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An Enemy Like Me, written by award-winning author Teri M Brown, is a novel about love, war, and the complexities of family and identity.

  • Added: Jan 04, 2024
  • Length: 10:11
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Why does a young man abandon everything to head out on the highway? Where will it take him? Using the road metaphor, the author reveals the discove...

  • Added: Dec 31, 2023
  • Length: 10:15

  • Added: Apr 13, 2023
  • Length: 59:08
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This week on World Ocean Radio we have a special seasonal reading of "Christmas at Sea", an evocative poem by Robert Louis Stevenson written in 188...

  • Added: Dec 21, 2022
  • Length: 04:02
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Next time on NEW LETTERS ON THE AIR, hear Annie Barrows, the co-author of the international best seller and book club favorite, THE GUERNSEY LITERA...

Bought by KAAD-LP


  • Added: Jan 07, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Burnout from work is something a lot of us are thinking about right now. It's been on the minds of librarians, too. We talk to a group of library w...

Bought by KVSC


  • Added: Mar 01, 2021
  • Length: 25:09
  • Purchases: 1
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HOUR ONE: 'Going Underground' - Scientists and explorers have found a whole new world under our feet. It's an exciting place, and it's changing wha...

  • Added: Feb 26, 2021
  • Length: 01:58:58
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A decades-long resident of Michigan's Upper Peninsula, Randall Freisinger gives insight into the often wintery world of his surroundings and shares...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio)


  • Added: Oct 29, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Having lived through America’s Civil Rights Movement, author Janet Cheatham Bell joins World Footprints to reflect on her life journey from a segre...

  • Added: Aug 02, 2020
  • Length: 31:16
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This month's Save America's Treasures recording, features the late, great poet Adrienne Rich, known for her perfectly crafted, award winning poems....

Bought by WRKF, WNMU-FM, and WJCU


  • Added: Mar 17, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Northern Lights in Cook County, Credit: Travis Novitsky
Shelley McIntire is a longtime resident of Cook County and a member of the Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa. She describes herself as ...

  • Added: Dec 27, 2019
  • Length: 09:56
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Remembering Philosophy Talk's co-creator, chief cheerleader, and guiding light, Ken Taylor.

Bought by WFHB, KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, GCR (Global Community Radio), KMUN, KSKQ and more


  • Added: Dec 27, 2019
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 7
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The story behind the story of Three Dog Bakery, and how a dog with special needs brought all the elements together.

  • Added: Aug 26, 2019
  • Length: 02:00
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A periodic podcast featuring performances of short stories that hint us toward living together better as humans and as humans with nature. This epi...

  • Added: Aug 10, 2019
  • Length: 20:46
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NEW LETTERS ON THE AIR begins National Poetry Month with Edward Hirsch, a poet and "MacArthur genius" who was the editor of THE BEST AMERICAN POETR...

Bought by WNJR and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Apr 10, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
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A vivid portrait of a brilliant, troubled author.

Bought by KKRN, WOUB, KUNM, WNJR, WCPN and more


  • Added: Jan 15, 2019
  • Length: 01:57:58
  • Purchases: 13
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The voices of Maria Callas, Joan Sutherland, Mirella Freni, Anna Netrebko, Kathleen Ferrier, Luciano Pavarotti, Roland Villazon paired with thought...

  • Added: Feb 24, 2018
  • Length: 58:48
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Pax Bill tells the driver his story

  • Added: Jun 22, 2017
  • Length: 04:53
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When Sinead Morrissey won the 2013 T.S. Eliot Poetry Prize for her fifth book, PARALLAX, her work was then published in the U.S. pulling from all f...

Bought by WNJR


  • Added: Mar 24, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: GetPublished! Radio Host Gerald Everett Jones, Credit: La Puerta Productions
Here's Gerald's audio book review of Affliction by Russell Banks.

  • Added: Mar 06, 2017
  • Length: 03:42
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At each year's end, World Ocean Radio host Peter Neill reads "At The Fishhouses" by Elizabeth Bishop. This perennial favorite poem was chosen not o...

  • Added: Dec 27, 2016
  • Length: 04:51
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Christmas poetry and music ranging from introspective to light.

Bought by KTXK, KGUA, KRPS, and KPIP-LP


  • Added: Dec 24, 2016
  • Length: 51:55
  • Purchases: 4
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Poetry and music about the soul of trees.

  • Added: Nov 19, 2016
  • Length: 57:24
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Poetry good for a crisp autumn evening.

  • Added: Oct 04, 2016
  • Length: 58:47
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Love poetry and reflective music.

  • Added: Jun 11, 2016
  • Length: 56:52