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A Lesson Before Dying: A Big Read Documentary
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: The Big Read
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Ernest J. Gaines poses one of the most universal questions a novel can ask: Knowing we're going to die, how should we live? This program features G...

Bought by Room Tone Selects, KMUN, KPIP-LP, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, and KQED


  • Added: Aug 16, 2011
  • Length: 28:55
  • Purchases: 5
ThoughtCast: The Impact of the Written Word
From: Jenny Attiyeh
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This new ThoughtCast series explores the impact of the written word. It examines a specific piece of writing — be it a poem, play, novel, short sto...

Bought by KUT and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Jul 18, 2011
  • Length: 57:55
  • Purchases: 2
Patrick DeWitt discusses The Sisters Brothers
From: Steven Nester
Series: Poets of the Tabloid Murder
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Patrick DeWitt is a novelist who lives in Oregon.

  • Added: Jun 15, 2011
  • Length: 27:37
Jim Proebstle on Fatal Incident
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Realgoodwords
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Every Wednesday night on Real Good Words, Heidi talks with authors about their writings. Heard that phrase before? Want to take it on as your own?...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jun 09, 2011
  • Length: 23:43
  • Purchases: 1
Voice of Witness sheds light on Burmese police state
From: KALW
Caption: U Agga Nya Na, an activist monk who led an uprising against the Burmese military regime., Credit: Robert Fuller
Last November, hundreds took to the streets of San Francisco to protest the Burmese election. According to the U.S. Census, there are more than 9,0...

  • Added: Jun 06, 2011
  • Length: 05:01
The Great America in Writing - Arnold Weinstein and Jimmy Breslin
From: Open Source
Caption: Jimmy Breslin in his Manhattan home.
This week we're delving into the world of American letters with Arnold Weinstein and Jimmy Breslin. Veteran journalist Jimmy Breslin might be the l...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., and KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 29, 2011
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 3
Slavery in the Upper Mississippi Valley
From: KVSC
Series: St. Cloud Area Arts & Culture Collage
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As the 150th anniversary of the American Civil War is upon us, we have an interview conducted by Arts & Cultural Heritage Reporter Jeff Carmack wit...

  • Added: Apr 20, 2011
  • Length: 26:30
Moral Maps and Geographies of Conflict - Melani McAlister & Téa Obreht
From: Open Source
Caption: Melani McAlister's book jacket for Epic Encounters: Culture, Media, and US Interests, 1945-2000
How do war stories work, and where do we find them? Our guests this week are mapping out terrains of conflict and confusion in our lifetimes, from ...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Apr 15, 2011
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 1
A real life film noir: Dashiell Hammett and the case of the missing manuscript
From: KALW
Caption: hough he died in 1961, author Dashiell Hammett's manuscripts are still being discovered.
What do the city of San Francisco, a long lost manuscript, and a Mediterranean bird of prey have in common? Well, they’re all part of the legend of...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and KZYX


  • Added: Apr 04, 2011
  • Length: 07:43
  • Purchases: 2
"Is Ghostwriting Ethical?" with guest Deborah Brandt
From: Prairie Public
Series: Why? Philosophical Discussions About Everyday Life
Caption: Deborah Brandt
Every day, politicians publish books telling the stories of their lives and their political views. But more often than not these “autobiographies” ...

Bought by KFOK-LPFM


  • Added: Mar 17, 2011
  • Length: 53:56
  • Purchases: 1
Aldo Leopold and the Emerging Land Ethic (59:00 / 54:00 - Free Program)
From: Jack Loeffler
Caption: Aldo Leopold, Credit: Aldo Leopold Foundation
A celebration of the life Aldo Leopold, the man who wrote “A Sand County Almanac” in 1949, and introduced Ethics as the fundamental concept that sh...

Bought by KZYX, WRGY, KUPR low power FM, WMUU-LP, KCMJ Community Radio and more


  • Added: Feb 07, 2011
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 15
Why We Eat Some Animals and Not Others
From: Barry Vogel
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Why do we eat some animals and not others? That is the topic of this conversation with Melanie Joy, Ph.D. She is the author of, "Why We Love Dogs, ...

Bought by 'The Sea' and KVSC


  • Added: Dec 13, 2010
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Poetry Slam Celebration of Miller Learning Resources Center
From: KVSC
Series: St. Cloud Area Arts & Culture Collage
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It’s been 10 years since the James W. Miller Learning Resources Center on the campus of St. Cloud State University opened its doors to students. Ar...

  • Added: Dec 10, 2010
  • Length: 30:00
Author Molly Gloss and the Heroines of the American West
From: Dmae Lo Roberts
Series: Stage and Studio
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This show profiles novelist Molly Gloss, whose books have shed light on untold stories of women in the American West.

Bought by WABE


  • Added: Nov 23, 2010
  • Length: 27:52
  • Purchases: 1
Head Water Basement Blues Riff
From: KVSC
Series: St. Cloud Area Arts & Culture Collage
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Arts & Cultural Heritage Reporter Jeff Carmack visits with SCSU Professor Rex Veeder about the Head Water Blues Basement Riff Fundraiser for Take H...

  • Added: Nov 11, 2010
  • Length: 29:49
Dan O'Brien, STOLEN HORSES
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Writer and buffalo rancher Dan O'Brien talks about his new novel, STOLEN HORSES. In addition to being entertaining and relevant, the book draws par...

Bought by KFOK-LPFM and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 08, 2010
  • Length: 29:04
  • Purchases: 2
HowTo Write For Newspapers
From: The humble Farmer
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
Mail off your article as soon as you write it.

  • Added: Jun 21, 2010
  • Length: 01:51
Have You Found Your Hidden Brain?
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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How do we make the big decisions in our lives? Who to vote for?-or who to choose as a life mate or form an opinion about politics or war? Most of ...

  • Added: Jun 08, 2010
  • Length: 58:01
John Irving Interview
From: Jane Lindholm
Caption: Jane Lindholm and John Irving, Credit: Sarah Ashworth
Vermont Public Radio's Jane Lindholm sits down for a wide-ranging interview with novelist John Irving at his home in Vermont. Short and long versio...

Bought by Northeast Indiana Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 16, 2010
  • Length: 46:43
  • Purchases: 1
Adipose Rex Had a Strange Complex
From: The humble Farmer
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
Adipose Rex was the fattest king in Thebes

  • Added: Apr 02, 2010
  • Length: :23
A Culture of Viagra and Plastic Toys From China
From: The humble Farmer
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
Can a contemporary bard achieve immortality?

  • Added: Mar 30, 2010
  • Length: :44
Portrait of an Artist: a semi-regular series
From: KUT
Series: Portrait of an Artist-a semi-regular series
Caption: Tomas Q. Morin
Poet, Scholar and Artist Tomas Q. Morin talks about his life and career, and reads a few of his own works.

  • Added: Mar 17, 2010
  • Length: 10:59
Is Ain't
From: The humble Farmer
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
Playing With Words

  • Added: Feb 27, 2010
  • Length: 01:43
Murakami's Well
From: Teresa Goff
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Haruki Murakami, arguably the most internationally-acclaimed contemporary Japanese writer, has created a series of stories and novels that have gai...

Bought by PRX to iTunes and PRX to iTunes


  • Added: Feb 16, 2010
  • Length: 48:44
  • Purchases: 2
Cave Canem, an African-American Writers' Center
From: New Letters on the Air
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This show features the work of younger poets whose first books were published as a result of winning the Cave Canem Poetry Prize, including Natasha...

  • Added: Unknown
  • Length: 29:00

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