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WORD for WORDcast - E.M Forster's "The Machine Stops" Pt. 2 - The Mending Apparatus
From: Andrew Burmester
Series: WORD for WORDcast
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In Part 2 - The Mending Apparatus - WORD for WORDcast continues E.M. Forster's "The Machine Stops." Written in 1909, this is a dystopian look at th...

  • Added: Sep 25, 2020
  • Length: 58:58
WORD for WORDcast - E.M Forster's "The Machine Stops" Pt. 1
From: Andrew Burmester
Series: WORD for WORDcast
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The premier episode of the WORD for WORDcast! Written in 1909, this is E.M. Forster's dystopian look at the future, where everyone lives undergroun...

  • Added: Sep 21, 2020
  • Length: 59:01
Pulitzer Prize-winning Poet Peter Balakian
From: New Letters on the Air
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Pulitzer Prize winning poet, Peter Balakian talks about his 2010 book, ZIGGURAT-- a contemplation on architecture, visual arts, his personal experi...

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Sep 15, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Poet Valzhyna Mort Part 2
From: New Letters on the Air
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Today's classic NEW LETTERS ON THE AIR features poet Valzhyna Mort, whose work gives insight into her native country, Belarus. She shares poetry fr...

Bought by WRKF, WNJR, and WJCU


  • Added: Sep 01, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Poets Mia Leonin and Gustavo Adolfo Aybar
From: New Letters on the Air
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NEW LETTERS ON THE AIR continues National Hispanic Heritage Month with a public poetry reading at The Writer's Place in Kansas City with poets Mia ...

  • Added: Oct 09, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
The Write Question - Allen Morris Jones - 382
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Allen Morris Jones discusses his noir mystery novel, "Sweeney on the Rocks." He also reads short passages.

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 27, 2019
  • Length: 28:57
  • Purchases: 2
Not the Day Nor the Hour
From: Desert Oracle
Series: Desert Oracle Radio
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What is known is that there’s something going on, something a little wilder than usual. Plus: Rachel Monroe, writer & author & Marfa volunteer fire...

Bought by KFCF FM


  • Added: May 31, 2019
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
A Voice Crying In the Wilderness
From: Desert Oracle
Series: Desert Oracle Radio
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A harsh visit to the desert of the Bible: a place of banishment and horror, where ostriches and demons dance in the abandoned cabins.

Bought by KFCF FM


  • Added: Feb 15, 2019
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Benjy Section 05
From: Ken Cormier
Series: The Benjy Section
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"Commerce," by Ken Cormier

  • Added: Feb 04, 2019
  • Length: 06:49
National Writers Series: Gillian Flynn
From: Interlochen Public Radio
Series: National Writers Series
Caption: HJB Photo
"Gone Girl" author Gillian Flynn talks with National Writers Series co-founder Doug Stanton.

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, WKAR, Michigan Radio, and WKAR


  • Added: Jan 27, 2019
  • Length: 54:30
  • Purchases: 4
National Writers Series: Benjamin Percy
From: Interlochen Public Radio
Series: National Writers Series
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Author Benjamin Percy talks about his writing and his novel "Red Moon" with friend and fellow writer Jeremy Chamberlin.

Bought by WKAR and WDET Detroit Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 09, 2018
  • Length: 54:30
  • Purchases: 2
The White Whale
From: Matt Frassica
Caption: Michael Gorman and Alan Barnes Netherton in "Chasing the New White Whale", Credit: Carlos Cardona
Opiate addiction has become increasingly common in the commercial fishing industry. For one Massachusetts-born playwright, a brother’s death from a...

  • Added: Dec 04, 2018
  • Length: 09:30
More with Scottish Poet and Editor Robin Robertson
From: New Letters on the Air
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In 2006, Robin Robertson's collection, SWITHERING, won the prestigious Forward Poetry Prize for best book. Now selections from that and his other f...

Bought by WNJR


  • Added: Aug 29, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
25 segundos de vida
From: Sol Rezza
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It is an experimental radio piece based on the poem by the Argentine poet Oliverio Girondo. 25 seconds of life was created in the context of the ne...

  • Added: Aug 14, 2018
  • Length: 15:11
Episode 02: She Looked Into Infinity
From: Blue Bliss
Series: Poe: The Raven-Winged Hours
Caption: Poecast, Credit: Art by Blue Bliss
In mourning at his wife's grave, Edgar Poe encounters unnatural and supernatural beings.

  • Added: Jul 08, 2018
  • Length: 22:00
Novelist Daniel Magariel
From: New Letters on the Air
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Daniel Magariel, a Kansas City native, is a young writer who hit it big with his debut novel, ONE OF THE BOYS. A NEW YORK TIMES Editor’s Choice in ...

  • Added: Jul 03, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
The Write Question - Bjorn Dihle - 329
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Bjorn Dihle discusses his book, "Haunted Inside Passage: Ghosts, Legends, and Mysteries of Southeast Alaska." He also reads two short passages.

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


  • Added: Jun 12, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
The Write Question - Bruce Holbert - 323
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Bruce Holbert discusses his novel, Whiskey. He also reads a short passage and reflects on his own family history of violence & repair.

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


  • Added: Apr 24, 2018
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 3
Episode 85: The Manual
From: Criminal
Series: Criminal
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In 1993, a family was found murdered in their home. A Maryland police spokesperson described the homicide investigation as the most “exhaustive and...

Bought by HowSound


  • Added: Mar 12, 2018
  • Length: 25:03
  • Purchases: 1
The Write Question - Philip Schaefer - 317
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Poet Philip Schaefer discusses his award-winning collection of poems, Bad Summon. He also reads a selection of poems.

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


  • Added: Mar 08, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
The Write Question - Keir Graff & James Grady - 306
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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This episode features a lively conversation with the editors of the Montana Noir anthology, Keir Graff & James Grady. Each reads short selections f...

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


  • Added: Dec 27, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
The Write Question - Ted McDermott - 294
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Ted McDermott discusses where fiction and autobiography collide in his debut novel, The Minor Outsider. He also reads from the book.

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


  • Added: Sep 29, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
The Write Question - Christine Carbo - 292
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Christine Carbo discusses her third book in a series of Glacier Park suspense novels. She also reads two passages.

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


  • Added: Sep 01, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
In the Name of the Future: Life After the Human Catastrophe
From: WFHB
Series: Interchange
Caption: "Daisy Girl," LBJ's 1964 Campaign Ad
The idea of what it means to be human is changing. With countless catastrophic events looming, from climate instability to biotechnology and wars o...

  • Added: Aug 30, 2017
  • Length: 58:01
189: Empathy for Monsters / 190: Telling a Life, 7/29/2017
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "Empathy for Monsters" - The American soldiers who guarded Saddam Hussein came to like and care about him. This hour: Should we feel empa...

  • Added: Jul 27, 2017
  • Length: 01:58:58