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The National Endowment for the Arts celebrates author Mat Johnson
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Mat Johnson takes a satirical look at race and identity.

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WNJR, and KVSC


  • Added: Feb 27, 2024
  • Length: 29:56
  • Purchases: 3
Shelf Discovery: This Disaster Loves You by Richard Roper
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Shelf Discovery
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin joins a pub owner’s quest to find his missing wife in This Disaster Loves You by Richard Roper.

Bought by WUTC, WCNY, RADIOLEX, GCR (Global Community Radio), and RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Feb 26, 2024
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 5
Shelf Discovery: Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Shelf Discovery
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin joins a writer on a ski trip with his estranged family in the audio edition of Everyone in My Family Has Ki...

Bought by WUTC, RADIOLEX, KKRN, RadioStPete Florida, and GCR (Global Community Radio)


  • Added: Feb 19, 2024
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 5
The Latin Craze
From: KMUW
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We dig into why certain words are spelled ridiculously, thanks to a bunch of scholars a few hundred years ago who got a little too nutso about maki...

Bought by KRPS


  • Added: Feb 15, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Apple Seed - Chili Cookoff
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: The Apple Seed
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Some communities build stories together through the traditions they maintain. Today, we'll visit a community and it's chili cookoff.

Bought by WVPE, KCNP, KTXK, KSJE, Robin Hood Radio/ WHDD AM 1020/FM 91.9-WLHV FM 88.1 /WGHQ AM 920 and more


  • Added: Feb 15, 2024
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 8
Shelf Discovery: The Fortune Seller by Rachel Kapelke-Dale
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Shelf Discovery
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin follows a young woman’s struggle to fit in with her ultra-rich friends in The Fortune Seller by Rachel Kape...

Bought by KKRN, WUTC, RADIOLEX, WCNY, and RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Feb 12, 2024
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 5
The Apple Seed - The Story Tree
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: The Apple Seed
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On the next episode of the show, stories about stories. Stories about the telling of stories, why they're important and why people love to tell the...

Bought by Robin Hood Radio/ WHDD AM 1020/FM 91.9-WLHV FM 88.1 /WGHQ AM 920, Angelica Community Radio, WVPE, KCNP, KTXK and more


  • Added: Feb 08, 2024
  • Length: 52:51
  • Purchases: 9
Shelf Discovery: Hollywood Hustle by Jon Lindstrom
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Shelf Discovery
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin follows an aging actor on a mission to save his daughter from kidnappers in Hollywood Hustle by Jon Lindstrom.

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), WUTC, WCNY, RADIOLEX, and RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Feb 05, 2024
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 5
Spaceships Over Glasgow
From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library
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On this episode, we looked at the autobiography of Stuart Braithwaite, founder of the long-running post-rock band Mogwai. We listened to some of th...

Bought by Raven Radio


  • Added: Feb 03, 2024
  • Length: 28:29
  • Purchases: 1
You're Saying It Wrong: An Introduction
From: KMUW
Series: You're Saying It Wrong
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Who are we? What are we doing here? This episode will introduce listeners to host Fletcher Powell and language experts Kathy Petras and Ross Petras...

Bought by KECG and KRPS


  • Added: Jan 30, 2024
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 2
The Clinic by Cate Quinn
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Shelf Discovery
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin checks into rehab to search for answers with a grieving sister in The Clinic by Cate Quinn.

Bought by WUTC, RADIOLEX, WCNY, WRMU, GCR (Global Community Radio) and more


  • Added: Jan 29, 2024
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 6
Shelf Discovery: One of the Good Guys by Araminta Hall
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Shelf Discovery
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin joins the search for two missing young woman in Araminta Hall’s One of the Good Guys.

Bought by WUTC, WCNY, RADIOLEX, WRMU, and RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Jan 22, 2024
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 5
Shelf Discovery: Holmes, Marple & Poe by James Patterson and Brian Sitts
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Shelf Discovery
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin examines New York City’s toughest cases with a mysterious trio of private investigators in Holmes, Marple &...

