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Old School: A Big Read Documentary
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: The Big Read
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The program features the voices of author, Tobias Wolff, along with a great cast of writers and thinkers: Jonathan Lethem, Lorrie Moore, T.C. Boyle...

Bought by KMUN, KPIP-LP, KQED, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, and KRZA


  • Added: Aug 16, 2011
  • Length: 28:49
  • Purchases: 5
The Joy Luck Club: A Big Read Documentary
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: The Big Read
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A half-hour audio program that explores Amy Tan's gripping, The Joy Luck Club. It features Amy Tan and readings by actress Ming-Na from the film ad...

Bought by Room Tone Selects, KZYX, KMUN, KPIP-LP, KQED and more


  • Added: Aug 12, 2011
  • Length: 28:55
  • Purchases: 6
My Antonia: A Big Read Documentary
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: The Big Read
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A beloved American classic, Willa Cather's My Ántonia is best summarized by its epigraph---"the best days are the first to flee." Garrison Keillor ...

Bought by KMUN, KPIP-LP, and KQED


  • Added: Aug 12, 2011
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 3
To Kill A Mockingbird: A Big Read Documentary
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: The Big Read
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Featuring commentary by actor Robert Duvall, playwright Horton Foote, NEA Jazz Master David Baker, and Former Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, among ot...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, Prairie Public, KMUN, KPIP-LP, KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA and more


  • Added: Aug 12, 2011
  • Length: 29:17
  • Purchases: 19
Fahrenheit 451: A Big Read Documentary
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: The Big Read
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In this half-hour radio show, we'll explore Bradbury's terrifying vision of a future without books as we discuss his groundbreaking 1953 novel, Fah...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, WKMS, KMUN, KFAI Minneapolis, KMUD and more


  • Added: Aug 12, 2011
  • Length: 28:51
  • Purchases: 13
Design Thinking, Collective Action and Peter Drucker
From: The Drucker Institute
Series: Drucker on the Dial
Caption: Roger Martin, Credit: rogerlmartin.com
Host Phalana Tiller interviews authors Roger Martin and James Quigley. And Bloomberg Businessweek online columnist Rick Wartzman delivers a piece ...

Bought by KFOK-LPFM


  • Added: May 12, 2011
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 1
The Last Word on Libraries
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Between You and Me
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The particular and universal state of mind of libraries is one of random discovery.

Bought by WTIP


  • Added: Feb 08, 2011
  • Length: 03:33
  • Purchases: 1
Commentator Guido on Libraries
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Between You and Me
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Guido has always been overly interested in books, and he tells about some of his favorite libraries.

Bought by WTIP


  • Added: Feb 08, 2011
  • Length: 05:06
  • Purchases: 1
Portrait of an Artist: a semi-regular series
From: KUT
Series: Portrait of an Artist-a semi-regular series
Caption: Tomas Q. Morin
Poet, Scholar and Artist Tomas Q. Morin talks about his life and career, and reads a few of his own works.

  • Added: Mar 17, 2010
  • Length: 10:59
Worn Out Wisdom
From: The humble Farmer
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
There are people who scrape together and repackage scraps of tired old worn out wisdom, but when it’s encapsulated they call it an aphorism, becaus...

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Dec 10, 2009
  • Length: :41
  • Purchases: 1
Show 10: John Wesley Harding
From: Bill King
Series: Shakespeare in the Alley: Bob Dylan's Poetics
Caption: Released Dec. 1967
The JWH album traces Dylan's relationship with America and his spritual journey from outlaw to family man, from joker to thief.

Bought by KPIP-LP, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), WMNF, KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm, and WETS


  • Added: Aug 14, 2008
  • Length: 01:02:25
  • Purchases: 5
I'll Be Back Momentarily
From: The humble Farmer
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Dan Rather made it respectable

  • Added: Jun 23, 2008
  • Length: 02:03
Rudolfo Anaya Discusses Oral Tradition in Light of His Novel, "Bless Me, Ultima"
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Literary Moments
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Author Rudolfo Anaya discusses the importance of oral tradition in light of his 1972 novel, "Bless Me, Ultima."

  • Added: Mar 25, 2008
  • Length: :59
Stephen Lang Reads from "A Farewell to Arms" -- with Commentary from Writer Tobias Wolff
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Literary Moments
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Actor Stephen Lang reads from "A Farewell to Arms," Ernest Hemingway's tale of love and loss during World War I. Includes commentary on Hemingway'...

  • Added: Mar 25, 2008
  • Length: 01:59
The Theme of Revival in Zora Neale Hurston's "Their Eyes Were Watching God"
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Literary Moments
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Novelist Alice Walker discusses the theme of revival in Zora Neale Hurston's "Their Eyes Were Watching God."

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Mar 25, 2008
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 1
Joe Gores Discusses Dashiell Hammett's "The Maltese Falcon"
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Literary Moments
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Novelist and former detective, Joe Gores, disucsses the "hardboiled" nature of Dashiell Hammett's timeless thriller, "The Maltese Falcon."

  • Added: Mar 25, 2008
  • Length: 01:29
Sandra Day O'Connor Discusses Justice in "To Kill a Mockingbird"
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Literary Moments
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Former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor discusses Atticus Finch's sense of justice in Harper Lee's "To Kill a Mockingbird."

Bought by KPIK-LP and KMUZ


  • Added: Mar 25, 2008
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 2
Sherlock Holmes and Solar Energy
From: The humble Farmer
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Solar energy problem solved by a superficial knowledge of English literature

Bought by Robin Hood Radio/ WHDD AM 1020/FM 91.9-WLHV FM 88.1 /WGHQ AM 920


  • Added: Mar 24, 2008
  • Length: 01:47
  • Purchases: 1
KERA Commentary: Huckleberry Finesse
From: KERA
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Reaction to controversy at a Texas high school over teaching of "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn".

  • Added: Nov 30, 2007
  • Length: 03:07
KERA Commentary: "Finn"
From: KERA
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A review of the Jon Clinch novel, "Finn".

  • Added: Apr 11, 2007
  • Length: 02:59
KERA Commentary: The Tropic of Censor
From: KERA
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Controversy at a Texas high school over Henry Miller's "Tropic of Cancer"

  • Added: Apr 11, 2007
  • Length: 03:20
"Kill the Editor" by Kim Truong
From: WBEZ
Series: Louder Than a Bomb 2007
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There is an editor within each of us, and sometimes that editor needs to be killed. This poet is a student at Maine East High School (Park Ridge,...

  • Added: Mar 22, 2007
  • Length: 02:26