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MN Reads: "Dreaming Our Futures" with Brenda J. Child
From: WDSE
Series: MN Reads
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Author Brenda J. Child talks about the new book (and new art exhibit) "Dreaming Our Futures"

  • Added: Feb 08, 2024
  • Length: 08:34
MN Reads: "Where the Dead Sleep" by Joshua Moehling
From: WDSE
Series: MN Reads
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Author Joshua Moehling talks about his new mystery "Where the Dead Sleep"

  • Added: Dec 28, 2023
  • Length: 07:02
Dream Sharing and Empathy
From: Katherine Bell
Series: The Dream Journal
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Does dream sharing increase empathy and insight? Today meet two English professors who say, "Yes it does!" The Science and Art of Dreaming is their...

  • Added: Dec 04, 2023
  • Length: 53:01
MN Reads: "The Sturgeon's Heart" by Amy E. Casey
From: WDSE
Series: MN Reads
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Author Amy E. Casey talks about her NEMBA nominated book "The Sturgeon's Heart"

  • Added: Aug 31, 2023
  • Length: 06:33
Constant Wonder - Making the Modern Christmas
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder
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Christmas wouldn't be the same without Dickens. And, the railroads changed Christmas forever.

Bought by RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Dec 19, 2022
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 1
The Write Question - Caroline Patterson
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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This episode features a conversation with Caroline Patterson about her collection of short stories, Ballet at the Moose Lodge. She also reads two s...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., Yellowstone Public Radio, KWMR, Spokane Public Radio and more


  • Added: Nov 18, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 7
Poet Martha Serpas on the disappearing Louisiana Gulf Coastline
From: New Letters on the Air
Caption: Martha Serpas
In today's classic NEW LETTERS ON THE AIR, we revisit Gulf Coast poet, Martha Serpas, whose 2020 book, DOUBLE EFFECT, won the L.E. Phillabaum Poetr...

Bought by KMXT, WMUU-LP, and WNJR


  • Added: Sep 08, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
The Write Question - Gary Ferguson and Dr. Mary M. Clare - 433
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Gary Ferguson and Mary M Clare discuss Gary's book, The 8 Master Lessons of Nature along with their work with Full Ecology.

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


  • Added: Jun 10, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
The Write Question - Christy Stillwell - 376
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Christy Stillwell discusses her novel, "The Wolf Tone," winner of the 2017 Elixir Fiction Award. She also reads a short passage from an article she...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: May 06, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
The Write Question - Chris Dombrowski - 406
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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A conversation with Chris Dombrowski about his collection of poems, "Ragged Anthem." He also reads a few selections.

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 02, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
The Write Question - James Lee Burke - 367
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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James Lee Burke discusses his 22nd novel in the Dave Robicheaux mystery series, "The New Iberia Blues." He also reads a short passage.

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 20, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
The Write Question - Maxim Loskutoff - 444
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Maxim Loskutoff discusses his collection of short stories about the "hidden West" in "Come West and See." He also reads a short passage.

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, Yellowstone Public Radio, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., Spokane Public Radio, KWMR and more


  • Added: Sep 06, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 7
Interview w/ writer DANA SPIOTTA about her most recent novel "Innocents and Others"
From: Out of Bounds
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The award-winning teacher and novelist discusses her latest novel "Innocents and Others"

  • Added: Sep 13, 2017
  • Length: 27:00
Ideas Books: Frank Wilczek - A Beautiful Question, Finding Natures Deep Design
From: Craig Barfoot
Series: Ideas Books
Caption: Ideas Books: Frank Wilczek
Nobel Prize winning physicist Frank Wilczek argues that beauty is at the heart of the logic of the universe, a principle that has guided his pionee...

  • Added: Apr 16, 2016
  • Length: 27:26
America the Beautiful (Half Hour Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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In honor of Independence Day, a former radio DJ joins us to play a selection of patriotic songs sung by African Americans. (And more...)

Bought by KZYX, WJCT, WVAS, WNMU-FM, KHNS and more


  • Added: Jun 03, 2015
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 11
America the Beautiful (Hour Long Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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This stirring hour show of American music and literature begins with patriotic musical performances by the likes of Marian Anderson, Paul Robeson, ...

Bought by WVTF, Mississippi Public Broadcasting, KHNS, WUTC, WVTF and more


  • Added: Jun 03, 2015
  • Length: 53:56
  • Purchases: 38
"The Other Blacklist"
From: Dred-Scott Keyes
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The Cutting Edge presents Mary Helen Washington, author of “ The Other Blacklist” which shows how the government targeted African- American as wel...

  • Added: Unknown
  • Length: 01:02:17
Wild Blessings (Hour Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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This Poetry Month, we honor the late African American poet Lucille Clifton, who was widely acclaimed for her powerful explorations of race, womanho...

Bought by WCNY, KOWS, WTJU, KUNV, KKRN and more


  • Added: Apr 14, 2015
  • Length: 53:56
  • Purchases: 6
Charles Eisenstein on Foundations of Earth Activism
From: Ayana Young
Series: Unlearn & Rewild
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Author and philosopher Charles Eisenstein discusses the narrative of separation from nature and the ecological crises it has wrought, as well as th...

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Nov 22, 2014
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 1
A Higher Call: Memorial Day Story
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Charlie Brown & Franz Stigler
On December 20, 1943, a severely damaged American bomber struggles in its flight over war-torn Germany. The 21-year-old pilot had his hands full wi...

Bought by KFCF FM, KPIK-LP, WHRV, WDCB, KVSC and more


  • Added: May 14, 2014
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 7
Culturology: Steve Downing talks Poet Laureates in Minnesota
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Culturology
Caption: Steve Downing
Steve Downing recently attended the inaugural reading and crowning of Deborah Cooper as Duluth's fourth Poet Laureate. Steve recounts a brief histo...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Dec 03, 2012
  • Length: 04:22
  • Purchases: 1
Dr. Edlow’s Deadly Dinner Party
From: Radio Rounds
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Physicians have long been compared with detectives, and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, creator of Sherlock Holmes, was himself a physician. This episode f...

  • Added: Jun 22, 2012
  • Length: 28:52
Melanie Rae Thon, author of 'In This Light'
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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This selection of Melanie Rae Thon's stories showcases her breathtaking ability to become each one of her people, to move inside the bodies and min...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 29, 2011
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 1
Alyson Hagy, Ghosts of Wyoming: Stories
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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With the stories in her latest collection, Ghosts of Wyoming, Alyson Hagy illuminates the complex issues of life in the West with characters so rea...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 01, 2010
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1