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A Conversation With Jonathan Goldstein
From: Missouri Audio Project
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
Cosmic Connections: Two Short Plays by David Auburn and David Ives
From: Playing on Air
Series: Playing on Air Hour Length Episodes
Caption: Amy Ryan
Two short plays. In Pulitzer Prize winner David Auburn’s Fifth Planet, a professional astronomer played by Amy Ryan (Birdman; Gone, Baby, Gone) an...

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


  • Added: Jan 15, 2016
  • Length: 53:00
  • Purchases: 4
Poet Dean Young
From: New Letters on the Air
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As a poet, teacher, and heart transplant recipient, Dean Young realizes that mankind's greatest achievements are the intangible ones. Young, the a...

Bought by WJCU


  • Added: Jan 14, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Author Julianna Baggott--4 kids and 20 books--she explains how she does it.
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Julianna Baggott , Credit: Laura Ciociola
Harriet Wolf’s Seventh Book of Wonders took Julianna Baggott 18 years to write. Julianna discusses how writing 14 other novels in a variety of genr...

Bought by WMUU-LP and KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: Jan 08, 2016
  • Length: 28:29
  • Purchases: 2
THANKSGIVING POEMS: "First Thanksgiving" by Sharon Olds
From: The Poetry Foundation
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A poem about Thanksgiving by Sharon Olds, read by Eliza Foss

  • Added: Nov 05, 2015
  • Length: 01:47
THE END OF THE TOUR -- Jason Segel and James Ponsoldt Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: Jason Segel & James Ponsoldt, San Francisco, CA 5/2/15, Credit: Andrea Chase
Jason Segel and James Ponsoldt talk misconceptions, epiphanies of genius, and the musician’s ear.

  • Added: Aug 08, 2015
  • Length: 16:12
MR. HOLMES -- Jeffrey Hatcher Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: Jeffrey Hatcher, San Francisco, CA 4/25/15, Credit: Andrea Chase
Jeffrey Hatcher talks leaving things out, earning pauses, and why Holmes is a man for all seasons.

  • Added: Jul 15, 2015
  • Length: 16:40
Pulitzer Prize-winning Novelist Jane Smiley
From: New Letters on the Air
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Jane Smiley discusses her 2014 book, SOME LUCK, the first in a trilogy that follows an Iowa farm family for more than a century. Smiley talks about...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and WNJR


  • Added: May 20, 2015
  • Length: 30:30
  • Purchases: 2
Vets and Nets
From: Playing on Air
Series: Playing on Air Hour Length Episodes
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
Love, Poetry, and Philosophy
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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What's love got to do with poetry and philosophy?

Bought by KMUN, KSKQ, KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, XRAY.fm, WMUU-LP and more


  • Added: Mar 03, 2015
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 12
2020-04-19 Poetry as a Way of Knowing
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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Can we come to know things poetically that we couldn't get at through other forms of thinking, writing, or talking?

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), KICI Iowa City, KSKQ, KICI Iowa City, KMUN and more


  • Added: Mar 03, 2015
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 13
First Novel to TV Series: Author Jason Mott and “The Returned"
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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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
Episode One - Fan Mail
From: Binnie Klein
Series: The Thread: Conversations with Arts and Culture Makers
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In the age of texts, twitter and email, do people still write fan letters? What compels us to do so?

  • Added: Dec 24, 2014
  • Length: 29:40
Author Max Brooks has put zombies on the global map!
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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The World War Z author Max Brooks isn't kidding when it comes to zombies.

Bought by WABE, KPIP-LP, and WNJR


  • Added: Oct 30, 2014
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 3
IN THE SHOES OF SHOLOM ALEICHEM -- Theodore Bikel Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: Thedore Bikel, San Francisco, CA 7/31/14 , Credit: Andrea Chase
Theodore Bikel talks not doing the tango, the responsibility of the artist, and why singing a song is never naive.

  • Added: Sep 02, 2014
  • Length: 12:53
Furious Love (Half Hour Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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Nancy Schoenberger chronicles the tempestuous romance of Liz & Dick in her book Furious Love: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, and the Marriage of...

Bought by WJCT, WMNF, WLIW, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Jul 03, 2014
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 4
GORE VIDAL: THE UNITED STATES OF AMNESIA -- Nicholas Wrathall Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: Nicholas Wrathall, San Francisco, CA 6/26/2013, Credit: Andrea Chase
Nicholas Wrathall talks starting at the end, putting his money where his mouth is, and why Gore Vidal could not be ignored.

  • Added: May 23, 2014
  • Length: 19:56
PALO ALTO -- Gia Coppola Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: Gia Coppola, San Francisco, CA 5/2/14, Credit: Andrea Chase
Gia Coppola talks collaboration, going with her gut, and using dreams as tools.

  • Added: May 16, 2014
  • Length: 08:56
Imagining Yoko Ono (Half Hour Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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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
Imagining Yoko Ono (Hour Long Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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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 WCNY and WTJU


  • Added: May 09, 2014
  • Length: 53:57
  • Purchases: 2
Jenifer Ringer: Dancing Through It -- My Journey In the Ballet
From: Peter Johnson
Series: The Author's Corner on Public Radio daily show: March 2014
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This is one example of our 21 weekday 100-second modules for March, 2014.... -- A new author each day reading a compelling passage from their new ...

  • Added: Mar 06, 2014
  • Length: 01:40
BIG JOY: THE ADVENTURES OF JAMES BROUGHTON -- Stephen Silha Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
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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
“You sound like you’re not from around here.” (Hour Long Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Within seconds of hearing someone speak, we make judgments about that person and their background, just based on their accent.

Bought by WCNY, KTSW 89.9, KREV-LP, WNJR, and WTJU


  • Added: Sep 20, 2013
  • Length: 53:51
  • Purchases: 5
Episode 007: Tamara Faith Berger
From: Emily Schultz
Series: Truth & Fiction
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Literature and explicit sexuality collide in Believer Book Award winner Tamara Faith Berger's haunting novel, Maidenhead.

  • Added: Aug 28, 2013
  • Length: 01:04:41