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CONTENT WARNING: Be wary of listening to this episode around young children, as there may be life spoilers. Historian Greg Jenner traces the origin...
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio
- Added: Dec 14, 2015
- Length: 25:35
- Purchases: 1
Over a spicey breakfast, author David Baldacci sits down with host of The Dinner Party, Elysabeth Alfano, to talk about his prolific writing rhythm...
- Added: Dec 07, 2015
- Length: 45:06
Jason’s first novel was inspired by a dream in which his late mother visited him. He goes on to describe his day job while he was writing the book ...
Bought by KCMJ Community Radio and KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio
- Added: Feb 19, 2015
- Length: 09:55
- Purchases: 2
From Split This Rock in Spring of 2014, Quiddity sits down with poet Tim Seibles
- Added: Dec 09, 2014
- Length: 18:13
The World War Z author Max Brooks isn't kidding when it comes to zombies.
- Added: Oct 30, 2014
- Length: 28:30
- Purchases: 3
Nancy Schoenberger chronicles the tempestuous romance of Liz & Dick in her book Furious Love: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, and the Marriage of...
- Added: Jul 03, 2014
- Length: 53:58
- Purchases: 4
Gia Coppola talks collaboration, going with her gut, and using dreams as tools.
- Added: May 16, 2014
- Length: 08:56
Yoko Ono is best known for her marriage to John Lennon and was vilified by the press in the 1960s for her perceived role in the breakup of the Beat...
Bought by WJCT, KVNF, WLIW, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., and WMNF
- Added: May 09, 2014
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 5
Yoko Ono is best known for her marriage to John Lennon and was vilified by the press in the 1960s for her perceived role in the breakup of the Beat...
- Added: May 09, 2014
- Length: 53:57
- Purchases: 2
A spread of new books about food: from evil sugar to wonderful wine.
- Added: Apr 04, 2014
- Length: 54:10
With seven unpublished novels wasting away on his hard drive, Tony Vanderwarker was astonished when world-renowned author John Grisham offered to t...
Bought by WJCT, WTJU, WMNF, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., and WLIW
- Added: Mar 21, 2014
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 5
With seven unpublished novels wasting away on his hard drive, Tony Vanderwarker was astonished when world-renowned author John Grisham offered to t...
Bought by WCNY
- Added: Mar 21, 2014
- Length: 53:51
- Purchases: 1
You've heard of Robin Hood, King Arthur, and even Beowulf. But Bevis of Hampton?
- Added: Oct 28, 2013
- Length: 28:59
- Purchases: 2
You've heard of Robin Hood, King Arthur, and even Beowulf. But Bevis of Hampton?
Bought by WCNY, KWMR, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, and KPIP-LP
- Added: Oct 28, 2013
- Length: 53:50
- Purchases: 4
Filmmaker Stephen Silha talks serendipity, flow charts, and why the motto “adventure not predicament” are words to live by
- Added: Oct 01, 2013
- Length: 13:54
On this episode of Art Beat, we feature a MN based writer that creates his art in coffee shops. William Kent Kruger has written over 15 novels, 13 ...
- Added: Aug 16, 2013
- Length: 37:44
- Purchases: 2
Director James Ponsoldt talks dignity, Geiger counters of honesty, and where to get a great piece of pie.
- Added: Aug 04, 2013
- Length: 13:54
A tornado that devastated Fayetteville, Tennessee the week author Clint McCown was born is the setting for his latest award-winning novel, Haints.
- Added: Jul 12, 2013
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 2
A Confederacy of Dunces, by New Orleans-born John Kennedy Toole, is one of the great stories of American literature. A new biography of Toole tells...
- Added: May 10, 2013
- Length: 53:54
- Purchases: 4
Walter Salles talks searching for freedom, finding the story behind the book, and bicycling with Lawrence Ferlinghetti.
- Added: Mar 24, 2013
- Length: 14:56
Joseph Gordon-Levitt talks prosthetics, connections, and why he is moved by the poetry of French snails.
- Added: Sep 30, 2012
- Length: 11:47
On this episode of Wordy Birds we interview author and filmmaker Carson Mell about his lastest book, The Blue Bourbon Orchestra, and its themes of ...
- Added: Jul 17, 2012
- Length: 26:39
In the “Great Golf Marathon of 1938,” an eccentric Chicago stockbroker attracted international attention by wagering he could play 33 rounds of gol...
Bought by WJCT, Harford Community Radio, and KMXT
- Added: May 31, 2012
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 3
The stories behind two giants of Southern Gothic literature.
Bought by WJCT, Harford Community Radio, and KWMR
- Added: May 24, 2012
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 3
Nicholas Sparks talks romance, editing, and why dogs are an author's best friend.
- Added: Apr 18, 2012
- Length: 12:21
