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"The Glass Castle" author Jeannette Walls
From: New Letters on the Air
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Former celebrity journalist Jeannette Walls discusses her hardscrabble childhood which she depicted in her memoir THE GLASS CASTLE, now an August 2...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WMUU-LP, and WFIU


  • Added: Aug 18, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Show business veteran Dudley Riggs, founder of the Brave New Workshop, on The Roadhouse
From: WTIP
Series: The Roadhouse
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Dudley Riggs is a fifth-generation member of a distinguished show business family. He's worked in many areas of the biz, as everything from an aeri...

  • Added: Jul 05, 2017
  • Length: 18:32
Minnneapolis performance artist Patrick Scully portrays Walt Whitman in one-man show
From: WTIP
Series: The Roadhouse
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Minneapolis performance artist Patrick Scully has created a one-man show about the life and times of Walt Whitman. It's called "Leaves of Grass--Il...

Bought by KVSC


  • Added: Jun 27, 2017
  • Length: 31:02
  • Purchases: 1
Minnesota author Mark Neuzil discusses his latest book, "Canoes"
From: WTIP
Series: The Roadhouse
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Mark Neuzil and Norman Sims have written a gorgeous, illustrated history of a very special watercraft: "Canoes: A Natural History in North America,...

  • Added: Jun 13, 2017
  • Length: 23:09
Bill Schutt discusses "The Himalayan Codex"
From: Steven Nester
Series: Poets of the Tabloid Murder
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Bill Schutt a vertebrate zoologist, college professor and author. Learn more about him at https://www.billschutt.com/.

  • Added: Jun 13, 2017
  • Length: 11:33
The History of English in 10ish Minutes
From: Colleen Patrick-Goudreau
Series: Animalogy \ Revealing the Animals in Our Everyday Words and Phrases
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English is a remarkable language. It's an incredibly flexible, rich, diverse, beautifully fluid language that’s been influenced by many other langu...

  • Added: Jan 25, 2017
  • Length: 21:12
Ani Tuzman, THE TREMBLE OF LOVE & Terry Tempest Williams, FINDING BEAUTY IN A BROKEN WORLD
From: Francesca Rheannon
Series: Writer's Voice
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Ani Tuzman talks about her novel based on the life of the 18th century Jewish mystic, the Baal Shem Tov. Its called The Tremble of Love. Then, we r...

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: Dec 23, 2016
  • Length: 01:38:32
  • Purchases: 1
Novelist Vaddey Ratner writes her story of Cambodia
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Vaddey Ratner, Credit: Christina Sherk
Vaddey Ratner's novel, In the Shadow of the Banyan honors her lost family

Bought by WNJR, WMUU-LP, and WRIR


  • Added: Nov 22, 2016
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 3
Bob Dylan: Listen To The Words
From: Paul Ingles
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Another hour of Dylan's most literate work, hosted by Paul Ingles, to further mark his winning the 2016 Nobel Prize for Literature.

Bought by Delmarva Public Media, KAAD-LP, KMSU, KMUW, WRGY and more


  • Added: Oct 28, 2016
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 10
Polish Poet Adam Zagajewski
From: New Letters on the Air
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Poet Adam Zagajewski (zah-gah-yev-ski), the 2016 recipient of the Griffin Lifetime Achievement Prize for Excellence in Poetry, was born in Lwow, Po...

Bought by WNJR


  • Added: Oct 26, 2016
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
Lester Blackiston: The Pirate of Shockoe Bottom, Part 2
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
Caption: Lester Blackiston
Lester Blackiston was the pirate of Shockoe Bottom. He was a minor Beat poet, a questionable inventor, a man who avoided work at all costs. He had ...

  • Added: Jul 27, 2016
  • Length: 23:27
Shelf Discovery: Radio Girls by Sarah-Jane Stratford
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Shelf Discovery
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On this week's Shelf Discovery, Kristin travels back to the early days of radio with author Sarah-Jane Stratford's Radio Days.

Bought by KHSU and Harford Community Radio


  • Added: Jul 04, 2016
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 2
The Many Lives of Michelangelo
From: Hold That Thought
Caption: Michelangelo's David
Painter, sculptor, architect, engineer, and poet - how can one man be so many things? And what did he keep in his basement?

