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Ranging from whimsical to introspective: poetry touched my music.

  • Added: Mar 04, 2017
  • Length: 01:01:30
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Poetry and music reflecting the beauty of winter.

Bought by KRPS


  • Added: Dec 17, 2016
  • Length: 56:01
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Poetry & Music, Credit: Donald Wendland
Intimate and humorous reflections on music and dance.

  • Added: Dec 10, 2016
  • Length: 49:47
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In the fact of the fear, confusing and despair many Americans feel after the election, one group of individuals joined together to share stories of...

Bought by KALW


  • Added: Nov 16, 2016
  • Length: 52:51
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Ashley Bryan
Author and illustrator Ashley Bryan talks about his new book, “Freedom Over Me: Eleven Slaves, Their Lives and Dreams Brought to Life,” his experie...

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: Oct 05, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
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The late Julian Bond conducted 51 extensive interviews with prominent black leaders in America. Phyllis Leffler who led the project with Bond, has ...

Bought by WLPR , WNSB, KISA Digital Studios, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi) and more


  • Added: Jan 21, 2016
  • Length: 53:58
  • Purchases: 9
Caption: Music and Poetry, Credit: Donald Wendland
Poetry and music reflecting on the new year.

Bought by KZYX


  • Added: Jan 02, 2016
  • Length: 42:09
  • Purchases: 1
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Julia Klatt-Singer as described by her son is a long haired, wild eyed, sweater wearing poet and thief.

  • Added: Oct 29, 2015
  • Length: 01:17
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Steve Downing is a hunter, martini connoisseur, fashion icon and sly observer of the art around him. He is also a husband and a romantic with a man...

  • Added: Sep 30, 2015
  • Length: 02:00
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Vermont Poet Laureate (2011-2015), Sydney Lea reads for the Writers Series sponsored by the literary magazine, PLEIADES at the University of Centra...

Bought by WMUU-LP, WNJR, KWMR, and XRAY.fm


  • Added: Aug 13, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
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Seth Bjornrud is a paraprofessional in Sara Breeze's class at Schoolcraft Learning Community.

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: May 06, 2015
  • Length: 01:26
  • Purchases: 1
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This Poetry Month: We celebrate the late African American poet Lucille Clifton, who was widely acclaimed for her powerful explorations of race, wo...

Bought by WJCT, WKCC, KVMR, KENW, WLIW and more


  • Added: Apr 14, 2015
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 7
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An exploration of Brazil's diverse culture, complex past, artistic traditions, and modern aspirations.

  • Added: Oct 18, 2014
  • Length: 29:02
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The most celebrated African American poets in America pay homage to the life’s work of former Poet Laureate and Pulitzer Prize winner Rita Dove.

Bought by WJCT, WLIW, KVSC, KRDP, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and more


  • Added: Oct 10, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 6
Caption: Bobby Cannavale
In the comic classic, MERE MORTALS by David Ives, a construction worker reveals he is secretly, actually the Lindbergh baby. Turns out his pals hav...

Bought by Connecticut Public (WNPR), Connecticut Public (WNPR), KUNM, KZYX, Georgia Public Broadcasting and more


  • Added: Oct 08, 2014
  • Length: 53:00
  • Purchases: 9
Caption: William Jackson Harper
William Jackson Harper is a lascivious bee swarming a young woman’s Upper West Side apartment. Two vultures have a bone to pick with Saint Francis....

Bought by Connecticut Public (WNPR), New Hampshire Public Radio, Oregon Public Broadcasting, KZYX, and KUNM


  • Added: Sep 04, 2014
  • Length: 53:00
  • Purchases: 5
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This week, on State of the Human, people are changing radically in order to recover

Bought by WMUU-LP and CHSR-FM 97.9


  • Added: Jun 27, 2014
  • Length: 58:52
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Shaun Usher
In 2009 Shaun Usher began a blog to showcase correspondence that he felt deserved a wider audience. The blog quickly became popular and widely shar...

  • Added: Jun 20, 2014
  • Length: 13:31
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Vanka is a tiny tale that has the feel of Dickens, about a 9-year-old orphan in Moscow, pining for his grandpa in the village, his only vestige of ...

  • Added: Mar 27, 2014
  • Length: 26:29
Caption: Etheridge Knight
We travel to Indianapolis, IN to explore the story of literary great Etheridge Knight, who published his first book, the soulful 1968 masterpiece ...

Bought by WWNO, WLPR , and KFOK-LPFM


  • Added: Jan 27, 2014
  • Length: 54:09
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Sara Farizan
A new novel by Sara Fraizan explores the issues of gender orientation. But, what sets this work apart from its predecessors is that it’s written fo...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Aug 20, 2013
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: British Soul Singer Michael Kiwanuka, Credit: Jennie Baker for Live Wire!
SYLVIE SIMMONS - Musical Journalist/Author MICHAEL KIWANUKA - British Soul Singer STACY BOLT - Essayist/Author

Bought by KUT and KUOW


  • Added: Mar 08, 2013
  • Length: 55:02
  • Purchases: 2
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Emily St. John Mandel, author of The Lola Quartet, talks about her unique upbringing, moving to New York with no money, and whether social media he...

  • Added: Feb 17, 2013
  • Length: 47:08
Caption: Issa Rae, Creator of the web series "The Misadventures of an Awkward Black Girl", Credit: Jennie Baker for Live Wire!
Writer and Director of ParaNorman CHRIS BUTLER. Writer and web series director ISSA RAE. Musical Guests FINN RIGGINS.

Bought by KUT and KUOW


  • Added: Jan 18, 2013
  • Length: 54:59
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Issa Rae, Creator of the web series "The Misadventures of an Awkward Black Girl", Credit: Jennie Baker for Live Wire!
Writer and Director of ParaNorman CHRIS BUTLER. Writer and web series director ISSA RAE. Musical Guests FINN RIGGINS.

Bought by KUT, Oregon Public Broadcasting, KWMR, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio, Rhythm & News Service and more


  • Added: Jan 17, 2013
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 6