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MN Reads: "Villa Leila" by Adam Herman
From: WDSE
Series: MN Reads
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Author Adam Herman talks about his new book "Villa Leila"

  • Added: Apr 13, 2023
  • Length: 08:34
695: As Read By The Author / 696: Loving Bees, 6/4/2022
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: 'As Read By The Author' - One of the most fun things we get to do is bring the soundscape of a novel to life — cue the monsters, the stor...

  • Added: Jun 03, 2022
  • Length: 01:59:01
The Write Question - Doug Peacock
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Conservationist and author Doug Peacock discusses his newest book, "Was It Worth It?: A Wilderness Warrior's Long Trail Home."

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


  • Added: Feb 09, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
David Sedaris
From: New Letters on the Air
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This week, NEW LETTERS ON THE AIR features the writer made famous on public radio with the airing of his “Santaland Diaries.” In this 1997 intervie...

Bought by WRKF


  • Added: Dec 16, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Lights, Camera, Author! - Sandra Niemi
From: Jim Junot
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An interview with Sandra Niemi, author of "Glamour Ghoul: The Passions and Pain of the Real Vampira, Maila Nurmi." Niemi is Nurmi's niece and she ...

  • Added: Jan 29, 2021
  • Length: 29:08
Award-winning Poet and Fiction Writer Laura Kasischke
From: New Letters on the Air
Caption: Photo by David Shankbone CC BY 3.0
The National Book Critics Circle Award-winning poet, Laura Kasischke discusses her journey to writing fiction. Now the author of nine novels, she ...

  • Added: Jan 28, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
National Book Critics Circle Award-winning Poet Laura Kasischke
From: New Letters on the Air
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SHORT DESCRIPTION: National Book Critics Circle Award-winning poet Laura Kasischke explores topics from motherhood to beauty queens in her 2017 boo...

  • Added: Oct 23, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
Nerd Nite Winona with What the Hell is Going on Here: Dante in a Time of Political Division
From: KQAL
Series: Culture Clique
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It’s time to release your inner geek! On this episode of Culture Clique we take you to Nerd Nite at Ed’s No Name Bar in Winona. The topic? “What th...

  • Added: Jun 03, 2019
  • Length: 31:41
Not the Day Nor the Hour
From: Desert Oracle
Series: Desert Oracle Radio
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What is known is that there’s something going on, something a little wilder than usual. Plus: Rachel Monroe, writer & author & Marfa volunteer fire...

Bought by KFCF FM


  • Added: May 31, 2019
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Write Question - Ben Montgomery - 395
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Journalist Ben Montgomery talks history and unconventional pedestrianism in his book, "The Man Who Walked Backward: An American Dreamer's Search fo...

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


  • Added: Nov 15, 2018
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 3
Telling Stories of the Syrian Civil War: Marwan Hisham and Molly Crabapple
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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Our wars abroad and our wars at home. This week on the show, acclaimed graphic artist Molly Crabapple and Syrian journalist Marwan Hisham join Laur...

Bought by KDNK


  • Added: Jul 11, 2018
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Frankenfest
From: KQAL
Series: Art Beat
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200 years ago, she created one of the most famous monsters of all time, Frankenstein. On this episode of Art Beat we take you to Frankenfest, where...

Bought by KVSC


  • Added: Apr 19, 2018
  • Length: 25:56
  • Purchases: 1
Stephen Most -- Documentary Filmmaker: Stories Make the World Parts One & Two
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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Radio Curious visits with Stephen Most, author, playwright, and documentary film maker, who shares his life's experiences and stories in the new bo...

Bought by KVMR


  • Added: Aug 09, 2017
  • Length: 58:02
  • Purchases: 1
Southern California: 1903-1945
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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Radio Curious revisits a conversation with David Ebershoff, author “Pasadena,” a book about storytelling through the life of Linda Stamp, a young g...

  • Added: Sep 02, 2015
  • Length: 29:01
Reading Chekhov
From: Open Source
Series: Open Source with Christopher Lydon
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Our “Reading Chekhov” series culminates in a full hour on the Russian physician who spun the small happenings of old Russia into some of the most p...

Bought by KFOK-LPFM


  • Added: May 30, 2014
  • Length: 58:37
  • Purchases: 1
Deborah Sharp's Florida Mysteries on Thirty Four 50
From: Joseph Sr Dobzynski
Series: Thirty-Four50 - Joseph Dobzynski - Florida Series
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Deborah Sharp was a reporter for USA Today for nearly two decades. Given all the stories she wrote about killer sharks, rampaging alligators, and h...

