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Poetry In A Troubled Time
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: Poetry In A Troubled Time
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Why do people turn to poetry during troubled times? Poetry is often the one language we need. Join us for an hour on poems we need right now.

  • Added: Apr 05, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
Practicing Gratitude
From: melodically challenged
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I don't have to chase extraordinary moments to find happiness - it's right in front of me if I'm paying attention and practicing gratitude. Brene B...

  • Added: Mar 18, 2022
  • Length: 01:00:06
2202-03-13 Reading the Troubled Past
From: Philosophy Talk
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What should we do with literature and philosophy from a discredited moral past?

  • Added: Mar 14, 2022
  • Length: 53:59
BEER.
From: melodically challenged
Series: WELCOME TO SPRING 2024!
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Frank Zappa said, “You can't be a real country unless you have a beer and an airline - it helps if you have some kind of a football team, or some n...

  • Added: Mar 11, 2022
  • Length: 01:00:06
Poet Valzhyna Mort Part 1
From: New Letters on the Air
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In part one of this interview, Belarusian poet Valzhyna Mort reads from her early books, including FACTORY OF TEARS, in both English and Belarusian...

Bought by WNJR and WJCU


  • Added: Mar 09, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
The Write Question - Jos A Charles
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Poet Jos A Charles discusses their brand new collection, "a Year & other poems."

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


  • Added: Feb 23, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
How to Stop a Civil War (Before It Starts)
From: Mateo Schimpf
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Ray Suarez interviews acclaimed author Barbara Walter about the risk factors than can contribute to the outbreak of violence and civil war.

Bought by Classic107.3, WMUU-LP, GCR (Global Community Radio), and WHCP-LP Cambridge


  • Added: Feb 16, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 4
Native Guard
From: L.A. Theatre Works
Series: L.A. Theatre Works
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A Pulitzer Prize-winner for Black History Month.

Bought by KFCF FM, Spokane Public Radio, WPCA-LP, KMUN, KUOW and more


  • Added: Feb 16, 2022
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 18
Nick Petrie discusses "The Runaway"
From: Steven Nester
Series: Poets of the Tabloid Murder
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When Peter Ash rescues a stranded woman, he finds she’s in far deeper trouble than he could ever imagine in the powerful new thriller in this bests...

  • Added: Feb 02, 2022
  • Length: 16:13
Poet Tony Barnstone
From: New Letters on the Air
Caption: Tony Barnstone
The son of a poet and visual artist, Tony Barnstone was surrounded by great works of art, literature, and philosophy as a child and like his sister...

Bought by WETS and WJCU


  • Added: Jan 13, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Arundhati Roy: Freedom, Fascism, Fiction and the Pandemic Portal
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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Two years ago this month, the first cases of Covid-19 were reported in the United States. “Historically, pandemics have forced humans to break with...

Bought by KWMR, RadioFreePalmer, KMUN, KDNK, and WNYE


  • Added: Jan 12, 2022
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 5
Coyote
From: Fil Corbitt
Series: Postcards from The Wind
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A postcard about Coyotes and their howl.

Bought by KTNA


  • Added: Dec 13, 2021
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 1
Seasons, Sierra Nevada
From: Fil Corbitt
Series: Postcards from The Wind
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A postcard about the changing seasons in Sierra Nevada near Lake Tahoe.

Bought by KTNA


  • Added: Dec 13, 2021
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Write Question - Robert Wrigley
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Robert Wrigley talks about his new essay collection, "Nemerov's Door" and reads from his upcoming collection of poetry, "The True Account of Myself...

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


  • Added: Dec 08, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 7
How Radical Self-Love Can Heal the World
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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It’s that time of year when we all need resilience: elections, holidays, the change of seasons. Many of us need fortitude to get through. Reverend ...

Bought by KWMR, RadioFreePalmer, KDNK, KMUN, and WNYE


  • Added: Dec 01, 2021
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 5
The Write Question - Laura Kolbe
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Doctor and writer Laura Kolbe talks about her new collection of poems, "Little Pharma."

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


  • Added: Nov 17, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 5
Novelist and Poet Gerald Vizenor
From: New Letters on the Air
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We honor Native American Heritage Month with U.S. veteran and writer, Gerald Vizenor. Raised on the White Earth Reservation in Minnesota, Vizenor a...

Bought by KVNF, WNMU-FM, RadioFreePalmer, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., and WNJR


  • Added: Nov 17, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 5
The Write Question - Doug Chadwick
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Author and wildlife biologist Doug Chadwick discusses his new book, "Four Fifths a Grizzly: A New Perspective on Nature that Just Might Save Us All."

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


  • Added: Nov 03, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 5
Poet, editor, and translator, Wayne Miller
From: New Letters on the Air
Caption: Wayne Miller
Poet and editor Wayne Miller reads from his book, THE CITY, OUR CITY, a 2012 finalist for the William Carlos Williams Poetry Award. He also discus...

  • Added: Oct 28, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
That's the Spirit!
From: melodically challenged
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Dean Karnazes said, “The human body has limitations. The human spirit is boundless.” Welcome to another edition of melodically challenged, when thi...

  • Added: Oct 27, 2021
  • Length: 01:00:06
David Hill discusses "The Vapors"
From: Steven Nester
Series: Poets of the Tabloid Murder
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David Hill is a writer from Hot Springs, Arkansas. His work has appeared regularly in Grantland and The Ringer, and has been featured in The New Yo...

  • Added: Oct 18, 2021
  • Length: 14:16
The Ages
From: melodically challenged
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Andre Maurois said, “We owe to the Middle Ages the two worst inventions of humanity - romantic love and gunpowder.” Welcome to this week’s melodica...

  • Added: Oct 12, 2021
  • Length: 01:00:06
Falling
From: melodically challenged
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Stanley Horowitz wrote, ”Winter is an etching, spring a watercolor, summer an oil painting and autumn a mosaic of them all.” Welcome to another e...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Oct 04, 2021
  • Length: 01:00:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Write Question - Annie Connole
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Montana author Annie Connole discusses her new book, "The Spring: A Mythic Memoir," and reads from the book.

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


  • Added: Sep 23, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
Night Drive
From: melodically challenged
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At melodically challenged, we are proud of our show’s sound, and for that we thank Rettward von Doernberg, who generously lets us use his music, B...

  • Added: Sep 09, 2021
  • Length: 01:00:07

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