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The future of mining on Minnesota's Iron Range continues to be a topic of discussion and debate throughout the region and beyond our state borders....
- Added: Dec 30, 2015
- Length: 22:16
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...
- Added: Dec 22, 2015
- Length: 03:51
- Purchases: 2
-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
“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
The mystery over what the falcon really is, whether it even existed,and why it has any value has remained so compelling, in fact, that over the yea...
- Added: Mar 11, 2015
- Length: 09:15
In a remote corner of Tel Aviv's grimy, labyrinthine central bus station, Mendy Cahan has built a home for Israel's rejected Yiddish books, and it'...
- Added: Mar 09, 2015
- Length: 16:05
Katharine Weber discusses her historical novel TRIANGLE, about the 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Fire.
- Added: Jan 29, 2015
- Length: 27:20
Historian and writer Eve LaPlante talks about her book, MARMEE AND LOUISA. It’s about the powerful relationship between Louisa May Alcott and her m...
- Added: Jan 29, 2015
- Length: 28:57
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
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
Poet Paul Legault shares how he challenged the norms of translation in his interpretations of Emily Dickinson's poetry.
- Added: Oct 29, 2014
- Length: 14:00
Historical fiction is an ongoing balance between fact and fiction, but what if the story takes place outside of reality? Author Sarah Shun-Lien Byn...
Bought by Radio Baha'i, WLGI
- Added: Oct 29, 2014
- Length: 15:12
- Purchases: 1
How closely must historical fiction mirror recorded history? Author Marshall Klimasewiski weighs in.
- Added: Oct 29, 2014
- Length: 13:39
Hosts Doug Storm and Trish Kerle' are joined by historian Jim Madison to discuss the Hoosier through history. Madison has just published a new book...
- Added: Sep 23, 2014
- Length: 01:01:02
In 2009 Shaun Usher began a blog to showcase correspondence that he felt deserved a wider audience. The blog quickly became popular and widely shar...
- Added: Jun 20, 2014
- Length: 13:31
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...
- Added: May 14, 2014
- Length: 28:59
- Purchases: 7
Kevin Cook is a journalist living in New York City.
- Added: May 14, 2014
- Length: 23:31
Asa Carter was a speechwriter for Alabama Governor George Wallace. He penned one of the most infamous speeches of the era… Wallace’s “Segregation N...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: May 14, 2014
- Length: 15:54
- Purchases: 1
NEA Lit Fellow and author Margot Livesey discusses The Flight of Gemma Hardy---her reimagining of Jane Eyre. [32:40]
Bought by KPIP-LP
- Added: Feb 11, 2014
- Length: 32:40
- Purchases: 1
Noted Journalist and Florida native Bill DeYoung discusses his book SKYWAY: THE TRUE STORY OF TAMPA'S SIGNATURE BRIDGE AND THE MAN WHO BROUGHT IT DOWN
Bought by RadioStPete Florida
- Added: Jan 16, 2014
- Length: 24:17
- Purchases: 1
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
Professor Daniel Shea shares the story of Pearl Curran, who, beginning in 1913, used a Ouija board to transcribe novels, plays, essays, and poetry ...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Oct 30, 2013
- Length: 13:35
- Purchases: 1
In this segment we talk with Dr. Anton Treuer about his book The Assassination of Hole In The Day.
Bought by KSRQ
- Added: Oct 03, 2013
- Length: 33:55
- Purchases: 1
WTIP's Dick Swanson talked recently with Dr. Marlene Zuk, professor of ecology, evolution & behavior at the U of Minn., about her recent book, "Pal...
Bought by KSRQ
- Added: Sep 10, 2013
- Length: 23:07
- Purchases: 1
On this episode of, Art Beat - we visit with an individual who penned a book about Minnesota politics during the span of 1968 through 1978. The boo...
- Added: Aug 16, 2013
- Length: 27:42
- Purchases: 2
