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Author Matthew Batt talks about his new memoir "The Last Supper Club: A Waiter's Requiem"

  • Added: Nov 30, 2023
  • Length: 08:33
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Laughter can be good medicine, but when is it okay to laugh at something as deadly serious as the climate crisis? Jokes help us remember informatio...

Bought by Maine Public Radio, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WMUU-LP and more


  • Added: Oct 26, 2023
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 11
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Laughter can be good medicine, but when is it okay to laugh at something as deadly serious as the climate crisis? Jokes help us remember informatio...

  • Added: Oct 26, 2023
  • Length: 58:58
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Mary Jo Pehl talks about her 2022 memoir “Dumb Dumb Dumb: My Mother's Book Reviews”

  • Added: Oct 06, 2022
  • Length: 09:38
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On this week’s episode, Wajahat Ali sits down with Ray Suarez to discuss his new book, Go Back to Where You Came From: And Other Helpful Recommenda...

Bought by Classic107.3, RADIOLEX, WMUU-LP, GCR (Global Community Radio), and WHCP-LP Cambridge


  • Added: Jun 16, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
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Comedian and humor writer Sarah Aswell discusses her works and stand up. She also reads a selection and shares a live comedy bit.

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., Spokane Public Radio, and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 12, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 5
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Our celebration of State Poets Laureate continues with part two of a former Kansas Poets Laureate reading, sponsored by the Kansas Area Watershed C...

  • Added: Sep 11, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
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After hearing a mentor make an inappropriate joke, medical student Jenny Tiskus grapples with humor's place in the world of medicine.

  • Added: Jun 08, 2019
  • Length: 37:22
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Rockstar author and freelance photographer Chris La Tray digs in to his book, "One-Sentence Journal: Short Poems and Essays from the World at Large...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, Spokane Public Radio, and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 15, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
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Dynamic duo Kate Lebo and Sam Ligon share their event-turned-anthology, "Pie and Whiskey: Writers Under the Influence of Butter and Booze."

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 15, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
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On this episode of Don't Cha Know, we sit down with Mike Speck, director of Short and Sweet: an evening of plays by David Ives. Short and sweet is ...

  • Added: Feb 16, 2018
  • Length: 19:34
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On this episode of The Live Feed, we visit with Ryan Khal and Earl Elliot, two comedians from the Twin Cities. They share with us how they create a...

Bought by WMPG


  • Added: Jul 07, 2017
  • Length: 28:11
  • Purchases: 1
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While At Rockhurst University'S 2014 Midwest Poets Series, Former Missouri Poet Laureate William Trowbridge reads poems from his numerous books tha...

Bought by XRAY.fm


  • Added: May 31, 2017
  • Length: 30:30
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Happy Festivus!
It's a Most Special Festivus with the Best Festivus Wine Gifts for that certain Semi-Special Someone in your life. We also speak with our favorite...

  • Added: Dec 20, 2016
  • Length: 01:00:00
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"Recalculating" is Charles Bernstein's first new book of poetry since his daughter, Emma Bee Bernstein, died in December of 2008, and is in large m...

  • Added: May 31, 2016
  • Length: 57:19
Caption: KQAL's Teri Tenseth and the Vulcan Crew
The St. Paul Winter Carnival has been a tradition in the Twin Cities for over 100 years! Today we learn from the carnivals cast of characters just ...

  • Added: Oct 09, 2015
  • Length: 32:54
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Chuck Prophet's music (as well as Lou Reed & Sweet) underscores his talk with Kyle Meredith about life as an artist.

Bought by KUCB, KHNS, KSUT, and KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Sep 14, 2015
  • Length: 06:53
  • Purchases: 4
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The Art and Entertainment News That You Want To Know!!! Featuring Singer Sarah Packiam, Singer and Author Jonathan Taylor, and New York Times best...

  • Added: Sep 10, 2015
  • Length: 58:04
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The Art and Entertainment News That You Want To Know!!! Featuring our New York correspondent Chrissy McIntyre, Author Chip Wagar, and Cuba Straits...

  • Added: Jun 24, 2015
  • Length: 57:41
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The Art and Entertainment News That You Want To Know!!! Featuring the New Zealand band Ivy Blue, Author Martin Lastrapes, and Night Fall by New Yo...

  • Added: Jun 10, 2015
  • Length: 57:31
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The Art and Entertainment News That You Want To Know!!! Featuring Grammy regular Diana Barash, Author Jeff Lane, and The Bullpen Gospels, in our d...

  • Added: May 14, 2015
  • Length: 58:07
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The Art and Entertainment News That You Want To Know!!! Featuring Comedian Joe Crawford, Audie Winner Adele Park, and Runaway Man, in our audioboo...

  • Added: Apr 27, 2015
  • Length: 58:01
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The Art and Entertainment News That You Want To Know!!! Featuring Actress Sandra Luesse, Writer Matt James, and Grey Mountain by John Grisham, in ...

  • Added: Apr 27, 2015
  • Length: 57:56
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The Art and Entertainment News That You Want To Know!!! Featuring Actress Kristina Anapau, Screenwriter Mike Kravinsky, and the New York Times Bes...

  • Added: Mar 02, 2015
  • Length: 58:01
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We have two guests with us tonight to discuss the play both as production or performance and as text; the deed and the word. As Harold Goddard said...

  • Added: Feb 24, 2015
  • Length: 59:19