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We get back to one of our favorite topics: words that sound a lot like other words but that mean totally different things.

Bought by KECG and KRPS


  • Added: Mar 20, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
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Eva Apelqvist talks about her award-winning book "Mörker Över Skateparken" and the upcoming release of her English-translation of "Fire From the Sk...

  • Added: Jul 20, 2023
  • Length: 07:49
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Jeremy Smith discusses his nonfiction novel, "Breaking and Entering: The Extraordinary Story of a Hacker Called "Alien." He also reads a short pass...

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


  • Added: Apr 02, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
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James Lee Burke discusses his 22nd novel in the Dave Robicheaux mystery series, "The New Iberia Blues." He also reads a short passage.

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 20, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
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First in Joseph Marshall's groundbreaking Lakota Westerns series, this riveting novel takes place during the Battle of the Hundred in the Hand, oth...

  • Added: Dec 26, 2018
  • Length: 07:53:16
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HOUR ONE: "Guilt Tripping" - From our diets to our accomplishments, none of us are perfect. So why do we feel so guilty? HOUR TWO: "Skill Vs. Luc...

  • Added: Jun 22, 2018
  • Length: 01:58:57
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Keith McCafferty talks about Ernest Hemingway, elk antler elixir, and what it takes to write a novel. He also reads from his book.

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


  • Added: Sep 29, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
From: WBAA
Series: What's New
Caption: Cellist Alisa Weilerstein, Credit: Decca / Harald Hoffmann
We'll hear music by Steven Stucky, Elena Ruehr, Osvaldo Golijov, Jennifer Higdon, Paul Moravec, Ellen Taaffe Zwilich, and Elliott Carter on this ep...

Bought by KMUN, KMUN, GCR (Global Community Radio), 'The Sea', WETS and more


  • Added: Jan 19, 2017
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 9
Caption: Arthur Phillips
Four hundred years after the death of William Shakespeare and during the Folger Library's year long nationwide tour of The Bard's first folio in 20...

Bought by WNJR and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Jun 06, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
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Segment 1: Jowita Bydlowska - drunk mom Segment 2: Tippi Hedren/actress Segment 3: Steve Berry/author poe, lincoln Segment 4: Denise Chaykum/Myst...

  • Added: Jul 10, 2015
  • Length: 54:00
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Poetry and music about entering a natural realm.

  • Added: Mar 28, 2015
  • Length: 48:22
Caption: Singer/songwriter Laura Veirs, Credit: Jennie Baker for Live Wire!
DAVID NADELBERG & NEIL KATCHER of MORTIFIED, music by ADAM SELZER and LAURA VEIRS

Bought by KUT, KUOW, KCPW Salt Lake City, and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 15, 2013
  • Length: 54:01
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: Singer/songwriter Laura Veirs, Credit: Jennie Baker for Live Wire!
DAVID NADELBERG & NEIL KATCHER of MORTIFIED, music by ADAM SELZER and LAURA VEIRS

Bought by WCPN, KSRQ, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio, Rhythm & News Service, Oregon Public Broadcasting and more


  • Added: Nov 15, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
Caption: Sexologist Cheryle Cohen Greene, Credit: Jennie Baker for Live Wire!
CHERYL COHEN GREENE - Sexologist & Author MATTHEW DICKMAN - Poet CHRISTINE MCKINLEY - Writer, Musician, Mechanical Engineer PURE BATHING CULTURE...

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Dec 13, 2012
  • Length: 54:59
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Issa Rae, Creator of the web series, "The Misadventures of an Awkward Black Girl", Credit: Jennie Baker for Live Wire!
Writer and Director of ParaNorman CHRIS BUTLER. Writer and web series director ISSA RAE. Musical Guests FINN RIGGINS.

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Oct 04, 2012
  • Length: 55:02
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Best selling author Joshua Foer, Credit: Jennie Baker for Live Wire!
Best selling author, JOSHUA FOER. Author and advocate for tall women, ARIANNE COHEN. Indie-psych folk ensemble, THE PARSON RED HEADS.

Bought by Oregon Public Broadcasting, Rhythm & News Service, and WCPN


  • Added: Jul 12, 2012
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: New York Times Bestselling Author of "Capitol Murder" Philip Margolin, Credit: Jennie Baker for Live Wire!
PHILIP MARGOLIN - New York Times bestselling author THIRD RAIL REPERTORY THEATRE - A local Portland theatre company DOUBLECLICKS - A sister nerd ...

  • Added: Jun 07, 2012
  • Length: 55:01
Caption: Acclaimed Author & Stand-up Comedian Moshe Kasher, Credit: Jennie Baker for Live Wire!
MOSHE KASHER - Author and Stand-up Comedian. JANE JONES - Co-Founder & Co-Artistic Director of Book-It Repertory Theatre SHOOK TWINS - Indie Folk Duo

Bought by WNJR, Rhythm & News Service, and WCPN


  • Added: May 03, 2012
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Improvisational Comedian Reggie Watts, Credit: Jennie Baker for Live Wire!
Comedian Reggie Watts, Musician and Author Josh Ritter, Radio Talk Show Host Peter Sagal and Author Sarah Vowell.

Bought by KUT, KUOW, Rhythm & News Service, and WNJR


  • Added: Feb 08, 2012
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: Bucket of Honey, Credit: Wade Trenbeath
Songwriters Annie Jantzer and Nate Bogopolsky of Bucket of Honey discuss their approach to writing songs inspired by Frank Miller's The Dark Knight...

  • Added: Oct 10, 2011
  • Length: 05:00
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Steampunk – once a niche market – is going mainstream everywhere you look. But what is its appeal – and what does it say about the zeitgeist?

  • Added: Apr 23, 2011
  • Length: 57:33

  • Added: Nov 12, 2008
  • Length: 03:50
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Two pictures of jobs: from the outside In and in the Imagination

  • Added: Nov 12, 2008
  • Length: 02:45