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William Kotzwinkle discusses "Felonious Monk"
From: Steven Nester
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American novelist William Kotzwinkle is a two-time recipient of the National Magazine Award for Fiction, a Book Critics Circle award nominee, a win...

  • Added: Nov 04, 2021
  • Length: 28:04
David Hill discusses "The Vapors"
From: Steven Nester
Series: Poets of the Tabloid Murder
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David Hill is a writer from Hot Springs, Arkansas. His work has appeared regularly in Grantland and The Ringer, and has been featured in The New Yo...

  • Added: Oct 18, 2021
  • Length: 14:16
IE: Inside Europe, 9/24/2021
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Inside Europe: News and Current Affairs ~ Weekly from DW
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This week on the show: Geopolitical realignment - AUKUS and the fallout from France’s nuclear snub-marine. Digging for trouble: we get to the botto...

  • Added: Sep 23, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
Craig Nova discusses "Double Solitaire"
From: Steven Nester
Series: Poets of the Tabloid Murder
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Craig Nova is an American novelist and author of fourteen novels. His writing has appeared in Esquire, The Paris Review, The New York Times Magazin...

  • Added: Sep 23, 2021
  • Length: 15:41
Under Milk Wood
From: L.A. Theatre Works
Series: L.A. Theatre Works
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Dylan Thomas' unique "play for voices."

Bought by KFCF FM, KWMR, Spokane Public Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KMUN and more


  • Added: Aug 25, 2021
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 26
Nina Burleigh, VIRUS & Celia Jeffries, BLUE DESERT
From: Francesca Rheannon
Series: Writer's Voice
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We talk with journalist Nina Burleigh about Trump’s failure on Covid and what that says about our public health system—and capitalism. Her book is ...

  • Added: Jul 16, 2021
  • Length: 58:59
James R. Hannibal discusses "The Paris Betrayal"
From: Steven Nester
Series: Poets of the Tabloid Murder
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After a rough mission in Rome involving the discovery of a devastating bioweapon, Company spy Ben Calix returns to Paris to find his perfectly orde...

  • Added: Jun 02, 2021
  • Length: 14:20
Cyrano de Bergerac
From: L.A. Theatre Works
Series: L.A. Theatre Works
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One of the most indelible figures in theatrical history

Bought by KMUN, KFCF FM, KWMR, KMUN, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and more


  • Added: Apr 28, 2021
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 24
Eliot Peper, VEIL & Paul Greenberg, THE CLIMATE DIET
From: Francesca Rheannon
Series: Writer's Voice
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We talk with Eliot Peper about his Cli-Fi novel, Veil. It’s about what happens when a tech CEO decides to geo-engineer the climate—in secret. Then...

  • Added: Apr 21, 2021
  • Length: 59:03
Reading
From: Phil Mariage
Series: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow
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Reading as discussed with Former Congresswoman Pat Schroeder, Prof. Dr. Susan Newman and Clay Sherod. Recorded on July 2, 2002.

  • Added: Mar 29, 2021
  • Length: 24:52
Joe Ide discusses "Smoke"
From: Steven Nester
Series: Poets of the Tabloid Murder
Caption: Smoke
Joe Ide is an American crime fiction writer of Japanese American descent. Ide grew up in South Central Los Angeles, which he used as the setting fo...

  • Added: Mar 11, 2021
  • Length: 13:22
Mark Greaney discusses "Relentless"
From: Steven Nester
Series: Poets of the Tabloid Murder
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Mark Greany is the author of twenty novels.

  • Added: Feb 22, 2021
  • Length: 11:42
Charles Ardai discusses Stephen King's "Later"
From: Steven Nester
Series: Poets of the Tabloid Murder
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Charles Ardai is an American writer. He is the founder and C.E.O. of Juno, an internet company, and founder and editor of Hard Case Crime, a line o...

  • Added: Feb 21, 2021
  • Length: 11:23
Nick Petrie discusses "The Breaker"
From: Steven Nester
Series: Poets of the Tabloid Murder
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This is the fifth novel in the Peter Ash series.

  • Added: Jan 28, 2021
  • Length: 16:13
Brad Taylor discusses "American Traitor"
From: Steven Nester
Series: Poets of the Tabloid Murder
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Brad Taylor is a retired Lt. Colonel in the U.S. Army. This is his fifteen Pike Logan thriller.

  • Added: Jan 11, 2021
  • Length: 12:35
Lost River
From: Steven Nester
Series: Poets of the Tabloid Murder
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J Todd Scott idscusses his new novel "Lost River"

  • Added: Aug 12, 2020
  • Length: 16:44
'Renaissance Fables For The World' 36
From: Daniel Wargo
Series: Renaissance Fables For The World
Caption: 'The Garden Of Earthly Delights' Triptych, Credit: Hieronymus Bosch
This 5 minute program is a recitation of some of the living fables of Leon Battista Alberti. It is part of the 76 part series highlighting renaissa...

  • Added: May 15, 2020
  • Length: 05:00
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
“Why do we need a new translation of the Hebrew Bible?”
From: Prairie Public
Series: Why? Philosophical Discussions About Everyday Life
Caption: Robert Alter
Jack Russell Weinstein visits with Robert Alter, the world’s foremost Hebrew Scriptures scholar. He just released a new translation of the books of...

  • Added: Sep 05, 2019
  • Length: 54:00
Joy Harjo: Writing the Southwest
From: David Dunaway
Caption: Joy Harjo, Poet Laureate
The work and life of Joy Harjo, newly-named U.S. Poet Laureate, explores growing up between cultures, part Muskogee-Creek and Cherokee, part Irish ...

Bought by KGLP and Prairie Public


  • Added: Jul 03, 2019
  • Length: 27:23
  • Purchases: 2
Tartuffe
From: L.A. Theatre Works
Series: L.A. Theatre Works
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A story that began its life under a cloud of controversy.

Bought by KKRN, KCHW, Spokane Public Radio, KKRN, KMUN and more


  • Added: Jan 16, 2019
  • Length: 01:57:58
  • Purchases: 16
The School for Husbands and The Imaginary Cuckold
From: L.A. Theatre Works
Series: L.A. Theatre Works
Caption: Brian Bedford
Two classic short works from Molière in the definitive translations by Richard Wilbur, starring the late Tony Award-winner Brian Bedford.

Bought by KKRN, Spokane Public Radio, KKRN, KUNM, WCPN and more


  • Added: Jan 16, 2019
  • Length: 01:57:58
  • Purchases: 20
Pride and Prejudice
From: L.A. Theatre Works
Series: L.A. Theatre Works
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Can you really trust your first impression of someone…especially if it’s a bad first impression?

Bought by KKRN, KUSU, KKRN, WNJR, WCPN and more


  • Added: Jan 15, 2019
  • Length: 01:57:58
  • Purchases: 22
She Stoops to Conquer
From: L.A. Theatre Works
Series: L.A. Theatre Works
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James Marsters stars in the enduring social comedy.

Bought by KKRN, KKRN, KFCF FM, Spokane Public Radio, KWMR and more


  • Added: Jan 15, 2019
  • Length: 01:57:57
  • Purchases: 16