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Canadian Rockies
From: Fil Corbitt
Series: Postcards from The Wind
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A postcard from the foot of the Canadian Rockies, up across the border.

Bought by KTNA


  • Added: Dec 31, 2023
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 1
MN Reads: "The Big Sugar" by Mary Logue
From: WDSE
Series: MN Reads
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Author Mary Logue talks about her new book "The Big Sugar"

  • Added: Jun 05, 2023
  • Length: 08:52
Montevideo, Uruguay
From: Fil Corbitt
Series: Postcards from The Wind
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A postcard from Montevideo, Uruguay

Bought by KTNA


  • Added: Dec 12, 2021
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Write Question - Sneed & Braden Collard - 364
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Sneed Collard and his teenage son, Braden, discuss the book, "Warblers and Woodpeckers: A Father-Son Big Year of Birding." Sneed also reads two sho...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 14, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Author Felicia Schneiderhan talks memoir, writing, and living on a boat in Chicago
From: WTIP
Series: The Roadhouse
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Felicia Schneiderhan is an award-winning author who lives in Duluth. WTIP's Dave TerSteeg read her memoir, "Newlyweds Afloat: Married Bliss and Mec...

  • Added: Nov 09, 2016
  • Length: 19:16
Peter Matthiessen Performs a Story
From: Leet and Litwin
Caption: PRX default Piece image
This is a remembrance of Peter Matthiessen. He invited us to his house in Sagaponack, to hear a story. He gave his characters' accents, fun for him...

Bought by KZYX and KMXT


  • Added: Apr 15, 2014
  • Length: 28:33
  • Purchases: 2
Why don't you choose your own adventure?
From: Taylor Tower
Caption: Taylor Tower at CKUT studios in Montreal, Canada
Edward Packard, the man behind the Choose Your Own Adventure books, talks about how he came up with the concept and what role adventure has played ...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 02, 2013
  • Length: 12:56
  • Purchases: 1
JULIA CHILD Presents "Lunch with M.F.K. Fisher"
From: Leet and Litwin
Series: HUNGRY: The Literary Julia Child
Caption: Julia Child, Credit: Christopher Hirscheimer
A gift from the Julia Child Foundation. We hear Julia introducing her late friend, M.F.K. Fisher, who takes us out for a staggeringly gluttonous me...

Bought by KSJD, KSFR, KZYX, and WTIP


  • Added: Sep 21, 2010
  • Length: 28:23
  • Purchases: 4
Interview with Anthony Bourdain
From: KUT
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Interview with author and TV personality Anthony Bourdain on the state of American food and being a celebrity chef.

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, KICI Iowa City, and WLPR


  • Added: Jul 06, 2010
  • Length: 28:43
  • Purchases: 3
Rodeo Nights
From: Jeff Porter
Caption: Kyrgyzstani writer, Jamby Djusubalieva
On a cool October night, two dozen international writers were shuttled to Fort Madison, Iowa, home of the Tri-State Rodeo. They had come in search ...

  • Added: Feb 20, 2010
  • Length: 14:46
Costume Party 54 minute version
From: Liner Notes
Series: LINER NOTES
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Halloween is not just kids and candy. It is about masks and identity, horror as well as grown-up fun.

Bought by WNJR, KXOT Public Radio, and WRVO Public Media


  • Added: Oct 13, 2008
  • Length: 55:00
  • Purchases: 3
Unintended Detours Episode 4: Road/Trip
From: Sue Mell
Series: Unintended Detours
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Stumbling and stranded, in one way or another, on the road.

Bought by PRX Remix and Remix Radio


  • Added: Nov 26, 2007
  • Length: 27:08
  • Purchases: 2
Transit Duchess
From: Marjorie Van Halteren
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Inner thoughts riding bus late at night in New York

  • Added: Mar 19, 2005
  • Length: 02:10