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2021-09-05 (End of) Summer Reading List
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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With summer ending and some parts of our lives returning to some kind of normal, what should thoughtful people be reading?

Bought by KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, KWMR, KTSW 89.9, GCR (Global Community Radio), KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and more


  • Added: Sep 06, 2021
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 9
The Untold Story of The Long Road East with Author Quentin Super
From: KVSC
Series: Untold Stories of Central Minnesota
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In today’s Untold Story of Central Minnesota, we travel by bicycle to the east from St. Cloud to Portland, Maine. Quentin Super is an SCSU graduat...

  • Added: Aug 18, 2021
  • Length: 27:45
The Write Question - Kaveh Akbar
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Poet Kaveh Akbar discusses his new collection, "Pilgrim Bell," and reads three poems.

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


  • Added: Jul 29, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 7
The Write Question - Kelly Schirmann
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Artist Kelly Schirmann discusses her newest book of poetry and prose, "The New World."

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


  • Added: Jul 21, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
The Write Question - John N. Maclean
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Author and journalist John N. Maclean discusses his newest book, "Home Waters," and his family's legacy on the Blackfoot River.

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


  • Added: Jul 14, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
One Family and the Technology That Divides Them: Sarah Pinsker's We Are Satellites
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: What We're Reading
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Staff Librarian Tammy Bobrowsky talks with writer Sarah Pinsker. Her new novel is called "We Are Satellites." It's about one family and the technol...

  • Added: Jun 11, 2021
  • Length: 10:47
The Write Question - Dierdre McNamer
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Author Diedre McNamer talks about her new novel, "Aviary," and the secret of ongoingness.

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio, Spokane Public Radio, KWMR, Yellowstone Public Radio, Spokane Public Radio and more


  • Added: Jun 03, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 6
The Write Question - Rebecca Salazar
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Canadian Poet Rebecca Salazar talks about her new collection, "Sulphurtongue."

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio, Spokane Public Radio, KWMR, WCNY, Spokane Public Radio and more


  • Added: May 20, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 7
The Write Question - Allison Cobb
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Author Allison Cobb talks about her new book, "Plastic: an Autobiography."

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


  • Added: May 12, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 5
Arab-American Writer Naomi Shihab Nye: Part 1
From: New Letters on the Air
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Arab-American poet Naomi Shihab Nye, the Poetry Foundation's Young People's Poet Laureate, reads from her book, TENDER SPOT, including her poem "Fa...

Bought by KWMR, KMUN, and WNJR


  • Added: Mar 30, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
The Write Question - Khadijah Queen
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Poet Khadijah Queen discusses her new collection of poetry, "Anodyne."

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio, Spokane Public Radio, Spokane Public Radio, Yellowstone Public Radio, WYAP and more


  • Added: Mar 24, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 6
The Write Question - Jamie Harrison
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Author Jamie Harrison discusses her new book, "The Center of Everything."

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


  • Added: Mar 17, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
National Book Award-winning Poet Nikky Finney: Part 2
From: New Letters on the Air
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Affrilachian and Cave Canem poet Nikky Finney talks about her father, the first African American Chief Justice of the South Carolina Supreme Court,...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio)


  • Added: Mar 04, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Not Everyone is a Jerk: Rutger Bregman on Humankind
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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Life gives us plenty of reasons for cynicism but best-selling author Rutger Bregman (Utopia for Realists) summons a wealth of evidence that humanki...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, KDNK, and KWMR


  • Added: Feb 24, 2021
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 3
The Write Question - Dujie Tahat
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Poet Dujie Tahat discusses precarity, parenthood, and praying for the water in their daughter's lungs. They read two poems from their chapbooks, "H...

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


  • Added: Feb 23, 2021
  • Length: 28:48
  • Purchases: 3
2021-02-19 Climate Narratives with Elizabeth Kolbert and Kim Stanley Robinson
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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In the past decade, narratives of a dystopian climate future have helped connect people with heroes in worlds decimated by climate disruption and i...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WMUU-LP, KSQD Santa Cruz, KGUA, Ohm Radio and more


  • Added: Feb 18, 2021
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 11
210219: Climate Narratives with Elizabeth Kolbert and Kim Stanley Robinson, 2/19/2021
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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In the past decade, narratives of a dystopian climate future have helped connect people with heroes in worlds decimated by climate disruption and i...

  • Added: Feb 18, 2021
  • Length: 58:58
Chris Harding Thornton discusses "Pickard County Atlas"
From: Steven Nester
Series: Poets of the Tabloid Murder
Caption: Chris Harding Thornton
Chris Harding Thornton is a college professor in the Midwest. This is her first novel.

  • Added: Feb 09, 2021
  • Length: 13:35
The Write Question - Gretchen E. Minton
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Author and scholar Gretchen E. Minton discusses her book, "Shakespeare in Montana: Big Sky Country's Love Affair with the World's Most Famous Write...

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


  • Added: Jan 19, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 5
New book tells the story of Quetico's longest serving interior ranger
From: WTIP
Series: The Roadhouse
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Joe Friedrichs is just out with a book about Janice Matichuk, Quetico’s longest-serving interior ranger. The book is called Her Island. Ann spoke ...

  • Added: Jan 15, 2021
  • Length: 20:01
2021-01-10 Comforting Conversations (Part 2)
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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How can insights from the arts and humanities help us cope with difficult times?

Bought by KTSW 89.9, KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, GCR (Global Community Radio), KMUN, KSKQ and more


  • Added: Jan 11, 2021
  • Length: 53:58
  • Purchases: 8
2021-01-03 Comforting Conversations (Part 1)
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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How can insights from the arts and humanities help us cope with difficult times?

Bought by KMUN, KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, KALW, KTSW 89.9, GCR (Global Community Radio) and more


  • Added: Jan 02, 2021
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 10
The Write Question - Jess Walter
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Writer Jess Walter discusses his new book, "The Cold Millions."

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


  • Added: Dec 29, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 5
The Big Ponder #1: I Love You, I Hate You
From: Goethe-Institut
Series: The Big Ponder – A Transatlantic Podcast
Caption: The Big Ponder, Credit: © Goethe-institut
“We have the right to hate Germany because we love it,” German writer Kurt Tucholsky wrote. Listening to positions from both sides of the Atlantic ...

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Dec 17, 2020
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 1
The Write Question - Sarah Aronson
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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This episode features an interview with poet, therapist, and outgoing host of The Write Question, Sarah Aronson.

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


  • Added: Dec 04, 2020
  • Length: 29:02
  • Purchases: 4

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