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The word game show contestants perform in form of a live audience at the Portland Public Library.

Bought by KRZA


  • Added: Jun 20, 2012
  • Length: 29:27
  • Purchases: 1
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This week on Shelf Discovery, Kristin joins the hunt with Seth Grahame-Smith's Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter.

  • Added: Jun 19, 2012
  • Length: 03:00
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This week on Shelf Discovery, Kristin explores some unusual family dynamics with Never Knowing by author Chevy Stevens.

  • Added: Jun 12, 2012
  • Length: 03:00
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This week on Shelf Discovery, Kristin indulges in the romance and mystery of Anna Dean's A Woman of Consequence.

  • Added: Jun 05, 2012
  • Length: 03:00
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This week on Shelf Discovery, Kristin lives the life of a diplomat's wife with Anne Korkeakivi's An Unexpected Guest.

  • Added: May 29, 2012
  • Length: 03:00
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This week on Shelf Discovery, Kristin travels to Egypt for a little bit of history and a little bit of mystery with author Janice Hamrick's Death o...

  • Added: May 22, 2012
  • Length: 03:00
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This week on Shelf Discovery, Kristin explores the dystopian drama of Veronica Roth's young adult hit, Divergent.

  • Added: May 15, 2012
  • Length: 03:00
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This week on Shelf Discovery, Kristin goes on the run with a pair of hired guns in Gemma Halliday's Play Nice.

  • Added: May 08, 2012
  • Length: 03:00
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This week on Shelf Discovery, Kristin does a little bit of spring gardening with Jill Mansell's Nadia Knows Best.

  • Added: May 01, 2012
  • Length: 03:00
Caption: Frankie Teschmacher
When Kansas City born Frankie Teschmacher joined the Austin High Gang in the mid-1920s, his instrument of choice was alto saxophone. But, in his yo...

  • Added: Apr 26, 2012
  • Length: 58:57
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This week on Shelf Discovery, Kristin tavels back in time to old Amsterdam with Richard Mason's History of a Pleasure Seeker.

  • Added: Apr 24, 2012
  • Length: 03:00
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The neighborhood of Westborough straddles the border between Daly City and South San Francisco. It’s a mostly residential area, with quiet sloping ...

  • Added: Apr 22, 2012
  • Length: 07:08
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This week on Shelf Discovery, Kristin takes a juicy look at murder and mayhem with Kate White's So Pretty It Hurts.

  • Added: Apr 17, 2012
  • Length: 03:00
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This week on Shelf Discovery, Kristin gets a case of the creepy-crawlies with Bedbugs by Ben H. Winters.

  • Added: Apr 10, 2012
  • Length: 03:00
Caption: Louis Armstrong
There are three audible stages in the career of Louis Armstrong: The years prior to recording when he performed with Fate Marable, Oscar Celestin a...

  • Added: Apr 06, 2012
  • Length: 59:01
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This week on Shelf Discovery, Kristin goes on a pilgrimage with the medieval noir of Troubled Bones by Jeri Westerson.

  • Added: Apr 03, 2012
  • Length: 03:00
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On this week's Shelf Discovery, Kristin explores the lighter side of fiction with the contemporary romance of Sophie Kinsella's I've Got Your Number.

  • Added: Mar 27, 2012
  • Length: 03:00
Caption: Steve & Sandro Albert, Credit: Steve Edwards
Sandro Albert's love affair with music began on the streets of Porto Alegre, Brazil. At the age of 14, Sandro bought his first guitar from an ice c...

  • Added: Mar 27, 2012
  • Length: 59:14
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ARRIVING LIKE KING OF THE JUNGLE...

Bought by KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Mar 22, 2012
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
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On this week's Shelf Discovery, Kristin takes a look at the political satire of Taft 2012 by Jason Heller.

  • Added: Mar 20, 2012
  • Length: 03:00
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On this week's Shelf Discovery, Kristin takes a look at the latest young adult literary phenomenon, The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins.

  • Added: Mar 12, 2012
  • Length: 03:00
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you’ve ridden on BART lately, you might have seen a photograph of a blue and white beach umbrella standing at the edge of a green farmer’s field. ...

Bought by American Voices


  • Added: Mar 02, 2012
  • Length: 07:30
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Noble Sissle
Bandleader, vocalist, pianist and composer Noble Sissle began his career in 1915 when he joined ragtime-vaudevillian Eubie Blake. Together they wr...

  • Added: Feb 22, 2012
  • Length: 58:59
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In this episode of Rock School, Chad P and Dr. Joe Burns take a look at different kinds of groups such as duos, trios, and more.

Bought by 88.5 JAZZ FM Erie's Jazz Station


  • Added: Feb 07, 2012
  • Length: 59:32
  • Purchases: 1
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This episode of Rock School is all about Christmas music.

Bought by KSRQ and KSRQ


  • Added: Jan 30, 2012
  • Length: 01:03:26
  • Purchases: 2