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The Grapes of Wrath
From: L.A. Theatre Works
Series: L.A. Theatre Works
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John Steinbeck's masterpiece of hard times and hope in 1930's America.

Bought by KCHW, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, Spokane Public Radio, KWMR, KMUN and more


  • Added: Apr 17, 2024
  • Length: 01:58:01
  • Purchases: 37
871: To All The Dogs We've Loved / 872: Rewriting The Romance Script, 2/10/2024
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "To All The Dogs We've Loved" - Picture yourself half way through a thousand mile sled dog race. What do you think about? This hour, adve...

  • Added: Feb 09, 2024
  • Length: 01:59:01
An End-of-Year Reading of "At the Fishhouses"
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
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At each year's end, World Ocean Radio host Peter Neill reads "At The Fishhouses" by Elizabeth Bishop. This poem, a perennial favorite, was chosen n...

  • Added: Dec 27, 2023
  • Length: 04:40
751: Writing As A Political Act / 752: Jazz Migrations, 12/17/2022
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "Writing As A Political Act" - In peaceful times, and in moments of violence, writers have used their art as protest, remembrance, and so...

  • Added: Dec 16, 2022
  • Length: 01:59:00
729: To All The Dogs We've Loved / 730: Skill Vs. Luck, 10/1/2022
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "To All The Dogs We've Loved" - Picture yourself half way through a thousand mile sled dog race. What do you think about? This hour, adve...

  • Added: Sep 30, 2022
  • Length: 01:59:01
Little Free Libraries
From: The Children's Hour Inc.
Series: The Children's Hour
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There are more than 100,000 Little Free Library sites worldwide. We learn about them from Little Free Library Inc's Shelby King. We've also got boo...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, Allegheny Mountain Radio, KSTK, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], KRSC and more


  • Added: Jul 26, 2021
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 11
2021-07-26: Little Free Libraries, 7/26/2021
From: The Children's Hour Inc.
Series: The Children's Hour (Subscribable)
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There are more than 100,000 libraries placed worldwide. We learn about them from Little Free Library Inc's Shelby King. We've also got book reviews...

  • Added: Jul 21, 2021
  • Length: 58:00
599: As Read By The Author / 600: Amusement Parks, 7/3/2021
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "As Read By The Author" - The most important part of packing for vacation is deciding what books to take. We've got you covered with sele...

  • Added: Jul 02, 2021
  • Length: 01:59:01
Bob Dylan-All Mixed Up
From: Peter Bochan
Series: All Mixed Up
Caption: Bob Dylan, Credit: 1961
Join us for a celebration of Bob Dylan's Birthday with Bob Fass, Big Joe Turner, Al Kooper, Les Crane, The Band, Richard Ashcroft, John Hammond, Em...

Bought by Prairie Public


  • Added: May 24, 2021
  • Length: 01:58:06
  • Purchases: 1
WoodSongs 706: Mike Scott/The Waterboys
From: WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour
Series: WoodSongs
Caption: Mike Scott of The Waterboys on the WoodSongs Stage.
On this week's WoodSongs broadcast, folksinger Michael Johnathon welcomes Mike Scott the Scottish bandleader of the legendary group The Waterboys.

Bought by KUAR, Angelica Community Radio, KTRL, KTRL, WEJP-LP 107.1 and more


  • Added: Jan 04, 2021
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 31
WoodSongs 822: Jewel
From: WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour
Series: WoodSongs
Caption: Jewel for the full hour.
On this week's encore broadcast of WoodSongs, folksinger Michael Johnathon welcomes multi-platinum singer-songwriter, poet and actress Jewel.

Bought by WVRU, WVTF, Angelica Community Radio, KKRN, KUAR and more


  • Added: Aug 06, 2020
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 41
'Renaissance Fables For The World' 12
From: Daniel Wargo
Series: Renaissance Fables For The World
Caption: 'Death And The Miser', Credit: Hieronymus Bosch
This 5 minute program is on of 76 in this series. We explore more of the fables of a great renaissance man...Bartolomeo Scala through spoken word a...

