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Among the criminal celebrities of Prohibition-era Chicago, not even Al Capone was more notorious than two well-educated and highly intelligent Jewi...
- Added: Feb 26, 2024
- Length: 29:28
Tonight we are talking about hidden things: secret societies, international conspiracies. Joining us by telephone from New York is the author Colin...
Bought by KFCF FM
- Added: Jul 07, 2023
- Length: 28:00
- Purchases: 1
What would you do if you were falsely accused of improperly touching a child? And you see your career crumble …
Bought by WORT
- Added: Dec 14, 2022
- Length: 29:30
- Purchases: 1
Jason Starr is an American author, comic book writer, and screenwriter from New York City. Starr has written numerous crime fiction novels and thri...
- Added: Jun 27, 2022
- Length: 26:55
On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin digs for clues with a detective, a journalist, and a man who believes he’s dead in the audio edition of Hal...
Bought by Harford Community Radio, RADIOLEX, and RadioStPete Florida
- Added: Sep 06, 2021
- Length: 03:00
- Purchases: 3
We have two of the most entertaining, self-made, grunt-ass Marines I know on today’s show for you, and they really couldn’t be more different from ...
- Added: Jan 11, 2021
- Length: 58:01
Dr. Synnika's Topical Poem of the Week is a weekly show that uses poetry to explore the social, political, and racial conditions in America. Each e...
- Added: Jan 05, 2021
- Length: 03:30
Kansas native Ben Lerner penned three collections of poetry before turning to fiction. While at the Kansas City Public Library, Lerner reads from h...
Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio)
- Added: Dec 08, 2020
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
Part 2 - The Homeless - WORD for WORDcast continues E.M. Forster's "The Machine Stops." Written in 1909, this is a dystopian look at the future, wh...
- Added: Oct 01, 2020
- Length: 59:01
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
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
San Francisco’s Word for Word Theater Company brings works of literature to the stage, performed verbatim by the multiple characters of the story. ...
- Added: Sep 21, 2020
- Length: 04:59
In this interview, Russell Rowland discusses his 2019 novel, "Cold Country," which had just been optioned for film. He also reads a few short passa...
Bought by Spokane Public Radio, Prairie Public, and Yellowstone Public Radio
- Added: Jul 22, 2020
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 3
An intimate conversation with poet Alice Notley at her home in Paris. Produced by award-winning producer Marjorie Van Halteren.
- Added: Apr 11, 2020
- Length: 34:02
A member of the Navajo Nation, Bojan Louis is a poet, fiction writer, essayist and author of the 2018 American Book Award-winning poetry collection...
Bought by WMMT
- Added: Dec 02, 2019
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
Thriller writer Lee Child talks with National Writers Series co-founder Doug Stanton.
Bought by WKAR
- Added: Oct 28, 2019
- Length: 54:29
- Purchases: 1
Robin O'Day, Elke Govertsen, and Julie Janj discuss their contributions to the anthology, "We Leave the Flowers Where They Are: True Stories of Mon...
Bought by Spokane Public Radio and Yellowstone Public Radio
- Added: Oct 09, 2019
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 2
Joaquín Zihuatanejo discusses poems based on life in his hometown of East Dallas. He also talks about his early life growing up without his father ...
- Added: Jun 12, 2019
- Length: 29:00
Poet Freya Manfred shares her poem "Strangle Him" on this segment of Wordish.
- Added: Mar 12, 2019
- Length: 02:28
Michigan native Marcus Wicker reads from his 2011 National Poetry Series winning collection, MAYBE THE SADDEST THING, which was also a finalist for...
Bought by WNJR
- Added: Jan 30, 2019
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
HOUR ONE: "Even Stranger Things" - Paranormal psychic spy hunters? It was a real U.S. Army project. Join us for an hour of even stranger things. ...
- Added: Oct 25, 2018
- Length: 01:58:58
HOUR ONE: "Pick Your Poison" - A weapon? A medicine? A murder mystery plot? Take your pick. HOUR TWO: "Sentimentality For Silicon" - When does a ...
- Added: Oct 12, 2018
- Length: 01:58:58
Multi-award-winning poet and MacArthur fellow, Terrance Hayes, reads from his fifth book, HOW TO BE DRAWN, winner of the 2016 NAACP Image Award for...
Bought by WNJR
- Added: Oct 10, 2018
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
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
- Added: Apr 08, 2018
- Length: 54:01
- Purchases: 1
