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What We're Reading: Jon Hassler--Voice of the Heartland: a critical appraisal of his work, by Ed Block
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: What We're Reading
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Interview with Wisconsin writer, Ed Block. His new book is, "Jon Hassler--Voice of the Heartland: a critical appraisal of his work."

  • Added: Nov 27, 2019
  • Length: 13:36
The Write Question - Shonda Buchanan - 431
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Shonda Buchanan discusses her memoir, "Black Indian." She also reads a short passage from the book.

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


  • Added: Nov 13, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 6
National Writers Series: Susan Orlean
From: Interlochen Public Radio
Series: National Writers Series: Season Two
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Author Susan Orlean talks with To the Best of Our Knowledge host Anne Strainchamps.

Bought by Michigan Radio and WKAR


  • Added: Oct 29, 2019
  • Length: 54:29
  • Purchases: 2
National Writers Series: Randall Sullivan
From: Interlochen Public Radio
Series: National Writers Series: Season Two
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Journalist Randall Sullivan and Marty Lagina talk with Patrick Livingston about "The Curse of Oak Island."

Bought by WKAR


  • Added: Oct 29, 2019
  • Length: 54:30
  • Purchases: 1
What We're Reading: October 2019 [Full Show]
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: What We're Reading
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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
What We're Reading: The Round House, by Louise Erdrich / NEA's Big Read Bemidji
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: What We're Reading
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The National Endowment for the Arts awards 75 Big Read programs annually across the country. The Big Read program is a shared community reading exp...

Bought by WOUB


  • Added: Oct 27, 2019
  • Length: 08:12
  • Purchases: 1
What We're Reading: Best. Movie. Year. Ever: How 1999 Blew Up the Big Screen by Brian Raftery
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: What We're Reading
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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
129: Candace Bushnell, Is There Still Sex in the City? Live On Stage
From: KALW
Series: Inflection Point with Lauren Schiller
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Candace Bushnell gave us a reason to sit on our couch every week to soak in the stories of the women--and men--of the 90s television culture-chang...

Bought by WCNY, KWIT, Louisville Public Media, KWIT, WNIN and more


  • Added: Oct 17, 2019
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 10
Presence Mechanism
From: Emily T Griffiths
Series: Device
Caption: Still from PC game Auralux: Constiellations , Credit: E McNeill
In Time Out Of Joint, Phillip K. Dick envisioned the same future that NASA did, even if we didn't get there. San Diego Air and Space Museum provide...

  • Added: Oct 04, 2019
  • Length: 24:08
Ants, Ants, Revolution
From: Emily T Griffiths
Series: Device
Caption: Cover art by Alex Wild (www.alexanderwild.com): Argentine ants (Linepithema humile), an aggressive pest species introduced by human commerce to California, attack a native Pogonomyrmex harvester ant. Native ants in many places around the world have disapp, Credit: Alex Wild
Kingsolver takes us to 1950s Belgian Congo via the Prices, a missionary family. David Holway from UCSD gives us the rundown on local ant species wh...

  • Added: Oct 04, 2019
  • Length: 22:44
Loom Moon
From: Emily T Griffiths
Series: Device
Caption: Taken on January 31, 2018 during the "super blue blood moon"; a supermoon, blue moon, and lunar eclipse on the same night! Taken with a Canon 60D camera with a Nikkor 180mm f/2.8 ED AI-S lens using a 2.5 seconds-exposure f/5 at ISO 400. The clouds rolled , Credit: Bill Nguyen
Shane Haggard and Lisa Will from San Diego City College discuss what would happen to the Earth after a meteor knocks the moon closer to us, and wha...

  • Added: Sep 30, 2019
  • Length: 22:43
What We're Reading, September 2019 -- Petina Gappah's Out of Darkness, Shining Light
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
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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
What We're Reading, September 2019 -- Sarah Pinsker's A Song for a New Day
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: What We're Reading
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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
What We're Reading, September 2019 --Community Member Review: Carl Sewall on Don DeLillo's Zero K
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: What We're Reading
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Carl Sewall gives us his review on Don DeLillo’s latest novel, Zero K.

  • Added: Sep 22, 2019
  • Length: 10:41
What We're Reading, September 2019 -- E.R. Ramizipoor's The Ventriloquists
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: What We're Reading
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Writer E.R. Ramzipoor's new novel of historical fiction takes place in Nazi occupied Belgium where a gang of ragtag journalists and resistence figh...

Bought by WOUB


  • Added: Sep 22, 2019
  • Length: 08:38
  • Purchases: 1
What We're Reading, September 2019
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: What We're Reading
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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
Spectrum 09/10/2019
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW
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This week on the show: Alexander von Humboldt is still alive - He was the most famous scientist in the world when he was alive. And then he was ...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle


  • Added: Sep 10, 2019
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
Amazing Gracie - Gracie's story, and "Forward" from the book.
From: Paul Messing
Caption: Amazing Gracie (cover)
The story behind the story of Three Dog Bakery, and how a dog with special needs brought all the elements together.

  • Added: Aug 26, 2019
  • Length: 02:00
The Write Question - Bryce Andrews - 392
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Bryce Andrews discusses his environmental nonfiction, Down From the Mountain: The Life and Death of a Grizzly Bear. He also reads a short passage.

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


  • Added: Aug 20, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 5
The Write Question - Lori Gottlieb - 448
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Writer and psychotherapist, Lori Gottlieb, discusses her nonfiction book, "Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Li...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., Spokane Public Radio, KWMR, Spokane Public Radio, and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 20, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 5
The Big Pond #40: Villa Aurora and Thomas Mann House in Los Angeles
From: Goethe-Institut
Series: The Big Ponder – A Transatlantic Podcast
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During the Nazi regime, many German artists, scientists, and other intellectuals found refuge in Southern California. The authors Lion Feuchtwanger...

  • Added: Aug 07, 2019
  • Length: 34:48
New Americans
From: Brooklyn Public Library
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Immigration is a pressing topic in our political landscape right now, with concerns about ICE raids and immigration bans. In this episode, we liste...

  • Added: Jul 24, 2019
  • Length: 21:11
The Write Question - Edward Chamberlin - 385
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Canadian historian and author Edward Chamberlin discusses his book "The Baker and the Blackfoot: An Untold Story of Friendship, Trust, and Broken P...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 23, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
121: Author Jennifer Weiner Writes a Radical "Beach Read"
From: KALW
Series: Inflection Point with Lauren Schiller
Caption: Jennifer Weiner
The times, they are a’changin’. This week on Inflection Point, Lauren Schiller talks to author Jennifer Weiner, about her newest bestselling book “...

Bought by KKRN, Louisville Public Media, KWIT, WNIN, KSJD and more


  • Added: Jul 02, 2019
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 9
David Jepsen, Author, History Professor, Film Maker, Retired Reporter
From: KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio
Series: We Do the Work
Caption: David Jepsen
Interview by Mike Dumovich: David discusses his new history book called Contested Boundaries.

  • Added: Jun 21, 2019
  • Length: 28:00

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