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The Needle and the Lens
From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library
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On this episode of the Polley Music Library Show, we talked about the new book "The Needle and the Lens," which explores pop songs used in film. So...

Bought by Raven Radio


  • Added: Jan 14, 2024
  • Length: 27:32
  • Purchases: 1
An Hour of Storytelling - Fractured Tales and "Test Drive"
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: The Apple Seed
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Stories by Diane Ferlatte and Bil Lepp and an original spy thriller

Bought by KSJE, KECG, WVPE, Robin Hood Radio/ WHDD AM 1020/FM 91.9-WLHV FM 88.1 /WGHQ AM 920, GCR (Global Community Radio) and more


  • Added: Jan 11, 2024
  • Length: 52:51
  • Purchases: 7
Shelf Discovery: A Disappearance in Magicland by Penny Warner
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Shelf Discovery
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin joins a group of code-busting kids on an amusement park adventure in A Disappearance in Magicland, the seve...

Bought by WUTC, KKRN, WCNY, RADIOLEX, WRMU and more


  • Added: Jan 08, 2024
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 7
2024-01-07 Simone de Beauvoir
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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The life and thought of the French feminist philosopher (born January 9, 1908).

Bought by KICI Iowa City, KSKQ, KICI Iowa City, KSKQ, KMUN and more


  • Added: Jan 08, 2024
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 8
Krautrock
From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library
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On this episode, we talked about the book "Krautrock," a recent addition to the 33 1/3 "Genre" series that explores the history and influence of Ge...

Bought by Raven Radio


  • Added: Jan 06, 2024
  • Length: 27:34
  • Purchases: 1
Meet Huascar Medina--the Poet Laureate of Kansas
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Huascar Medina, Credit: Courtesy of the artist
We're celebrating poetry in this week's podcast. The first Latino and non-academic Poet Laureate of Kansas (and National Council on the Arts member...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KZUM, Spokane Public Radio, and KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif.


  • Added: Jan 02, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
Shelf Discovery: Missing by Savannah Brown
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Shelf Discovery
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin follows a teen podcaster on her search for answers to a woman’s decades-old disappearance in Missing by Sav...

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


  • Added: Jan 01, 2024
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 6
2402: Simone de Beauvoir, 1/9/2024
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk: Weekly
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The French feminist philosopher was born January 9, 1908.

  • Added: Dec 31, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
John Luther Adams
From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library
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On this episode, we talked about John Luther Adams and his biography, "Silences So Deep," which focuses on his time living in Alaska between 1978 a...

Bought by Raven Radio


  • Added: Dec 30, 2023
  • Length: 28:33
  • Purchases: 1
Shelf Discovery: How to Walk Yourself Healthy and Happy by Russ Williams
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Shelf Discovery
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin takes a deep dive into her favorite form of exercise with the audio edition of How to Walk Yourself Healthy...

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


  • Added: Dec 25, 2023
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 6
The oud
From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library
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On this episode, we talked about the new book by Rachel Beckles Willson, called "The Oud: An Illustrated History." This book might be the first in-...

Bought by Raven Radio


  • Added: Dec 23, 2023
  • Length: 27:42
  • Purchases: 1
What Makes a Place? (promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason promo
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It’s almost impossible to look back on family road trips without thinking of Cracker Barrel.

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KIYU-FM, and WNMU-FM


  • Added: Dec 21, 2023
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 3
What Makes a Place? (hour/no bb or bed)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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It’s almost impossible to look back on family road trips without thinking of Cracker Barrel.

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, Royalton Community Radio, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, and KHEN-LP


  • Added: Dec 21, 2023
  • Length: 52:00
  • Purchases: 4
What Makes a Place? (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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It’s almost impossible to look back on family road trips without thinking of Cracker Barrel.

Bought by WTJU, WMUU-LP, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KEDT, and WUGA (part of GPB)


  • Added: Dec 21, 2023
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 5
Shelf Discovery: Perfect Little Lives by Amber and Danielle Brown
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Shelf Discovery
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin follows a young woman on a quest to clear her father’s name in Perfect Little Lives by Amber and Danielle B...

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


  • Added: Dec 18, 2023
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 4
Arnold Schoenberg
From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library
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On this episode, we talked about the new Harvey Sachs book "Schoenberg: Why He Matters," which looks at the life and music of a composer who is one...

Bought by Raven Radio


  • Added: Dec 16, 2023
  • Length: 28:39
  • Purchases: 1
Shelf Discovery: Win Lose Kill Die by Cynthia Murphy
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Shelf Discovery
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin joins a group of students as they search for a killer among their classmates in Win Lose Kill Die by Cynthi...

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


  • Added: Dec 11, 2023
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 5
Snow Day
From: Will Duchon
Series: Words & Music
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Aspects of winter and snow as it affects living.

  • Added: Dec 11, 2023
  • Length: 59:42
Shelf Discovery: Finney and the Secret Tunnel by Jamie Lane Barber
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Shelf Discovery
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin goes on an all-important mission with a clever middle-schooler in Finney and the Secret Tunnel, the first b...

Bought by WCNY, RADIOLEX, WRMU, WUTC, and RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Dec 04, 2023
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 5
Dream Sharing and Empathy
From: Katherine Bell
Series: The Dream Journal
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Does dream sharing increase empathy and insight? Today meet two English professors who say, "Yes it does!" The Science and Art of Dreaming is their...

  • Added: Dec 04, 2023
  • Length: 53:01
High Bias: The Distorted History of the Cassette Tape
From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library
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On this episode, we talked about the new book "High Bias: The Distorted History of the Cassette Tape," which explores the many ways that the humble...

Bought by Raven Radio


  • Added: Dec 02, 2023
  • Length: 28:12
  • Purchases: 1
Music Archive Showcase #160 - TALK MUSIC WITH ME: Musician/Author Warren Zanes on Bruce Springsteen's NEBRASKA Album
From: Paul Ingles
Series: Paul Ingles' Music Archive Showcase
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Musician and Author Warren Zanes is Paul Ingles' guest for the hour to talk about his book DELIVER ME FROM NOWHERE: The Making of Bruce Springsteen...

Bought by Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota, North State Public Radio, KUPR low power FM, KSJE, and KUHF


  • Added: Nov 29, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
Shelf Discovery: Bookshops & Bonedust by Travis Baldree
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Shelf Discovery
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin reconnects with warrior-turned-café-owner Viv on an adventure from her youth in the audio edition of Booksh...

Bought by WUTC, WCNY, RADIOLEX, KKRN, WRMU and more


  • Added: Nov 27, 2023
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 6
Peace Singer/Songwriter/Author/Speaker David LaMotte
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Half Hour Episodes
Caption: David LaMotte
This time on PEACE TALKS RADIO, correspondent Priyanka Shankar talks to songwriter, speaker and author David LaMotte to hear his views on peace, wa...

Bought by KUNM


  • Added: Nov 21, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
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

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