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Shelf Discovery: Fat Fridays by Judith Keim
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Shelf Discovery
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On this week's Shelf Discovery, Kristin dines with the girls in Judith Keim's Fat Fridays.

Bought by KKRN, GCR (Global Community Radio), and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Nov 22, 2016
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 3
Shelf Discovery: It Ends with Us by Colleen Hoover
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Shelf Discovery
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On this week's Shelf Discovery, Kristin joins a young woman on the rocky road to recovery in author Colleen Hoover's It Ends with Us.

Bought by KKRN, WMUU-LP, and WLPR


  • Added: Sep 06, 2016
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 3
Shelf Discovery: How to Be a Grown-Up by Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Shelf Discovery
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On this week's Discovery, Kristin follows a single mom through New York City in How to Be a Grown-Up by Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus.

Bought by KKRN, WTIP, and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Aug 30, 2016
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 3
Shelf Discovery: Opening Belle by Maureen Sherry
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Shelf Discovery
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On this week's Shelf Discovery, Kristin heads to Wall Street for Maureen Sherry's Opening Belle.

Bought by KKRN


  • Added: Feb 16, 2016
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 1
Uptalk on Jeopardy (Hour Long Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Uptalk is that rising, questioning tone some people use when ending a statement. And women aren't the only ones who do it—so finds a study of conte...

Bought by WCNY, WVTF, KEDT, KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, WTJU and more


  • Added: Sep 04, 2015
  • Length: 53:55
  • Purchases: 7
Southern California: 1903-1945
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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Radio Curious revisits a conversation with David Ebershoff, author “Pasadena,” a book about storytelling through the life of Linda Stamp, a young g...

  • Added: Sep 02, 2015
  • Length: 29:01
Shelf Discovery: Gummi Bears Should Not Be Organic by Stefanie Wilder-Taylor
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Shelf Discovery
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On this week's Shelf Discovery, Kristin commiserates with another tired mama in Stefanie Wilder-Taylor's Gummi Bears Should Not Be Organic.

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, Harford Community Radio, and KKRN


  • Added: Jun 02, 2015
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 3
Under Magnolia (Feature)
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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Best known for her books about the joys of life in Italy, Frances Mayes has published a new memoir. But this time, she takes her readers back to he...

Bought by KENW, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and KKRN


  • Added: May 29, 2015
  • Length: 03:43
  • Purchases: 3
Truth and Fiction (Half Hour Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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A new online archive of Grimm’s fairy tales reveals the evolution of these iconic stories, whose earlier versions were often violent and sexually s...

Bought by WJCT, WABE, KRDP, WYAP, KENW and more


  • Added: Feb 27, 2015
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 6
Truth and Fiction (Hour Long Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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A new online archive of Grimm’s fairy tales reveals the evolution of these iconic stories, whose earlier versions were often violent and sexually s...

Bought by WCNY, KKRN, KREV-LP, WTJU, and KUNV


  • Added: Feb 27, 2015
  • Length: 53:55
  • Purchases: 5
Furious Flower: Rita Dove
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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Every ten years, the Furious Flower Poetry Conference is held at James Madison University. This year, the event was dedicated to renowned poet Rita...

Bought by KENW and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 10, 2014
  • Length: 02:55
  • Purchases: 2
Who Needs Health Insurance?
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Our healthcare system is in a state of transition, with both doctors and patients anxious about where we’re heading. Many doctors are exploring new...

Bought by WCNY, KVNF, WTJU, and KKRN


  • Added: Jul 18, 2014
  • Length: 53:57
  • Purchases: 4
A Burnable Book (Hour Long Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Murder, mystery, and poetry come together in medieval scholar Bruce Holsinger’s new novel set in Chaucer’s London.

Bought by WCNY, WTJU, and KKRN


  • Added: May 30, 2014
  • Length: 53:57
  • Purchases: 3
A Conversation with Crime Writer, Laura Lippman
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Laura Lippman talks about crime fiction, journalism and the social novel. [30:30]

Bought by KPIP-LP and KVSC


  • Added: Mar 09, 2012
  • Length: 30:12
  • Purchases: 2
Capes and Corsets
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Chicks who dig comics, fighting the epic battle against sexism

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, WRST-FM Oshkosh, WRVO Public Media, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 16, 2012
  • Length: 06:17
  • Purchases: 4
Sarahlee Lawrence, author of River House: A Memoir
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Sarahlee Lawrence grew up in remote central Oregon and spent her days dreaming about leaving her small town for adventure. By the age of 21, Lawren...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 06, 2011
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 1
Ursula K. Le Guin: "Out Here"
From: Dmae Lo Roberts
Series: Stage and Studio
Caption: Ursula K. Le Guin, Credit: Photo Credit: Richard Jensen
Dmae Roberts features author Ursula K. Le Guin.

Bought by Room Tone Selects and KLCC


  • Added: Nov 05, 2010
  • Length: 28:57
  • Purchases: 2
United States Poet Laureate Kay Ryan
From: New Letters on the Air
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The 16th U.S. Poet Laureate Kay Ryan talks about what led her to become a poet at 19, how she justifies and legitimizes being a poet to herself and...

  • Added: Unknown
  • Length: 28:56