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The Bach Cello Suites
From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library
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On this episode, we talked about a new book that serves as a companion to the Bach cello suites. Cellist Steven Isserlis has created a great book t...

  • Added: Oct 02, 2023
  • Length: 27:09
Shelf Discovery: And Then She Fell by Alicia Elliot
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Shelf Discovery
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin follows a young Indigenous mother as she tries to settle into a new life in And Then She Fell by Alicia Ell...

Bought by WRMU, RADIOLEX, WCNY, GCR (Global Community Radio), WUTC and more


  • Added: Sep 25, 2023
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 6
Naomi Klein: Tackling the “Doppelganger”, Disinformation & Lies
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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In her new book, "Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World”, award-winning journalist Naomi Klein describes being confused with Naomi Wolf, a con...

Bought by KMUN, RadioFreePalmer, RadioStPete Florida, KDNK, KWMR and more


  • Added: Sep 20, 2023
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 6
Shelf Discovery: Remi Bone by William L. Myers
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Shelf Discovery
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin follows a single dad’s quest to provide for his daughter before it’s too late in Remi Bone by author Willia...

Bought by WCNY, RADIOLEX, WRMU, GCR (Global Community Radio), WUTC and more


  • Added: Sep 18, 2023
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 6
The Origin of Birds
From: Will Duchon
Series: Words & Music
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The presence of birds in our lives and birds as metaphors for life events.

  • Added: Sep 16, 2023
  • Length: 59:35
New trends in black metal
From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library
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On this episode of the Polley Music Library Show, we talked about a couple of recent books that explore the ways that the black metal genre has evo...

  • Added: Sep 16, 2023
  • Length: 27:19
MN Reads: "Blood in the Tracks" by Paul Metsa and Rick Shefchik
From: WDSE
Series: MN Reads
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Paul Metsa and Rick Shefchik talk about their new book "Blood in the Tracks"

  • Added: Sep 14, 2023
  • Length: 13:41
Shelf Discovery: Clara Poole and the Long Way Round by Taylor Tyng
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Shelf Discovery
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin embarks on a balloon race around the world with an adventurous girl, an old woman, and a bunch of monkeys i...

Bought by RADIOLEX, WRMU, GCR (Global Community Radio), WCNY, WUTC and more


  • Added: Sep 11, 2023
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 6
Shelf Discovery: From Dust to Stardust by Kathleen Rooney
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Shelf Discovery
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin sets out to find stardom with a young girl in Hollywood’s Silent Film Era in From Dust to Stardust by Kathl...

Bought by KKRN, RADIOLEX, WCNY, WRMU, and WUTC


  • Added: Sep 05, 2023
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 5
2023-09-03 (End of) Summer Reading List 2023
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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What books should thoughtful people have been reading this summer?

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), KMUN, KSKQ, KTSW 89.9, KICI Iowa City and more


  • Added: Sep 04, 2023
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 6
2023-09-01 Fairytales and Fear: Stories Of Our Future
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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Stories are the way we remember, the way we share knowledge, the way we play out possible outcomes. Climate fiction imagines dark or bright futures...

Bought by Maine Public Radio, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., WMUU-LP, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WVTF and more


  • Added: Aug 31, 2023
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 13
230901: Fairytales and Fear: Stories Of Our Future , 9/1/2023
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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Stories are the way we remember, the way we share knowledge, the way we play out possible outcomes. Climate fiction imagines dark or bright futures...

  • Added: Aug 31, 2023
  • Length: 58:58
Shelf Discovery: Gone Tonight by Sarah Pekkanen
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Shelf Discovery
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin follows a young woman as she uncovers the secrets in her mother’s past in the audio edition of Gone Tonight...

Bought by WCNY, RADIOLEX, KKRN, WRMU, GCR (Global Community Radio) and more


  • Added: Aug 28, 2023
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 7
Henry Threadgill
From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library
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On this episode of the Polley Music Library Show, we talked about composer and multi-instrumentalist Henry Threadgill's new autobiography "Easily S...

  • Added: Aug 26, 2023
  • Length: 28:30
Shelf Discovery: Saving Myles by Carl Vonderau
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Shelf Discovery
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin joins two parents on a quest to keep their troubled son safe in Saving Myles by Carl Vonderau.

Bought by WCNY, KKRN, RADIOLEX, WRMU, WUTC and more


  • Added: Aug 21, 2023
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 6
MN Reads: "Sasquatch and Squirrel" by Chris Monroe
From: WDSE
Series: MN Reads
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Author and Illustrator Chris Monroe talks about her new book "Sasquatch and Squirrel"

  • Added: Aug 17, 2023
  • Length: 08:30
2336: (End of) Summer Reading List 2023, 9/5/2023
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk: Weekly
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What new books should thoughtful people read this summer?

  • Added: Aug 16, 2023
  • Length: 53:59
Shelf Discovery: Peril at Price Manor by Laura Parnum
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Shelf Discovery
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin joins a young girl’s quest to save her favorite horror movie director’s home from creepy creatures in Peril...

Bought by KKRN, RADIOLEX, WRMU, WCNY, GCR (Global Community Radio) and more


  • Added: Aug 14, 2023
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 7
Bob Moog
From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library
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On this episode, we talked about "Switched On," the great new biography of Bob Moog that documents his life and work. We would have a very differen...

  • Added: Aug 12, 2023
  • Length: 28:30
Musician's Spotlight - Jeffrey Foucualt 2023 - 846
From: John Floridis
Series: Musician's Spotlight
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Singer songwriter Jeffrey Foucault returns to Musician's Spotlight to visit with host John Floridis and discuss his most recent release "Deadstock....

Bought by WMUU-LP and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Aug 08, 2023
  • Length: 58:32
  • Purchases: 2
Shelf Discovery: S.O.S. (The Curious League of Detectives and Thieves #2) by Tom Phillips
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Shelf Discovery
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin sets off on a high-flying crime-fighting adventure with a sleuth in the making in S.O.S., the second Curiou...

Bought by WCNY, RADIOLEX, WRMU, WUTC, and RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Aug 07, 2023
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 5
The Names of Minimalism
From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library
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On this episode, we talked about "The Names of Minimalism," a new music history book that approaches the genre from the perspective of rivalries an...

  • Added: Aug 05, 2023
  • Length: 28:00
Shelf Discovery: Speech Team by Tim Murphy
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Shelf Discovery
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin catches up with a bunch of old classmates as they reminisce about shared pain in Speech Team by Tim Murphy.

Bought by RADIOLEX, WRMU, GCR (Global Community Radio), WUTC, RadioStPete Florida and more


  • Added: Jul 31, 2023
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 6
The music of Toby Driver
From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library
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On this episode, we talked about the music of Toby Driver, and his essay in the book Arcana Volume IV, which you can borrow from the library. Drive...

  • Added: Jul 29, 2023
  • Length: 28:19
Reading and Writing Ourselves (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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In 2017, many Americans watched in horror as violent images from the Unite the Right Rally in Charlottesville started spreading.

Bought by Kansas Public Radio, WRMU, KVSC, KXCV, Harford Community Radio and more


  • Added: Jul 27, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 9

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