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Author Samuel Shem --his new satirical novel is "Man’s 4th Best Hospital;" author Ruta Sepetys--her new book is called "The Fountains of Silence"--...

  • Added: Nov 27, 2019
  • Length: 59:46

  • Added: Nov 21, 2019
  • Length: 13:12
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We hear about a fun and charming new children’s book, Dr. Seuss’s Horse Museum, by Andrew Joyner; Bemidji community member Rucha Ambikar on growing...

  • Added: Oct 27, 2019
  • Length: 59:51
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In 1940s Winchester, England, a woman tries to find her place in the world after great loss in the aftermath of the Great War.

  • Added: Oct 27, 2019
  • Length: 12:13
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Contributor Andrew Dziengel talks with movie expert Brian Raftery about his new book Best. Movie. Year. Ever.: How 1999 Blew Up the Big Screen.

  • Added: Oct 27, 2019
  • Length: 12:09
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Children’s book writer and illustrator Andrew Joyner has written and illustrated over 40 children's books including The Pink Hat, and The Duck & th...

  • Added: Oct 27, 2019
  • Length: 09:39
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Rucha Ambikar is a professor of sociology at Bemidji State University. Hear our talk about books and reading, what a childhood in India filled with...

  • Added: Oct 27, 2019
  • Length: 13:51
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The story of the African men and women who carried the body of the famous explorer Dr. Livingstone across Africa so that his remains could be retur...

Bought by WOUB


  • Added: Sep 22, 2019
  • Length: 08:44
  • Purchases: 1
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In a not-too distant time, where public gatherings are illegal, making concerts impossible, two women are willing to break the law for their love o...

  • Added: Sep 22, 2019
  • Length: 13:14

  • Added: Sep 22, 2019
  • Length: 10:41
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E.R. Ramzipoor's The Ventriloquists; Sarah Pinsker's A Song for a New Day; Brad Meltzer children’s book series Ordinary People Change the World, hi...

  • Added: Sep 22, 2019
  • Length: 59:59
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Alex Kotlowitz is a writer, author, and movie and radio producer. He joined The Roadhouse to talk with Brian about a number of topics, from his ne...

  • Added: Sep 20, 2019
  • Length: 15:57
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We'll hear from Bev Thomas, her new book is a thriller, "A Good Enough Mother".. Pauli Meinecke from Harmony Natural Foods Coop in Bemidji will giv...

  • Added: May 13, 2019
  • Length: 01:00:04
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Anissa Gray's "The Care and Feeding of Ravenously Hungry Girls," "Early Riser" by Jasper Fforde, Pam Jenoff's new historical novel, "The Lost Girls...

  • Added: Mar 24, 2019
  • Length: 01:00:01
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Interviews with Joseph Finder, his new thriller is called Judgment, author Sophie Hannah, "How to Hold a Grudge: from resentment to contentment—the...

  • Added: Feb 17, 2019
  • Length: 59:53
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Featuring the books: The Paragon Hotel, by Lindsay Faye, The Gryphon Chronicles, by E.G. Foley, Never Home Alone, by Rob Dunn, and Barkskins, by An...

  • Added: Jan 22, 2019
  • Length: 59:50
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Book discussions and interviews on: Jill Lepore's These Truths: A history of the United States (2:20); Lake Agassiz Regional Library's new Native A...

  • Added: Dec 17, 2018
  • Length: 59:58
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Author interviews: Lisa Unger on Under My Skin, tammy lynne stoner on Sugar Land, Sarah St. Vincent on Ways to Hide in Winter, Gabrielle Moss on Pa...

  • Added: Nov 21, 2018
  • Length: 59:47
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Interviews with Deborah Harkness, Ellen Keith, and Nathaniel Philbrick, audio excerpt of Markus Zusak's Bridge of Clay, and book conversation with ...

  • Added: Oct 22, 2018
  • Length: 01:00:00
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We talk about James Patterson & Bill Clinton's "The President is Missing," Jill Santopolo's "The Light We Lost," Richard Ratay's "Don't Make Me Pul...

  • Added: Oct 16, 2018
  • Length: 01:00:16
Caption: Rolling Stone book publisher Alan Rinzler at home in Berkeley., Credit: Marcos Nájera
The men in Zeta’s life. From family to friends to former lovers? You never know—some say Zeta was a constant chameleon in life, love, and the law. ...

  • Added: Jun 08, 2018
  • Length: 16:59
Caption: John Lennox, poet
John Lennox summons the presence of a friend who died suddenly and at a young age.

Bought by KHSU, KALW, and KENW


  • Added: May 11, 2018
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Anjuli Raza Kolb, poet
Anjuli Fatima Raza Kolb describes how her grandfather rewrote verses of the Qur’an using only the @ sign on his typewriter.

Bought by KUER, KHSU, KALW, KENW, and PRX Remix


  • Added: May 07, 2018
  • Length: 03:59
  • Purchases: 5
Caption: Nick Twemlow, poet
Nick Twemlow navigates the often bizarre and alienating world of the modern office.

Bought by KHSU, KALW, and KENW


  • Added: Apr 30, 2018
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 3
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Author and musician Willy Vlautin discusses his book, Don't Skip Out on Me along with reading 2 short passages. This episode features the soundtrac...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 05, 2018
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 2