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601: Episode 601: Susanna Hoffs, Atsuko Okatsuka, Kevin Wilson, 5/5/2023
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: BETA
Caption: Atsuko Okatsuka, Credit: Courtesy HBO
Bangles co-founder, Susanna Hoffs, joins us to talk about writing her debut novel and recording a new album. Also, comedian Atsuko Okatsuka intrude...

  • Added: Apr 21, 2023
  • Length: 52:00
Bound Unto Root: The Golden Pith
From: Dominic Francisco
Caption: Cover image
An array of horror tales that tackle the artistic ego, an original score, and field recordings to insulate a unique atmosphere for the mind.

  • Added: Apr 04, 2023
  • Length: 02:20:37
695: As Read By The Author / 696: Loving Bees, 6/4/2022
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: 'As Read By The Author' - One of the most fun things we get to do is bring the soundscape of a novel to life — cue the monsters, the stor...

  • Added: Jun 03, 2022
  • Length: 01:59:01
Lights, Camera, Author! - Sandra Niemi
From: Jim Junot
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An interview with Sandra Niemi, author of "Glamour Ghoul: The Passions and Pain of the Real Vampira, Maila Nurmi." Niemi is Nurmi's niece and she ...

  • Added: Jan 29, 2021
  • Length: 29:08
Award-winning Poet and Fiction Writer Laura Kasischke
From: New Letters on the Air
Caption: Photo by David Shankbone CC BY 3.0
The National Book Critics Circle Award-winning poet, Laura Kasischke discusses her journey to writing fiction. Now the author of nine novels, she ...

  • Added: Jan 28, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
The Junot Files: Peter David
From: Jim Junot
Series: Lights, Camera, Author!
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An interview with Peter David, author of "Mr. Sulu Grabbed My Ass, and Other Highlights from a Life in Comics, Novels, Television, Films and Video ...

  • Added: Dec 10, 2020
  • Length: 27:50
The Benjy Section 04
From: Ken Cormier
Series: The Benjy Section
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Three Auto Compositions (“I Ran a Red Light,” “Digging Up a Clam,” “Gabe Kaplan”) & background music by Ken Cormier

  • Added: Jan 28, 2019
  • Length: 04:46
National Writers Series: Joe Hill
From: Interlochen Public Radio
Series: National Writers Series
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Joe Hill, horror writer and son of legendary author Stephen King, talks with fellow author Loren Estleman.

Bought by WKAR and WDET Detroit Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 21, 2018
  • Length: 54:30
  • Purchases: 2
Getting Down and Dirty with the Classics
From: renee wilde
Series: Culture Couch
Caption: Jonathan Crocker, Credit: renee wilde
William Shakespeare famously said “ all the worlds a stage” and Jonathan Crocker has taken those words to heart. For the past 26 seasons, this Yell...

Bought by WOUB


  • Added: Oct 17, 2016
  • Length: 05:59
  • Purchases: 1
Four Garys: World Premiere. An interview with playwright Jeremiah T.S. Liend
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Area Voices
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Conversation about the unique sci-fi, large scale puppet play "Four Garys" written by Jeremiah T.S. Liend

  • Added: Aug 03, 2016
  • Length: 11:56
Serendipity: The Winners of the First Annual Sarah Awards
From: KCRW's Independent Producer Project
Caption: Serendipity Logo, Credit: Courtesy The Sarah Awards
KCRW presents a special one-hour edition of Serendipity, the podcast of the Sarah Lawrence College International Audio Fiction Awards. This broadca...

Bought by WCQS


  • Added: May 31, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Frank O'Hara
From: Facts About Fiction
Caption: Frank O'Hara
American poet Frank O'Hara got into trouble with his overbearing mother.

  • Added: Feb 03, 2016
  • Length: :58
Stories TATTOOS Tell
From: Peter Johnson
Series: The Author's Corner on Public Radio daily show: NOVEMBER 2014
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Ever wondered what the *tattoos* covering that woman's arm mean? Author Isaac Fitzgerald reads from his new book, Pen & Ink: Tattoos and The Storie...

  • Added: Nov 17, 2014
  • Length: 01:40
The Icy Winds of Lovecraft (Promo)
From: Iain Wilson
Caption: Antarctic explorers discover a creature in a cavern, Credit: Astounding Tales, February 1936
On the 35th Anniversary of Alien, "The Icy Winds of Lovecraft" looks at how Alien and John Carpenter's The Thing were both influenced by the strang...

