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An Hour of Storytelling - Growing into Forgiveness and True Bugs
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: The Apple Seed
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Stories by Diane Ferlatte and Kim Weitkamp, and Roxie the Ladybug gets trapped in a jar. Can she convince the other bugs to escape in time to get h...

Bought by KTXK, KECG, WVPE, KSJE, Robin Hood Radio/ WHDD AM 1020/FM 91.9-WLHV FM 88.1 /WGHQ AM 920 and more


  • Added: Nov 22, 2023
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 7
Shelf Discovery: Inheritance by Nora Roberts
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Shelf Discovery
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin moves into a haunted manor that needs help breaking a curse in Inheritance, the first book in the Lost Brid...

Bought by WUTC, WCNY, RADIOLEX, GCR (Global Community Radio), WRMU and more


  • Added: Nov 20, 2023
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 6
Re-Sisters
From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library
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On this episode, we talked about Cosey Fanni Tutti's new book Re-Sisters, which intertwines her own life and work with that of electronic music pio...

Bought by Raven Radio and RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Nov 18, 2023
  • Length: 28:29
  • Purchases: 2
An Hour of Storytelling - Top Secret Stories! and The Bully and the Bulldog
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: The Apple Seed
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Stories by Noa Baum and Pippa White, and a bullied kid, Elliot, gets some unexpected help from a famous champion when he faces a bully at school.

Bought by KECG, KTXK, WVPE, KSJE, Robin Hood Radio/ WHDD AM 1020/FM 91.9-WLHV FM 88.1 /WGHQ AM 920 and more


  • Added: Nov 16, 2023
  • Length: 52:51
  • Purchases: 7
Shelf Discovery: Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Shelf Discovery
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin joins a retired orc warrior on a new quest to open a coffee shop in a small village in the audio edition of...

Bought by KKRN, RADIOLEX, WCNY, WRMU, GCR (Global Community Radio) and more


  • Added: Nov 13, 2023
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 7
Dissonant Landscapes: Music of Iceland
From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library
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On this episode, we talked about the book "Dissonant Landscapes," which explores how Icelandic musicians are often discussed in relationship to the...

  • Added: Nov 11, 2023
  • Length: 28:30
An Hour of Storytelling - Finding True Treasure and Full Moon Ball
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: The Apple Seed
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Stories by Shonaleigh and Geraldine Buckley and a story from Kaboom: why, oh why, did prom have to fall on the night of the full moon?

Bought by KECG, KTXK, KSJE, WVPE, Robin Hood Radio/ WHDD AM 1020/FM 91.9-WLHV FM 88.1 /WGHQ AM 920 and more


  • Added: Nov 09, 2023
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 7
Battle of the Classics
From: Brooklyn Public Library
Series: Borrowed and Banned
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Banning of so-called “classics” grabs public attention, but books like To Kill a Mockingbird and 1984 don't need your defense. It's the more recent...

  • Added: Nov 08, 2023
  • Length: 19:25
Shelf Discovery: The Good Part by Sophie Cousens
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Shelf Discovery
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin follows a young woman as she finds herself transported into the life of her older self in The Good Part by ...

Bought by KKRN, RADIOLEX, WCNY, WRMU, GCR (Global Community Radio) and more


  • Added: Nov 06, 2023
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 7
Sound Actions
From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library
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On this episode, we discussed the book "Sound Actions," which reduces musical activity down to its most essential components so that we can re-conc...

Bought by Raven Radio


  • Added: Nov 06, 2023
  • Length: 28:27
  • Purchases: 1
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
Shelf Discovery: Becoming the Boogeyman by Richard Chizmar
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Shelf Discovery
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin catches up with a best-selling author as he’s taunted by a copycat killer in Becoming the Boogeyman by Rich...

Bought by KKRN, RADIOLEX, WCNY, WRMU, GCR (Global Community Radio) and more


  • Added: Oct 30, 2023
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 7
Pat Metheny
From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library
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On this episode, we talked about "Beneath Missouri Skies," a biography of jazz guitarist Pat Metheny's early years growing up in Lee's Summit, Miss...

