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The Ekphrasis Poetry Reading
From: New Letters on the Air
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NEW LETTERS ON THE AIR features a program of readings and conversation at Commerce Bank's The Box Gallery. Poets Wyatt Townley, H.C. Palmer, Brian ...

  • Added: Feb 08, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
2022-10-23 Philosophy and the Superhero
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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Holy metaphysics, Batman!

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


  • Added: Oct 24, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 9
National Writers Series: Alex Michaelides
From: Interlochen Public Radio
Series: National Writers Series: Season Three
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Beth Milligan talks with Alex Michaelides, author of "The Silent Patient" and "The Maidens."

Bought by WNMU-FM, Michigan Radio, and WKAR


  • Added: Nov 12, 2021
  • Length: 54:30
  • Purchases: 3
Black Women Writers in History
From: New Letters on the Air
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Women's History Month continues as we go to the archives to revisit Black Women Writers in History, a program that examines important African-Ameri...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, High Plains Public Radio, WRKF, WDCB and more


  • Added: Mar 17, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 28
Cat's Climate
From: Emily T Griffiths
Series: Device
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How accurate was Vonnegut when he described the end of the world? We tackle climate science with climate researchers from the Scripp’s Institute of...

  • Added: May 01, 2019
  • Length: 24:57
The Benjy Section 09
From: Ken Cormier
Series: The Benjy Section
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“Drowning Dogs,” a short story by Joan Joffe Hall, recorded at her home in 2006. Song: “Kill That Fly,” by Psychedeladelphia (from The Blister Pa...

  • Added: Mar 06, 2019
  • Length: 08:13
How to Read This Essay
From: Kathryn Petruccelli
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Winner of San Francisco's 2015 LitQuake essay contest. Published in Word Riot (with audio) December 2015.

  • Added: Nov 26, 2018
  • Length: 03:18
The Write Question - Cai Emmons - 344
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Cai Emmons discusses her novel, "Weather Woman." She also reads a short passage.

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 02, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
John Ashbery: Past American Voice
From: New Letters on the Air
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NEW LETTERS ON THE AIR pays tribute to the Past American Voice of John Ashbery. The poet, critic, and translator, who died on September 3rd at age ...

  • Added: Sep 13, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
Meet Fredrik, Founder of ShowerBeer!
From: Free Epistemology with Mark Solomon
Series: The Wine Fellers Radio Program
Caption: The Wine Fellers
Meet the Founder of Shower Beer, Beer Specifically Created for the Shower.

  • Added: Apr 11, 2017
  • Length: 59:59
Aging Voices Read “The Road Not Taken”
From: Open Orchard Productions
Series: The Harvest by Open Orchard Productions
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Inspired by Frost’s focus on the choices we make throughout our lives, Sarah Milad has recorded voices from progressive ages to read his poem. The ...

  • Added: Apr 14, 2014
  • Length: 01:17
Holding On - Letting Go (w/Lux Land)
From: Ian Lawton
Series: Soulseeds Radio
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Holding on is part of what it is to be truly alive and to be in every moment, whatever it is. Holding on is part of being alive. And then there's...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Aug 14, 2013
  • Length: 31:24
  • Purchases: 1
A Work In Progress (w/Channing and Quinn)
From: Ian Lawton
Series: Soulseeds Radio
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Why do we expect ourselves to know things that we don't yet know? If we would truly trust the timing of our own evolution, then we'd stop expecting...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Aug 07, 2013
  • Length: 30:17
  • Purchases: 1
One Human Family (w/Brian Vander Ark
From: Ian Lawton
Series: Soulseeds Radio
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The solution to the great problems of the world including racism, begin within; with accepting your own wholeness, accepting that you don't have to...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Aug 07, 2013
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
No More Hurting People With Brian Vander Ark (Boston Bombing
From: Ian Lawton
Series: Soulseeds Radio
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The image of 8 year old Martin Richard holding a handmade sign saying, "No more hurting people- Peace" pretty well broke my heart. To think that he...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Apr 23, 2013
  • Length: 28:12
  • Purchases: 1
Soul Searching (with Garrett Borns)
From: Ian Lawton
Series: Soulseeds Radio
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Host Ian Lawton explores the meaning of soul, and living soulfully, in this episode featuring original singer songwriter Garret Borns.

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Mar 15, 2013
  • Length: 27:54
  • Purchases: 1
A Conversation with Natalie Merchant
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Natalie Merchant discusses her love of poetry. [24 :27]

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: Jun 11, 2012
  • Length: 24:38
  • Purchases: 1
A Simple Rigid Structure
From: Brian Bahouth
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A Simple Rigid Structure is a short story that illustrates how tragically submissive and pliable a person will be for acceptance and love.

  • Added: Apr 27, 2012
  • Length: 14:07
Yesterday I Burned Things - radio friendly
From: Brian Bahouth
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The short story Yesterday I Burned Things is an indictment of the unknowing sameness that, to varying degrees, draws us all into the vulgar center.

  • Added: Apr 27, 2012
  • Length: 05:50
The Bushwick Book Club Seattle Presents!: Katrina Kope on Mary Doria Russell's The Sparrow
From: Geoff Larson
Series: The Bushwick Book Club Seattle Presents!
Caption: Katrina Kope, Credit: Ken Lapworth
Songwriter Katrina Kope discusses writing songs inspired by Mary Doria Russell's The Sparrow. Written and performed for the monthly showcase The B...

  • Added: Mar 28, 2012
  • Length: 05:00
The Bushwick Book Club Seattle Presents!: MoZo on writing songs inspired by Howard Zinn's A People's History of the United States
From: Geoff Larson
Series: The Bushwick Book Club Seattle Presents!
Caption: MoZo, Credit: Wade Trenbeath
Songwriters Moe Provencher and Aimee Zoe of MoZo discuss their song inspired by Howard Zinn's A People's History of the United States. Written and...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 25, 2012
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 1
Ozark Reflections, an American Story
From: Gumbeater
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An audio drama overview of the places, folkways, history and realities of the Ozark region of mid-America from the early 1800's to the present.

  • Added: Jan 20, 2012
  • Length: 36:21
My Audio Universe Winter 2011
From: Brian Bahouth
Series: My Audio Universe - 59:00
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In this edition of My Audio Universe we feature four short stories selected from the spectrum of online literary publications and adapted to audio ...

Bought by KMXT and WNIJ


  • Added: Dec 29, 2011
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
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
Three Cups of Tea
From: War News Radio
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From Ground Up (23 April 2010): War News Radio reports on the book Three Cups of Tea.

  • Added: Apr 23, 2010
  • Length: 07:35