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A woman becomes a best-selling novelist by writing 120 books about her first romance.

  • Added: Mar 27, 2018
  • Length: 24:49
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Radio curious revisits a conversation with Diane Eickhoff, who portrays early women's rights activist Clarina Nichols in this chautauquan style int...

Bought by KVMR


  • Added: Mar 21, 2018
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 1
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In a time when women couldn't even vote, she wielded incredible power, blazing her own trail to unrivaled fame and fortune. So why don't we remembe...

  • Added: Mar 06, 2018
  • Length: 14:33
Caption: http://jobtalkradio.org, Credit: Job Talk LLC
Seals and sea lions, birdwatching, scuba diving, traveling the world, observing animal and human behavior and how it relates to education. Dave and...

  • Added: Jan 29, 2018
  • Length: 11:54
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“I keep saying ‘where’s the body? Kill someone,’” Marilyn Stasio told us. She reads at least 200 crime novels a year to determine which are worthy ...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 09, 2018
  • Length: 23:58
  • Purchases: 1
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HOUR ONE: "Harassment In The Lab" - Sexual harassment happens everywhere, including science. We'll hear stories and possible solutions. HOUR TWO:...

  • Added: Dec 01, 2017
  • Length: 01:58:57
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Alaskans try to make situations better, only to make them much, much worse...

  • Added: Nov 15, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
Caption: Olga Knipper and Anton Chekhov
Three Sisters is being performed by the Indiana University Theatre Department at the Wells-Metz Theatre on campus beginning this Friday, October 13...

  • Added: Oct 17, 2017
  • Length: 34:55
Caption: http://jobtalkradio.org, Credit: Job Talk LLC
Doug and Dave talk to a brilliant young music teacher about behavior in the classroom, speak with a living history producer about lessons we can al...

  • Added: Oct 11, 2017
  • Length: 27:40
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When the Coen Brothers released "Fargo" in 1996, pretty much all of North Dakota and Minnesota got upset. "We don't talk like that," they said. Wel...

  • Added: Sep 20, 2017
  • Length: 19:42
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The legendary Lurie talks about her new book "Reading for Fun" and discusses favorite novels and well-know authors she has known.

  • Added: Sep 13, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
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Rebecca Barry talks about her wonderful memoir "Recipes for a Beautiful Life"

  • Added: Sep 12, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
Caption: Wally and Mary, circa 1993. , Credit: Photo courtesy of Mary Holsenbeck.
When Wally Funk was 8 years old, she jumped off the roof of her barn while wearing a Superman cape, hoping to fly. That desire never left her, and ...

  • Added: Aug 08, 2017
  • Length: 02:32
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Alexandra Teague discusses her debut novel, a quirky coming-of-age story. She reads both from the book as well as selected poem from her previous c...

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


  • Added: Aug 03, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: Callie Thorne
Shoulda, Woulda, Coulda, offers two romantic comedies with questionable romance! In At The Water’s Edge, Wet, a Production Stage Manager and his S...

Bought by Connecticut Public (WNPR), KUNM, Georgia Public Broadcasting, and WHRV


  • Added: Jul 05, 2017
  • Length: 53:00
  • Purchases: 4
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Composer Pamela Z lets us know what a phonolog was, how great the Museum of Jurassic Technology is (about which she co-wrote an opera), and how to ...

  • Added: May 08, 2017
  • Length: 29:30
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In 2015 Maureen Brogan received a message from the original owners of the Original Sub Shop, a small deli in Toledo, asking her to take over the bu...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: May 02, 2017
  • Length: 06:14
  • Purchases: 1
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The First National Independant Cancer related Resource goes Viral. A story of love, dedicaction and a life of hope. Join us for a moving and very i...

  • Added: Apr 18, 2017
  • Length: 28:00
Caption: Adelaide Bullen
Archeologist Adelaide Bullen written and presented by Anita Palladino.

  • Added: Apr 10, 2017
  • Length: 06:01
Caption: Mr. Kitty
Sunny has lived off-grid in rural Lake County for the past 18 years and is a regular commentator on WTIP. In this edition, we'll find out what's be...

  • Added: Mar 07, 2017
  • Length: 07:08
Caption: The Star Tribune's James Lileks has a thing for Mary Richards., Credit: Britt Aamodt
How will you make it on your own? Mary Tyler Moore, as television's Mary Richards, showed young women—and the occasional guy—how to forge their own...

  • Added: Feb 16, 2017
  • Length: 06:49
Caption: GetPublished! Radio Host Gerald Everett Jones, Credit: La Puerta Productions
Here's Gerald's audio book review of Adultery by Paulo Coelho.

  • Added: Jan 15, 2017
  • Length: 02:54
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To close out 2016, we’re bringing you two lighter stories of people exhibiting everyday genius under. . . unusual circumstances. Comedian Dave Holm...

Bought by KPIK-LP


  • Added: Jan 13, 2017
  • Length: 18:44
  • Purchases: 1
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Alice Friman reads from her most recent of her six poetry collections THE VIEW FROM SATURN, VINCULUM, and THE BOOK OF THE ROTTEN DAUGHTER. She talk...

Bought by WNJR, WMUU-LP, and WNJR


  • Added: Jan 11, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
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In this special Mother's Day episode of Palestinians Podcast you'll hear about Nadia Abuelezam's childhood and her love for her mother. Specificall...

  • Added: Jan 04, 2017
  • Length: 13:59