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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
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
2023-11-12 Your Brain on Literature
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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How do writers and filmmakers exploit our cognitive biases to surprise and delight us?

Bought by KTSW 89.9, WLPR , KICI Iowa City, KSKQ, GCR (Global Community Radio) and more


  • Added: Nov 13, 2023
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 11
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
We're Celebrating Indigenous Peoples Month with author Cynthia Leitich Smith
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Cynthia Leitich Smith, Credit: Christopher T Assaf
YA and children’s author and curator Cynthia Leitich Smith (Muscogee) discusses the joys and responsibilities of writing and curating authentic Nat...

Bought by WSLR, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KZUM, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and more


  • Added: Nov 10, 2023
  • Length: 28:23
  • Purchases: 6
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
2346: Your Brain on Literature, 11/14/2023
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk: Weekly
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How do writers and filmmakers exploit our cognitive biases to surprise and delight us?

  • Added: Nov 06, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
Reading and Writing
From: The Children's Hour Inc.
Series: The Children's Hour
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Join our Kids Crew in a conversation with the beloved children’s authors, Goosebump’s RL Stine and Marc Brown, the author and illustrator of the Ar...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, KTNA, KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio), Allegheny Mountain Radio, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and more


  • Added: Nov 06, 2023
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 10
Skin Deep
From: This Is Science With Jess Phoenix
Series: This Is Science with Jess Phoenix
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Happy Halloween! Jess talks with UCLA librarian Megan Rosenbloom about the spooky science of uncovering what makes some old books extra rare.

Bought by WORT


  • Added: Oct 31, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
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
Novelist Isabel Cañas: Terror with an Historical Twist
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Isabel Cañas , Credit: Kilian Blum
Author Isabel Cañas discusses her novels and the space created by gothic fiction’s trope for exploring issues of social hierarchy, race and gender.

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WSLR, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, and KZUM


  • Added: Oct 29, 2023
  • Length: 28:40
  • Purchases: 5
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
20231106: Reading and Writing, 11/6/2023
From: The Children's Hour Inc.
Series: The Children's Hour (Subscribable)
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Join our Kids Crew in a conversation with the beloved children’s authors, Goosebump’s RL Stine and Marc Brown, the author and illustrator of the Ar...

  • Added: Oct 27, 2023
  • Length: 58:00
Novelist Peng Shepherd talks about her new book The Cartographers
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Peng Shepherd, Credit: Rachel Crittenden
Peng Shepherd discusses her speculative mystery The Cartographers, her fascination with maps, her love of speculative fiction, and the challenges o...

Bought by KZUM, KUT, RADIOLEX, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., KZUM and more


  • Added: Oct 24, 2023
  • Length: 28:57
  • Purchases: 7
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
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
MN Reads: "Trauma Sponges" by Jeremy Norton
From: WDSE
Series: MN Reads
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Firefighter and author Jeremy Norton talks about his new book "Trauma Sponges"

  • Added: Oct 12, 2023
  • Length: 11:55
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
A New Kind of Hero's Journey, Dream-Inspired Creativity with Author Donna Glee Williams
From: Katherine Bell
Series: The Dream Journal
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We all know that dreams can galvanize your creativity. Today we meet an author who has published three dream-inspired fantasy novels which seek to ...

  • Added: Oct 09, 2023
  • Length: 53:20
S08 Ep06: Words and Music, Part 5, 10/7/2023
From: WCNY
Series: Feminine Fusion
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This week we pair women's music with women's poetry. It's a chance to sit back and enjoy the artistry, without a lot of description or background....

  • Added: Oct 06, 2023
  • Length: 58:30
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
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
Naomi Klein: Tackling the “Doppelganger”, Disinformation & Lies
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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In her new book, "Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World”, award-winning journalist Naomi Klein describes being confused with Naomi Wolf, a con...

Bought by KMUN, RadioFreePalmer, RadioStPete Florida, KDNK, KWMR and more


  • Added: Sep 20, 2023
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 6

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