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Constant Wonder - Shared Solitude: The Life-Changing Epiphanies of a Children's Writer
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder
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Before he became an acclaimed children's writer, Douglas Wood often felt like a failure. A letter from a famous wilderness guru changed all that.

  • Added: Mar 21, 2024
  • Length: 52:51
Constant Wonder - Fleeing Iran and Finding His Way in America
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder
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An Iranian refugee comes of age in Oklahoma, and he shares with us how his Christian faith informs his writing in unexpected ways.

  • Added: Feb 15, 2024
  • Length: 52:50
Talkin' Trash
From: melodically challenged
Series: WELCOME TO SPRING 2024!
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According to the Keep America Beautiful website, Americans generate 251.3 million tons of garbage per year and since 1960, the amount of waste gene...

  • Added: Feb 08, 2024
  • Length: 01:00:06
Constant Wonder - Book of Delights
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder
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Poet Ross Gay on the small, sweet delights of life's daily walk with no fireworks or fanfare.

Bought by WLRH and GCR (Global Community Radio)


  • Added: Nov 02, 2023
  • Length: 52:54
  • Purchases: 2
Constant Wonder - Whitman and Alabama, America in Maps
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder
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Topic 1: Whitman's poetry sheds light on human connections and national identity; Topic 2: How we can use maps to view American history differently.

Bought by WLRH and RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Jan 05, 2022
  • Length: 52:45
  • Purchases: 2
Episode 169: Masquerade
From: Criminal
Series: Criminal
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The story of a cryptic children’s book, a real-life treasure hunt, and its very mysterious winner: “He refused to be on camera. It’s just his voice...

  • Added: Aug 13, 2021
  • Length: 37:07
National Writers Series: Karen Dionne and Brad Thor
From: Interlochen Public Radio
Series: National Writers Series: Season Three
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Interviews with thriller writers Karen Dionne and Brad Thor.

Bought by WCMU Michigan and WKAR


  • Added: Sep 13, 2020
  • Length: 54:30
  • Purchases: 2
'Renaissance Fables For The World' 66
From: Daniel Wargo
Series: Renaissance Fables For The World
Caption: 'The Signature Of Leonardo da Vinci', Credit: Leonardo da Vinci
This program is a 5 minute spoken word presentation of some of the fables written by Leonardo da Vinci. One part of the 76 episode series available...

  • Added: May 16, 2020
  • Length: 05:00
'Renaissance Fables For The World' 54
From: Daniel Wargo
Series: Renaissance Fables For The World
Caption: 'The Middle King', Credit: Benozzo Gozzoli
This spoken word program is 5 minutes in length, and is one of the episodes of the 76 part series that explores the renaissance fables of Bernadino...

  • Added: May 16, 2020
  • Length: 05:00
'Renaissance Fables For The World' 50
From: Daniel Wargo
Series: Renaissance Fables For The World
Caption: 'Concert In The Egg', Credit: Hieronymus Bosch
This 5 minute program is a spoken word presentation of the renaissance fables of Leon Battista Alberti...one of the four authors explored in the 76...

  • Added: May 16, 2020
  • Length: 05:00
'Renaissance Fables For The World' 49
From: Daniel Wargo
Series: Renaissance Fables For The World
Caption: 'The Holy Family With St. John', Credit: Pietro Negroni
This spoken word program is 5 minutes in length, and is part of the 76 episode series available on Public Radio Exchange.

  • Added: May 16, 2020
  • Length: 05:00
'Renaissance Fables For The World' 48
From: Daniel Wargo
Series: Renaissance Fables For The World
Caption: 'Coat Of Arms', Credit: Jean Fouquet
This 5 minute program is part of a 76 episode series available here on Public Radio Exchange. It is a spoken word presentation of renaissance fables.

  • Added: May 16, 2020
  • Length: 05:01
'Renaissance Fables For The World' 34
From: Daniel Wargo
Series: Renaissance Fables For The World
Caption: 'The Temptation Of St. Anthony', Credit: Hieronymus Bosch
This 5 minute spoken word program highlights some of the prolific writings...the fables...of Bartolomeo Scala. As one of the four authors explored ...

  • Added: May 15, 2020
  • Length: 05:00
'Renaissance Fables For The World' 22
From: Daniel Wargo
Series: Renaissance Fables For The World
Caption: 'The Garden Of Earthly Delights', Credit: Hieronymus Bosch
This program explores the fables of Bartolomeo Scala. He is one of the four great authors of renaissance fables explored in this series in 5 minute...

