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MN Reads: "The Breeding Birds of Minnesota" with Dr. Gerald Niemi
From: WDSE
Series: MN Reads
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Author Gerald Niemi talks about the new book "The Breeding Birds of Minnesota"

  • Added: May 02, 2024
  • Length: 07:39
US Poet Laureate Ada Limón
From: New Letters on the Air
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For National Poetry Month, we'll hear early work by our current U.S. Poet Laureate, Ada Limón. The author of six poetry books, including the 2022 c...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio) and KMUN


  • Added: Apr 17, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
The Write Question - Bill Vaughn
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Writer Bill Vaughn discusses his new book, "The Last Heir: The Triumphs and Tragedies of Two Montana Families."

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


  • Added: Apr 06, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 5
The Write Question - Paisley Rekdal
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Author, teacher, poet and scholar Paisley Rekdal discusses her new book on cultural appropriation - "Appropriate."

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


  • Added: Mar 11, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
The Write Question - David Quammen & Humanities Montana - 423
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Samantha Dwyer from Humanities Montana interviews acclaimed science journalist David Quammen about his book, "Spillover: Animal Infections and the ...

  • Added: Apr 13, 2020
  • Length: 23:00
The Write Question - Jack Nisbet - 409
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Writer and naturalist Jack Nisbet discusses his book, "The Dreamer and The Doctor: A Forest Lover and a Physician on the Edge of the Frontier."

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


  • Added: Dec 04, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
Hyatt, Chef Chad -- Mushrooms: Selection and Preparation For a Safe and Yummy Meal
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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Mushrooms-What they are, how to locate them and how to cook them is the topic of this edition of Radio Curious. Our guest is Chef Chad Hyatt, who ...

  • Added: Oct 30, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
The Write Question - Elisa New - 381
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Harvard professor Elisa New explores the value of poetry in a social setting as it relates to her PBS production, "Poetry in America."

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 22, 2018
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 2
The Write Question - David Quammen - 342
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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David Quammen discusses his book, The Tangled Tree: A Radical New History of Life. He also reads a short passage.

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


  • Added: Sep 19, 2018
  • Length: 28:57
  • Purchases: 3
The Write Question - Christopher James Preston - 325
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Philosophy professor Christopher James Preston discusses his book, "The Synthetic Age Outdesigning Evolution, Resurrecting Species, and Reengineeri...

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


  • Added: May 08, 2018
  • Length: 28:52
  • Purchases: 5
Frankenfest! Celebrating the 200th Anniversary of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
From: KQAL
Series: Don't Cha Know
Caption: Jim Armstrong, Andrea Wood, Anne-Marie Dunbar
2018 marks the 200th anniversary of the publication of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. On this episode of Don't Cha Know we discuss the importance of ...

  • Added: Jan 26, 2018
  • Length: 26:23
Prince as a 19th Century French Dandy
From: KQAL
Series: Culture Clique
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Karen Turman, Assistant Professor of French at Winona State University, compares Prince to a 19th Century French Dandy.

  • Added: Oct 04, 2017
  • Length: 50:38
The Write Question - Jim Robbins - 446
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Jim Robbins discusses his new nonfiction book, "The Wonder of Birds: What They Tell Us About Ourselves, The World, And A Better Future." He also re...

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


  • Added: Sep 29, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
Christian Argument from Prophecy Debunked
From: John Shuck
Series: Progressive Spirit
Caption: Robert J Miller
Historical Jesus scholar makes the case for Christians to retire the argument that Jesus was a fulfillment of prophecy.

Bought by KPIP-LP and WETS


  • Added: Aug 25, 2017
  • Length: 58:01
  • Purchases: 2
Romanticism, What Is It Good For? The Work of Morse Peckham
From: WFHB
Series: Interchange
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The Fifth Symphony opens very famously with four memorable notes. Beethoven was asked what he meant by this opening and he’s said to have replied, ...

  • Added: Apr 26, 2016
  • Length: 59:18
Take Care #52
From: WRVO Public Media
Series: Take Care
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Episode topics: Facing fear and staying healthy among the sick.

Bought by WRIR


  • Added: Apr 04, 2016
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Politician and the Poet
From: Hold That Thought
Series: Summer with the Bard
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Professors Derek Hirst and Steven Zwicker discuss the life and work of Andrew Marvell.

  • Added: Mar 10, 2016
  • Length: 16:04
Poet and Professor Ellen Bryant Voigt
From: New Letters on the Air
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A 2015 MacArthur "Genius" Fellow Ellen Bryant Voigt talks with fellow poet and professor, Michelle Boisseau, about her collection HEADWATERS. Voigt...

Bought by WNJR


  • Added: Jan 21, 2016
  • Length: 30:30
  • Purchases: 1
Tracking Subversives: Alan Wald On the Development of the Literary Left
From: WFHB
Series: Interchange
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According to or my guest, Alan Wald, the aim of the literary radical is “to endow history with meaning.” We track three “subversives” in our progra...

  • Added: Nov 03, 2015
  • Length: 57:14
Under The Algerian Sun: Camus and Daoud
From: Open Source
Series: Open Source with Christopher Lydon
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It’s the rare writer who can pick up where Albert Camus — master of midcentury philosophy and fiction — left off in the modern classic, The Outside...

Bought by KPIP-LP and KMUN


  • Added: Jun 26, 2015
  • Length: 58:37
  • Purchases: 2
Mark Sandberg on Brands Homelessness
From: KQAL
Series: Culture Clique
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We take you to Lanesboro MN's Ibsen Fest 2014 with a talk by Proessor Mark Sandberg. Sandberg is the current president of The Ibsen Society of Amer...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Sep 05, 2014
  • Length: 29:05
  • Purchases: 1
How Would Burke Makeover the GOP
From: Open Source
Series: Open Source with Christopher Lydon
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David Bromwich introduces us to the conservative hero Edmund Burke, the 18th-century British statesman who befriended the American Revolution, hate...

Bought by KFOK-LPFM


  • Added: Jun 06, 2014
  • Length: 58:36
  • Purchases: 1
Culturology: Dan Sinykin reviews "Y" a book of poems by Leslie Adrienne Miller
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Culturology
Caption: "Y" by Leslie Adrienne Miller
Leslie Adrienne Miller is author of six collections of poetry including "Y," "The Resurrection Trade" and "Eat Quite Everything You See" from Grayw...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Nov 27, 2012
  • Length: 05:14
  • Purchases: 1
Culturology: Dan Sinykin reviews "The Last Hunter: An American Family Album." a memoir from Will Weaver
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Culturology
Caption: "The Last Hunter: An American Family Album." by Will Weaver
Will Weaver is a highly successful writer who has published mainly in the area of young-adult fiction. Here though we have an adult non-fiction mem...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Oct 09, 2012
  • Length: 02:54
  • Purchases: 1
How Did That Person Die?
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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Radio Curious brings you an archived, 2-part conversation about death and forensics, with Dr. Michael Baden, the Chief Medical Examiner for the New...

  • Added: Jul 04, 2012
  • Length: 58:02