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Top of Mind - Electric Woman, Sensory History, Mycelium Coffins
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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Topic 1 - Electric Woman; Topic 2 - Sensory History; Topic 3 - Mycelium Coffins

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, KOWS, and WYAP


  • Added: Apr 20, 2021
  • Length: 51:46
  • Purchases: 3
Writing Radicals: Mike Gold, Ann Petry, and Thomas McGrath
From: WFHB
Series: Interchange
Caption: Mike Gold, Ann Petry, and Thomas McGrath
Alan Wald's Literary Left Trilogy investigates aspects of intellectual, literary, and cultural movements and figures associated with left-wing poli...

  • Added: Mar 23, 2021
  • Length: 59:03
Fixing the Stars: Sylvia Plath at the Edge of Sight
From: WFHB
Series: Interchange
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She worked with intense dedication to be heard in a world that has no ears to hear women. But, Plath was a woman who wrote many times of her disdai...

Bought by WKMS and RADIOLEX


  • Added: Mar 09, 2021
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 2
National Book Award-winning Poet Nikky Finney: Part 2
From: New Letters on the Air
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Affrilachian and Cave Canem poet Nikky Finney talks about her father, the first African American Chief Justice of the South Carolina Supreme Court,...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio)


  • Added: Mar 04, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
563: Going Underground / 564: New Voices in Native American Writing, 2/27/2021
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: 'Going Underground' - Scientists and explorers have found a whole new world under our feet. It's an exciting place, and it's changing wha...

  • Added: Feb 26, 2021
  • Length: 01:58:58
Not Everyone is a Jerk: Rutger Bregman on Humankind
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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Life gives us plenty of reasons for cynicism but best-selling author Rutger Bregman (Utopia for Realists) summons a wealth of evidence that humanki...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, KDNK, and KWMR


  • Added: Feb 24, 2021
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 3
The Write Question - A Corner of Space and Time
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
Caption: Lee Nye's portrait of Joe Malatare
Jean Belangie-Nye, Aaron Teasdale, and Ben Ferencz discuss their book, "A Corner of Space and Time: Lee Nye's Eddie's Club Portraits."

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., Spokane Public Radio, and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 17, 2021
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 3
Episode 9: Bird insurrection
From: Margaret Poethig
Series: Keeping Dad Alive
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Richard and his daughter Margaret investigate the bird insurrection, while humans attack the U.S. Capitol and President Trump is impeached for the ...

  • Added: Jan 24, 2021
  • Length: 11:47
Novelist Anthony Grooms
From: New Letters on the Air
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Anthony Grooms, author of the novel BOMBINGHAM, reads from his recent novel, THE VAIN CONVERSATION, based on a 1946 lynching of two black couples i...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio)


  • Added: Jan 21, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Write Question - Gretchen E. Minton
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Author and scholar Gretchen E. Minton discusses her book, "Shakespeare in Montana: Big Sky Country's Love Affair with the World's Most Famous Write...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio, Spokane Public Radio, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., Yellowstone Public Radio, and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 19, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 5
Novelist and Non-Fiction Author Stewart O'Nan: Part Two
From: New Letters on the Air
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Stewart O'Nan, the author of 20 plus books including EMILY, ALONE and LAST NIGHT AT THE LOBSTER, reads from his later novel, CITY OF SECRETS, and d...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio)


  • Added: Jan 14, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Virginia Brackett
From: New Letters on the Air
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Virginia Brackett, the author of 15 books, discusses her 2019 family memoir, IN THE COMPANY OF PATRIOTS. She reveals how she used family stories, s...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio)


  • Added: Dec 31, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Write Question - Jess Walter
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Writer Jess Walter discusses his new book, "The Cold Millions."

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, KWMR, Yellowstone Public Radio, RadioStPete Florida, and KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: Dec 29, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 5
Superior Reviews by Lin Salisbury - Staci Drouillard's "Walking the Old Road"
From: WTIP
Series: Superior Reads with Lin Salisbury
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In this edition, Lin reviews local author, Staci Drouillard's new book, "Walking the Old Road: A People's History of Chippewa City and the Grand Ma...

  • Added: Nov 05, 2020
  • Length: 03:14
529: Rituals Of Fear / 530: Even Stranger Things, 10/31/2020
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "Rituals Of Fear" - The dread, the fear, the horror of it all. Maybe it's good for you? This hour, why we need Halloween. HOUR TWO: "Ev...

  • Added: Oct 30, 2020
  • Length: 01:58:58
Making Good Time in Miami
From: Cathy Byrd
Series: Fall 2020 Student Edition
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In this episode of Fresh Art’s Fall 2020 Student Edition, University of Miami student Kristian Kranz heads to Books & Books in Coral Gables, Florid...

  • Added: Sep 02, 2020
  • Length: 13:13
Award-winning author William Durbin joins The Roadhouse
From: WTIP
Series: The Roadhouse
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William Durbin is an author and former teacher. He lives on Lake Vermilion in northeast Minnesota. Ann spoke with William about his latest book,"T...

  • Added: Aug 28, 2020
  • Length: 15:23
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Isabel Wilkerson
From: New Letters on the Air
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NEW LETTERS ON THE AIR's Classic Series revisits Pulitzer Prize winning journalist, Isabel Wilkerson, whose 2020 book, CASTE, is now a bestseller. ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WDCB, and WRKF


  • Added: Aug 25, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Dr. Priyamvada Gopal: Self-Determination Arising from Resistance
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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In this episode of The Laura Flanders Show, author and scholar Dr. Priyamvada Gopal discusses her latest book, Insurgent Empire, which examines the...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Jul 29, 2020
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
10 Minutes with Rudolfo Anaya
From: Paul Ingles
Caption: Rudolfo Anaya
Highlights from a 2002 writer's forum in Jemez Springs, New Mexico that featured beloved New Mexico author Rudolfo Anaya. FROM ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL...

Bought by KRZA


  • Added: Jun 30, 2020
  • Length: 10:00
  • Purchases: 1
Cheers to All the Years
From: New Letters on the Air
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After 43 years of broadcasting, 2020 budget cuts may bring us to an end. This compilation program features audio from four decades of our archives ...

  • Added: Jun 30, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
Campbell Corner Updates from NW Minnesota
From: KSRQ
Series: Arts and Culture from Northwest Minnesota
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What's new at the Campbell Public Library of east Grand Forks, MN? 1. Friends scholarship - due April 30th 2. Liking patron feedback 3. E-mat...

  • Added: Jun 29, 2020
  • Length: 08:42
Talking “Minnesota’s Geologist” with author Sue Leaf
From: WTIP
Series: The Roadhouse
Caption: Photo from University of Minnesota Press
Newton Winchell was hired in the 1870s to map Minnesota’s geology, by canoe, horse, and train, in just 20 years.

  • Added: Jun 24, 2020
  • Length: 18:15
2020-06-21 Jean-Paul Sartre
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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What exactly is existentialism? How are we condemned to be free? And what’s so hellish about other people?

Bought by KMUN, GCR (Global Community Radio), KMUN, KSKQ, KNVC Carson City Community Radio and more


  • Added: Jun 19, 2020
  • Length: 53:58
  • Purchases: 8
'Renaissance Fables For The World' 4
From: Daniel Wargo
Series: Renaissance Fables For The World
Caption: 'Venus And Organist And Little Dog', Credit: Titian
This program series has 76 shows each of 5 minutes in length. Four great authors of the Renaissance are explored. This program, through the spoken ...

  • Added: May 13, 2020
  • Length: 05:01

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