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The Bushwick Book Club Seattle Presents!: Aaron Shay on Mary Doria Russell's The Sparrow
From: Geoff Larson
Series: The Bushwick Book Club Seattle Presents!
Caption: Aaron Shay, Credit: Mark Blasco
Songwriter Aaron Shay discusses his approach to writing songs inspired by Mary Doria Russell's The Sparrow. Written and performed for the monthly ...

  • Added: Dec 20, 2011
  • Length: 05:00
Live Wire! Radio Episode 169 - NEWSHOLE VERSION
From: Live Wire! Radio
Series: Live Wire
Caption: Indie Rock Band Viva Voce, Credit: Jennie Baker for Live Wire!
CHRIS GILLEBEAU -World traveler & author of The Art of Non-Comformity. ROLLIN SOLES - Award-winning chief winemaker for Argyle Wines. VIVA VOCE ...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Dec 08, 2011
  • Length: 54:56
  • Purchases: 1
Black Country Waterways
From: Christopher Williams
Caption: Bonded Warehouse
A short 5minute documentary based on and around the Black Country Waterways based in the Midlands, UK. Interview includes Graham Fisher MBE. One of...

  • Added: Dec 03, 2011
  • Length: 05:01
Live Wire! Radio Episode 162
From: Live Wire! Radio
Caption: Pulitzer-Prize winning Author Jennifer Egan, Credit: Jennie Baker for Live Wire!
Jennifer Egan, Pulitzer Prize-winning author, Steve Almond, author and journalist, and Portland synth-pop musical guests, Wild Ones

Bought by WNJR and KUOW


  • Added: Oct 20, 2011
  • Length: 58:49
  • Purchases: 2
STAIRSTEPS Stories! VOL. 2 (Cubie Burke): The Untold Story of the Five Stairsteps
From: Howard Burchette
Series: The Funk Show
Caption: Cubie Burke (with Christina Johnson with the Dance Theatre of Harlem), Credit: http://www.dancephotolibrary.com/dance.php
The "FIVE STAIRSTEPS and CUBIE" was a family pop act who released hit records from 1968 to 1969 on both Curtom and Buddha Records. CUBIE BURKE was ...

  • Added: Oct 16, 2011
  • Length: 48:54
Live! Wire Radio Episode 160 NEWSHOLE VERSION
From: Live Wire! Radio
Series: Live Wire
Caption: Chuck Palahniuk, Credit: Jennie Baker for Live Wire!
Famed Novelist Chuck Palahniuk, Author Lidia Yuknavitch, Indie rock band Blouse.

Bought by WCPN


  • Added: Oct 06, 2011
  • Length: 55:01
  • Purchases: 1
Live Wire! Radio - Episode 154 Encore
From: Live Wire! Radio
Series: Live Wire
Caption: Matthew Inman, Credit: Jennie Baker for Live Wire!
Guests Include Matthew Inman (Creator of The Oatmeal), Essayist/Artist Margaret Malone, and musical guest Dolorean

Bought by Rhythm & News Service and KUOW


  • Added: Sep 09, 2011
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 2
A Conversation with Wesley Stace / John Wesley Harding
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Novelist Wesley Stace, who performs under the stage name, John Wesley Harding, discusses his work.

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: Sep 08, 2011
  • Length: 29:27
  • Purchases: 1
JazzStories: Frank Foster
From: Murray Street Productions
Series: JazzStories
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He said don’t have too many pregnant 19ths in there. Keep it simple…..Basie was as much as an arranger as any of the arrangers who actually wrote d...

Bought by WMOT, Delmarva Public Media, KREV-LP, WCSU-FM, 90.5 WSNC and more


  • Added: Sep 02, 2011
  • Length: 07:43
  • Purchases: 6
Live Wire! Radio - Episode 131 Encore
From: Live Wire! Radio
Caption: Willy Vlautin, Credit: Jennie Baker for Live Wire!
Guests include Willy Vlautin, novelist and frontman for Americana band Richmond Fontaine, Authors Jamie Ford and Jennie Shortridge from Novel:Live ...

Bought by Rhythm & News Service and KUOW


  • Added: Aug 25, 2011
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 2
The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter - A Big Read Documentary
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: The Big Read
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Actress Mary-Louise Parker said this is one her favorite novels of all time and so she jumped at the chance to read excerpts. There's commentary by...