  • Added: Oct 08, 2014
  • Length: :58
Reading Chekhov
From: Open Source
Series: Open Source with Christopher Lydon
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Our “Reading Chekhov” series culminates in a full hour on the Russian physician who spun the small happenings of old Russia into some of the most p...

Bought by KFOK-LPFM


  • Added: May 30, 2014
  • Length: 58:37
  • Purchases: 1
Natalie Baszile reads from Queen Sugar: A Novel (5/27)
From: Peter Johnson
Series: The Author's Corner on Public Radio daily show: MAY 2014
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100-second module, from our readings for May. A city gal inherits a sugar cane farm.

Bought by WEZU


  • Added: Apr 25, 2014
  • Length: 01:40
  • Purchases: 1
Nancy Hightower reads from Elementari Rising (5/15)
From: Peter Johnson
Series: The Author's Corner on Public Radio daily show: MAY 2014
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100-second module, from our weekday readings for May. Science fiction drama.

Bought by WEZU


  • Added: Apr 24, 2014
  • Length: 01:40
  • Purchases: 1
Peter Cherches reads from Lift Your Right Arm (5/2)
From: Peter Johnson
Series: The Author's Corner on Public Radio daily show: MAY 2014
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100-second module, part of our weekday readings for MAY.

Bought by WEZU


  • Added: Apr 24, 2014
  • Length: 01:40
  • Purchases: 1
Acoustic Stories : Robert Jevne : The Sermon of Spring
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Acoustic Stories
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Robert Jevne discusses his former love of the Chicago Cubs in a lighthearted tone and how their incessant losing seasons defeated his passion for b...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Apr 04, 2013
  • Length: 01:02
  • Purchases: 1
Live Wire! Radio - Episode 164 Encore - NEWSHOLE VERSION
From: Live Wire! Radio
Series: Live Wire
Caption: Eclectic Indie Band Typhoon, Credit: Jennie Baker for Live Wire!
Current Oregon Poet Laureate PAULANN PETERSEN. Her latest book is The Voluptuary. KATE BEATON, cartoonist for The New Yorker, brings her highly a...

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Feb 15, 2012
  • Length: 55:00
  • Purchases: 1
Live Wire! Radio - Episode 164 Encore
From: Live Wire! Radio
Series: Live Wire
Caption: Eclectic Indie Band Typhoon, Credit: Jennie Baker for Live Wire!
Current Oregon Poet Laureate PAULANN PETERSEN. Her latest book is The Voluptuary. KATE BEATON, cartoonist for The New Yorker, brings her highly a...

Bought by Rhythm & News Service


  • Added: Feb 15, 2012
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Live Wire! Radio Episode 173 - Special Studio Session NEWSHOLE VERSION
From: Live Wire! Radio
Series: Live Wire
Caption: Improvisational Comedian Reggie Watts, Credit: Jennie Baker for Live Wire!
Comedian Reggie Watts, Musician and Author Josh Ritter, Radio Talk Show Host Peter Sagal and Author Sarah Vowell.

  • Added: Feb 08, 2012
  • Length: 54:58
Live Wire! Radio Episode 173-Special Studio Session
From: Live Wire! Radio
Series: Live Wire
Caption: Improvisational Comedian Reggie Watts, Credit: Jennie Baker for Live Wire!
Comedian Reggie Watts, Musician and Author Josh Ritter, Radio Talk Show Host Peter Sagal and Author Sarah Vowell.

Bought by KUT, KUOW, Rhythm & News Service, and WNJR


  • Added: Feb 08, 2012
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 4
IBRT Season 1, Episode 1; 'The Thing on the Ice' & 'Ice Lair of the Elder God'
From: Icebox Radio Theater
Series: The Icebox Radio Theater
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The Icebox Radio Theater has been creating great stories about life in the Far-North since 2004. Award-winning, mind bending, spine chilling, laug...

Bought by KRUA and Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota


  • Added: Jan 04, 2012
  • Length: 59:58
  • Purchases: 2
Live Wire! Radio Episode 161
From: Live Wire! Radio
Caption: Pulitzer Prize-winning Journalist Isabel Wilkerson, Credit: Jennie Baker for Live Wire!
Graphic Novelist Craig Thompson, Pulitzer Prize winning Author Isabel Wilkerson, Musical guest Stephanie Schneiderman w/ chorus and string quartet.

Bought by Rhythm & News Service, KUOW, and WNJR


  • Added: Oct 13, 2011
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 3