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A collection of stories that revolve around poetry and its effects on our lives.
- Added: Jan 30, 2020
- Length: 55:31
Judge Olly Neal tells his daughter how discovering African American author Frank Yerby's books in his school library turned him around academically.
Bought by Allegheny Mountain Radio and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio
- Added: Oct 04, 2019
- Length: 02:32
- Purchases: 2
It’s time to release your inner geek! On this episode of Culture Clique we take you to Nerd Nite at Ed’s No Name Bar in Winona. The topic? “What th...
- Added: Jun 03, 2019
- Length: 31:41
200 years ago, she created one of the most famous monsters of all time, Frankenstein. On this episode of Art Beat we take you to Frankenfest, where...
Bought by KVSC
- Added: Apr 19, 2018
- Length: 25:56
- Purchases: 1
With Halloween on the way, it’s scary movie season. That means isolated cabins, psychopathic hillbillies, and evil in the woods. One scholar believ...
- Added: Oct 17, 2014
- Length: 02:45
- Purchases: 3
When and where were you happiest? Novelist Helen Oyeyemi answers a modified version of the Proust Questionnaire, a set of questions made famous by ...
- Added: Aug 12, 2014
- Length: 04:03
- Purchases: 2
XPRESSIONS is a series of short, light-hearted features about the origin of popular phrases & sayings of every sort.
- Added: Jan 15, 2014
- Length: 01:34
XPRESSIONS is a series of short, light-hearted features about the origin of popular phrases & sayings of every sort.
- Added: Jan 15, 2014
- Length: 01:19
XPRESSIONS is a series of short, light-hearted features about the origin of popular phrases & sayings of every sort.
- Added: Jan 15, 2014
- Length: 01:43
XPRESSIONS is a series of short, light-hearted features about the origin of popular phrases & sayings of every sort.
- Added: Jan 15, 2014
- Length: 01:49
XPRESSIONS is a series of short, light-hearted features about the origin of popular phrases & sayings of every sort.
- Added: Jan 15, 2014
- Length: 01:50
XPRESSIONS is a series of short, light-hearted features about the origin of popular phrases & sayings of every sort.
- Added: Jan 15, 2014
- Length: 01:37
XPRESSIONS is a series of short, light-hearted features about the origin of popular phrases & sayings of every sort.
- Added: Jan 15, 2014
- Length: 01:29
KAXE contributor, Robert Jevne, shares "Cherries." A piece about a young woman's artistic venture with an intriguing direction.
- Added: Jan 24, 2013
- Length: 01:26
Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, and William Burroughs—all names you might recognize as poets of the Beat Generation. But a friend and inspiration to ...
- Added: Jan 17, 2013
- Length: 02:27
The current state of our economy is getting everyone to think more creatively. For business owners, this means finding ways to cut costs, and in Sa...
- Added: Oct 11, 2011
- Length: 05:22
Who would have thought that Borders, the corporate bookselling behemoth that had stores in practically every mini mall across America, would now be...
- Added: Aug 15, 2011
- Length: 05:44
This is the story of the trumpeter of New Amsterdam sent to rouse his countrymen to ward off a British invasion. Unable to find a ferryman, he swea...
- Added: Aug 05, 2011
- Length: 03:29
It may surprise you to learn that 40 of the 50 states have Poet Laureates, as do a growing number of California cities – including Emeryville, whic...
- Added: May 16, 2011
- Length: 06:43
If a town’s success is determined by the number of laundromats it has, the East Bay city of Richmond is set. They’ve got Teddy Bear Wash n Dry, Oas...
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and KUOW
- Added: Apr 27, 2011
- Length: 06:28
- Purchases: 2
The Innisfree Poetry Bookstore and Cafe, in its cozy setting on the University Hill, is a place for poetry-lovers. Dedicated only to poetry, this n...
- Added: Feb 21, 2011
- Length: 04:03
- Added: Nov 16, 2007
- Length: 03:30
- Purchases: 1
Vox pop with kids and adults about the last Harry Potter book.
Bought by The PRX Podcast
- Added: Jul 17, 2007
- Length: 06:17
- Purchases: 1
David Amram talks about mixing jazz and poetry with Jack Kerouac and other Beat poets
Bought by KMUW
- Added: May 08, 2007
- Length: 04:47
- Purchases: 1
An aspiring writer discovers that inspiration and imitation aren't the same thing.
- Added: Feb 20, 2005
- Length: 04:00