  • Added: May 14, 2020
  • Length: 05:00
8 : ALiEN
From: matthew schneeman
Series: AT NiGHT I FLY
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The final episode of this series. Spoon and Matthew perform an excerpt from a play by Spoon. Spoon and his brother Abe talk about their dad, Matthe...

  • Added: Apr 27, 2020
  • Length: 20:00
Community Member Favorites: Arnold Dahl Wooley on Khalid Hosseini’s The Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: What We're Reading
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Community Member talks about favorite books -- Khalid Hosseini’s The Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns.

  • Added: Mar 01, 2020
  • Length: 09:24
Furious Flower: A Celebration of the Greats of African American Poetry (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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-On Sept. 27 and 28, the most notable poets of our time will gather in the nation’s capital to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Furious Flower...

Bought by WJCT, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KXCV, WCMU Michigan, WAMC Northeast Public Radio and more


  • Added: Sep 05, 2019
  • Length: 53:58
  • Purchases: 12
WoodSongs 955E: Guy Davis and Fabrizio Poggi and The Affrilachian Poets
From: WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour
Caption: Guy and Fabrizio pay homage to the legendary blues duo Sonny & Brownie.
On this week's encore broadcast of WoodSongs, folksinger Michael Johnathon welcomes blues master Guy Davis and Italian harmonica virtuso Fabrizio P...

Bought by WLIW, RadioFreePalmer, KRZA, WEKU, WETS and more


  • Added: Jan 31, 2019
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 11
WoodSongs 948E: John Oates
From: WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour
Caption: John Oates on the WoodSongs Stage
On this week's WoodSongs broadcast, folksinger Michael Johnathon welcome one half of the best-selling duo of all time John Oates.

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, WLIW, WOUB, WLPR , RadioFreePalmer and more


  • Added: Nov 21, 2018
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 8
PN 17-21 "Sissieretta Jones" by Tyehimba Jess
From: The Poetry Foundation
Series: PoetryNow
Caption: Tyehimba Jess, poet
Tyehimba Jess pays tribute to Sissieretta Jones, the first African-American to perform at Carnegie Hall in 1892.

Bought by KVNO, KENW, KALW, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 06, 2017
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 4
Jazz Poet and Guest Co-Editor of New Letters Magazine Dan Jaffe
From: New Letters on the Air
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Poet Dan Jaffe is the guest co-editor of the most recent issue of NEW LETTERS magazine that focuses on jazz. Jaffe, who has always combined his poe...

Bought by KFCF FM and WNJR


  • Added: Feb 03, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
The Beat: Larry Gavin - "Necessities"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Beat
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Larry Gavin teaches English at Faribault High School. He's had three collections of poetry published by Red Dragonfly Press and he's a nationally ...

  • Added: Dec 30, 2015
  • Length: 01:39
The Beat: Joyce Sutphen - "Going Someplace"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Beat
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Here's another of the poems we have in our library now, written and read by Joyce Sutphen, Minnesota's Poet Laureate.

  • Added: Oct 22, 2015
  • Length: 01:40
The Beat: Ryan Kutter - "Memoir"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Beat
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Ryan Kutter lives near Grey Eagle, Minnesota where he gardens and makes wooden furniture and writes. An english major, he graduated from St John's ...

  • Added: Oct 15, 2015
  • Length: 01:52
Ever Dawn & Ever Dusk Part I
From: tenali hrenak
Series: Muddy Boots
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Here we are and thus we go – unto the merry-go-round we ascend again. . . Join Unbroken Circle Tenali for a spellbinding look-see into the head scr...

  • Added: Aug 30, 2015
  • Length: 01:50:48
Voluptuous Veils, Vigorous Voyage Part III
From: tenali hrenak
Series: Muddy Boots
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Funny how a crow caws and a roster crows. What’s this have to do with anything? Likely, nothing. Or mayhap it does. Join Tenaciously Tender tenali ...

  • Added: Jul 15, 2015
  • Length: 01:56:03
The Beat: Lorie Yourd - "Guest"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Beat
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Lorie Yourd from Bemidji is a retired educator. She's an arts advocate and is the current chair of the board at Bemidji Community Arts Center.

  • Added: Jun 10, 2015
  • Length: 01:19