  • Added: Oct 28, 2023
  • Length: 28:31
Shelf Discovery: Christmas Presents by Lisa Unger
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Shelf Discovery
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin visits a small town that’s haunted by a Christmas tragedy in Christmas Presents by Lisa Unger.

Bought by RADIOLEX, WRMU, Raven Radio, GCR (Global Community Radio), WUTC and more


  • Added: Oct 23, 2023
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 6
Do You Believe in the Power of Rock and Roll?
From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library
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On this episode, we talked about the new book by veteran music journalist John Robb, which features a selection of artist profiles from throughout ...

  • Added: Oct 21, 2023
  • Length: 28:35
Shelf Discovery: The Christmas Guest by Peter Swanson
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Shelf Discovery
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin joins an American student on a Cotswolds Christmas getaway that doesn’t go as planned in The Christmas Gues...

Bought by KKRN, RADIOLEX, WRMU, GCR (Global Community Radio), WUTC and more


  • Added: Oct 16, 2023
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 6
Shelf Discovery: The Night House by Jo Nesbø
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Shelf Discovery
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin follows a troubled teen’s quest to prove his innocence when his classmates start to go missing in The Night...

Bought by WCNY, RADIOLEX, GCR (Global Community Radio), WRMU, and RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Oct 09, 2023
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 5
Shelf Discovery: The Taken Ones by Jess Lourey
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Shelf Discovery
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin joins a cold case investigator as her latest case brings up memories of her own dark past in The Taken Ones...

Bought by WCNY, RADIOLEX, KKRN, GCR (Global Community Radio), and RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Oct 02, 2023
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 5
The Bach Cello Suites
From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library
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On this episode, we talked about a new book that serves as a companion to the Bach cello suites. Cellist Steven Isserlis has created a great book t...

  • Added: Oct 02, 2023
  • Length: 27:09
An Hour of Storytelling - Stories of Grace and Strength and Mamma's Coat
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: The Apple Seed
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On the next Hour of Storytelling from the Apple Seed team, join us for a story from Antonio Sacre, the wonderful Los Angeles storyteller, with a st...

Bought by KECG, KTXK, Angelica Community Radio, KKRN, KSJE and more


  • Added: Sep 29, 2023
  • Length: 52:53
  • Purchases: 8
Jay-Z at the Library
From: Brooklyn Public Library
Series: "Borrowed" Podcast from Brooklyn Public Library
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Over 14,000 patrons have signed up for their first library card since Jay-Z's exhibit came to Central Library in mid-July. We talk to Brooklynites ...

  • Added: Sep 29, 2023
  • Length: 07:49
All for a Library Card
From: Brooklyn Public Library
Series: Borrowed and Banned
Caption: Borrowed and Banned logo, Credit: John Snowden
When a high school teacher in Norman, Oklahoma shared a QR code with her students that would grant them access to BPL’s digital collection, she too...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Sep 29, 2023
  • Length: 25:47
  • Purchases: 1
Shelf Discovery: And Then She Fell by Alicia Elliot
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Shelf Discovery
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin follows a young Indigenous mother as she tries to settle into a new life in And Then She Fell by Alicia Ell...

Bought by WRMU, RADIOLEX, WCNY, GCR (Global Community Radio), WUTC and more


  • Added: Sep 25, 2023
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 6
An Hour of Storytelling - From the Blues to Classic Greek Heroes
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: The Apple Seed
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Stories by Reverend Robert B. Jones and Andy Offutt Irwin

Bought by KTXK, KSJE, KECG, Angelica Community Radio, KKRN and more


  • Added: Sep 20, 2023
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 8
Shelf Discovery: Remi Bone by William L. Myers
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Shelf Discovery
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin follows a single dad’s quest to provide for his daughter before it’s too late in Remi Bone by author Willia...

Bought by WCNY, RADIOLEX, WRMU, GCR (Global Community Radio), WUTC and more


  • Added: Sep 18, 2023
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 6

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