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Return of the Confusables
From: KMUW
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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
A Woman of No Importance
From: L.A. Theatre Works
Series: L.A. Theatre Works
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Oscar Wilde's devastating drawing-room comedy.

Bought by KKRN, KMUN, KCHW, WPCA-LP, Spokane Public Radio and more


  • Added: Dec 05, 2023
  • Length: 01:58:04
  • Purchases: 28
MN Reads: "The Last Supper Club" by Matthew Batt
From: WDSE
Series: MN Reads
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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
The Cruelest Month: Ten Poets Reflect on Love
From: New Letters on the Air
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We're celebrating National Poetry Month with a nod to what Missouri-born poet T.S. Eliot called THE CRUELEST MONTH. Listen to ten poets, reflectin...

Bought by KFCF FM, WNMU-FM, GCR (Global Community Radio), WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KUER and more


  • Added: Apr 27, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 11
Story Prize-winning Author George Saunders
From: New Letters on the Air
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George Saunders reads a passage from his Story Prize-winning collection, TENTH OF DECEMBER. In this public presentation, Saunders discusses his pat...

Bought by WNJR


  • Added: Dec 16, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
MN Reads: “Dumb Dumb Dumb: My Mother's Book Reviews” a memoir by Mary Jo Pehl
From: WDSE
Series: MN Reads
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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
Working-Class Poets
From: New Letters on the Air
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The rigors and joys of work are celebrated in this special anthology program entitled WORKING CLASS POETS. B.H. Fairchild, Susan Gubernat, Robert S...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), GCR (Global Community Radio), and WNJR


  • Added: Sep 07, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
DIY Memoirist and Fiction Writer Ron Tanner
From: New Letters on the Air
Caption: Ron Tanner
Fiction writer Ron Tanner, the author of the 2022 short story collection FAR WEST,talks about the similarities between renovating a house and writi...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), WNJR, and WJCU


  • Added: Aug 22, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Book Launch: Junkyard Tough
From: KQAL
Series: Culture Clique
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Today on Culture Clique we talked with author and publisher Jenny Baertsch and illustrator Sara Pientok for the signing and launch of their first b...

  • Added: Feb 25, 2022
  • Length: 11:53
Fiction Writer and Essayist Charles Baxter
From: New Letters on the Air
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Fiction writer Charles Baxter reveals some of his motivations for writing short stories and novels. In this interview in front of an audience at th...

Bought by WNJR


  • Added: Feb 03, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Children's Authors Lemony Snicket & Kate DiCamillo
From: New Letters on the Air
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Both Lemony Snicket (the pen name of Daniel Handler) and Kate DiCamillo are authors of children's literature whose work has multigenerational appea...

  • Added: Dec 09, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
National Writers Series: Megan Miranda and Emily Henry
From: Interlochen Public Radio
Series: National Writers Series: Season Three
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Discussions with authors Megan Miranda ("Such a Quiet Place") and Emily Henry ("People We Meet on Vacation").

Bought by WNMU-FM, Michigan Radio, and WKAR


  • Added: Aug 28, 2021
  • Length: 54:30
  • Purchases: 3
Back to the Writing Well featuring Elizabeth Gaffney, George Saunders, and the late Pat Conroy
From: New Letters on the Air
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NEW LETTERS ON THE AIR's Classic Series continues with "Back to the Writing Well." This time we'll hear about the influence of place and family fro...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), KRZA, WNJR, WNJR, and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Jul 29, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 5
The Junot Files: Peter David
From: Jim Junot
Series: Lights, Camera, Author!
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An interview with Peter David, author of "Mr. Sulu Grabbed My Ass, and Other Highlights from a Life in Comics, Novels, Television, Films and Video ...

  • Added: Dec 10, 2020
  • Length: 27:50
'Renaissance Fables For The World' 19
From: Daniel Wargo
Series: Renaissance Fables For The World
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
'Renaissance Fables For The World' 7
From: Daniel Wargo
Series: Renaissance Fables For The World
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
Ron Kanutski KBFT Native Writing Fest
From: Bois Forte Tribal Community Radio
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Native Comedian Ron Kanutski is a very funny guy!

  • Added: Apr 17, 2020
  • Length: 04:51
The Importance of Being Earnest
From: L.A. Theatre Works
Series: L.A. Theatre Works
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James Marsters stars in the classic comedy of love, deception and handbags.

Bought by KKRN, KMUN, KCRW, KWMR, KUOW and more


  • Added: Apr 15, 2020
  • Length: 01:57:59
  • Purchases: 26
The Write Question - Sarah Aswell - 438
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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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
The Liar
From: L.A. Theatre Works
Series: L.A. Theatre Works
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Meet a young man who just can't tell the whole truth.

Bought by KKRN, KCHW, KUNM, Spokane Public Radio, KMUN and more


  • Added: Dec 19, 2019
  • Length: 01:57:58
  • Purchases: 19
An Ideal Husband
From: L.A. Theatre Works
Series: L.A. Theatre Works
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Oscar Wilde's dark comedy about indiscretion and its effects on a government official.

Bought by WPCA-LP, KKRN, KCHW, Spokane Public Radio, KMUN and more


  • Added: Nov 25, 2019
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 25
National Writers Series: Roy Blount Jr.
From: Interlochen Public Radio
Series: National Writers Series: Season Two
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Humorist and author Roy Blount Jr. talks with National Writers Series co-founder Doug Stanton.

Bought by WKAR and Michigan Radio


  • Added: Oct 30, 2019
  • Length: 54:29
  • Purchases: 2
National Writers Series: Lee Child
From: Interlochen Public Radio
Series: National Writers Series: Season Two
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Thriller writer Lee Child talks with National Writers Series co-founder Doug Stanton.

Bought by WKAR


  • Added: Oct 28, 2019
  • Length: 54:29
  • Purchases: 1
Ex Libris: The Last Week of Summer
From: Kathryn Petruccelli
Caption: Anne Fadiman's 1998 Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader
First-person commentary about using books as my "acorns" to survive the colder weather coming.

  • Added: Sep 20, 2019
  • Length: 10:47
John Grisham Writers Hour - James McBride
From: WMRA
Series: The John Grisham Writers Hour
Caption: John Grisham & James McBride, Credit: JMU Creative Media
Recorded in front of a live audience, WMRA and James Madison University present The John Grisham Writers Hour with special guest James McBride, a N...

Bought by WCVE


  • Added: Feb 28, 2019
  • Length: 53:57
  • Purchases: 1