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Dawn Powell wrote novels about people like herself: outsiders who’d come to New York City in the early twentieth century to make a name for themsel...

Bought by KALW


  • Added: Jan 25, 2024
  • Length: 22:02
  • Purchases: 1
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Simon Helberg, Jamie Belber, Glenne Headly, David Krumholtz, and Stacy Keach lead an all-star cast in Shakespeare's timeless comedy.

Bought by KFCF FM, Spokane Public Radio, KCHW, KMUN, KWMR and more


  • Added: Sep 20, 2023
  • Length: 01:58:01
  • Purchases: 44
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The Bard's rollicking romantic comedy

Bought by KUNM, KFCF FM, Spokane Public Radio, KWMR, KMUN and more


  • Added: Dec 13, 2022
  • Length: 01:58:01
  • Purchases: 11
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One of the most indelible figures in theatrical history

Bought by KMUN, KFCF FM, KWMR, KMUN, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and more


  • Added: Apr 28, 2021
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 24
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In honor of National Poetry Month, we're going to listen to some Lawrence Ferlinghetti, who passed away in February. Included in this remembrance ...

Bought by WVIA


  • Added: Mar 23, 2021
  • Length: 57:01
  • Purchases: 1
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San Francisco’s Word for Word Theater Company brings works of literature to the stage, performed verbatim by the multiple characters of the story. ...

  • Added: Sep 21, 2020
  • Length: 04:59
Caption: 'The Adoration Of The Mystic Lamb', Credit: van Eyck
This program is a 5 minute spoken word exploration of renaissance fables. Leon Battista Alberti is one of the four great authors presented in this ...

  • Added: May 14, 2020
  • Length: 05:00
Caption: 'Lady With An Ermine', Credit: Leonardo da Vinci
This 5 minute program brings to your audience the fables of Leonardo da Vinci. Part of the spoken word series of 76 programs, we explore some of th...

  • Added: May 14, 2020
  • Length: 05:00
Caption: Self Portrait, Credit: Leonardo da Vinci
This program is 5 minutes in length, and celebrates some of the renaissance fables of Leonardo da Vinci.

  • Added: May 13, 2020
  • Length: 05:00
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Can you really trust your first impression of someone…especially if it’s a bad first impression?

Bought by KKRN, KUSU, KKRN, WNJR, WCPN and more


  • Added: Jan 15, 2019
  • Length: 01:57:58
  • Purchases: 22
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KAXE/KBXE music director Kari Hedlund, Centerstage MN host and producer Brett Carter, and What We're Reading's Tammy Bobrowsky discuss the book Let...

  • Added: Dec 14, 2018
  • Length: 27:46
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Proudly marching naked through the Royal Parade! The king is outwitted by two crafty rascals who make a "special" suit of clothes for the Emperor. ...

  • Added: Aug 31, 2018
  • Length: 12:11
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What can protect you from a huffing, puffing big bad wolf? A house made of straw? Sticks? Stones? The three little pigs test their building skills ...

  • Added: Aug 31, 2018
  • Length: 10:23
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Ever heard of Goldilocks, that sweet little mild-mannered child? Or is she? Listen to this episode as she breaks into the house of the three bears,...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 22, 2018
  • Length: 09:52
  • Purchases: 1
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Broadcasting music, stories and happiness wrapped in canvas since 1994, Tent Show Radio is a weekly one-hour variety series showcasing national and...

Bought by KSJE, KMSU, KSJE, KFCF FM, KSRQ and more


  • Added: Jun 19, 2018
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 8
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Author and musician Willy Vlautin discusses his book, Don't Skip Out on Me along with reading 2 short passages. This episode features the soundtrac...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 05, 2018
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 2
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Broadcasting music, stories and happiness wrapped in canvas since 1994, Tent Show Radio is a weekly one-hour variety series showcasing national and...

Bought by KFCF FM, WDSE, WTIP, KSJE, KMSU and more


  • Added: Feb 10, 2018
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 7
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One man's vision led to a vinyl-only record company producing albums of spoken-word horror literature. And the craziest part? It's flourishing.

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago


  • Added: Jan 20, 2018
  • Length: 09:57
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Uyayoan Noel
Urayoán Noel considers the pleasures of coffee and how those pleasures may differ between the English and Spanish languages.

Bought by KALW, KVNO, KTNA, KENW, PRX Remix and more


  • Added: Nov 29, 2017
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 7
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Poet Dan Jaffe is the guest co-editor of the most recent issue of NEW LETTERS magazine that focuses on jazz. Jaffe, who has always combined his poe...

Bought by KFCF FM and WNJR


  • Added: Feb 03, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
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Imagine you are children's literature publisher R. A. Montgomery...

  • Added: Feb 08, 2016
  • Length: 01:00
Caption: Hunter S. Thompson, Long Beach, California, May 1989, Credit: Rs79
Hunter S. Thompson had his first run-in with federal agents as a young boy during the Louisville summer of 1946

  • Added: Feb 03, 2016
  • Length: 01:00
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Join us for the perfect bedtime story full of kings, queens, princes, princesses, fairies, merfolk, giant eagles, trained cats, magic, and lessons ...

  • Added: Sep 08, 2015
  • Length: 28:31
Caption: Amiri Baraka and Dred-Scott Keyes
Funeral services for New Jersey’s last poet laureate, Amiri Baraka, was held at Newarks’ Symphony Hall earlier this week with several thousand peop...

  • Added: Jan 23, 2014
  • Length: 01:00:02
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Ryan Vine is a Duluth poet. He is a Professor of English at the College of St. Scholastica. And Ryan Vine has been widely published including in su...

  • Added: Aug 29, 2012
  • Length: 01:55