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Poet Jeanne Marie Beaumont
From: New Letters on the Air
Caption: Jeanne Marie Beaumont
Poet Jeanne Marie Beaumont's books include CURIOUS CONDUCT and PLACEBO EFFECTS, and her collection, BURNING OF THE THREE FIRES. She assembles ever...

Bought by WJCU


  • Added: Mar 09, 2012
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 1
Live Wire! Radio - Episode 176
From: Live Wire! Radio
Series: Live Wire
Caption: Acclaimed Author, Patrick deWitt, Credit: Jennie Baker for Live Wire!
Acclaimed author and screen writer, PATRICK DEWITT. Songwriter and musician, MICHAEL HURLEY. Portland Essayist, MARTHA GROVER.

Bought by WNJR and Rhythm & News Service


  • Added: Mar 09, 2012
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 2
The Bushwick Book Club Seattle Presents!: Debbie Miller on writing songs inspired by Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland
From: Geoff Larson
Series: The Bushwick Book Club Seattle Presents!
Caption: Debbie Miller
Songwriter Debbie Miller discusses her approach to writing songs inspired by Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland. Written and performed for the mo...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 03, 2012
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 1
Live Wire! Radio Episode 173 - Special Studio Session NEWSHOLE VERSION
From: Live Wire! Radio
Series: Live Wire
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.

  • Added: Feb 08, 2012
  • Length: 54:58
Live Wire! Radio Episode 173-Special Studio Session
From: Live Wire! Radio
Series: Live Wire
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
The Bushwick Book Club Seattle Presents!: Wes Weddell inspired by Stephen King's The Shining
From: Geoff Larson
Series: The Bushwick Book Club Seattle Presents!
Caption: Wes Weddell, Credit: Mark Blasco
Songwriter Wes Weddell discusses writing songs inspired by Stephen King's The Shining. Written and performed for the monthly showcase, The Bushwic...

  • Added: Feb 01, 2012
  • Length: 05:00
PEN/Faulkner Award Finalist Lorraine Lopez
From: New Letters on the Air
Caption: Lorraine Lopez
Fiction writer Lorraine Lopez was a 2010 finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award, with her collection HOMICIDE SURVIVORS PICNIC AND OTHER STORIES. She...

  • Added: Jan 12, 2012
  • Length: 29:00
Live Wire! Radio - Episode 172
From: Live Wire! Radio
Series: Live Wire
Caption: Acclaimed Author and original Head Writer for The David Letterman Show, Credit: Jennie Baker for Live Wire!
MERRILL MARKOE - Original Head Writer for Late Night with David Letterman. Author of "Cool, Calm & Contentious." CARL ADAMSHICK - Poet and winner ...

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


  • Added: Dec 30, 2011
  • Length: 58:56
  • Purchases: 4
Live Wire! Radio - Episode 172 - NEWSHOLE VERSION
From: Live Wire! Radio
Series: Live Wire
Caption: Acclaimed Author and original Head Writer for The David Letterman Show, Credit: Jennie Baker for Live Wire!
MERRILL MARKOE - Original Head Writer for Late Night with David Letterman. Author of "Cool, Calm & Contentious." CARL ADAMSHICK - Poet and winner...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Dec 30, 2011
  • Length: 54:59
  • Purchases: 1
National Book Award-winning poet and translator, Robert Bly
From: New Letters on the Air
Caption: Robert Bly
Esteemed poet and translator, Robert Bly, is joined by sitarist David Whetstone in this public reading for the Midwest Poets Series. Bly reads a ...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Dec 28, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Live Wire! Radio Episode - 171
From: Live Wire! Radio
Series: Live Wire
Caption: Author Daniel Handler a.k.a. Lemony Snicket, Credit: Jennie Baker for Live Wire!
DANIEL HANDLER - Author of Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortuante Events. SHELLEY MCLENDON - Writer, producer, actor, and improvisor. DUOVER -...

Bought by WBEZ, Rhythm & News Service, and KUOW


  • Added: Dec 22, 2011
  • Length: 58:53
  • Purchases: 3
Live Wire! Radio Episode 171 - NEWSHOLE VERSION
From: Live Wire! Radio
Series: Live Wire
Caption: Author Daniel Handler a.k.a. Lemony Snicket, Credit: Jennie Baker for Live Wire!
DANIEL HANDLER - Author of Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortuante Events. SHELLEY MCLENDON - Writer, producer, actor, and improvisor. DUOVER -...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Dec 22, 2011
  • Length: 54:59
  • Purchases: 1
The Music Played in His Head and He Began to Dance
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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Storytelling, like radio, brings pictures to the mind of the listener and allows each one of us to imagine what we hear. Radio Curious visits with ...

