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August 16th, 2011
The Bridge of San Luis Rey: A Big Read Documentary
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: The Big Read
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“On Friday noon, July the twentieth, 1714, the finest bridge in all Peru broke and precipitated five travelers into the gulf below.” This half-hou...

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


  • Added: Aug 16, 2011
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 4
The Great Gatsby: A Big Read Documentary
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: The Big Read
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Welcome to the Jazz Age. This lyrical portrait of The Great Gatsby features readings by actor Sam Waterston and commentary by Robert Redford, among...

Bought by Prairie Public, KMUN, KPIP-LP, KQED, KRZA and more


  • Added: Aug 16, 2011
  • Length: 29:13
  • Purchases: 7
Christian Parenti: Unstable Climate, Unstable People
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Indian farmer and his wheat, Credit: Petr Kosina / CIMMYT
Journalist Christian Parenti speaks about his new book, "Tropic of Chaos: Climate Change and the New Geography of Violence." He connects the effect...

  • Added: Aug 16, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
The Call of the Wild: A Big Read Documentary
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: The Big Read
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Actor Robert Redford reads passages from Jack London's great American novel. The program also features Patagonia founder, Yvon Chouinard, and many ...

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


  • Added: Aug 16, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 5
A Wizard of Earthsea: A Big Read Documentary
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: The Big Read
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Hear acclaimed authors including Michael Chabon (Wonderboys), Orson Scott Card (Ender's Game), and Walter Mosley discuss Ursula K. Le Guin's coming...

Bought by KZYX, KZYX, KMUN, KPIP-LP, KQED and more


  • Added: Aug 16, 2011
  • Length: 29:08
  • Purchases: 6
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
The Angel of the Night: The Angela Bofill Story (Hour #3)
From: Howard Burchette
Series: The Funk Show
Caption: http://www.angelabofill.com/angelabofill
ANGELA BOFILL tells her story beginning with arranging and singing with RICARDO MARRERO. Her solo career began with the release of her first LP on ...

  • Added: Aug 16, 2011
  • Length: 54:24
Saying Goodbye: How Families Can Find Renewal through Loss
From: AARP Radio
Series: Prime Time Radio
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Barbara Okun, Joseph Nowinski, and Nancy Rappaport, this week on Prime Time Radio

Bought by WCNY


  • Added: Aug 16, 2011
  • Length: 59:55
  • Purchases: 1
The Decisions Project - 28 - Stepping Up
From: Aengus Anderson
Series: The Decisions Project
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A man learns that he is a father but, two weeks before his daughter's birth, his paternity is called into question.

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Aug 16, 2011
  • Length: 05:10
  • Purchases: 1
A Lesson Before Dying: A Big Read Documentary
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: The Big Read
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Ernest J. Gaines poses one of the most universal questions a novel can ask: Knowing we're going to die, how should we live? This program features G...

Bought by Room Tone Selects, KMUN, KPIP-LP, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, and KQED


  • Added: Aug 16, 2011
  • Length: 28:55
  • Purchases: 5
In The Time of The Butterflies: A Big Read Documentary
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: The Big Read
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A radio program featuring author Julia Alvarez along with Neko Case, Edwidge Danticat, and Junot Diaz, among others.

Bought by Room Tone Selects, KMUN, Kansas Public Radio, KPIP-LP, KQED and more


  • Added: Aug 16, 2011
  • Length: 29:55
  • Purchases: 6
Blue Plate Special 1121
From: WDVX
Series: The Blue Plate Special®-Real Live Music
Caption: Whiskey Bent Valley Boys, Credit: Grace Toensing (WDVX)
Rod Picott, Whiskey Bent Valley Boys, and Doyle Lawson perform on this edition of WDVX's Blue Plate Special.

Bought by WSLR, WETS, and KFOK-LPFM


  • Added: Aug 16, 2011
  • Length: 56:52
  • Purchases: 3
THE REFEREE
From: clay scott
Series: Mountain West Voices
Caption: Muhammed Jabbes, Credit: Clay Scott
The odyssey of a Tunisian farm kid who plays professional soccer, then comes to the U.S., learns English and gets a PH. D. in molecular genetics. ...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 16, 2011
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 2
Old School: A Big Read Documentary
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: The Big Read
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The program features the voices of author, Tobias Wolff, along with a great cast of writers and thinkers: Jonathan Lethem, Lorrie Moore, T.C. Boyle...

Bought by KMUN, KPIP-LP, KQED, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, and KRZA


  • Added: Aug 16, 2011
  • Length: 28:49
  • Purchases: 5
Ivan & Alyosha
From: WDSE
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Listen to our session with this indie/folk-pop Seattle band from August 15, 2011. Their latest EP called "Fathers Be Kind" was released this spring...

  • Added: Aug 16, 2011
  • Length: 21:42
First woman attains Tibetan "geshe" degree
From: The Tibet Connection
Series: Open Mind
Caption: Geshe Kelsang Wangmo, Credit: Peter Aronson
A big milestone for women in Tibetan Buddhism, as a nun is recognized with a prestigious Buddhist academic title for the first time ever. TWO VERSI...

  • Added: Aug 16, 2011
  • Length: 10:06
WHAT! Pot Cookies on my Lawn!
From: Bryan Cox
Series: Hey Get Off My Lawn
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Comic Dan Levy has a new CD/DVD out and has found Pot Cookies

  • Added: Aug 16, 2011
  • Length: 05:03
The Things They Carried - A Big Read Documentary
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: The Big Read
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Tim O'Brien's The Things They Carried (1990) is considered one of the finest books about the Vietnam War. But it's almost less about the war and m...

Bought by KICI Iowa City, WKMS, KMUN, KUER, KPIP-LP and more


  • Added: Aug 16, 2011
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 8
Blue Plate Special 1118
From: WDVX
Series: The Blue Plate Special®-Real Live Music
Caption: The Chapin Sisters, Credit: Grace Toensing (WDVX)
The Chapin Sisters, Cahalen Morrison & Eli West, and Larry Sparks perform on this edition of WDVX's Blue Plate Special.

Bought by WSLR, WETS, and KFOK-LPFM


  • Added: Aug 16, 2011
  • Length: 52:58
  • Purchases: 3
The Angel of the Night: The Angela Bofill Story (Hour #2)
From: Howard Burchette
Series: The Funk Show
Caption: Angel Bofill, Credit: www.angelabofill.com/
ANGELA BOFILL tells her story beginning with arranging and singing with RICARDO MARRERO. Her solo career began with the release of her first LP on ...

  • Added: Aug 16, 2011
  • Length: 50:09