  • Added: May 14, 2020
  • Length: 05:00
'Renaissance Fables For The World' 10
From: Daniel Wargo
Series: Renaissance Fables For The World
Caption: Saint Christopher, Credit: Hieronymus Bosch
This 5 minute spoken word program explores the renaissance fables of Bartolomeo Scala, and is accompanied by appropriate musci.

  • Added: May 14, 2020
  • Length: 05:00
'Renaissance Fables For The World' 3
From: Daniel Wargo
Series: Renaissance Fables For The World
Caption: 'The Wayfarer', Credit: Hieronymus Bosch
This series of 76 programs explores the renaissance fables of four great authors. This program presents some of the work of Bartolomeo Scala.

  • Added: May 13, 2020
  • Length: 05:00
National Writers Series: Marie Benedict
From: Interlochen Public Radio
Series: National Writers Series: Season Two
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Journalist and director of arts and culture for the city of Detroit Rochelle Riley interviews author Marie Benedict.

Bought by WKAR


  • Added: Jun 15, 2019
  • Length: 54:30
  • Purchases: 1
The Write Question - Jeremy Smith - 372
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Jeremy Smith discusses his nonfiction novel, "Breaking and Entering: The Extraordinary Story of a Hacker Called "Alien." He also reads a short pass...

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


  • Added: Apr 02, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
Courting the Muse
From: Hold That Thought
Series: Summer with the Bard
Caption: Bride of the Wind, Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Henry Schvey discusses the inspiration for his play on the life of painter Oskar Kokoschka,

  • Added: Mar 10, 2016
  • Length: 12:16
Technology Brings Long-Silent Voices Of 20th Century Poets Back To Life
From: Curt Nickisch
Caption: A rendered image of the etched grooves of a record. IRENE software converts these squiggles to sound., Credit: Julie Martin/NEDCC Courtesy
A innovative technology to preserve endangered sound recordings without playing them (which would further damage them) is bringing the voices of po...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, WABE, KALW, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 05, 2014
  • Length: 06:24
  • Purchases: 4
The Beat: Danny Klecko - "Here Comes the Moon"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Beat
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Danny Klecko runs a bakery in Saint Paul. Many of his poems are written while he bakes for capitol city. The Beat is a daily reminder that, in Minn...

  • Added: Oct 22, 2014
  • Length: 02:00
The Beat: Marlys Guimaraes - "Separation"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Beat
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Marlys Guimaraes, a registered nurse is a member of the Jack Pine and League of Minnesota poets. Her work has appeared in the "Talking Stick", "The...

  • Added: Sep 04, 2014
  • Length: 01:36
Poetry Month Special: Studs Terkel in Conversation with American Poets, Episode 3
From: The WFMT Radio Network
Series: Studs Terkel in Conversation with American Poets
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Episode #3 travels into the realm of memory as Howard Nemerov and Gwendolyn Brooks read poems about childhood and the fleeting nature of time.

Bought by Troy Public Radio, Radio Catskill, RadioFreePalmer, KUPR low power FM, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting and more


  • Added: Apr 18, 2014
  • Length: 14:20
  • Purchases: 17
Poetry Month Special: Studs Terkel in Conversation with American Poets, Episode 2
From: The WFMT Radio Network
Series: Studs Terkel in Conversation with American Poets
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Episode #2 takes listeners on several poetry journeys: to Africa with James Baldwin and on an interplanetary rocket-poem trip with Allen Ginsberg a...

Bought by Troy Public Radio, KFCF FM, KUPR low power FM, WNMU-FM, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting and more


  • Added: Apr 17, 2014
  • Length: 21:26
  • Purchases: 17
Poetry Month Special: Studs Terkel in Conversation with American Poets, Episode 1
From: The WFMT Radio Network
Series: Studs Terkel in Conversation with American Poets
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Episode #1 explores how poetry enables people to channel the voices of others and features excerpts from Studs Terkel’s interviews with Elma Stucke...

Bought by Troy Public Radio, Radio Catskill, KZMU Moab Community Radio, KISU, KUPR low power FM and more


  • Added: Apr 10, 2014
  • Length: 15:00
  • Purchases: 20