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Episode 20 - Eye of the Storm by Kate Messner
From: Kitty Felde
Series: Book Club for Kids
Caption: Sara, Mateo, and Max
Imagine a future where deadly tornadoes are a part of daily life. That's writer Kate Messner's world in "Eye of the Storm." 5th graders from Belved...

  • Added: Mar 28, 2016
  • Length: 20:10
Ramsey Kanaan, co-founder and publisher of PM Press
From: KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio
Series: We Do the Work
Caption: Ramsey Kanaan, PM Press
Interview by Gary Kanter: Ramsey discusses publishing, PM Press, and that ideas matter. PM Press seeks to create radical and stimulating fiction a...

  • Added: Mar 25, 2016
  • Length: 28:06
Becoming Jeffersons People Part One
From: The Thomas Jefferson Hour with Clay Jenkinson
Series: The Thomas Jefferson Hour
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Clay S. Jenkinson discusses his book: "Becoming Jefferson's People: Re-Inventing the American Republic in the Twenty-First Century" in the first of...

Bought by KPIP-LP, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Mar 15, 2016
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 3
The Politician and the Poet
From: Hold That Thought
Series: Summer with the Bard
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Professors Derek Hirst and Steven Zwicker discuss the life and work of Andrew Marvell.

  • Added: Mar 10, 2016
  • Length: 16:04
Episode 9 - Live from Fall for the Book - Passenger on the Pearl
From: Kitty Felde
Series: Book Club for Kids
Caption: Kendall, Vibha, and Gareth with author Winifred Conkling
The largest attempted slave escape on U.S. soil happened in SouthWest Washington, DC. That's the tale in "Passenger on the Pearl." Young readers d...

  • Added: Feb 17, 2016
  • Length: 39:45
"The Symphony," an African-American poetry collective
From: New Letters on the Air
Caption: R. Dwayne Betts of The Symphony Poets
The Symphony is a group of African-American poets originally comprised of John Murillo, R. Reginald Dwayne Betts, Randall Horton, and Marcus Jackso...

Bought by WNJR and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 11, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
The Write Question - Matt Pavelich - 234
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Matt Pavelich talks about writing and reads from his collection of stories, 'Survivors Said.'

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KGLT, KCMJ Community Radio, KSJD and more


  • Added: Feb 01, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 7
Philip J. Burgess, poet and storyteller
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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After growing up on a ranch on the far east side of Montana, Philip J. Burgess graduated from college, served in Vietnam, and then spent a decade t...

  • Added: Jan 27, 2016
  • Length: 29:01
The Write Question - Blythe Woolston - 232
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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YA author Blythe Woolston talks about and reads from her latest sci-fi novel, MARTians.

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KGLT, KCMJ Community Radio, Spokane Public Radio and more


  • Added: Jan 15, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 7
The Write Question - Shann Ray - 258
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Award-winning author Shann Ray talks about and reads from his novel AMERICAN COPPER.

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KGLT, KCMJ Community Radio, Spokane Public Radio, KSJD and more


  • Added: Dec 28, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 6
The Write Question - Kim Heacox - 256
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Kim Heacox talks about and reads from his novel 'Jimmy Bluefeather,' winner of the 2015 National Outdoor Book Award for literary fiction.

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


  • Added: Dec 10, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 6
BFFs, Girlfriends, and Besties (Hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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As the British Empire expanded, the fabric of society depended upon women’s friendships. One letter from a “BFF” back home could save a colonist fr...

Bought by WCNY, WMUU-LP, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KEDT, WTJU and more


  • Added: Oct 30, 2015
  • Length: 53:56
  • Purchases: 6
The Art of Children's Author, Michele Sailor
From: KQAL
Series: Art Beat
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On this episode of, "Art Beat" we visit with a Winona State University graduate of the Mass Communication department who is a grade school teacher ...

  • Added: Oct 22, 2015
  • Length: 15:28
The Write Question - Amy Ragsdale - 255
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Amy Ragsdale talks about the year she and her family spent in a small town in northeastern Brazil, and the memoir she wrote about their experiences...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KGLT, KCMJ Community Radio, Spokane Public Radio, Yellowstone Public Radio and more


  • Added: Oct 12, 2015
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 6
Buffalo Trail: A Novel of the American West
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Jeff Guinn talks about a female warrior named Mochi and reads from his latest historical novel, BUFFALO TRAIL, during this episode of The Write Que...

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


  • Added: Sep 14, 2015
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 5
Ideas Books: Gavin Francis, Adventures in Human Being
From: Craig Barfoot
Series: Ideas Books
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An in-depth conversation with author Gavin Francis about his book, the human body and his life as a doctor. A beautiful conversation about celebrat...

Bought by KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio]


  • Added: Sep 11, 2015
  • Length: 24:05
  • Purchases: 1
The Write Question - Margaret Grundstein - 243
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Margaret Grundstein talks about and reads from her memoir NAKED IN THE WOODS: My Unexpected Years In A Hippie Commune. She also comments on why fem...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KGLT, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KCMJ Community Radio, KSJD and more


  • Added: Sep 08, 2015
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 7
The Write Question - Sally Thompson - 236
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Sally Thompson, archaeologist, ethnographer, ethnohistorian, and lead author of 'PEOPLE BEFORE THE PARK: The Kootenai and Blackfeet Before Glacier ...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., Yellowstone Public Radio, Spokane Public Radio, KGLT, KCMJ Community Radio and more


  • Added: Aug 31, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 8
The Write Question - Stephen Yafa - 241
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Investigative journalist Stephen Yafa talks about and reads from 'GRAIN OF TRUTH: The Real Case For and Against Wheat and Gluten,' a book that incl...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KGLT, KSJD, KCMJ Community Radio, RadioFreePalmer and more


  • Added: Aug 24, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 8
The Write Question - Craig Lancaster - 245
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Craig Lancaster talks about and reads from his fifth novel, THIS IS WHAT I WANT. He also describes his journey from copy editor to full-time author.

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KGLT, KSJD, KCMJ Community Radio, Spokane Public Radio and more


  • Added: Aug 17, 2015
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 6
The Write Question - Susan Adrian - 226
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Susan Adrian talks about and reads from her YA novel TUNNEL VISION, a story full of spies, espionage, and a teen with superpowers .

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


  • Added: Jun 08, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 5
Novel Explores the Meaning of Home
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Megan Kruse talks about and reads from her debut novel, Call Me Home

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, KSJD, and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 27, 2015
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 3
Literary Butte: A History in Novels & Film
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Butte is a unique city in Montana, as are the novels and films created in and about it. Beginning with the 1880s, Aaron Parrett's book 'Literary Bu...

Bought by KSJD, Spokane Public Radio, and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 21, 2015
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 3
The Write Question - Brian D'Ambrosio - 235
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Brian D'Ambrosio talks about his book Warrior in the Ring: The life of Marvin Camel, Native American world champion boxer

Bought by KGLT, Spokane Public Radio, Yellowstone Public Radio, and KSJD


  • Added: Mar 31, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
The Write Question - Liz Carlisle - 225
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Liz Carlisle talks about and reads from Lentil Underground: Renegade Farmers and the Future of Food in America

Bought by KGLT, KSJD, Spokane Public Radio, and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 16, 2015
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 4

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