Bought by KKRN


  • Added: Dec 19, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Live Wire! Radio - Episode 170 NEWSHOLE VERSION
From: Live Wire! Radio
Series: Live Wire
Caption: Tom Kenny voice of SpongeBob, Credit: jennie Baker for Live Wire!
TOM KENNY - voice of Spongebob SquarePants JOHN de GRAFF - author, speaker & national coordinator of Take Back Your Time TELEKINESIS - an Indie R...

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Dec 15, 2011
  • Length: 54:55
  • Purchases: 1
Live Wire! Radio Episode 169
From: Live Wire! Radio
Series: Live Wire
Caption: Indie Rock Band Viva Voce, Credit: Jennie Baker for Live Wire!
CHRIS GILLEBEAU -World traveler & author of The Art of Non-Comformity. ROLLIN SOLES - Award-winning chief winemaker for Argyle Wines. VIVA VOCE ...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WNJR, Rhythm & News Service, and KUOW


  • Added: Dec 09, 2011
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 4
The Bushwick Book Club Seattle Presents!: Galen Green discussing The Outsiders
From: Geoff Larson
Series: The Bushwick Book Club Seattle Presents!
Caption: Galen Green
Songwriter Galen Green discusses his songs inspired by S.E. Hinton's The Outsiders, written and performed for The Bushwick Book Club Seattle's mont...

  • Added: Nov 08, 2011
  • Length: 05:00
The Bushwick Book Club Seattle Presents!: Tai Shan discusses Mark Twain
From: Geoff Larson
Series: The Bushwick Book Club Seattle Presents!
Caption: Tai Shan, Credit: Mark Blasco
Songwriter Tai Shan discusses her song inspired by Mark Twain's A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court.

  • Added: Oct 21, 2011
  • Length: 05:00
The Bushwick Book Club Seattle Presents!: Bridget Quigg discussing The Dark Knight Returns
From: Geoff Larson
Series: The Bushwick Book Club Seattle Presents!
Caption: Bridget Quigg, Credit: Mark Blasco
Songwriter Bridget Quigg talks about her approach to writing songs inspired by Frank Miller's The Dark Knight Returns.

  • Added: Oct 19, 2011
  • Length: 05:00
The Bushwick Book Club Seattle Presents!: Bucket of Honey discussing Frank Miller's The Dark Knight Returns
From: Geoff Larson
Series: The Bushwick Book Club Seattle Presents!
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
The Bushwick Book Club Seattle Presents!: Andrew Nunez discussing Slaughterhouse Five
From: Geoff Larson
Series: The Bushwick Book Club Seattle Presents!
Caption: Andrew Nunez, Credit: Wade Trenbeath
Songwriter Andrew Nunez talks about his musical approach to Slaughterhouse Five.

  • Added: Sep 29, 2011
  • Length: 05:00
Go Ahead, Steampunk, Make My Day!
From: Peter Cox
Series: Litopia After Dark
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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
Hallie Ephron discusses "Come and Find Me'
From: Steven Nester
Series: Poets of the Tabloid Murder
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Hallie Ephron is a journalist and fiction writer living in New England.

  • Added: Apr 02, 2011
  • Length: 28:30
Jenni Fallein, poet and painter
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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During this program, TWQ producer Chérie Newman talks with Jenni Fallein about her new collection of poetry, IF BEAUTY WERE A SPY. The conversation...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 17, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Live Wire! Radio - Episode 121
From: Live Wire! Radio
Series: Live Wire
Caption: John Roderick
Guests include: Pulitzer Prize winning novelist Richard Russo. Farm to Table organization Plate & Pitchfork. Musical guest John Roderick.

  • Added: Jul 06, 2010
  • Length: 59:38
"Take Me Out to the Ballgame: A Baseball Anthology"
From: New Letters on the Air
Caption: PRX default Piece image
No other sport has inspired as much poetry as baseball. Today's anthology features works by former U.S. Poet Laureates and other lovers of the sport.

Bought by KZYX


  • Added: Unknown
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1