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Soulseeds Radio: Living Hope (with Channing and Quinn)
From: Ian Lawton
Series: Soulseeds Radio
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Welcome to Soulseeds Radio with host Ian Lawton -- talking today about hope which is not just an idea, not just a philosophy, but something that's ...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Jan 16, 2013
  • Length: 28:40
  • Purchases: 1
Culturology: Dan Sinykin reviews "Y" a book of poems by Leslie Adrienne Miller
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Culturology
Caption: "Y" by Leslie Adrienne Miller
Leslie Adrienne Miller is author of six collections of poetry including "Y," "The Resurrection Trade" and "Eat Quite Everything You See" from Grayw...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Nov 27, 2012
  • Length: 05:14
  • Purchases: 1
A Conversation about Edgar Allan Poe with Laura Lippman
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Mystery writer Laura Lippman talks about the terrifying brilliance of Edgar Allan Poe and his classic short story, "The Fall of the House of Usher"...

Bought by KPIP-LP, KMXT, and WXAV 88.3FM Chicago


  • Added: Oct 26, 2012
  • Length: 29:32
  • Purchases: 3
Culturology: "First Year" by J. O. Salls
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Culturology
Caption: "First Year" by J. O. Salls
“First Year” is a 2011 novel by retired teacher, J.O. Salls. It’s the story of 23 year old English teacher, Robert Baker. The story takes us throug...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KSRQ


  • Added: Sep 10, 2012
  • Length: 11:23
  • Purchases: 2
Fresh Talk: Sarah Lewis
From: Cathy Byrd
Series: Fresh Art International
Caption: Sarah Lewis, Credit: Frank Stewart
In this episode, Cathy Byrd meets Sarah Lewis, a scholar, writer and curator. Sarah talks about the artists she selected for the 12.2 International...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Aug 28, 2012
  • Length: 14:18
  • Purchases: 1
A Conversation with Dean Bakopoulos
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Dean Bakopoulos discusses his first novel about fathers and sons in middle America's working class. [30:40]

Bought by WNJR, KPIP-LP, and Marfa Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 29, 2012
  • Length: 30:40
  • Purchases: 3
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
Women Writers and Community
From: New Letters on the Air
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In this special anthology, we explore how women writers foster community across boundaries. Novelist Lisa See shares stories about Chinese women wr...

Bought by WRKF and WJCU


  • Added: Mar 21, 2012
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 2
Mark Sundeen, author of 'The Man Who Quit Money'
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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"In the first year of the twenty-first century, a man standing by a highway in the middle of America pulled from his pocket his life savings--thirt...

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


  • Added: Feb 24, 2012
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 3
Poet and fiction writer, Sapphire
From: New Letters on the Air
Caption: Sapphire
Poet and fiction writer Sapphire, best-known for her novel PUSH, which became the award-winning film PRECIOUS, reads from her 2011 novel, THE KID, ...

Bought by WCSU-FM


  • Added: Nov 16, 2011
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 1
A Conversation with Tim O'Brien
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Tim O'Brien, who served in Vietnam, talks his novel (and Big Read selection) The Things They Carried and how fiction can often tell a deeper trut...

Bought by KPIP-LP, RadioFreePalmer, and KBBI Alaska


  • Added: Nov 10, 2011
  • Length: 29:35
  • Purchases: 3
A Conversation with Sean Wilentz about Bob Dylan, Part Two
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Part two of our conversation with Sean Wilentz, author of Bob Dylan in America.

Bought by Prairie Public, KMUN, and KPIP-LP


  • Added: Aug 08, 2011
  • Length: 29:46
  • Purchases: 3
A Conversation with Jennifer Egan
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Novelist Jennifer Egan talks about her National Book Critics Circle Award-Winning book, A Visit from the Goon Squad.

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: Aug 05, 2011
  • Length: 29:24
  • Purchases: 1
A Conversation with Isabel Wilkerson
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Isabel Wilkerson talks about her book, The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration, focusing on the transfer of Southern ...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, WSLR, WHFR, KUOW, KVNF and more


  • Added: Aug 05, 2011
  • Length: 25:33
  • Purchases: 16
A Conversation with Julia Alvarez
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Writer Julia Alvarez discusses how her life as a reader led to her life as a writer and the rich source material she finds in her family's immigran...

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: Aug 05, 2011
  • Length: 22:05
  • Purchases: 1
A Conversation with Luis Alberto Urrea
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Author Luis Alberto Urrea talks about the inspiration for and writing of his novel Into the Beautiful North, which takes place from Sinaloa, Mexico...

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: Aug 05, 2011
  • Length: 25:54
  • Purchases: 1
Michelle Latiolais
From: Mario Diaz
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Michell Latiolis reveals how the death of her husband impacted the stories in her new collection Widow.

  • Added: Apr 07, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
The Literary Art of John Reimringer: Part 1
From: KQAL
Series: Art Beat
Caption: John Reimringer, Credit: http://www.johnreimringer.com/
On this edition of "Art Beat" we feature a new personification of an artist - The Writer. John Reimriner is the author of the newly released book e...

  • Added: Nov 23, 2010
  • Length: 24:56
Paul VanDevelder, Savages & Scoundrels
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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With his latest book - Savages & Scoundrels: The Untold Story of America's Road to Empire Through Indian Territory - Paul VanDevelder re-writes muc...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 09, 2010
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
A Historian's Take on the Tea Party - Jill Lepore & V.S. Naipaul
From: Open Source
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Election day is closing in, and Jill Lepore has a hip historian's take on the question: What Would the Founding Fathers Do? Jill Lepore says there'...

  • Added: Oct 28, 2010
  • Length: 58:59
Visions of the Big Sky - Part I
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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In VISIONS OF THE BIG SKY, Dan Flores revisits the Northern Rockies artistic tradition to explore its diversity and richness. In his essays about t...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, KSJD, Yellowstone Public Radio, WRPI, and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 27, 2010
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 5
Brain Freeman on "The Burying Place"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Realgoodwords
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Our conversation with Brian Freeman.

  • Added: Jul 22, 2010
  • Length: 09:14
Arab Novels
From: War News Radio
Caption: An Iraqi official displays a recovered stolen artifact., Credit: Associated Press
From Guarding Heritage March 19, 2010. War News Radio speaks with writer Claudia Roth-Pierpont about her readings of Arabic novels.

  • Added: Mar 19, 2010
  • Length: 07:24
Sex, Evolution And Consumer Behaviour
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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Why do you buy what you buy? What do you hope to gain from it and will it make you a happier, sexier and more successful person? In these days of e...

  • Added: Dec 07, 2009
  • Length: 29:00
Novelist and Book club favorite Sarah Dunant
From: New Letters on the Air
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Historical novel writer Sarah Dunant talks about she applies her background writing thrillers to write more literary books. The author of the best...

  • Added: Unknown
  • Length: 29:00