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America's formidable guardian of the Constitution, Justice Antonin Scalia, is dead...

  • Added: Feb 20, 2016
  • Length: 02:22:45
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Space tribute to Ziggy Stardust, the State of Jefferson is declared from the West steps of California's capitol and elongated skulls found by arche...

  • Added: Jan 16, 2016
  • Length: 02:20:36
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On this episode of Art Beat, we visit with a Winona native who recently penned a book about a Zombie Apocalypse. This author takes notes during his...

  • Added: Dec 30, 2015
  • Length: 11:04
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Kevin Zepper teaches at Minnesota State University - Moorehead.

  • Added: Dec 23, 2015
  • Length: 01:00
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Jacob Marley, Ebenezer Scrooge and company -- and several spirits -- tell a tale of redemption...

  • Added: Dec 20, 2015
  • Length: 02:51:09
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Brian Laidlaw is a graduate of the University of Minnesota MFA program in poetry. He lives in the Twin Cities, and teaches songwriting at McNally S...

  • Added: Nov 19, 2015
  • Length: 01:18
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Etgar Keret, an author and a regular contributor to our show, lives less than a ten minute walk from Kikar Malchey Israel, the square where Rabin w...

  • Added: Nov 09, 2015
  • Length: 20:08
Caption: Kelly Hutchinson
Two short plays by the master of the form, David Ives (Venus In Fur, All in the Timing). In David Ives’ ITS ALL GOOD, a Chicago native visits his h...

Bought by WHRV, Oregon Public Broadcasting, KZYX, and KUNM


  • Added: Oct 14, 2015
  • Length: 53:00
  • Purchases: 4
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Alex Stolis has been a janitor, a counselor, a waiter, a bartender, a housekeeper, a salesman, a cook, a criminal, and has been, and a never was. T...

  • Added: Sep 09, 2015
  • Length: 01:07
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Fun facts about the red planet, John Carter and the Princess of Mars...

Bought by KTSW 89.9


  • Added: Sep 09, 2015
  • Length: 03:07:20
  • Purchases: 1
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California wants to deprive you of fuel, and that's why you're already paying a new "global warming" tax.

  • Added: Sep 03, 2015
  • Length: 15:58
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The dystopian novel, "Nineteen Eighty Four" describes a future society martialed by constant surveillance, tyranny, and torture...

  • Added: Aug 22, 2015
  • Length: 02:20:44
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Mike Finley says about himself, "I'm a Minnesotan who has been writing forever. I seem to write poems that are simultaneously anxiety provoking and...

  • Added: Aug 20, 2015
  • Length: 01:24
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My friend Archie Meade is developing a new literary genre. It's called "arithmefiction." He said "it's like science fiction, only it's about math...

  • Added: Aug 11, 2015
  • Length: 02:49
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POETS OFF THE PAGE: POETRY & MUSIC features an interesting look at the works of three different poets who have recently merged their poetry with mu...

Bought by KWMR, WNJR, WNMU-FM, and WJCU


  • Added: Jul 15, 2015
  • Length: 30:30
  • Purchases: 4
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Donald Dass, a Duluth poet, says about himself that he's a lifelong bon-vivant easing into geezerhood while examines he the mystery, whimsy and fru...

  • Added: Jun 10, 2015
  • Length: 01:29
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Marsh Muirhead is a writer, a dentist, and a flight instructor. He is a winner and twice a finalist of The Great American Think Off. And he is the ...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Mar 26, 2015
  • Length: :59
  • Purchases: 1
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Chaya Gilboa falls deeply in love with a library book, and becomes convinced that her soulmate will have felt the same connection to the text. She ...

  • Added: Mar 09, 2015
  • Length: 12:51
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Brian Beatty is a Minneapolis poet, who's work has appeared in numerous print and online publications. He's also hosted a literary podcast for mnar...

  • Added: Feb 26, 2015
  • Length: 02:14
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Dean Brooks graduated from Bemidji State University in 2012 with a degree in Creative Writing. He looks for inspiration in dusty corners, early mor...

  • Added: Feb 26, 2015
  • Length: 02:06
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Kevin Zepper is an Associate Professor of English at Minnesota State University - Moorehead. He was recently awarded a writing residency at Starry ...

  • Added: Jan 22, 2015
  • Length: 02:38
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Sheila Packa lives in northern Minnesota near Lake Superior. She has published three books of poetry. Sheila Packa also edited the acclaimed anthol...

  • Added: Jan 22, 2015
  • Length: 02:15
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Mike Finley says about himself, "I'm a Minnesotan who has been writing forever. I seem to write poems that are simultaneously anxiety provoking and...

  • Added: Dec 31, 2014
  • Length: 01:25
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Danny Klecko runs a bakery in Saint Paul. Many of his poems are written while he bakes for capitol city. The Beat is a daily reminder that, in Minn...

  • Added: Nov 28, 2014
  • Length: 01:54
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Marlys Guimaraes, a registered nurse is a member of the Jack Pine and League of Minnesota poets. Her work has appeared in the "Talking Stick", "The...

  • Added: Nov 13, 2014
  • Length: 02:31