  • Added: Jan 16, 2014
  • Length: 24:10
Live Wire! Radio - Episode 225 NEWSHOLE VERSION
From: Live Wire! Radio
Series: Live Wire
Caption: Thao and the Get Down Stay Down, Credit: Jennie Baker for Live Wire!
Filmmaker LYNN SHELTON, Essayist STACY BOLT and musical guests THAO and the GET DOWN STAY DOWN.

Bought by WCPN, KUOW, KUT, and KCPW Salt Lake City


  • Added: Sep 20, 2013
  • Length: 54:59
  • Purchases: 4
Live Wire! Radio - Episode 225
From: Live Wire! Radio
Series: Live Wire
Caption: Thao and the Get Down Stay Down, Credit: Jennie Baker for Live Wire!
Filmmaker LYNN SHELTON, Essayist STACY BOLT and musical guests THAO and the GET DOWN STAY DOWN.

Bought by KVNF, Rhythm & News Service, KSRQ, Oregon Public Broadcasting, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio and more


  • Added: Sep 20, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 7
Live Wire! Radio - Episode 224 NEWSHOLE VERSION
From: Live Wire! Radio
Series: Live Wire
Caption: Author and musician James McBride, Credit: Jennie Baker for Live Wire!
Author JAMES McBRIDE, Editor of Found magazine DAVY ROTHBART and musical guests WILD ONES

Bought by KUOW, WCPN, KUT, and KCPW Salt Lake City


  • Added: Sep 13, 2013
  • Length: 55:02
  • Purchases: 4
Live Wire! Radio - Episode 221 NEWSHOLE VERSION Encore
From: Live Wire! Radio
Series: Live Wire
Caption: Syndicated sex columnist Dan Savage, Credit: Jennie Baker for Live Wire!
DAN SAVAGE writes the internationally syndicated sex advice column Savage Love. Stand-up comedian JEN KIRKMAN Musical Guests THE BUILDERS AND THE...

Bought by KUT, KUOW, and KCPW Salt Lake City


  • Added: Aug 02, 2013
  • Length: 55:00
  • Purchases: 3
Live Wire! Radio - Episode 221 Encore
From: Live Wire! Radio
Series: Live Wire
Caption: Syndicated sex columnist Dan Savage, Credit: Jennie Baker for Live Wire!
DAN SAVAGE writes the internationally syndicated sex advice column Savage Love. Stand-up comedian JEN KIRKMAN Musical Guests THE BUILDERS AND THE...

Bought by KUT, Rhythm & News Service, Oregon Public Broadcasting, KSRQ, KWMR and more


  • Added: Aug 02, 2013
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 6
Live Wire! Radio - Episode 219 NEWSHOLE VERSION Encore
From: Live Wire! Radio
Series: Live Wire
Caption: Host of the WTF podcast, Marc Maron, Credit: Jennie Baker for Live Wire!
MARC MARON - Stand-up comedian, host of the WTF podcast and star of Maron on IFC MONICA DRAKE - Author of the novels Clown Girl and The Stud Book...

Bought by KUT, KUOW, and KCPW Salt Lake City


  • Added: Jul 19, 2013
  • Length: 55:00
  • Purchases: 3
Live Wire! Radio - Episode 219 Encore
From: Live Wire! Radio
Series: Live Wire
Caption: Host of the WTF podcast, Marc Maron, Credit: Jennie Baker for Live Wire!
MARC MARON - Stand-up comedian, host of the WTF podcast and star of Maron on IFC MONICA DRAKE - Author of the novels Clown Girl and The Stud Book...

Bought by KSRQ, Rhythm & News Service, KWMR, and Oregon Public Broadcasting


  • Added: Jul 19, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 4
Live Wire! Radio - Episode 218 NEWSHOLE VERSION Encore
From: Live Wire! Radio
Series: Live Wire
Caption: Author Annalee Newitz and host Luke Burbank, Credit: Jennie Baker for Live Wire!
KEN DAVENPORT, DOUG KATSAROS, AMANDA YESNOWITZ - Writer, composer & lyricist of musical adaptation of Somewhere in Time Writer, journalist and aut...

Bought by KUT and KCPW Salt Lake City


  • Added: Jul 12, 2013
  • Length: 54:59
  • Purchases: 2
Live Wire! Radio - Episode 218 Encore
From: Live Wire! Radio
Series: Live Wire
Caption: Author Annalee Newitz and host Luke Burbank, Credit: Jennie Baker for Live Wire!
KEN DAVENPORT, DOUG KATSAROS, AMANDA YESNOWITZ - Writer, composer & lyricist of musical adaptation of Somewhere in Time Writer, journalist and aut...

Bought by KSRQ, KUOW, Oregon Public Broadcasting, KWMR, and Rhythm & News Service


  • Added: Jul 12, 2013
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 5