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Caption: Virginia Prescott chats with Alexander McCall Smith backstage at The Music Hall in Portsmouth, Credit: Sara Plourde
The prolific author of The No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency series talks about his writing process.

  • Added: Aug 08, 2016
  • Length: 09:57
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Interviews with Author Kevin Hall and Dark Shadows Actor and Author Kathryn Leigh Scott. Plus various musical artists.

  • Added: Jul 13, 2016
  • Length: 59:50
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An unusual and irreverent comic strip about a misfit cat served as inspiration to 20th century poet e e cummings.

  • Added: Feb 08, 2016
  • Length: :58
Caption: Maurice Sendak's self-portrait with Mickey Mouse, Credit: Maurice Sendak
Children's author Maurice Sendak was a big collector of Disney paraphenalia

  • Added: Feb 08, 2016
  • Length: :59
Caption: Frank O'Hara
American poet Frank O'Hara got into trouble with his overbearing mother.

  • Added: Feb 03, 2016
  • Length: :58
Caption: Jonathan Goldstein, Credit: Shane Epping
Writer and radio producer Jonathan Goldstein talks about starting out in radio, working at This American Life, and blurring the line between fact &...

  • Added: Jan 17, 2016
  • Length: 09:53
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With the publication of her memoir, “You’re Never Weird On The Internet,” Felicia Day walks Michael through how she made her own success on her ter...

  • Added: Jan 06, 2016
  • Length: 01:04:34
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In Part 2 of Michael’s interview with Best-selling Author David Sedaris, they talk about growing up Sedaris and how his relationship with his fathe...

  • Added: Dec 29, 2015
  • Length: 34:48
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NPR Humorist and Best-selling Author of “Me Talk Pretty One Day” and “When You Are Engulfed in Flames” talks to Michael about his rise to success

  • Added: Dec 22, 2015
  • Length: 43:00
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Arlo returns to Big Top to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the event that inspired his seminal song, ‘Alice’s Restaurant Massacree’. We’re pleas...

Bought by KRCB 104.9, KMXT, WPCA-LP, KALH, KPIP-LP and more


  • Added: Dec 22, 2015
  • Length: 59:20
  • Purchases: 12
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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Join us for the perfect bedtime story full of kings, queens, princes, princesses, fairies, merfolk, giant eagles, trained cats, magic, and lessons ...

  • Added: Sep 08, 2015
  • Length: 28:31
Caption: Sherman Alexie (left) with Katy Sewall and Steve Scher, Credit: Joshua Diltz
Native American author, Sherman Alexie, joins Katy Sewall and Steve Scher live on stage to talk about urban animal encounters. The result is a hila...

  • Added: Aug 09, 2015
  • Length: 01:41:12
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The Art and Entertainment News That You Want To Know!!! Featuring our New York correspondent Chrissy McIntyre, Author Chip Wagar, and Cuba Straits...

  • Added: Jun 24, 2015
  • Length: 57:41
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The Art and Entertainment News That You Want To Know!!! Featuring the New Zealand band Ivy Blue, Author Martin Lastrapes, and Night Fall by New Yo...

  • Added: Jun 10, 2015
  • Length: 57:31
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Forget words for a moment; look at the spaces between the words.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 23, 2015
  • Length: 10:21
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Tent Show Radio
Terrance Simien (born September 3, 1965 in Mallet, Louisiana) is an American zydeco musician, vocalist and songwriter. He and his band won the Gra...

Bought by KSRQ, KALH, WRNC-LP, KMSU, WDSE and more


  • Added: Apr 14, 2015
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 8
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Cryptic crosswords: delightful brain exercise, or the infernal taunting of the incomprehensible?

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 10, 2015
  • Length: 16:28
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Tent Show Radio
Tune in this week as host Michael Perry welcomes the world-chart-topping boys and girl ~ Gaelic Storm ~ to the Big Top stage!

Bought by KMSU, KALH, KPIP-LP, WRNC-LP, KSRQ and more


  • Added: Apr 09, 2015
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 9
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You'd think you could trust dictionaries, but it turns out, they are riddled with LIES.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 26, 2015
  • Length: 15:26
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Tonya Pinkins
In Forward Observer, Tony Award winner Tonya Pinkins plays a harried Veterans Administration Hospital clerk. An elderly World War II veteran is giv...

Bought by Connecticut Public (WNPR), KUNM, Oregon Public Broadcasting, and KUNM


  • Added: Mar 17, 2015
  • Length: 53:00
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: Tent Show Radio
Tent Show Radio is pleased to welcome back to the Big Top stage Bayfield’s very own blues, folk, rock musician Corey Carlson and his Big City Band....

Bought by KALH, KMSU, KSRQ, WDSE, WUMB and more


  • Added: Mar 12, 2015
  • Length: 59:30
  • Purchases: 8
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Tim Dorsey was a reporter and editor for the Tampa Tribune from 1987 to 1999, and is the author of seventeen other novels: Tiger Shrimp Tango, The ...

  • Added: Jan 23, 2015
  • Length: 11:04
Caption: Tent Show Radio
McLean recorded his first album, Tapestry, in 1969 in Berkeley, California, during the student riots. After being rejected 72 times by labels, the ...

Bought by KFCF FM, KALH, KMSU, KPIP-LP, KHNS and more


  • Added: Jan 13, 2015
  • Length: 59:30
  • Purchases: 11