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On the Road: Jack Kerouac’s Masterpiece
From: Adam Scull
Series: WPRN Public Radio
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Jack Kerouac’s influence on American literature cannot be overstated, particularly as a leader of the Beat movement and his connection to the post...

  • Added: Jan 23, 2024
  • Length: 10:26
"The Doctor", written and narrated by Michael Henrik Wynn
From: Michael Henrik Wynn
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This is my reading of my own short story. It is a sort of horror story set in Victorian London.

  • Added: Jan 12, 2024
  • Length: 13:36
The Winona Art Walk 2022 Part 1
From: KQAL
Series: Art Beat
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From paintings to prints, from wood work to writing, there is no limit to what you can find at the Winona Art Walk. Hosted across the city of Winon...

  • Added: Oct 20, 2023
  • Length: 24:50
Feminist Poets: Past American Voices
From: New Letters on the Air
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For Women's History Month, we feature a special program about four important feminist poets who led the the next generations into the 21st century....

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), WNMU-FM, KBIA, WNMU-FM, WDCB and more


  • Added: Mar 08, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 19
Octavia Butler Revsisted
From: Eric Molinsky
Series: Imaginary Worlds
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We revisit my 2016 episode about Octavia Butler in honor of the 75th anniversary of her birth. And we hear a new reading from one of Butler’s class...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago


  • Added: Dec 21, 2022
  • Length: 35:18
  • Purchases: 1
The Big Sleep
From: KXCI
Series: Flicks with the Film Snob Chris Dashiell
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It’s hard for me to believe that I’ve been doing this show for 17 years, and yet I haven’t talked about one of my favorite movies, The Big Sleep, u...

  • Added: Dec 13, 2022
  • Length: 03:25
Lux Cavalcade
From: Bill Taylor
Series: When It Was Live
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The series featured as many of the original stars of the original stage and film productions as possible, usually paying them $5,000 an appearance....

Bought by KSLU


  • Added: Oct 21, 2022
  • Length: 59:51
  • Purchases: 1
Lux Burlesque
From: Bill Taylor
Series: When It Was Live
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The series featured as many of the original stars of the original stage and film productions as possible, usually paying them $5,000 an appearance....

Bought by KSLU


  • Added: Sep 24, 2022
  • Length: 59:52
  • Purchases: 1
Lux Johnny Apollo
From: Bill Taylor
Series: When It Was Live
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The series featured as many of the original stars of the original stage and film productions as possible, usually paying them $5,000 an appearance....

Bought by KSLU


  • Added: Sep 11, 2022
  • Length: 01:00:18
  • Purchases: 1
Lux Hold back The Dawn
From: Bill Taylor
Series: When It Was Live
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The series featured as many of the original stars of the original stage and film productions as possible, usually paying them $5,000 an appearance....

Bought by KSLU


  • Added: Aug 06, 2022
  • Length: 59:55
  • Purchases: 1
Past American Voice of novelist E.L. Doctorow
From: New Letters on the Air
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E.L. Doctorow passed away in July 2015, but left behind twelve novels, three volumes of short fiction, and a stage drama, winning most of the major...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), KAAD-LP, WNJR, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Jul 12, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
Destination Radio #29 North Shore Betty's Pies
From: KVSC
Series: Destination North Star State Radio Project
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Destination North Star State Radio Project is an invitation to learn more about and to explore the North Star State, and is produced by Highway 61 ...

Bought by KRPR and WTIP


  • Added: Jun 30, 2022
  • Length: 02:21
  • Purchases: 2
Lux Sorell and Son
From: Bill Taylor
Series: When It Was Live
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The series featured as many of the original stars of the original stage and film productions as possible, usually paying them $5,000 an appearance....

Bought by KSLU


  • Added: Jun 25, 2022
  • Length: 01:00:15
  • Purchases: 1
Lux Johnny Apollo
From: Bill Taylor
Series: When It Was Live
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The series featured as many of the original stars of the original stage and film productions as possible, usually paying them $5,000 an appearance....

Bought by KSLU


  • Added: Jun 18, 2022
  • Length: 01:00:18
  • Purchases: 1
The Apple Seed - A Titanic Survivor's True Story from Storyteller Pippa White
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: The Apple Seed
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On the next episode of the show, storyteller Pippa White will tell us the tale of a woman who, faced with a long ocean voyage, makes kind of a stub...

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


  • Added: May 31, 2022
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 5
Metro's oldest pet cemetery reflects enduring sentiments towards furry friends
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
Caption: A gravestone for a pet named Juan Jose at Memorial Pet Cemetery with the epitaph "so small, so sweet, so soon.", Credit: Matthew Schneeman, KFAI
The metro area hosts a variety of cemeteries and mausoleums. You may have a favorite – Uptown’s Lakewood perhaps? Or maybe a smaller, more secluded...

  • Added: Apr 13, 2022
  • Length: 06:34
Lux Dust Be My Destiny
From: Bill Taylor
Series: When It Was Live
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The series featured as many of the original stars of the original stage and film productions as possible, usually paying them $5,000 an appearance....

Bought by KSLU and KMXT


  • Added: Jan 14, 2022
  • Length: 59:41
  • Purchases: 2
Lux Mayerling
From: Bill Taylor
Series: When It Was Live
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The series featured as many of the original stars of the original stage and film productions as possible, usually paying them $5,000 an appearance....

Bought by KSLU, KTXK, and KMXT


  • Added: Nov 05, 2021
  • Length: 01:00:18
  • Purchases: 3
The Apple Seed - Reaching for the Moon
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: The Apple Seed
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On this episode, we hear a story from Australian storyteller Jenni Cargill Strong, about a king who orders the royal carpenters to build him a towe...

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


  • Added: Aug 17, 2021
  • Length: 54:59
  • Purchases: 5
Mystery Monday 0412
From: Bill Taylor
Series: When It Was Live
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When It Was Live has an extensive audio archive that ranges from original recordings of drama, comedy, western, suspense, and soap opera that spans...

Bought by KSLU and KTXK


  • Added: Jun 11, 2021
  • Length: 52:34
  • Purchases: 2
The Apple Seed - Presidents Day
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: The Apple Seed
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Join us today for a good-natured celebration of some of our early presidents. We share tales about Washington, Jefferson, and Lincoln. It's an hour...

Bought by KALW, WHCP-LP Cambridge, KTSW 89.9, WVPE, KCNP and more


  • Added: Jan 19, 2021
  • Length: 54:56
  • Purchases: 7
Through the Narrows
From: Chris Griffith
Caption: 6-year old Chootch and 3,500 year-old Elli, Credit: Bruce Silcox
Award-winning puppetry artists Shari Aronson and Chris Griffith of Z Puppets Rosenschnoz share stories of two characters from their own ancestry: a...

  • Added: Jul 05, 2020
  • Length: 51:51
Debs In Canton
From: The National Audio Theatre Festivals
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American labor leader Eugene V. Debs gave a speech in June of 1918 to a movement rally in which he condemned US involvement in the First World War....

Bought by KUNM and KFCF FM


  • Added: May 01, 2020
  • Length: 57:48
  • Purchases: 2
No Face Masks On Mars
From: Desert Oracle
Series: Desert Oracle Radio
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You heard the captain: No coughing on the spaceship.

Bought by KFCF FM and KFCF FM


  • Added: Mar 19, 2020
  • Length: 28:01
  • Purchases: 2
Wilde Roses
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: The Apple Seed
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We place some focus on some stories that are inspired by famous literature.

  • Added: Jan 22, 2020
  • Length: 58:02