- Added: Aug 16, 2011
- Length: 28:44
- Purchases: 5
More of what listeners want to know about the British novelist who produced six classic novels in a lifespan of just 47 years. She's been dead for ...
- Added: Jul 11, 2011
- Length: 03:00
Another San Franciscan Entertainment Icon, gone. This is his memorial party, and some of the characters recalling who he was, and what he stood for.
- Added: Dec 04, 2007
- Length: 10:34
THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY NETHERLANDS SEEN THROUGH THE EYES OF THE WRITER JAMES BOSWELL.
- Added: Jan 19, 2006
- Length: 29:30
- Added: Nov 14, 2005
- Length: 29:30
- Purchases: 1
A portrait of journalist/writer Rebecca West whose life spanned most of the 20th century, with memories from her great-niece and thoughts from an a...
Bought by KFAI Minneapolis
- Added: Nov 01, 2005
- Length: 29:31
- Purchases: 1
In the 80's Marc Smith invented the Poetry Slam, which has swept the country and created a spoken word revolution.
Bought by KRZA, Marfa Public Radio, KUT-HD, KUHB, WEKU and more
- Added: Aug 29, 2005
- Length: 58:54
- Purchases: 7
Explores the later life of Walt Whitman, considered by many to be the Father of Modern Poetry.
- Added: Mar 22, 2005
- Length: 29:25
- Purchases: 4
Explores the early life of Walt Whitman, considered by many to be the Father of Modern Poetry.
Bought by WGBH Radio Boston, KUOW, and Radio Catskill
- Added: Mar 22, 2005
- Length: 29:28
- Purchases: 3
