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Constant Wonder - Shared Solitude: The Life-Changing Epiphanies of a Children's Writer
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder
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Before he became an acclaimed children's writer, Douglas Wood often felt like a failure. A letter from a famous wilderness guru changed all that.

  • Added: Mar 21, 2024
  • Length: 52:51
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
You 2.0: where the self-help industry succeeds, and where it misses the mark
From: Embodied
Series: Embodied - Specials
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Self-help has existed in some form since the dawn of human civilization and has grown into a robust industrial complex. But does self-help really m...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio, KTSW 89.9, Troy Public Radio, KGOU, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and more


  • Added: Jan 04, 2024
  • Length: 58:23
  • Purchases: 10
017: You 2.0: where the self-help industry succeeds, and where it misses the mark, 1/5/2024
From: Embodied
Series: Embodied
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Self-help has existed in some form since the dawn of human civilization and has grown into a robust industrial complex. But does self-help really m...

  • Added: Jan 04, 2024
  • Length: 58:23
Constant Wonder - Book of Delights
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder
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Poet Ross Gay on the small, sweet delights of life's daily walk with no fireworks or fanfare.

Bought by WLRH and GCR (Global Community Radio)


  • Added: Nov 02, 2023
  • Length: 52:54
  • Purchases: 2
Fiction Writer and Essayist Charles Baxter
From: New Letters on the Air
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Fiction writer Charles Baxter reveals some of his motivations for writing short stories and novels. In this interview in front of an audience at th...

Bought by WNJR


  • Added: Feb 03, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Constant Wonder - Whitman and Alabama, America in Maps
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder
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Topic 1: Whitman's poetry sheds light on human connections and national identity; Topic 2: How we can use maps to view American history differently.

Bought by WLRH and RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Jan 05, 2022
  • Length: 52:45
  • Purchases: 2
Episode 169: Masquerade
From: Criminal
Series: Criminal
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The story of a cryptic children’s book, a real-life treasure hunt, and its very mysterious winner: “He refused to be on camera. It’s just his voice...

  • Added: Aug 13, 2021
  • Length: 37:07
Back to the Writing Well featuring Elizabeth Gaffney, George Saunders, and the late Pat Conroy
From: New Letters on the Air
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NEW LETTERS ON THE AIR's Classic Series continues with "Back to the Writing Well." This time we'll hear about the influence of place and family fro...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), KRZA, WNJR, WNJR, and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Jul 29, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 5
Episode 19: Comedy and Trauma with Allison Gill
From: Justin Hudnall
Series: Incoming
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Allison Gill is a musician, stand-up comedian, and host of the Webby Award-winning podcast, Mueller She Wrote. Her art has led to her to tackle top...

  • Added: Jan 12, 2021
  • Length: 52:09
Episode 15: Real World Experience with Roy Scranton and Geoff Cole
From: Justin Hudnall
Series: Incoming
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On today’s show we’re talking with two enlisted veterans who rose to the top of their respective fields in civilian life: Navy veteran Chef Geoff C...

  • Added: Jan 11, 2021
  • Length: 58:01
Episode 12: Everything Is A War with Vance Voyles and Emily Lovejoy
From: Justin Hudnall
Series: Incoming
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“Everything Is A War,” focuses on stories about how serving in a war zone can stick to a person, so deeply that traces of it will magically appear ...

  • Added: Jan 11, 2021
  • Length: 56:23
Episode 10: The Undesireables with Anthony Moll and Lisbeth Prifogle
From: Justin Hudnall
Series: Incoming
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Today’s show is titled, with our tongues lodged firmly in our cheeks, “The Undesirables,” because it features two wonderful veteran voices who spea...

  • Added: Jan 11, 2021
  • Length: 58:01
Episode 9: All That's Worth Doing with Brian Turner and Mariah Smith
From: Justin Hudnall
Series: Incoming
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Today’s episode takes its name after a quote by Lewis Carrol, “All That Is Really Worth Doing is Worth the Doing is What We do for Others,” and we ...

  • Added: Jan 11, 2021
  • Length: 58:01
Episode 3: Time Is A River with Brooke King, Keli Hewlett, and Zack Dryer
From: Justin Hudnall
Series: Incoming
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he past doesn’t go anywhere. Time is a river, and you are standing in it. – Utah Phillips Today’s show is split into three parts and three differe...

  • Added: Jan 10, 2021
  • Length: 58:01
Episode 2: Souveniers
From: Justin Hudnall
Series: Incoming
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What happens overseas comes home with you, and can find a way to reappear back into your life when you least expect it. Today’s episode is titled,...

  • Added: Jan 10, 2021
  • Length: 58:01
Episode 1: Our Reasons
From: Justin Hudnall
Series: Incoming
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Less than one percent of the entire country serves in the military at any given time nowadays, which is perfectly fine from a national security per...

  • Added: Jan 10, 2021
  • Length: 58:01
National Writers Series: Karen Dionne and Brad Thor
From: Interlochen Public Radio
Series: National Writers Series: Season Three
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Interviews with thriller writers Karen Dionne and Brad Thor.

Bought by WCMU Michigan and WKAR


  • Added: Sep 13, 2020
  • Length: 54:30
  • Purchases: 2
The Write Question - Ana Maria Spagna - 428
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Ana Maria Spagna discusses her book, "Uplake: Restless Essays of Coming and Going." She also reads a short passage.

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: May 14, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Kansas Poets Laureate: Part 1
From: New Letters on the Air
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Our celebration of State Poets Laureate continues with a look back at previous holders of the title in Kansas. Part one of this public reading feat...

Bought by WNJR


  • Added: Sep 04, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
National Writers Series: Marie Benedict
From: Interlochen Public Radio
Series: National Writers Series: Season Two
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Journalist and director of arts and culture for the city of Detroit Rochelle Riley interviews author Marie Benedict.

Bought by WKAR


  • Added: Jun 15, 2019
  • Length: 54:30
  • Purchases: 1
The Write Question - Kisha Schlegel - 380
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Kisha Schlegel discusses her collection of essays, "Fear Icons." She also reads short passages from the book.

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 05, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
The Write Question - Rob Carney - 377
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Poet Rob Carney discusses his collection, The Book of Sharks. He also recites several poems from memory.

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: May 28, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
The Write Question - Jeremy Smith - 372
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Jeremy Smith discusses his nonfiction novel, "Breaking and Entering: The Extraordinary Story of a Hacker Called "Alien." He also reads a short pass...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio, Spokane Public Radio, Spokane Public Radio, and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 02, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
Sandra Cisneros, Latina author of the classic "The House on Mango Street"
From: New Letters on the Air
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NEW LETTERS ON THE AIR continues National Hispanic Heritage Month with a look back at Latina author Sandra Cisneros, who received the National Med...

Bought by KFCF FM, WNJR, KRZA, XRAY.fm, KHNS and more


  • Added: Sep 26, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 7