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New book tells the story of Quetico's longest serving interior ranger
From: WTIP
Series: The Roadhouse
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Joe Friedrichs is just out with a book about Janice Matichuk, Quetico’s longest-serving interior ranger. The book is called Her Island. Ann spoke ...

  • Added: Jan 15, 2021
  • Length: 20:01
539: Traveling By Book / 540: God Talk, 12/5/2020
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "Traveling By Book" - Great books take us to great places. Travel the world with your favorite authors as we celebrate Season Two of our ...

  • Added: Dec 04, 2020
  • Length: 01:58:57
463: Traveling By Book / 464: Pick Your Poison, 3/14/2020
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "Traveling By Book" - Great books take us to great places. Travel the world with your favorite authors as we celebrate Season Two of our ...

  • Added: Mar 13, 2020
  • Length: 01:58:58
Author Mary Ellen Ashcroft on growing our god images
From: WTIP
Series: The Roadhouse
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Author Mary Ellen Ashcroft joined Julie on The Roadhouse to talk about her latest book.

  • Added: Feb 21, 2019
  • Length: 16:48
Author Gail Francis on walking from Mexico to Canada
From: WTIP
Series: The Roadhouse
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Gail Francis is an author and outdoor enthusiast based in Duluth. Her book, "Bliss(ters): How I Walked From Mexico to Canada One Summer," chronicl...

  • Added: Jan 03, 2018
  • Length: 20:40
183: Roadtrippin' / 184: Do Protests Still Matter?, 7/8/2017
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "Roadtrippin'" - What makes a road trip something special? It's not the destination. HOUR TWO: "Do Protests Still Matter?" - In the wa...

  • Added: Jul 07, 2017
  • Length: 01:58:56
The Write Question - Chris Dombrowski - 274
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Chris Dombrowski talks with Sarah Aronson about 'Body of Water: A Sage, A Seeker, and the World's Most Alluring Fish,' which is part memoir, part r...

Bought by KWMR, KGLT, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KCMJ Community Radio, KSJD and more


  • Added: Jan 30, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 7
Author Felicia Schneiderhan talks memoir, writing, and living on a boat in Chicago
From: WTIP
Series: The Roadhouse
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Felicia Schneiderhan is an award-winning author who lives in Duluth. WTIP's Dave TerSteeg read her memoir, "Newlyweds Afloat: Married Bliss and Mec...

  • Added: Nov 09, 2016
  • Length: 19:16
Best-selling author Elizabeth Marshall Thomas on her latest book, "Dreaming of Lions: My Life in the Wild Places"
From: WTIP
Series: The Roadhouse
Caption: "Dreaming of Lions: My Life in the Wild Places"
Elizabeth Marshall Thomas has spent a lifetime observing other creatures and other cultures, from the African savannah to her own backyard. You may...

  • Added: Apr 12, 2016
  • Length: 20:31
Paddle Minnesota - December 9, 2015
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Paddle Minnesota
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Jim Gallagher interviews author and biologist Sue Leaf on her new book, "Portage: A Family, a Canoe, and the Search for the Good Life."

  • Added: Dec 09, 2015
  • Length: 12:27
The Write Question - Annick Smith - 257
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Annick Smith talks about and reads from her memoir 'Crossing the Plains with Bruno.' She also comments on the importance of story during life trans...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KGLT, Spokane Public Radio, KSJD, Yellowstone Public Radio and more


  • Added: Nov 13, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 6
The Write Question - Amy Ragsdale - 255
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Amy Ragsdale talks about the year she and her family spent in a small town in northeastern Brazil, and the memoir she wrote about their experiences...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KGLT, KCMJ Community Radio, Spokane Public Radio, Yellowstone Public Radio and more


  • Added: Oct 12, 2015
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 6
The Write Question - Marc Beaudin - 246
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Marc Beaudin's stories from 15 years of hitchhiking adventures have been published in a travel memoir 'Vagabond Song: Neo-Haibun from the Peregrine...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KCMJ Community Radio, KGLT, KSJD and more