Bought by WUTC, WCNY, RADIOLEX, WRMU, GCR (Global Community Radio) and more


  • Added: Jan 15, 2024
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 6
The Needle and the Lens
From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library
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On this episode of the Polley Music Library Show, we talked about the new book "The Needle and the Lens," which explores pop songs used in film. So...

Bought by Raven Radio


  • Added: Jan 14, 2024
  • Length: 27:32
  • Purchases: 1
An Hour of Storytelling - Fractured Tales and "Test Drive"
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: The Apple Seed
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Stories by Diane Ferlatte and Bil Lepp and an original spy thriller

Bought by KSJE, KECG, WVPE, Robin Hood Radio/ WHDD AM 1020/FM 91.9-WLHV FM 88.1 /WGHQ AM 920, GCR (Global Community Radio) and more


  • Added: Jan 11, 2024
  • Length: 52:51
  • Purchases: 7
Shelf Discovery: A Disappearance in Magicland by Penny Warner
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Shelf Discovery
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin joins a group of code-busting kids on an amusement park adventure in A Disappearance in Magicland, the seve...

Bought by WUTC, KKRN, WCNY, RADIOLEX, WRMU and more


  • Added: Jan 08, 2024
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 7
Krautrock
From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library
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On this episode, we talked about the book "Krautrock," a recent addition to the 33 1/3 "Genre" series that explores the history and influence of Ge...

Bought by Raven Radio


  • Added: Jan 06, 2024
  • Length: 27:34
  • Purchases: 1
Shelf Discovery: Missing by Savannah Brown
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Shelf Discovery
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin follows a teen podcaster on her search for answers to a woman’s decades-old disappearance in Missing by Sav...

Bought by WUTC, RADIOLEX, WCNY, WRMU, GCR (Global Community Radio) and more


  • Added: Jan 01, 2024
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 6
John Luther Adams
From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library
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On this episode, we talked about John Luther Adams and his biography, "Silences So Deep," which focuses on his time living in Alaska between 1978 a...

Bought by Raven Radio


  • Added: Dec 30, 2023
  • Length: 28:33
  • Purchases: 1
Shelf Discovery: How to Walk Yourself Healthy and Happy by Russ Williams
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Shelf Discovery
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin takes a deep dive into her favorite form of exercise with the audio edition of How to Walk Yourself Healthy...

Bought by WUTC, WCNY, KLCC, WRMU, GCR (Global Community Radio) and more


  • Added: Dec 25, 2023
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 6
Shelf Discovery: Perfect Little Lives by Amber and Danielle Brown
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Shelf Discovery
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin follows a young woman on a quest to clear her father’s name in Perfect Little Lives by Amber and Danielle B...

Bought by WCNY, GCR (Global Community Radio), RadioStPete Florida, and WRMU


  • Added: Dec 18, 2023
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 4
Arnold Schoenberg
From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library
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On this episode, we talked about the new Harvey Sachs book "Schoenberg: Why He Matters," which looks at the life and music of a composer who is one...

Bought by Raven Radio


  • Added: Dec 16, 2023
  • Length: 28:39
  • Purchases: 1
Shelf Discovery: Win Lose Kill Die by Cynthia Murphy
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Shelf Discovery
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin joins a group of students as they search for a killer among their classmates in Win Lose Kill Die by Cynthi...

Bought by RADIOLEX, GCR (Global Community Radio), WRMU, RadioStPete Florida, and WUTC


  • Added: Dec 11, 2023
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 5
All in a year: 3 guests, 3 goals, 365 days
From: Connecticut Public (WNPR)
Series: Audacious with Chion Wolf
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On this episode of Audacious, meet people who've spent a year reading over 365 books, becoming fluent in English by watching television, and gotten...

Bought by WRKF


  • Added: Dec 05, 2023
  • Length: 50:00
  • Purchases: 1
Shelf Discovery: Finney and the Secret Tunnel by Jamie Lane Barber
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Shelf Discovery
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin goes on an all-important mission with a clever middle-schooler in Finney and the Secret Tunnel, the first b...

Bought by WCNY, RADIOLEX, WRMU, WUTC, and RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Dec 04, 2023
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 5