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How gratuitous violence is increasingly turning off viewers - Why German detectives are pacifists - Godzilla's hidden messages - The lasting wisdom...
- Added: Jan 06, 2017
- Length: :30
- Purchases: 2
How gratuitous violence is increasingly turning off viewers - Why German detectives are pacifists - Godzilla's hidden messages - The lasting wisdom...
Bought by WCNY, WRST-FM Oshkosh, WEZU, WTJU, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and more
- Added: Jan 06, 2017
- Length: 53:57
- Purchases: 9
How gratuitous violence is increasingly turning off viewers - Why German detectives are pacifists - Godzilla's hidden messages
Bought by WJCT, WFHB, KKRN, WUGA (part of GPB), WNMU-FM and more
- Added: Jan 06, 2017
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 7
Mystery Writer Laura Lippman talks about the terrifying brilliance of Edgar Allan Poe.
Bought by WLPR , WNJR, Radio Catskill, and WMUU-LP
- Added: Oct 28, 2016
- Length: 28:58
- Purchases: 4
From his philosophy on editing to the best advice for aspiring writers, Chuck Klosterman brings us into his creative process.
Bought by KGUA
- Added: Aug 11, 2016
- Length: 08:41
- Purchases: 1
Anyone who's ever been an awkward adolescent knows that for decades now, dog-eared copies of Judy Blume's books have been passed around school play...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Aug 08, 2016
- Length: 07:08
- Purchases: 1
Donald Hall is now 87 and no longer writing poetry, a pursuit he calls "a young man's game" which takes "too much testosterone." But Hall, former P...
- Added: Aug 08, 2016
- Length: 06:57
As a writer, Joe Hill's family name could have given him a leg up. Instead, he chose to create his own. In this episode of the 10-Minute Writer's W...
- Added: Aug 08, 2016
- Length: 12:19
The bestselling author of Major Pettigrew's Last Stand - and bonafide Charming British Lady - Helen Simonson lets us in on her writing process, her...
- Added: Aug 08, 2016
- Length: 09:31
Aaron Mahnke is creator of the spooky folktale podcast Lore which quickly shot up the iTunes charts and landed him a television deal. He's also a n...
- Added: Aug 08, 2016
- Length: 11:36
Richard Russo is the Pulitzer prize-winning author of Empire Falls and Nobody’s Fool - both adapted into films starring Paul Newman. He returns to ...
- Added: Aug 08, 2016
- Length: 07:41
"Kill 'em and leave" was James Brown's commandment to his band before every show...it's also the title of a biography of the soul legend, the lates...
- Added: Aug 08, 2016
- Length: 09:52
In this episode, married co-authors Kevin Flynn & Rebecca Lavoie. Together, they have written four true crime books, most recently Dark Heart: A Tr...
- Added: Aug 08, 2016
- Length: 08:13
Alexander Chee is a careful craftsman of language. As we came to find out, when we talked to him from Argot Studios in NYC, he is as measured, unas...
- Added: Aug 08, 2016
- Length: 10:05
We spoke to YouTube superstar Grace Helbig after the publication of her second tongue-in-cheek guide, Grace & Style: The Art of Pretending You Have...
- Added: Aug 08, 2016
- Length: 06:00
Tom Perrotta is the author behind, among others, Little Children, The Abstinence Teacher, and The Leftovers, now a hit HBO drama which he co-writes...
- Added: Aug 08, 2016
- Length: 12:45
Megan Abbott has been called "David Lynch for teenagers". Her 2014 novel "The Fever" landed on best books of the year lists from The School Library...
- Added: Aug 08, 2016
- Length: 06:38
The prolific author of The No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency series talks about his writing process.
- Added: Aug 08, 2016
- Length: 09:57
Salman Rushdie is a Booker-Award-winning novelist and the prolific author of a number of non-fiction works, children's books, and essays. He joined...
- Added: Aug 05, 2016
- Length: 10:08
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
Justin Cronin's book, The City of Mirrors marks the end of the Passage trilogy--and what a ride it was!
- Added: Jul 12, 2016
- Length: 28:29
- Purchases: 2
Pulitzer Prize winning playwright Paula Vogel has tackled traditionally taboo subjects. In a different role, Vogel has also distinguished herself a...
- Added: May 13, 2016
- Length: 28:59
- Purchases: 8
A life out of the ordinary: Through memories, songs and poetry, David Baumgarten chronicles his early days in Southern California to his many trave...
- Added: May 08, 2016
- Length: 08:20
Georgia State Poet Laureate Judson Mitcham shares stories about some of his influences, including the late poets Richard Hugo, William Stafford and...
Bought by WNJR
- Added: Apr 13, 2016
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
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
