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On October 5th, 2021, all three public library systems in New York City eliminated late fines. The change was 125 years in the making, and it made ...
Bought by Northeast Indiana Public Radio
- Added: Dec 21, 2021
- Length: 24:18
- Purchases: 1
Our show is Presenting Fernando Pessoa with translator and biographer Richard Zenith. This first of two episodes focuses on Pessoa’s “breakout” yea...
- Added: Dec 07, 2021
- Length: 58:35
Time now to check in again with Tracy Kampa. She is the Children's Librarian at the Grand Rapids Area Library. Tracy is also our Children’s Books C...
- Added: Nov 27, 2021
- Length: 11:23
Lecia Cornwall is the acclaimed Canadian author of 15 historical romance novels. Her newest story is a WWI-set historical fiction about a female do...
- Added: Nov 27, 2021
- Length: 08:06
Today we’ll hear about an #OwnVoices psychological thriller from newcomer Amanda Jayatissa; Canadian writer Lecia Cornwall has a new work of histor...
- Added: Nov 27, 2021
- Length: 01:00:00
Topic 1: Before we had encrypted emails and security envelopes, people would protect their correspondence with fancy folding. Topic 2: How have J.R...
Bought by KSTK, RADIOLEX, KOWS, GCR (Global Community Radio), and WYAP
- Added: Nov 23, 2021
- Length: 51:39
- Purchases: 5
We hear from writer Ruth Ozeki-- her new novel is called The Book of Form and Emptiness. Historian Nathaniel Philbrick’s new travel memoir is Trave...
- Added: Nov 21, 2021
- Length: 01:00:00
We'll hear from Paula Hawkins, Leila Slimani, Freya Sampson, and Children's Librarian Tracy Kampa.
- Added: Nov 21, 2021
- Length: 59:55
Alice Henderson’s love of wild places inspired her new thriller series, which begins with A Solitude of Wolverines, as well as her novel Voracious,...
- Added: Nov 15, 2021
- Length: 25:47
In 2018 historian and writer Nathaniel Philbrick, his wife Melissa, and their dog Dora took off on a road trip to trace George Washington’s route a...
- Added: Nov 06, 2021
- Length: 11:48
On today's programme: Assault on democracy: a brutal attack claims the life of a British parliamentarian. Food for thought: Frankfurt plays host to...
- Added: Oct 21, 2021
- Length: 59:00
David Hill is a writer from Hot Springs, Arkansas. His work has appeared regularly in Grantland and The Ringer, and has been featured in The New Yo...
- Added: Oct 18, 2021
- Length: 14:16
KBFT Native Writing Fest Series is a Live Community Writers Event & Interview with the world's most notable writers! In this segment we meet with B...
- Added: Oct 11, 2021
- Length: 05:39
Topic 1: A memoir about autism written by a mother and daughter. Topic 2: The Story of Cascatelli's Invention. Topic 3: Familylect; the dialect you...
Bought by KSTK, WYAP, KOWS, RADIOLEX, and GCR (Global Community Radio)
- Added: Oct 06, 2021
- Length: 51:38
- Purchases: 5
Children's Librarian Tracy Kampa Talks New Books!
- Added: Oct 01, 2021
- Length: 15:24
In the middle of the 20th century, a ten square block area in North Gowanus was home to the largest Mohawk settlement outside of Canada. We hear ab...
- Added: Sep 30, 2021
- Length: 28:17
This week on the show: Geopolitical realignment - AUKUS and the fallout from France’s nuclear snub-marine. Digging for trouble: we get to the botto...
- Added: Sep 23, 2021
- Length: 59:00
Historian Anthony W. Wood discusses his new book, "Black Montana
Settler Colonialism and the Erosion of the Racial Frontier, 1877-1930."
Bought by KWMR, Yellowstone Public Radio, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., and Spokane Public Radio
- Added: Sep 15, 2021
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 4
You’ll hear from authors Megan Abbott, Grady Hendrix, Maggie Smith, Jeffrey Kluger, and also Children’s Librarian Tracy Kampa will tell us about so...
- Added: Aug 29, 2021
- Length: 59:59
This week on the show: we often talk about all the greenhouse gas emissions people put into the atmosphere. But this week, we’re looking at ways ...
Bought by WXDU and KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio]
- Added: Jul 10, 2021
- Length: 29:59
- Purchases: 2
Author Michael Punke discusses his new novel, "Ridgeline," about the Fetterman Massacre of 1866.
Bought by Wyoming Public Radio, Yellowstone Public Radio, Spokane Public Radio, and KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.
- Added: Jun 30, 2021
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 4
John Green is the award-winning, bestselling author of novels including Looking for Alaska, The Fault in Our Stars, and Turtles All the Way Down. H...
- Added: Jun 11, 2021
- Length: 12:04
Max, a data whiz at the social media company Wren, has gotten a firsthand glimpse of the dark side of big tech. When he questions what his company ...
- Added: Jun 03, 2021
- Length: 12:52
After a rough mission in Rome involving the discovery of a devastating bioweapon, Company spy Ben Calix returns to Paris to find his perfectly orde...
- Added: Jun 02, 2021
- Length: 14:20
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