Bought by KMUN, KPIP-LP, KQED, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KRZA and more


  • Added: Aug 18, 2011
  • Length: 29:07
  • Purchases: 6
A Conversation with Molly Smith
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Artistic Director Molly Smith talks about American theater, including the often-overlooked musical, her commitment to new play development, and her...

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: Aug 05, 2011
  • Length: 27:17
  • Purchases: 1
Live Wire! Radio - Episode 138 Encore
From: Live Wire! Radio
Series: Live Wire
Caption: Dan Savage, Credit: Jennie Baker for Live Wire!
It's the holidays....in July! We hope this encore edition, featuring Dan Savage and Thao Nguyen, cools you off.

Bought by Jefferson Public Radio and KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 14, 2011
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 2
Tales from the South 011
From: Paula Morell
Series: Tales from the South: Fall 2010 Season
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This week's show concerns identity: Amy Gray Light takes a roadtrip to Ft. Worth she'd just as well forget, Amy Manning Burns finds a memory, and a...

  • Added: Apr 29, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
Bonjour Chanson Series 9, Episode 41.
From: Charles Spira
Series: Bonjour Chanson Series 9
Caption: Versailles
Six very diverse Francophone artists perform in this musical program specially created for English Speaking Audiences. No need to understand French...

Bought by 90.1 WFYI Public Radio and KUT


  • Added: Apr 22, 2011
  • Length: 25:22
  • Purchases: 2
STAIRSTEPS Stories! VOL. 1 (Part A): The Untold Story of the Five Stairsteps
From: Howard Burchette
Series: The Funk Show
Caption: The Five Stairsteps & Cubie (1969)
PART A (1st hour) of Volume #1 of the Untold Story of the Five Stairsteps. Joining Howard Burchette is Clarence Burke, Jr., Clarence Burke, Sr. and...

  • Added: Mar 24, 2011
  • Length: 59:04
MN mystery author Erin Hart and "False Mermaid"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Realgoodwords
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Heidi Holtan talks with Erin Hart about her latest Nora Gavin mystery and her tour of the Kitchigami Regional Library System with husband and Irish...

  • Added: Feb 24, 2011
  • Length: 29:52
The Limns about the new album "Move Around Robots"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Centerstage Minnesota
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When The Limns performed at the Blue Ox in Bemidji for KBXE's Spread the Love party, I sat down with them before the concert and recorded a convers...

Bought by WTIP


  • Added: Feb 17, 2011
  • Length: 24:31
  • Purchases: 1
Minneapolis Singer/Songwriter Ben Kyle of Romantica
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Centerstage Minnesota
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Ben Kyle of Romantica by Charlie Pulkrabek Ben Kyle has a lot going on these days. His band Romantica is set to release their highly anticipated t...

  • Added: Feb 15, 2011
  • Length: 32:51
The Guardian's Science Weekly: The birds and the bees (x-rated version)
From: [redacted] [redacted]
Caption: Sex poster at Natural History Museum, Credit: Andy Duckworth
WARNING: contains frank details about animal sex... please listen and approve before broadcasting. We reveal nature's most bizarre and intimate se...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 13, 2011
  • Length: 39:24
  • Purchases: 1
MN Author Tyler Blanski and "Mud and Poetry"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Realgoodwords
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Tyler Blanski is a Minneapolis house painter who is a writer and painter. His book is called "Mud & Poetry - Love, Sex and the Sacred". Tyler grew ...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Feb 08, 2011
  • Length: 20:25
  • Purchases: 1
The Last Word on Libraries
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Between You and Me
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The particular and universal state of mind of libraries is one of random discovery.

Bought by WTIP


  • Added: Feb 08, 2011
  • Length: 03:33
  • Purchases: 1
Commentator Guido on Libraries
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Between You and Me
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Guido has always been overly interested in books, and he tells about some of his favorite libraries.

Bought by WTIP


  • Added: Feb 08, 2011
  • Length: 05:06
  • Purchases: 1
Commentator Aaron Brown on Libraries
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Between You and Me
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Last week, Aaron's oldest son signed up for his first Library card... to them, the library is spoken about like a mythical place.

  • Added: Feb 08, 2011
  • Length: 02:41
Alan - Former Meth Addict
From: Abigail Mahnke, host of Inner Views
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Alan, who wishes to remain anonymous, smoked crystal meth for 5 years and actually kept his life under control during that time. He switched over t...

  • Added: Feb 04, 2011
  • Length: 26:32

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