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Sticky, Tricky Grammar Moments
From: KMUW
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We run through some particularly confusing grammar mistakes and how sometimes, we might think we’re saying one thing when we’re really saying another.

Bought by KRPS


  • Added: Feb 29, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Latin Craze
From: KMUW
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We dig into why certain words are spelled ridiculously, thanks to a bunch of scholars a few hundred years ago who got a little too nutso about maki...

Bought by KRPS


  • Added: Feb 15, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
MN Reads: "Sure, I'll Join Your Cult" by Maria Bamford
From: WDSE
Series: MN Reads
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Comedian Maria Bamford talks about her new book "Sure, I'll Join Your Cult"

  • Added: Feb 15, 2024
  • Length: 10:19
Best of 2023 With Bob Odenkirk
From: The Children's Hour Inc.
Series: The Children's Hour
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We showcase some of the best of 2023 for kids music. The Kids Crew is joined by guests Bob Odenkirk and his daughter Erin Odenkirk. Their book Zilo...

Bought by KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio), KECG, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., RadioFreePalmer, KRSC and more


  • Added: Dec 25, 2023
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 10
20231225: Best of 2023 With Bob Odenkirk, 12/25/2023
From: The Children's Hour Inc.
Series: The Children's Hour (Subscribable)
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We showcase some of the best of 2023 for kids music. The Kids Crew is joined by guests Bob Odenkirk and his daughter Erin Odenkirk. Their book Zilo...

  • Added: Dec 15, 2023
  • Length: 58:00
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
All in a year: 3 guests, 3 goals, 365 days
From: Connecticut Public (WNPR)
Series: Audacious with Chion Wolf
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On this episode of Audacious, meet people who've spent a year reading over 365 books, becoming fluent in English by watching television, and gotten...

Bought by WRKF


  • Added: Dec 05, 2023
  • Length: 50:00
  • Purchases: 1
MN Reads: "The Last Supper Club" by Matthew Batt
From: WDSE
Series: MN Reads
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Author Matthew Batt talks about his new memoir "The Last Supper Club: A Waiter's Requiem"

  • Added: Nov 30, 2023
  • Length: 08:33
June Again
From: Will Duchon
Series: Words & Music
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Insightful and whimsical poetry about summer vacations .

  • Added: Jun 11, 2023
  • Length: 59:21
Novelist and Essayist Russell Banks
From: New Letters on the Air
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The late novelist, retired Princeton professor, and mountain climber, Russell Banks is the author of the 2021 novel, FOREGONE. In this classic 201...

Bought by KAAD-LP


  • Added: Jan 27, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
MN Reads: “Dumb Dumb Dumb: My Mother's Book Reviews” a memoir by Mary Jo Pehl
From: WDSE
Series: MN Reads
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Mary Jo Pehl talks about her 2022 memoir “Dumb Dumb Dumb: My Mother's Book Reviews”

  • Added: Oct 06, 2022
  • Length: 09:38
Zooming the Lit Fests
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
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Sandip reflects on how literature festivals have mutated during the COVID pandemic.

  • Added: Jan 24, 2022
  • Length: 06:00
The Write Question - Nathaniel Ian Miller
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Author Nathaniel Ian Miller discusses his latest novel, "The Memoirs of Stockholm Sven," and reads from the book.

Bought by WETS, Yellowstone Public Radio, Spokane Public Radio, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., Yellowstone Public Radio and more


  • Added: Jan 11, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 7
David Sedaris
From: New Letters on the Air
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This week, NEW LETTERS ON THE AIR features the writer made famous on public radio with the airing of his “Santaland Diaries.” In this 1997 intervie...

Bought by WRKF


  • Added: Dec 16, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Write Question - Amy Leach
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Writer Amy Leach discusses her new book, "The Everybody Ensemble: Donkeys, Essays, and Other Pandemoniums."

Bought by WETS, KWMR, Yellowstone Public Radio, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 15, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 5
The Write Question - Stephen Graham Jones
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Author Stephen Graham Jones talks about his new slasher-homage novel, "My Heart is a Chainsaw."

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., Spokane Public Radio, WETS, Yellowstone Public Radio and more


  • Added: Nov 10, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 7
The Write Question - Chris La Tray RERUN
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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We revisit an episode from 2019. In this episode, rockstar author and freelance photographer Chris La Tray digs in to his book, "One-Sentence Journ...

Bought by WETS, Yellowstone Public Radio, Spokane Public Radio, and KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: Oct 20, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
Pulitzer Prize-winning Poet Jericho Brown
From: New Letters on the Air
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For National Pride Month, we'll hear from 2020 Pulitzer Prize-winner Jericho Brown, who describes the joy he finds in writing poetry and how his wo...

Bought by WNMU-FM and WNJR


  • Added: Jun 22, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
The Write Question - J. Robert Lennon
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Author J. Robert Lennon discusses his new novel, "Subdivision" and his new short story collection, "Let Me Think."

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: May 27, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
210507: Climate Stories We Tell Ourselves, 5/7/2021
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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How do our identities and values shape the way we listen to others’ climate experience? Author Nathaniel Rich and journalist Meera Subramanian cove...

  • Added: May 06, 2021
  • Length: 58:57
Poet and Editor Kwame Dawes
From: New Letters on the Air
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Born in Ghana and raised in Jamaica, the poet Kwame Dawes is the editor of Nebraska's literary magazine, PRAIRIE SCHOONER, and the 2021 successor t...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio) and WNJR


  • Added: Apr 15, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
The Write Question - Gwen Florio
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Journalist, political commentator and author Gwen Florio discusses the first book in her new mystery series - "Best Laid Plans."

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., Spokane Public Radio, and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 04, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Novelist and Non-Fiction Author Stewart O'Nan: Part Two
From: New Letters on the Air
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Stewart O'Nan, the author of 20 plus books including EMILY, ALONE and LAST NIGHT AT THE LOBSTER, reads from his later novel, CITY OF SECRETS, and d...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio)


  • Added: Jan 14, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
U.S. Poet Laureate (2015-2017) Juan Felipe Herrera
From: New Letters on the Air
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National Hispanic Heritage Month continues with the first Chicano U.S. Poet Laureate, Juan Felipe Herrera who served from 2015-17. With the recent...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), WETS, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WMUU-LP, and WNJR


  • Added: Sep 30, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 5
Clarion Collection
From: New Letters on the Air
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The NEW LETTERS ON THE AIR Classics Series begins with a look back at our 2013 Clarion Award-winning year for Best Radio Talk/Interview Program fro...

Bought by WUOT 91.9 FM


  • Added: Aug 04, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1