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Books on conveyor belts, book vacuums and books in the mail. This episode of “Borrowed” will take you behind the scenes to see how books travel aro...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Dec 26, 2019
- Length: 16:48
- Purchases: 1
Online search engines are basically universal, so questions at the library reference desk are changing. We follow the story of one question, “I wan...
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- Added: Jul 24, 2019
- Length: 20:01
- Purchases: 1
Immigration is a pressing topic in our political landscape right now, with concerns about ICE raids and immigration bans. In this episode, we liste...
- Added: Jul 24, 2019
- Length: 21:11
“A truly great library contains something in it to offend everyone.” So goes the quote from librarian Jo Godwin. From Dr. Seuss to kosher books to ...
- Added: Jul 24, 2019
- Length: 24:17
There’s a language which is said to be the smallest language in the world. It has around 123 words, five vowels, nine consonants, and apparently yo...
Bought by Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
- Added: Dec 14, 2015
- Length: 20:24
- Purchases: 1
Imagination is the seed of empathy – a centrally important function – and both the gift and burden of the writer. Here The Gift series producer St...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Jan 13, 2014
- Length: 04:35
- Purchases: 1
Do we really understand metaphor? How much do we really engage with our world metaphorically? We all have days when a cup is just a cup, a tree is ...
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- Added: Jan 13, 2014
- Length: 05:59
- Purchases: 1
In an interview with The Gift series producer Stanzi Vaubel, writer Lois Lowry talked about memory. In her novel, The Giver, one person holds the m...
- Added: Jan 13, 2014
- Length: 06:13
Chicago is home to many organizations that help young people to express themsleves, including Young Chicago Authors, After School Matters, Street-L...
- Added: Jan 13, 2014
- Length: 03:33
“When I first read Joy Harjo's poetry it was like stepping outside of my own story, my own life which narrates and puts me at the center of every e...
Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio and PRX Remix
- Added: Jan 13, 2014
- Length: 05:24
- Purchases: 2
When you mention T.S. Eliot and then refer to texts like The Waste Land or his magnum opus The Four Quartets you generally elicit discomfort, anger...
- Added: Jan 13, 2014
- Length: 31:33
When you mention T.S. Eliot and then refer to texts like The Waste Land or his magnum opus The Four Quartets you generally elicit discomfort, anger...
- Added: Jan 13, 2014
- Length: 13:22
