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"The Disclosure", a short story about John Rabe (1882–1950) by Michael Henrik Wynn
From: Michael Henrik Wynn
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The Second World War had been raging for some years in Asia, when Germany invaded the Sudentenland. One of the great heroes of the struggle against...

  • Added: May 25, 2024
  • Length: 13:11
"Colored Blues Singer" by Countee Cullen w/ Blind Willie Johnson
From: Michael Henrik Wynn
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Countee Cullen (1903-1946) was a well known African American poet during the Harlem Renaissance in the 1920s and 30s. In this video I have set a r...

  • Added: May 13, 2024
  • Length: 03:06
Wordsworth & Jazz
From: Michael Henrik Wynn
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A public domain reading of Wordsworth's "I wandered lonely as a cloud" set to public domain jazz. The result was surprisingly good.

  • Added: May 13, 2024
  • Length: 03:52
MN Reads: "Sure, I'll Join Your Cult" by Maria Bamford
From: WDSE
Series: MN Reads
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Comedian Maria Bamford talks about her new book "Sure, I'll Join Your Cult"

  • Added: Feb 15, 2024
  • Length: 10:19
Skin Deep
From: This Is Science With Jess Phoenix
Series: This Is Science with Jess Phoenix
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Happy Halloween! Jess talks with UCLA librarian Megan Rosenbloom about the spooky science of uncovering what makes some old books extra rare.

Bought by WORT


  • Added: Oct 31, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Inside Studio 54 – The Real Story of Sex, Drugs & Rock ‘n’ Roll – Chapter 2
From: Adam Scull
Series: WPRN Public Radio
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Written by Mark Fleischman, with Denise Chatman and Mimi Fleischman Chapter Two: The Raid on Studio 54 Studio 54 first opened in April 1977 and b...

  • Added: Aug 05, 2022
  • Length: 27:38
Poet and Essayist Kathryn Nuernberger
From: New Letters on the Air
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Poet and essayist Kathryn Nuernberger discusses how she once shied away from being a "woman writer" and why she now embraces it, as she reads from ...

  • Added: Mar 16, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
Native Guard
From: L.A. Theatre Works
Series: L.A. Theatre Works
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A Pulitzer Prize-winner for Black History Month.

Bought by KFCF FM, Spokane Public Radio, WPCA-LP, KMUN, KUOW and more


  • Added: Feb 16, 2022
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 18
Conger Beasley Jr.: Past American Voice
From: New Letters on the Air
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NEW LETTERS ON THE AIR features the Past American Voice of Conger Beasley Jr. whose last book, ON BECOMING APACHE, was published posthumously at th...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio)


  • Added: Aug 19, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
More with Lawyer turned Poet Monica Youn
From: New Letters on the Air
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We begin Asian Pacific American Heritage Month with a conversation with lawyer-turned-poet Monica Youn. Though both her parents were born in Korea,...

Bought by KWMR, GCR (Global Community Radio), and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: May 06, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
U.S. Poet Laureate (2015-2017) Juan Felipe Herrera
From: New Letters on the Air
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National Hispanic Heritage Month continues with the first Chicano U.S. Poet Laureate, Juan Felipe Herrera who served from 2015-17. With the recent...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), WETS, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WMUU-LP, and WNJR


  • Added: Sep 30, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 5
505: Searching For Order In The Universe / 506: Guilt Tripping, 8/8/2020
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "Searching For Order In The Universe" - The universe is full of mystery. This hour, what do fish and eels have to do with the maddening s...

  • Added: Aug 07, 2020
  • Length: 01:58:57
A Perfect World
From: Eric Molinsky
Series: Imaginary Worlds
Caption: Victor Considerant, with tail, Credit: Eric Molinsky
A French philosopher was certain his ideas would help human beings evolve -- not just emotionally or psychologically. We would grow tails. In this ...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, WABE, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 27, 2019
  • Length: 17:22
  • Purchases: 3
The Write Question - Megan McNamer - 398
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Megan McNamer discusses her novel, "Home Everywhere." She also reads a short passage.

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 09, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
The Write Question - Sharma Shields - 390
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Sharma Shields discusses her novel, The Cassandra. She also reads a short passage.

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 20, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
The Write Question - Simeon Mills - 386
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Simeon Mills discusses his novel about growing up robot in the 1990s, The Obsoletes. He also reads two short selections.

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


  • Added: Jul 24, 2019
  • Length: 28:53
  • Purchases: 3
The Write Question - Allen Morris Jones - 382
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Allen Morris Jones discusses his noir mystery novel, "Sweeney on the Rocks." He also reads short passages.

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 27, 2019
  • Length: 28:57
  • Purchases: 2
The Benjy Section 12
From: Ken Cormier
Series: The Benjy Section
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“Stiff,” words and music by Ken Cormier. *** Subscribe to The Benjy Section.

  • Added: Apr 02, 2019
  • Length: 09:58
The Benjy Section 11
From: Ken Cormier
Series: The Benjy Section
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“A Day in the Life of a Conversationalist,” by Ken Cormier. *** Subscribe to The Benjy Section.

  • Added: Apr 02, 2019
  • Length: 07:29
The Benjy Section 10
From: Ken Cormier
Series: The Benjy Section
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“My Mind,” a song by John P. Burke, “We Are Not Responsible,” a poem by Harryette Mullen (recorded at Soul Mountain, East Haddam, CT, July 2007), “...

  • Added: Mar 15, 2019
  • Length: 09:27
The Benjy Section 06
From: Ken Cormier
Series: The Benjy Section
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Auto Composition 51: “Dogs,” by Ken Cormier

  • Added: Feb 10, 2019
  • Length: 04:26
The Benjy Section 05
From: Ken Cormier
Series: The Benjy Section
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"Commerce," by Ken Cormier

  • Added: Feb 04, 2019
  • Length: 06:49
Poets and NEA Fellows Hadara Bar-Nadav & Kathryn Nuernberger
From: New Letters on the Air
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Poets Hadara Bar-Nadav and Kathryn Nuernberger, who were both chosen as 2017 NEA Literary Fellows, talk about their work in this interview at the K...

  • Added: Jan 16, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
Arcadia (Part Two) and The Unexpected Man
From: L.A. Theatre Works
Series: L.A. Theatre Works
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The conclusion of Tom Stoppard's crash course in landscape gardening, literature, and chaos theory.

Bought by KKRN, KKRN, Spokane Public Radio, KMUN, KKRN and more


  • Added: Jan 16, 2019
  • Length: 01:57:58
  • Purchases: 16
Arcadia (Part One)
From: L.A. Theatre Works
Series: L.A. Theatre Works
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A crash course in mathematics, landscape gardening, literature, and chaos theory, courtesy of Tom Stoppard.

Bought by KKRN, KKRN, Spokane Public Radio, KKRN, KWMR and more


  • Added: Jan 16, 2019
  • Length: 01:57:58
  • Purchases: 16