Bought by KVSC and WABE


  • Added: Jun 01, 2016
  • Length: 16:09
  • Purchases: 2
Eliding History: Jill Lepore On Telling Stories
From: WFHB
Series: Interchange
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Jill Lepore joins us to talk about three books: The Story of America; The Secret History of Wonder Woman; and Joe Gould's Teeth.

  • Added: Mar 29, 2016
  • Length: 01:03:04
Conversations with Julian Bond
From: With Good Reason
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The late Julian Bond conducted 51 extensive interviews with prominent black leaders in America. Phyllis Leffler who led the project with Bond, has ...

Bought by WLPR , WNSB, KISA Digital Studios, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi) and more


  • Added: Jan 21, 2016
  • Length: 53:58
  • Purchases: 9
Coming Home to Big Stone Gap (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Best-selling author Adriana Trigiani talks about life growing up in the small Appalachian town of Big Stone Gap. Plus: What are the biggest challen...

Bought by WCNY, KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, WMUU-LP, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WTJU and more


  • Added: Jan 15, 2016
  • Length: 53:55
  • Purchases: 6
"The Quality of Mercy": A Shakespearean theme
From: Hold That Thought
Series: Summer with the Bard
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Robert Wiltenbug surveys the great moments of mercy, both granted and withheld, in Shakespeare's many plays.

  • Added: Jan 04, 2016
  • Length: 15:07
In Search of Shakespeare's Accent (news feature)
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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Off the coast of Virginia, in the middle of the Chesapeake Bay, lies a shrinking island called Tangier. Here, a seasoned adventurer docked his sail...

Bought by KENW and KWMR


  • Added: Dec 22, 2015
  • Length: 03:51
  • Purchases: 2
How the Bard Meant It (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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-How did Shakespeare's plays sound 400 years ago? Plus: A novelist mentored by John Grisham. And more….

Bought by WCNY, WFAE, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WTJU, WMUU-LP and more


  • Added: Dec 22, 2015
  • Length: 53:54
  • Purchases: 6
How The Bard Meant It (half hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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-How did Shakespeare's plays really sound 400 years ago. Plus: The big ideas in the plays of Shakespeare. And more….

Bought by WJCT, KVSC, Troy Public Radio, KRDP, WLIW and more


  • Added: Dec 22, 2015
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 6
Candace Simar on Writing Historical Fiction
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Area Voices
Caption: Cover Designed by Riverplace
A shelterbelt is a line of trees, meant to protect from the wind and snow. Farmers plant them to keep fields from eroding or topsoil from blowing a...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Nov 23, 2015
  • Length: 15:07
  • Purchases: 1
BFFs, Girlfriends, and Besties (Hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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As the British Empire expanded, the fabric of society depended upon women’s friendships. One letter from a “BFF” back home could save a colonist fr...

Bought by WCNY, WMUU-LP, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KEDT, WTJU and more


  • Added: Oct 30, 2015
  • Length: 53:56
  • Purchases: 6
The Falling Man
From: PRX
Series: Esquire Classic
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“The Falling Man”, Esquire’s most-read story of all time, is discussed by host David Brancaccio (APM's Marketplace Morning Report) and Esquire Writ...

Bought by KUER, PRX Remix, and Canadian Broadcasting Corporation


  • Added: Oct 05, 2015
  • Length: 34:07
  • Purchases: 3
Meet the new Poet Laureate of the United States, Juan Felipe Herrera
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Juan Felipe Herrera Unity Poem Fiesta. , Credit: Courtesy University of California-Riverside
The new poet laureate of the United States and two-time National Endowment for the Arts fellow calls for everyone’s heart to speak out.

Bought by KPIP-LP, KFCF FM, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WLPR , KPVL and more


  • Added: Sep 21, 2015
  • Length: 28:29
  • Purchases: 7
A discussion with Peter Finn about "The Zhivago Affair"
From: Boise State Public Radio
Series: Reader's Corner with Bob Kustra
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Reader's Corner host Bob Kustra talks with the Washington Post's Peter Finn about his fascinating book.

  • Added: Sep 04, 2015
  • Length: 30:10

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