  • Added: Sep 28, 2015
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 7
Delightful new book assembles stories from the Boundary Waters
From: WTIP
Series: The Roadhouse
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Boundary Waters lover Barry Johnson has put together a book of essays about his favorite place, the "BWCA Reader." Several dozen stories from diffe...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Sep 24, 2013
  • Length: 14:13
  • Purchases: 1
Arctic explorer Lonnie Dupre on his third attempt at Denali & his recently published memoir
From: WTIP
Series: The Roadhouse
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WTIP's Buck Benson chatted recently with explorer Lonnie Dupre, just back from his third unsuccessful attempt to summit Denali solo in January. Lo...

  • Added: Mar 13, 2013
  • Length: 27:28
The Write Question - Jo Deurbrouck - 279
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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During this program Jo Deurbrouck talks about and reads from her book 'Anything Worth Doing: A true story of adventure, friendship and tragedy on t...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio, KSJD, Spokane Public Radio, KMXT, KISU and more


  • Added: Jan 28, 2013
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 8
The Beat: Elisa Korentayer - "Ryokan In Small Mountian Village Outside Kyoto"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Beat
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Elisa Korentayer is a writer, a performer, and a recording artist. Here she reads her poem "Ryokan In Small Mountian Village Outside Kyoto. The Be...

  • Added: Sep 14, 2012
  • Length: 03:01
Real Good Words: Cheryl Strayed - "Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Coast Trail"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Realgoodwords
Caption: Cheryl Strayed - Wild
Minnesota author Cheryl Strayed joins Heidi Holtan to discuss her honest and raw new book.

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Apr 24, 2012
  • Length: 26:27
  • Purchases: 1
Julian Smith, author of 'Crossing the Heart of Africa'
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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A few months before he was to be married to his long-time girlfriend, Julian Smith was experiencing anxiety about making such a "huge commitment." ...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 17, 2011
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 1
Marshall Urlich - Running on Empty
From: KQAL
Series: Culture Clique
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On this edition of Culture Clique, 57 year old extreme endurance athlete Marshall Urlich talks about his transcontinental run and all the feats lea...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jul 27, 2011
  • Length: 48:20
  • Purchases: 1
Tales from the South 004
From: Paula Morell
Series: Tales from the South: Fall 2010 Season
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Lisa Brandom, Rich Adams, and Lynn Ramage Shafer share about the transition to new perceptions: of God, of familiar places, and of humiliation. Sou...

  • Added: Apr 27, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
The career traveler: Jeff Greenwald shares his stories from the road
From: KALW
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Oakland resident Jeff Greenwald has set foot in over 90 countries, give or take. Greenwald, a self-described “career traveler,” says that traveling...

Bought by KUOW and PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 06, 2011
  • Length: 06:47
  • Purchases: 2
JULIA CHILD Presents "Lunch with M.F.K. Fisher"
From: Leet and Litwin
Series: HUNGRY: The Literary Julia Child
Caption: Julia Child, Credit: Christopher Hirscheimer
A gift from the Julia Child Foundation. We hear Julia introducing her late friend, M.F.K. Fisher, who takes us out for a staggeringly gluttonous me...

Bought by KSJD, KSFR, KZYX, and WTIP


  • Added: Sep 21, 2010
  • Length: 28:23
  • Purchases: 4
Frances McCue
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Forty years after Richard Hugo wrote poems about towns in Montana, Idaho, and Washington state, Frances McCue followed his legend to those places. ...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 01, 2010
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 2
This I Believe - Luis Urrea
From: This I Believe
Series: This I Believe
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Luis Urrea believes he is a better writer and better person when he’s open to the world around him.

Bought by KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA, KSFR, WEZU, KFOK-LPFM, WEZU and more


  • Added: May 13, 2009
  • Length: 03:57
  • Purchases: 6