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2021-09-05 (End of) Summer Reading List
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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With summer ending and some parts of our lives returning to some kind of normal, what should thoughtful people be reading?

Bought by KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, KWMR, KTSW 89.9, GCR (Global Community Radio), KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and more


  • Added: Sep 06, 2021
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 9
2021-08-08 The Creative Life
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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What does questioning everything have to do with being creative?

Bought by KTSW 89.9, GCR (Global Community Radio), KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KSKQ, KNVC Carson City Community Radio and more


  • Added: Aug 09, 2021
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 7
2021-06-27 Does Reputation Matter?
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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Should we care about what other people think of us?

Bought by KSKQ, GCR (Global Community Radio), KTSW 89.9, KMUN, KNVC Carson City Community Radio and more


  • Added: Jun 28, 2021
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 6
2021-01-03 Comforting Conversations (Part 1)
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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How can insights from the arts and humanities help us cope with difficult times?

Bought by KMUN, KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, KALW, KTSW 89.9, GCR (Global Community Radio) and more


  • Added: Jan 02, 2021
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 10
The Spiritual Lives of The Beatles
From: Frederick Stella
Series: Common Threads: An Interfaith Dialogue
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These are 2 episodes featuring discussions with Kenneth Womack, one of the most prolific writers on all matters Beatle.

  • Added: Dec 22, 2020
  • Length: 56:00
M.C. El Bee: Not Changing That for Anyone
From: Shefik Macauley
Series: Shefik presents Invocation: The Journey Continues
Caption: M.C. El Bee, Credit: Shefik
Identity - Author Larry Boatright, also known as M.C. El Bee in the hip-hop community, talks about the birth and propagation of hip-hop in the 1970...

  • Added: Jul 06, 2020
  • Length: 01:36
Folktale of Civil Rights & Liberties
From: Northeast Indiana Public Radio
Series: Folktales
Caption: WBOI's Folktale of Civil Rights & Liberties, Credit: Julia Meek
Around the musical globe, we're all in this together--let freedom ring!

Bought by KMXT, Raven Radio, WFIU, GCR (Global Community Radio), and KLCC


  • Added: Jun 23, 2020
  • Length: 59:59
  • Purchases: 5
New York Times Bestselling Novelist Meg Wolitzer
From: New Letters on the Air
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For Mother's Day, we'll revisit NEW YORK TIMES Bestselling author, Meg Wolitzer, who reads from her most recent novel, THE FEMALE PERSUASION. She d...

Bought by WDCB


  • Added: May 13, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Twelve Months
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: The Apple Seed
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Often as children, we believe in fairies, magical items, or powerful creatures that can make the world seem vibrant and colorful. To rekindle some ...

  • Added: Mar 16, 2020
  • Length: 57:41
The Tornado and Mr. Snit
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: The Apple Seed
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A collection of stories about stuff that happens in the great outdoors.

  • Added: Jan 23, 2020
  • Length: 52:41
2018-11-25 Holiday Films on Corn, Coal, Lights, and Flights
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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It’s a holiday movie special as Climate One talks to the directors/producers of four recent documentaries that bring human drama to the climate sto...

Bought by WJCT, KZYX, NPR Now, KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA, KUNM and more


  • Added: Nov 20, 2018
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 6
BLINDSPOTTING -- Daveed Diggs and Rafael Casal Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: Rafael Casal & Daveed Diggs, San Francisco, CA 7/12/18, Credit: Andrea Chase
Daveed Diggs and Rafael Casal talk compassion, snap judgments, and the Michael Bay button.

  • Added: Jul 17, 2018
  • Length: 14:08
THREE IDENTICAL STRANGERS -- Tim Wardle Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: Tim Wardle, San Francisco, CA 4/8/18, Credit: Andrea Chase
Tim Wardle talks paranoia, non-coincidences, and existential crises.

  • Added: Jul 05, 2018
  • Length: 18:41
The Insult
From: KXCI
Series: Flicks with the Film Snob Chris Dashiell
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The Insult is another provocative drama about the Middle East from Lebanese director Ziad Doueiri, who made a film a few years ago called The Attac...

  • Added: Apr 03, 2018
  • Length: 04:23
Coco
From: KXCI
Series: Flicks with the Film Snob Chris Dashiell
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Every critic has blind spots. I’m sure I have more than a few. The fact that it’s taken me this long to go see Coco, the latest feature from Disney...

  • Added: Apr 03, 2018
  • Length: 03:52
The Wrong Box
From: KXCI
Series: Flicks with the Film Snob Chris Dashiell
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There’s a special place in my heart for silly comedies. I realize I don’t review these kinds of movies on the show very often, and that’s partly be...

  • Added: Apr 03, 2018
  • Length: 04:46
The Untold Story of St. Cloud's Promise Neighborhood
From: KVSC
Series: Untold Stories of Central Minnesota
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Ever wonder what it takes to get a kid to do their homework? In today’s Untold Story of Central Minnesota, Arts & Cultural Heritage Producer Jeff ...

  • Added: Mar 16, 2018
  • Length: 31:35
Blade Runner & Blade Runner 2049
From: KXCI
Series: Flicks with the Film Snob Chris Dashiell
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This last year saw the release of Blade Runner 2049, a sequel to the 1982 science fiction classic Blade Runner. It’s rather unusual for a sequel to...

  • Added: Jan 24, 2018
  • Length: 04:40
Birding
From: Matthew Simonson
Caption: bird on the cape, Credit: Matthew Simonson
In a busy world, everyone's looking for a place for peace. Ask Skyler Kardell and he'll show you somewhere right in front of your nose. All you n...

Bought by PRX Remix, 'The Sea', and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Jan 05, 2018
  • Length: 04:44
  • Purchases: 3
A Holiday Duel (Hour 1): Presented by The Appetizer Radio Show
From: D. Grant Smith
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This season is filled with music that has been around for years and years, to the degree that most Christmas albums or collections all contain some...

Bought by KRPS


  • Added: Nov 30, 2017
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
A Holiday Duel (Hour 2): Presented by The Appetizer Radio Show
From: D. Grant Smith
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Our special continues with a historic and introspective look at other holiday classics including one of the most historic Christmas songs of all-ti...

Bought by KRPS


  • Added: Nov 30, 2017
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
More with Georgia Poet and Novelist Judson Mitcham
From: New Letters on the Air
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Georgia State Poet Laureate Judson Mitcham, whose work will appear in THE BEST AMERICAN POETRTY 2017, is also a gifted fiction writer. In this sho...

Bought by WNJR


  • Added: Jul 26, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Tabah
From: KQAL
Series: The Live Feed
Caption: Tabah
On this episode of The Live Feed, we visit with an indie rock group from Minneapolis. This five piece band hit the scene in 2014 and recently perfo...

  • Added: Jul 07, 2017
  • Length: 33:24
The Artist in Troubled Times -- John Sayles Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
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John Sayles talks art, timing, and why no one else edits his films.

  • Added: May 20, 2017
  • Length: 11:13