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Marching the Alcotts: "We Really Lived Most of It"
From: WFHB
Series: Interchange
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Our guest is Pulitzer Prize winning biographer John Matteson whose The Annotated Little Women was published last month. Alcott’s often autobiograph...

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: Dec 22, 2015
  • Length: 58:31
  • 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 Write Question - Margaret Grundstein - 243
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Margaret Grundstein talks about and reads from her memoir NAKED IN THE WOODS: My Unexpected Years In A Hippie Commune. She also comments on why fem...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KGLT, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KCMJ Community Radio, KSJD and more


  • Added: Sep 08, 2015
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 7
Novel Explores the Meaning of Home
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Megan Kruse talks about and reads from her debut novel, Call Me Home

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


  • Added: Apr 27, 2015
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 3
Story of an African childhood: Author Robyn Scott
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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The author of “Twenty Chickens for a Saddle” is a social entrepreneur who works in southern Africa. But back when she was 7 she moved from England ...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio and KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Feb 08, 2015
  • Length: 08:50
  • Purchases: 2
The Write Question - Molly Caro May - 228
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Molly Caro May talks about and reads from 'The Map of Enough' -- a memoir about her search for home.

Bought by KGLT, Spokane Public Radio, KSJD, Yellowstone Public Radio, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and more


  • Added: Jun 02, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 9
The Write Question - Adrianne Harun - 233
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Adrianne Harun explains why she chose the color white to represent evil in her novel 'A Man Came Out of a Door in the Mountain.' And she talks abou...

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


  • Added: Apr 29, 2014
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 10
Jaipur Lit. Fest.
From: KALW
Caption: Nayomi Muneewara
Sandip Roy meets Oakland, CA author Nayomi Muneewara at one of the world's greatest literature festivals. Her new book is "Island of a Thousand Mir...

  • Added: Jan 28, 2014
  • Length: 04:30
The Write Question - Christine Byl - 283
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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During this program, Christine Byl talks about her memoir, Dirt Work: An Education in the Woods, which describes her experiences working on trail c...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, Yellowstone Public Radio, Spokane Public Radio, KSJD, WCWP and more


  • Added: Jan 13, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 9
Midwives and Murder
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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Radio Curious visits with historian Sam Thomas, author of “The Midwife's Tale” a mystery series based on the real life of Bridget Hodgson, a lady a...

  • Added: Dec 30, 2013
  • Length: 29:01
Interview with Dr. Theresa Schenck
From: KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle
Series: Native American Author Book Review
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In this segment we interview Dr. Theresa Schenck about her background, history of published works and her studies of the Ojibwe.

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Oct 03, 2013
  • Length: 15:01
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 31: Van Wallach - Bobby Pickles' Podcast
From: Bobby Pickles
Series: Bobby Pickles' Podcast
Caption: Bobby Pickles (left); Van Wallach (right)
Bobby speaks, from the steps of the NYC Public Library, with Van Wallach, author of "A Kosher Dating Odyssey: One Former Texas Baptist's Quest for ...

  • Added: Jul 06, 2013
  • Length: 50:02
An Interview with Susanna Sonnenberg
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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During this program Chérie Newman talks with Susanna Sonnenberg about her second memoir, 'She Matters: A Life in Friendships.' Sonnenberg also read...

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


  • Added: May 22, 2013
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 3
Episode 002: Ami Greko
From: Emily Schultz
Series: Truth & Fiction
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Publishing women talk tech, sexism and the future.

  • Added: Mar 18, 2013
  • Length: 43:51
Mardell Hogan Plainfeather, co-author of The Woman Who Loved Mankind: Lillian Bullshows Hogan
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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During this program, Mardell Hogan Plainfeather talks about and reads from 'The Woman Who Loved Mankind: Lillian Bullshows Hogan,' as told to and w...

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


  • Added: Mar 18, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Tabled Fables 4 Catskin
From: Amy Kraft
Series: Tabled Fables
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Catskin is part two of our series on tales of the persecuted heroine. If you think Cinderella had it rough, this girl's dad will do anything to mar...

  • Added: Mar 03, 2013
  • Length: 18:18
Interview with Dorianne Laux. Sunday, January 1, 2012.
From: Words On A Wire
Series: Words On A Wire (Best Of)
Caption: Dorianne Laux
Dorianne Laux discusses the deconstruction of the alphabet as part of her creative process. "What the Body can Say," is read as the poem of the we...

  • Added: Feb 27, 2013
  • Length: 29:05
Tabled Fables Podcast 3 Cinderella
From: Amy Kraft
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This podcast talks about the many versions of Cinderella told around the world and the different kinds of footwear she wore to the ball. My persona...

  • Added: Jan 26, 2013
  • Length: 21:08
Culturology: Dan Sinykin reviews "The Long Shining Waters" by Danielle Sosin
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Culturology
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Danielle Sosin's novel, "The Long Shining Waters," tells three stories of three women living around the shores of Lake Superior in three distinct t...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KSRQ


  • Added: Jan 17, 2013
  • Length: 02:58
  • Purchases: 2
Culturology: Caroline Fraser, editor of "Laura Ingalls Wilder: The Little House Books" talks to Heidi Holtan
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Culturology
Caption: Caroline Fraser
Originally published from 1932 to 1943, Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little House books are classics of children's literature, beloved by millions. Now T...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KSRQ


  • Added: Jan 04, 2013
  • Length: 14:51
  • Purchases: 2
Forty Years of Feminist Books
From: Cassie Wagler
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The oldest feminist bookstore in the country closes, after over 40 years in business.

  • Added: Dec 29, 2012
  • Length: 04:39
WONDER WOMEN! THE UNTOLD STORY OF AMERICAN SUPERHEROINES -- Kristy Guevera-Flanagan Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
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Kristy Guevera-Flanagan talks the terrors of truth, the progressive nature of soap operas, and why it took a woman writer to get Wonder Woman out o...

  • Added: Nov 29, 2012
  • Length: 21:10
Emily Danforth, author of The Miseducation of Cameron Post
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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During this program, Emily Danforth talks about her debut novel, The Miseducation of Cameron Post. Also about conversion therapy and online resourc...

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


  • Added: Nov 07, 2012
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
The Mikie Show #56, Jane
From: Michael Carroll
Series: The Mikie Show
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Well, well, here we are again. Another episode hits the airwaves or cyber-lanes, whichever you like, we’re there for you! We’re all the way up to e...

  • Added: Nov 07, 2012
  • Length: 28:02
Culturology: "Mayor of the Universe" - Author Lorna Landvik talks with Heidi Holtan
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Culturology
Caption: "Mayor of the Universe" by Lorna Landvik
Lorna Landvik is the author of eight previous novels including the best selling "Angry Housewives Eating Bon Bons, "Oh My Stars," and "The View Fro...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KVSC


  • Added: Oct 17, 2012
  • Length: 20:20
  • Purchases: 2