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A Few Reams of Freedom - Noam Chomsky & C.D. Wright
From: Open Source
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We're talking politics and poetry with Noam Chomsky and C.D. Wright. Noam Chomsky is on an upbeat about American views on war and imperialism, and ...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and Wyoming Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 04, 2010
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 2
New England Poetry Hour - Helen Vendler & Keith Waldrop
From: Open Source
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It's a New England poetry hour, starting with Amherst's Emily Dickinson by way of Helen Vendler, the closest of close readers of poetry, and ending...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 14, 2010
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 2
Only I Can Now
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Deb Dunn’s second love, after her husband, was teaching marine biology. But about five years ago, she had to give it up.

  • Added: Jan 19, 2010
  • Length: 05:30
THE LAST STATION -- Writer/director Michael Hoffman talks with Andrea Chase about his film.
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
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THE LAST STATION -- Writer/director Michael Hoffman talks with Andrea Chase about using Chekhov to get to Tolstoy, why love is as wondrous and infu...

  • Added: Jan 07, 2010
  • Length: 16:04
Director Lee Daniels on his film PRECIOUS
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
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Director Lee Daniels talks to Andrea Chase about making the film, PRECIOUS: BASED ON THE NOVEL PUSH BY SAPPHIRE

  • Added: Nov 01, 2009
  • Length: 11:35
Poet Robert Pinsky takes on another poet, King David of the Bible - and of the Psalms - in his "Life of David."
From: Jenny Attiyeh
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Former poet laureate Robert Pinsky tackles King David of the Bible - the shepherd, poet, warrior and adulterer - in his "Life of David."

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Sep 06, 2009
  • Length: 28:26
  • Purchases: 1
Virgil's Georgics: ThoughtCast interviews the poet and translator David Ferry
From: Jenny Attiyeh
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Virgil's Georgics: an interview with poet David Ferry, who recently translated Virgil's second great poem, The Georgics. We're joined by Virgil sch...

Bought by WGBH Radio Boston


  • Added: Sep 06, 2009
  • Length: 28:56
  • Purchases: 1
"Hush"
From: Elizabeth Austen
Caption: What Sound Does It Make, Credit: Concrete Wolf Press
Poet Erin Malone reads “Hush,” a poem sparked by watching her son discover the power of naming what he sees. The poem prompts KUOW’s literary produ...

  • Added: Aug 17, 2009
  • Length: 06:13
Pelham Bay
From: WFUV
Series: Sound Poetry
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Remembering days at a gritty but still summery Bronx beach.

  • Added: Mar 31, 2009
  • Length: 04:51
Intellect, Faith and Philosophy
From: Jenny Attiyeh
Caption: Harvey Cox, Credit: Harvard University
Public intellectual Jack Beatty, theologist Harvey Cox and philosopher Simon Blackburn -- on ThoughtCast!

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, WRNC-LP, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Dec 07, 2008
  • Length: 57:30
  • Purchases: 3
Unquiet History 3
From: Matthew Battles
Series: Unquiet History
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October 22, this day in history.

  • Added: Oct 22, 2008
  • Length: 02:52
Show 8: Myths
From: Bill King
Series: Shakespeare in the Alley: Bob Dylan's Poetics
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Dylan Debunks False Myths

Bought by KPIP-LP, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), WMNF, KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm and more


  • Added: Aug 13, 2008
  • Length: 01:01:55
  • Purchases: 6
Show 6: Love Songs, Part I
From: Bill King
Series: Shakespeare in the Alley: Bob Dylan's Poetics
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Discussion of Dylan's Love Songs

Bought by KPIP-LP, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), WMNF, KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm and more


  • Added: Jun 18, 2008
  • Length: 59:40
  • Purchases: 6
You Sound like You're Not from Around Here
From: With Good Reason
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Within seconds of hearing someone speak, we make judgments about that person and their background, just based on their accent.

  • Added: May 29, 2008
  • Length: 29:42
Revisiting Literary Lives: William Faulkner and Zelda Fitzgerald
From: With Good Reason
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Exploring the lives of William FAulker and Zelda Fitzgerald

  • Added: May 15, 2008
  • Length: 29:37
Look! by Nate Marshall
From: WBEZ
Series: Louder Than a Bomb 2008
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His sixth year in the competition, Nate says this piece is about poetry, the Slam, and the positive impact it can have on youth. Nate Marshall is ...

  • Added: Apr 02, 2008
  • Length: 02:26
Craig Childs Interview About Animal Dialogues
From: KVNF
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Craig Childs is interviewed about his book "Animal Dialogues".

Bought by NPR Station Showcase with PRX


  • Added: Mar 31, 2008
  • Length: 19:16
  • Purchases: 1
"He changed his mind..."
From: Joseph Dougherty
Series: Handwritten Theatre
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Welcome to that place that stands between us and sleep.

Bought by KUT and KUNM


  • Added: Mar 03, 2008
  • Length: 08:26
  • Purchases: 2
The Lumberyard: A Radio Magazine of Poetry, Prose, and Music (3:2)
From: Ken Cormier
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Patricia Smith, Naeem Murr, songs by Matt Sheehy, and more!

  • Added: Oct 28, 2007
  • Length: 28:33
Live Deliberate: An Interview With Christopher Gutierrez, Straight Edge Writer and Spoken Word Artist
From: Youth Spin - KOOP 91.7 FM
Series: Straight Edge; Who, What and Why?
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An Interview With Christopher Gutierrez, Straight Edge Writer and Spoken Word Artist

Bought by KUNM, NPR Station Showcase with PRX, and WXLV-FM


  • Added: May 18, 2007
  • Length: 10:50
  • Purchases: 3
Interview with award-winning poet, ALICE FULTON
From: Out of Bounds
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Conversation with award-winning poet ALICE FULTON

  • Added: Apr 12, 2007
  • Length: 29:30
"One side is windy, the other is not."
From: Joseph Dougherty
Series: Handwritten Theatre
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The thoughts of two women traveling on the same ferry...but very much alone.

Bought by KUNM


  • Added: Apr 09, 2007
  • Length: 11:40
  • Purchases: 1
Simplify Me When I'm Dead
From: Miranda Diboll
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How the media simplify a life though obituaries or even just a few simple lines.

Bought by The PRX Podcast


  • Added: Apr 03, 2007
  • Length: 03:51
  • Purchases: 1
Projectiles, a poem by Raymond Carver
From: Teresa Goff
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"Projectiles", a poem written by American short story writer Raymond Carver, is read by poet Tess Gallagher, Carver's widow. The poem was written ...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Mar 19, 2007
  • Length: 03:53
  • Purchases: 1
Los Angeles Through Chandler's Eyes (Abridged)
From: Jacob Adelman
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A newcomer to Los Angeles discovers the city's past -- and future -- through the books of noir master Raymond Chandler.

  • Added: Nov 08, 2006
  • Length: 13:28