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The dystopian novel, "Nineteen Eighty Four" describes a future society martialed by constant surveillance, tyranny, and torture...
- Added: Aug 22, 2015
- Length: 02:20:44
In late 2014, China announced it was to ban puns. Helen Zaltzman wishes she could ban puns in her own family.
- Added: Jan 15, 2015
- Length: 16:21
This show examines the life and times of Will Rogers who said, "I never met a man I didn't like"
- Added: Jan 10, 2015
- Length: 02:38:06
Poet Paul Legault shares how he challenged the norms of translation in his interpretations of Emily Dickinson's poetry.
- Added: Oct 29, 2014
- Length: 14:00
Historical fiction is an ongoing balance between fact and fiction, but what if the story takes place outside of reality? Author Sarah Shun-Lien Byn...
Bought by Radio Baha'i, WLGI
- Added: Oct 29, 2014
- Length: 15:12
- Purchases: 1
How closely must historical fiction mirror recorded history? Author Marshall Klimasewiski weighs in.
- Added: Oct 29, 2014
- Length: 13:39
How magic and law shaped the witch trials of early modern Europe
- Added: Oct 28, 2014
- Length: 29:33
Lillian Daniel on the problems of being spiritual but not religious; Katy Scrogin on The Still Point of the Turning World.
- Added: Oct 06, 2014
- Length: 32:00
Lillian Daniel on spirituality vs. religiosity; Katy Scrogin on A History of Religion in 5 1/2 Objects: Bringing the Spiritual to Its Senses.
- Added: Oct 06, 2014
- Length: 31:18
Reza Aslan on Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth; Katy Scrogin on Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer
- Added: Oct 06, 2014
- Length: 46:35
Hosts Doug Storm and Trish Kerle' are joined by historian Jim Madison to discuss the Hoosier through history. Madison has just published a new book...
- Added: Sep 23, 2014
- Length: 01:01:02
Steve Downing has been a teacher, house painter, conflict mediator, musician, arts administrator, freelance writer, and has occasionally worked for...
- Added: Dec 22, 2013
- Length: 02:35
Essayist Ula Biss, author of Notes from No Man's Land, offers candid reflections on the role of race in her own life and in American history.
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Oct 30, 2013
- Length: 11:20
- Purchases: 1
In this episode we discuss how Jack's conquest of the giant relates to 19th century English colonialism with the help of scholar Brian Szumsky. We ...
- Added: Mar 29, 2013
- Length: 22:35
Carol Ann Russell is a Professor of English at Bemidji State University. She has published four full-length books of poetry. Russell has also been ...
Bought by KSRQ
- Added: Mar 20, 2013
- Length: 02:32
- Purchases: 1
Mike Forbes is a Bemidji area writer. He's been published in Fire Ring, The Talking Stick, The Poet's Touch Stone, Voices For the Land, among other...
- Added: Feb 28, 2013
- Length: 01:40
In this episode of World Ocean Radio host Peter Neill will suggest that the greatest author of such sea-based literature was Joseph Conrad and will...
- Added: Feb 25, 2013
- Length: 05:37
This podcast talks about the many versions of Cinderella told around the world and the different kinds of footwear she wore to the ball. My persona...
- Added: Jan 26, 2013
- Length: 21:08
Steve Downing has been a teacher, house painter, conflict mediator, musician, arts administrator, freelance writer, and has occasionally worked for...
- Added: Jan 24, 2013
- Length: 04:23
Syndicated columnist and author, Jim Northrup, talks with Heidi Holtan on a whole range of topics from his column "Fond Du Lac Follies" to his expe...
Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio, KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, and KSRQ
- Added: Jan 17, 2013
- Length: 19:02
- Purchases: 3
Dan Sinykin provides a comprehensive of the historically illuminating new book "Land of 10,000 Loves: A History of Queer Minnesota" by Stewart Van ...
Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio
- Added: Dec 03, 2012
- Length: 04:48
- Purchases: 1
Steve Downing recently attended the inaugural reading and crowning of Deborah Cooper as Duluth's fourth Poet Laureate. Steve recounts a brief histo...
Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio
- Added: Dec 03, 2012
- Length: 04:22
- Purchases: 1
Lorie Yourd is a retired educator and a dedicated advocate for the arts living in the Bemidji area. Here she reads her poem "Montana Log Cabin Cafe...
- Added: Aug 17, 2012
- Length: 02:01
Actress Mary-Louise Parker said this is one her favorite novels of all time and so she jumped at the chance to read excerpts. There's commentary by...
Bought by Room Tone Selects, KMUN, KPIP-LP, KQED, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago and more
- Added: Aug 18, 2011
- Length: 29:07
- Purchases: 7
Actor Sam Elliott perfectly reads passages from Twain's tribute to American boyhood. The program also includes commentary by Ken Burns, P.J. O'Rour...
Bought by KMUN, KREV-LP, KPIP-LP, KQED, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago and more
- Added: Aug 18, 2011
- Length: 29:16
- Purchases: 6
