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Barry Lopez, Arctic Nature Writer
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
Caption: Barry Lopez, Arctic Nature Writer, Credit: BarryLopez.com
Fourth in a four-part series on authors who write about the ocean and the natural world.

  • Added: May 24, 2016
  • Length: 05:12
Robert Macfarlane, The Old Ways
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
Caption: "The Old Ways: A Journey on Foot", Credit: Robert Macfarlane
In the third of a four-part series on writers who have shaped his interest in the ocean and the natural world, host Peter Neill reads from essayist...

Bought by KRZA


  • Added: May 16, 2016
  • Length: 05:03
  • Purchases: 1
Nature Writer Loren Eisleley
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
Caption: Loren Eiseley
In the first of a four-part series on writers who have shaped his interest in Nature and the ocean, host Peter Neill highlights the work of 20th ce...

Bought by KGUA


  • Added: May 03, 2016
  • Length: 05:11
  • Purchases: 1
Ideas Books Interview Mini - Sean B Carroll
From: Craig Barfoot
Series: Author Interviews (non-fiction)
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Biologist Sean B Carroll talks to Craig Barfoot about his latest book, The Serengeti Rules. We find out how wolves can change the physical shape of...

  • Added: May 03, 2016
  • Length: 07:21
Little Free Libraries
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Area Voices
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Area Voices producer Tammy Bobrowsky talks with Tracy Kampa and GeGe & Butch Holden, Little Free Library owners in Grand Rapids and Bemidji.

  • Added: Apr 22, 2016
  • Length: 07:24
Slippery Nonfiction
From: Hold That Thought
Series: Retellings
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How well does any nonfiction writer capture "The Truth?" Essayist Edward McPherson explores truth and memory in nonfiction.

  • Added: Mar 10, 2016
  • Length: 14:17
A Room of One's Own
From: Hold That Thought
Series: Retellings
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Publisher and fiction writer, Danielle Dutton, discusses the poetics of suburbia and the roadblocks of women in publishing. In the second half Prof...

  • Added: Mar 10, 2016
  • Length: 20:51
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 Write Question - Molly Caro May - 228
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Molly Caro May talks about and reads from 'The Map of Enough' -- a memoir about her search for home.

Bought by KGLT, Spokane Public Radio, KSJD, Yellowstone Public Radio, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and more


  • Added: Jun 02, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 9
The First Dress
From: Alaska Teen Media Institute
Caption: PRX default Piece image
It can take your breath away.

  • Added: May 01, 2014
  • Length: 01:36
A Conversation with Penguin's Elda Rotor and John Morgan
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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The team behind the new app Poems by Heart discuss how they combine gaming with classic poetry. [28:20]

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: Feb 18, 2014
  • Length: 28:20
  • Purchases: 1
210: Conrad and the Sea
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
Caption: Joseph Conrad (back, center) at sea posing with apprentices aboard Torrens. , Credit: Provided courtesy of the Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library of Yale University
In this episode of World Ocean Radio host Peter Neill will suggest that the greatest author of such sea-based literature was Joseph Conrad and will...

  • Added: Feb 25, 2013
  • Length: 05:37
Charlotte Caldwell, author of 'Voices and Visions'
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
Caption: Visions and Voices: Montana's One-Room Schoolhouses
During this program, photographer and author Charlotte Caldwell talks about the importance of preserving the stories represented by one-room school...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 05, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Small Business Culture in Winona with Chris Livingston - Owner of The Book Shelf
From: KQAL
Series: Culture Clique
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On this episode of "Culture Clique" we examine small business culture in Winona, with Chris Livingston - Owner of The Book Shelf - located at 162 W...

Bought by KVSC and KSRQ


  • Added: Jan 03, 2013
  • Length: 40:08
  • Purchases: 2
Stephen Crane - Sport and War
From: Richard Stull
Series: Doc Stull's Sports Today and in the Day
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Author Stephen Crane uses images and descriptions from sport to describe a war he never experienced in his classic novel about the American Civil ...

Bought by KSLU


  • Added: Jul 02, 2012
  • Length: 02:33
  • Purchases: 1
The Poetry of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: A Big Read Documentary
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: The Big Read
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Longfellow was an immensely versatile poet who excelled at virtually every form and genre from the epic to the sonnet. Find out why.

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago and KPIP-LP


  • Added: Aug 17, 2011
  • Length: 20:57
  • Purchases: 2
A Conversation with Creative Placemakers in Miami
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Three of Miami’s cultural organizers talk about the power of art in building community.

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: Aug 08, 2011
  • Length: 31:44
  • Purchases: 1
A Conversation with Cowboy Poet, Joel Nelson
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Joel Nelson talks about how he grew to love poetry and how he writes and recites poetry, as well as growing up on a ranch and his love of horses, a...

  • Added: Jul 27, 2011
  • Length: 27:00
Marshall Urlich - Running on Empty
From: KQAL
Series: Culture Clique
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On this edition of Culture Clique, 57 year old extreme endurance athlete Marshall Urlich talks about his transcontinental run and all the feats lea...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jul 27, 2011
  • Length: 48:20
  • Purchases: 1
Heroes Come in Many Colors - Phillis Wheatley
From: Loyola Productions, Inc.
Series: Heroes Come in Many Colors
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The contributions of the Black Man—celebrating Black History Month. Recounted in this installment is the life, times, and legacy of Phillis Wheatle...

  • Added: Dec 08, 2010
  • Length: 47:29
Craig Lancaster: 600 Hours of Edward
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Craig Lancaster wrote 600 HOURS OF EDWARD, which is his first novel, during National Novel Writing Month, an annual event in which writers are chal...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 09, 2010
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Here on Earth: Salman Rushdie (:20 Promo)
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: Here on Earth: Radio Without Borders
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"Here on Earth - Radio Without Borders" is Wisconsin Public Radio's live international talk program and podcast. (Promo for program "Salman Rushdie")

  • Added: Aug 11, 2008
  • Length: :20
Here on Earth: Salman Rushdie (Billboard)
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: Here on Earth: Radio Without Borders
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The billboard for the "Here on Earth" program "Salman Rushdie."

  • Added: Aug 11, 2008
  • Length: 01:00
Here on Earth: Salman Rushdie
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: Here on Earth: Radio Without Borders
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Preview "Here on Earth," Wisconsin Public Radio's international talk program and podcast. In this edition, host Jean Feraca talks to Salman Rushdie...

  • Added: Aug 11, 2008
  • Length: 52:35
Words From the Frontier: Poetry In Maine
From: Rob Rosenthal
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Words from the Frontier: Poetry in Maine is an hour-long program featuring fifteen contemporary Maine poets.

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Jul 02, 2008
  • Length: 59:30
  • Purchases: 1