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The Japanese word "Mottainai" refers to the essence of things, and suggests that objects do not exist in isolation, rather that they are intrinsica...
- Added: Feb 02, 2015
- Length: 05:31
Once if you wanted to be an Indian city of any standing, you were measured by flyovers, speciality hospitals or multiplexes. These days you are mea...
- Added: Jan 27, 2015
- Length: 06:00
Sandip Roy is at the Jaipur Literary festival in Kolkata, India's old capital, speaking with Rana Dasgupta about Delhi, India's new capital...
- Added: Jan 20, 2015
- Length: 06:00
We give thanks for transformative writers in this episode entitled UNDERSTANDING OTHERS, a show that features excerpts from six programs that highl...
- Added: Dec 04, 2014
- Length: 29:00
A historian raises questions about the morality of the archival process and reveals how the NSA may change the future of history research.
- Added: Oct 29, 2014
- Length: 12:39
We remember the Nobel Prize-winning South African writer Nadine Gordimer, who passed away on July 13, 2014. In this 1994 interview with former NEW ...
Bought by WNJR
- Added: Aug 13, 2014
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
In Japan, insects (or "mushi") are pets, medicine, and even vehicles for spirits. Plus: A robot that kills ticks. And more...
- Added: Jul 11, 2014
- Length: 53:57
- Purchases: 4
In Japan, insects (or "mushi") are pets, medicine, and even vehicles for spirits. Plus: A robot that kills ticks. And: A poem about the insect know...
Bought by WJCT, WDBM, KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA, WLIW, WMNF and more
- Added: Jul 11, 2014
- Length: 28:59
- Purchases: 6
The author discusses the latest Big Read pick, The Beautiful Things that Heaven Bears, his novel about an Ethiopian exile in a gentrifying Washingt...
- Added: May 29, 2014
- Length: 28:29
- Purchases: 2
With a trunk full of her mother’s saris, Kenyan author and performer Shaija Patel reclaims a lost history.
Bought by KPIP-LP
- Added: Apr 11, 2014
- Length: 29:28
- Purchases: 1
India just lost its grand old man of letters. Khushwant Singh was 99 and still writing when he died in Delhi last week.
- Added: Mar 25, 2014
- Length: 04:30
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Featuring International Bestselling Author Jack Engelhard, and Notes from the Internet Apo...
- Added: Mar 20, 2014
- Length: 58:01
For Women's History Month with a nod to St.Patty's Day, we revisit Irish author Anne Enright, who discusses her dark but humorous approach to writi...
- Added: Mar 19, 2014
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 2
The City of Devi, an apocalyptic sex comedy and love story, is the third book in Manil Suri’s trilogy centered on Mumbai. [26:08]
Bought by KPIP-LP
- Added: Feb 19, 2014
- Length: 26:07
- Purchases: 1
NAOMI BENARON is a trained scientist, marathon runner, and massage therapist. She is also the author of two award-winning fiction books, LOVE LETTE...
Bought by WJCU
- Added: Nov 07, 2013
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
In his new novel, Kirk Kjeldsen tells the story of an ex-con who is trying to reinvent himself in a new place. The backdrop for the story is Shangh...
- Added: Jul 25, 2013
- Length: 53:54
- Purchases: 2
In his new novel, Kirk Kjeldsen tells the story of an ex-con who is trying to reinvent himself in a new place. The backdrop for the story is Shangh...
- Added: Jul 25, 2013
- Length: 28:58
- Purchases: 3
First published in 1947, Goodnight Moon has become one of the most popular books for young children. Yet the book’s author, Margaret Wise Brown, al...
- Added: Mar 25, 2013
- Length: 28:59
- Purchases: 4
In Amsterdam, Cathy Byrd meets Dutch novelist Rashid Novaire, of Moroccan and Dutch descent. The writer's heritage is embedded in his imagination.
- Added: Jan 21, 2013
- Length: 16:15
In this episode, Cathy Byrd meets Sarah Lewis, a scholar, writer and curator. Sarah talks about the artists she selected for the 12.2 International...
Bought by KUT
- Added: Aug 28, 2012
- Length: 14:18
- Purchases: 1
In this special anthology, we explore how women writers foster community across boundaries. Novelist Lisa See shares stories about Chinese women wr...
- Added: Mar 21, 2012
- Length: 29:01
- Purchases: 2
East coast Author, JOSHUA FOER. Author and advocate for tall women, Arianne Cohen. Indie-psych folk ensemble, THE PARSON RED HEADS.
Bought by KUOW
- Added: Mar 15, 2012
- Length: 55:01
- Purchases: 1
In the second half of the nineteenth century, American and Russian traveled to each other's countries and wrote about their experiences and observa...
Bought by WLPR
- Added: Nov 21, 2011
- Length: 28:59
- Purchases: 1
a weekly podcast for curious readers about forgotten books
- Added: Aug 07, 2011
- Length: 01:21:44
Author of two memoirs about her life in Iran, Reading Lolita in Tehran and Things I've Been Silent About, Azar Nafisi talks about her books, her li...
Bought by KPIP-LP
- Added: Aug 05, 2011
- Length: 25:05
- Purchases: 1
