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Bridging Cultures: A Conversation with Diana Abu-Jaber
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Diana Abu-Jaber, Credit: Deborah Kerry Charles
Author Diana Abu-Jaber reflects on her Jordanian roots, the influence of family on her storytelling, and the inspirations informing her memoirs and...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., KZUM, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., and KECG


  • Added: Apr 26, 2024
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 5
In Good Faith - Book Club, Poetry by Rumi
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: In Good Faith
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In Good Faith welcomes two guests to discuss "Rumi: Studying the Sun".

Bought by RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Apr 04, 2024
  • Length: 52:28
  • Purchases: 1
Constant Wonder - Fleeing Iran and Finding His Way in America
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder
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An Iranian refugee comes of age in Oklahoma, and he shares with us how his Christian faith informs his writing in unexpected ways.

  • Added: Feb 15, 2024
  • Length: 52:50
Found in Translation
From: KALW
Caption: Tamil writer Perumal Murugan (center) conversed with his moderator at the Kolkata Literary Meet via an interpreter, Credit: Sandip Roy
Lit fests in India have historically been rather Anglophone affairs but now translated works of Indian literature are finding a much bigger place i...

  • Added: Feb 05, 2024
  • Length: 06:00
The Winter of Content
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: A queue on a rainy evening for author autographs and books at the Kolkata Literary Meet. , Credit: Sandip Roy
As lit fest’s, lit meets, literary carnivals pop up all over India, 3 in Kolkata alone in a month, some wonder whether whether this is about books ...

  • Added: Jan 30, 2024
  • Length: 06:00
100 Years of Nonsense
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: A building in the Hatibagan neighborhood in North Kolkata, Credit: Sandip Roy
Sukumar Ray is sometimes called the Edward Lear of Bengal. Abol Tabol his book of nonsense rhymes was part of my growing up. And I dare say every B...

Bought by WTJU


  • Added: Jan 23, 2024
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 1
Uncle Vanya
From: L.A. Theatre Works
Series: L.A. Theatre Works
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Josh Radnor and Stacy Keach star in Chekhov's classic.

Bought by KMUN, KCHW, Spokane Public Radio, KFCF FM, KWMR and more


  • Added: Jan 10, 2024
  • Length: 01:58:03
  • Purchases: 28
Canadian Rockies
From: Fil Corbitt
Series: Postcards from The Wind
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A postcard from the foot of the Canadian Rockies, up across the border.

Bought by KTNA


  • Added: Dec 31, 2023
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 1
Alexander McCall Smith's "From a Far and Lovely Country" #24 in No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency Series
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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Host Diana Korte speaks with ⁠Alexander McCall Smith⁠, the author of more than 100 books sold around the world in 40 languages. This includes the N...

  • Added: Nov 01, 2023
  • Length: 10:53
MN Reads: "From Lapland to Sápmi" by Barbara Sjoholm
From: WDSE
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Author Barbara Sjoholm talks about her new book "From Lapland to Sápmi"

  • Added: Sep 21, 2023
  • Length: 09:33
MN Reads: Swedish Translations with Eva Apelqvist
From: WDSE
Series: MN Reads
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Eva Apelqvist talks about her award-winning book "Mörker Över Skateparken" and the upcoming release of her English-translation of "Fire From the Sk...

  • Added: Jul 20, 2023
  • Length: 07:49
The Write Question - John Vaillant, Pt. 2
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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In the second part of a two-part conversation, journalist John Vaillant discusses his book of non-fiction, "Fire Weather: A True Story from a Hotte...

Bought by KWMR, KSJD, Yellowstone Public Radio, WETS, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and more


  • Added: Jun 28, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 6
The Write Question - John Vaillant, Pt. 1
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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In the first part of a two-part conversation, journalist John Vaillant discusses his book of non-fiction, "Fire Weather: A True Story from a Hotter...

Bought by KVNF, KWMR, KSJD, WETS, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and more


  • Added: Jun 22, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 7
Christopher Bollen discusses "The Lost Americans"
From: Steven Nester
Series: Poets of the Tabloid Murder
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When the lifeless body of Eric Castle, a weapons technician for a major American defense contractor, is found under his hotel balcony, both his emp...

  • Added: Mar 29, 2023
  • Length: 31:01
Limeric Lovers Are Like No Others
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: The Limeric Lovers Publishers stall at the Kolkata Book Fair, Credit: Sandip Roy
If you think limericks just means Edward Lear, think again. The Limeric Lovers Publishers of Kolkata are devoted fans of limericks in Bengali, a lo...

  • Added: Feb 28, 2023
  • Length: 06:00
Making Home (hour/no bed or bb)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Lauren K. Alleyne lived the first part of her life in Trinidad and then moved to America at 18 and has been there since. Her poems explore what it’...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KCHW, KHEN-LP, and WYAP


  • Added: Feb 02, 2023
  • Length: 52:00
  • Purchases: 4
Making Home (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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Lauren K. Alleyne lived the first part of her life in Trinidad and then moved to America at 18 and has been there since. Her poems explore what it’...

Bought by KRDP, Kansas Public Radio, KMUN, WRMU, WFHB and more


  • Added: Feb 02, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 10
Making Home (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Lauren K. Alleyne lived the first part of her life in Trinidad and then moved to America at 18 and has been there since. Her poems explore what it’...

Bought by WTJU, WRST-FM Oshkosh, WMUU-LP, KXCV, WRGY and more


  • Added: Feb 02, 2023
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 7
Making Home (promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason promo
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Lauren K. Alleyne lived the first part of her life in Trinidad and then moved to America at 18 and has been there since. Her poems explore what it’...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and KXCV


  • Added: Feb 02, 2023
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 2
The Fest in Festival
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: The Apeejay Kolkata Literary Festival, Credit: Sandip Roy
Literary festivals have returned to the ground in full form for the first time since the pandemic. Sandip Roy sends an audio postcard from a litfes...

  • Added: Jan 30, 2023
  • Length: 06:00
Novelist and Essayist Russell Banks
From: New Letters on the Air
Caption: (Photo by Larry D. Moore CC BY-SA 3.0)
The late novelist, retired Princeton professor, and mountain climber, Russell Banks is the author of the 2021 novel, FOREGONE. In this classic 201...

Bought by KAAD-LP


  • Added: Jan 27, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
WorldCanvass: Translation and Global Literacy
From: Joan Kjaer
Series: WorldCanvass
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On this program, we explore translation as a key element of global literacy. Faculty from the University of Iowa--The Writing University--discuss t...

  • Added: Jan 26, 2023
  • Length: 01:26:49
The Five Senses (hour/no bb or bed)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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In 19th century American cities, the smell of rapid industrial growth was overwhelming. This was particularly concerning, because at the time, peop...

Bought by KHEN-LP, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., Royalton Community Radio, KCHW, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle and more


  • Added: Nov 03, 2022
  • Length: 52:00
  • Purchases: 6
National Writers Series: Fredrik Backman
From: Interlochen Public Radio
Series: National Writers Series: Season Four
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Doug Stanton talks with author Fredrik Backman

Bought by WNMU-FM, WNED Buffalo, Michigan Radio, and WKAR


  • Added: Oct 10, 2022
  • Length: 54:31
  • Purchases: 4
The Big Ponder #43: The Typewriter
From: Goethe-Institut
Series: The Big Ponder – A Transatlantic Podcast
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In search of inefficiency in an overly efficient digital world, Jakob Lewis entered the ‘typosphere,’ an online community of typewriter enthusiasts...

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Aug 17, 2022
  • Length: 27:43
  • Purchases: 1

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