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Episode 136: Michael Lewis on What Makes Some People Irreplaceable , 4/16/2023
From: Kelly Corrigan Wonders
Series: Kelly Corrigan Wonders
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What makes someone impossible to forget?

  • Added: Apr 13, 2023
  • Length: 59:08
The Write Question - Danielle Geller
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Writer Danielle Geller discusses her debut memoir, "Dog Flowers" - a story of returning to the Navajo reservation after her mother's death.

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


  • Added: Jan 20, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 5
The Write Question - Victoria Chang
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Writer Victoria Chang discusses her new epistolary collection, "Dear Memory: Letters on Writing, Silence, and Grief."

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


  • Added: Jan 06, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
The Write Question - Dierdre McNamer
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Author Diedre McNamer talks about her new novel, "Aviary," and the secret of ongoingness.

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


  • Added: Jun 03, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 6
Arkansas Poet Laureate Jo McDougall
From: New Letters on the Air
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Our celebration of State Poets Laureate takes us to the lower midwest through the work of Jo McDougall, Arkansas Poet Laureate (2018-2022). She di...

Bought by WNJR


  • Added: Sep 18, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
More with Poet Edward Hirsch
From: New Letters on the Air
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In the second part of a conversation with poet and "MacArthur genius" Edward Hirsch, he discusses how the sudden death of his son inspired his awar...

Bought by WMUU-LP


  • Added: Jun 26, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
CESAR CHAVEZ STORY 4
From: Cesar Chavez Foundation
Series: CESAR CHAVEZ ANECDOTES
Caption: resist, Credit: flocabulary
Celebrating the Month of our founder Cesar Chavez through his own words and with the people who were closer to him.

  • Added: Apr 24, 2019
  • Length: 01:01
148: I Love Lord of the Rings
From: The Mortified Podcast
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Is Orlando bloom a good kisser? Is speaking in Elvish really that nerdy? Meet the teenagers who wished they could replace middle school with middl...

  • Added: Oct 07, 2018
  • Length: 36:13
#1 Pax Bill
From: Regina Revazova
Series: Cab Talks
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Pax Bill tells the driver his story

  • Added: Jun 22, 2017
  • Length: 04:53
An African-American poet's tribute...
From: Peter Johnson
Series: THE AUTHOR'S CORNER ON PUBLIC RADIO: NOVEMBER, 2015
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...To her late Eritrean-American husband, Ficre -- a painter, chef, and loving father -- in Elizabeth Alexander's new memoir, The Light Of The Worl...

  • Added: Nov 19, 2015
  • Length: 01:40
THANKSGIVING POEMS: "First Thanksgiving" by Sharon Olds
From: The Poetry Foundation
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A poem about Thanksgiving by Sharon Olds, read by Eliza Foss

  • Added: Nov 05, 2015
  • Length: 01:47
TSR15-16 Gaelic Storm
From: Tent Show Radio
Series: Tent Show Radio
Caption: Tent Show Radio
Tune in this week as host Michael Perry welcomes the world-chart-topping boys and girl ~ Gaelic Storm ~ to the Big Top stage!

Bought by KMSU, KALH, KPIP-LP, WRNC-LP, KSRQ and more


  • Added: Apr 09, 2015
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 9
TSR15-08 The Trouble Notes & Blue Canvas Orchestra
From: Tent Show Radio
Series: Tent Show Radio
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Gypsy jazz from Berlin, Germany along with Big Top Chautauqua's very own Blue Canvas Orchestra.

Bought by KALH, KMSU, WDSE, KSRQ, WRNC-LP and more


  • Added: Feb 13, 2015
  • Length: 59:30
  • Purchases: 8
Memoirist Cheryl Strayed
From: New Letters on the Air
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Cheryl Strayed's memoir, WILD: FROM LOST TO FOUND ON THE PACIFIC CREST TRAIL, took over twenty years to write and has since been selected by Oprah'...

Bought by WMUU-LP, KQED, WNJR, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., and WJCU


  • Added: Dec 11, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 5
Poet, Novelist, and Non-Fiction Writer Janet Burroway
From: New Letters on the Air
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Short Description: MEMOIR about her soldier son who committed suicide. She talks about writing non-fiction and her earlier elegiac book, EMBALMING...

  • Added: Jun 26, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
Ezra Pound Award-Winning Poet Alice Friman
From: New Letters on the Air
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The 2012 Georgia Author of the Year Award in Poetry, Alice Friman's other honors include the Ezra Pound Poetry Award for her third book, ZOO. In t...

  • Added: Dec 20, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
Author Andre Dubus III and "Townie"
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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Although Andre is perhaps best known for his novel, "House of Sand and Fog," this is a memoir about tough times growing up in Massachusetts. This i...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: May 03, 2013
  • Length: 09:58
  • Purchases: 1
The Beat : Sharon Harris - "Will You Stay"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Beat
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Sharon Harris is a member of the Jackpine Writer's Block, and a native of Park Rapids. She has published three books of poetry. The Beat is a daily...

  • Added: Jan 24, 2013
  • Length: 01:39
The Possibility of You
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: Turning Pages: Authors and Their Words
Caption: Pamela Redmond
Can we ever atone for the sins of the past? Or does each generation of women invent itself anew? In THE POSSIBILITY OF YOU, bestselling author Pam...

  • Added: May 09, 2012
  • Length: 13:39
Debra Gwartney, author of 'Live Through This'
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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During this program, Debra Gwartney reads from 'Live Through This: A Mother's Memoir of Runaway Daughters' and talks about the challenges she faced...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 27, 2012
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Story-Tell Lib by Annie Trumbull Slosson
From: Roy Trumbull
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These are original stories told by a badly crippled 13 year old girl to her friends and neighbors.

  • Added: Mar 06, 2012
  • Length: 01:03:10
BROTHER, I'M DYING -audiobook review
From: AudioFile Magazine
Series: Earshot!
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BROTHER, I'M DYING -audiobook review

  • Added: Mar 19, 2008
  • Length: 03:59
Listening is an Act of Love- audiobook review
From: AudioFile Magazine
Series: Audiopolis
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Review of audiobook Listening is an Act of Love

  • Added: Feb 06, 2008
  • Length: 04:29
Stone Fox
From: Vermont Public
Series: Camel's Hump Radio
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Willy's plan is to win the National Dogsled Race and use the cash prize to save the family farm - but first he'll have to beat Stone Fox, who's nev...

Bought by KTNA


  • Added: May 04, 2005
  • Length: 28:51
  • Purchases: 1
The Same Stuff as Stars, by Katherine Paterson
From: Vermont Public
Series: Camel's Hump Radio
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Abandoned, Angel struggles to care for her brother and finds her only peace with a mysterious man who shares with her the wonder of the stars.

Bought by KZYX, KTNA, and KUT


  • Added: Jan 12, 2004
  • Length: 28:52
  • Purchases: 3