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Louisa Van Velser (mother of Walt Whitman), May 23, 1873
From: Jonathan Thomas Stratman
Series: Who Died Today
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The mother of one of our greatest American writers. Long thought to be illiterate ... revealed by her letters to have a distinctive writing voice t...

  • Added: May 17, 2011
  • Length: 03:00
The Searchers
From: Third Coast International Audio Festival
Series: 2008 Third Coast ShortDocs: Radio Ephemera
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Where do lost stories go? Potato pancakes are involved.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 25, 2011
  • Length: 03:06
  • Purchases: 1
Go Ahead, Steampunk, Make My Day!
From: Peter Cox
Series: Litopia After Dark
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Steampunk – once a niche market – is going mainstream everywhere you look. But what is its appeal – and what does it say about the zeitgeist?

  • Added: Apr 23, 2011
  • Length: 57:33
Tom Perrotta on Flannery O'Connor -- a literary affinity
From: Jenny Attiyeh
Caption: Flannery O'Connor in 1962, Credit: Joe McTyre/Atlanta Constitution
Tom Perrotta, the author of "Little Children", "Election" and the upcoming novel "The Leftovers", speaks with ThoughtCast about a writer who fascin...

  • Added: Apr 11, 2011
  • Length: 30:00
A real life film noir: Dashiell Hammett and the case of the missing manuscript
From: KALW
Caption: hough he died in 1961, author Dashiell Hammett's manuscripts are still being discovered.
What do the city of San Francisco, a long lost manuscript, and a Mediterranean bird of prey have in common? Well, they’re all part of the legend of...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and KZYX


  • Added: Apr 04, 2011
  • Length: 07:43
  • Purchases: 2
Talking Poetry in Our Time with Nicholson Baker and Franz Wright
From: Open Source
Caption: Nicholson Baker
Part of "Whose Words These Are," our look at poetry in our time: first Christopher Lydon in conversation with novelist Nicholson Baker, whose novel...

Bought by KALW, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KUT, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WEOS and more


  • Added: Apr 04, 2011
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 6
Live Wire! Radio - Episode 146
From: Live Wire! Radio
Series: Live Wire
Caption: Andre Dubus III, Credit: Jennie Baker for Live Wire!
Guests include: Acclaimed author Andre Dubus III, storyteller Roey Thorpe and musical guest Tony Furtado.

Bought by WNJR


  • Added: Apr 01, 2011
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 1
MILDRED PIERCE -- Todd Haynes on his five-part HBO minseries
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: Todd Haynes, San Francisco, CA, 3/25/11, Credit: Andrea Chase
Filmmaker Todd Haynes talks mother love, class distinction, and authenticity.

  • Added: Mar 27, 2011
  • Length: 16:43
Wallace Stroby discusses "Cold Shot to the Heart"
From: Steven Nester
Series: Poets of the Tabloid Murder
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A former newspaperman, Wallace Stroby lives in New Jersey.

  • Added: Mar 24, 2011
  • Length: 26:32
Jefferson Bass discusses "The Bone Yard"
From: Steven Nester
Series: Poets of the Tabloid Murder
Caption: The Bone Yard
Jefferson Bass is the pen name of Dr. Bill Bass and journalist Jon Jefferson.

  • Added: Mar 09, 2011
  • Length: 29:26
The Last Word on Libraries
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Between You and Me
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The particular and universal state of mind of libraries is one of random discovery.

Bought by WTIP


  • Added: Feb 08, 2011
  • Length: 03:33
  • Purchases: 1
Commentator Guido on Libraries
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Between You and Me
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Guido has always been overly interested in books, and he tells about some of his favorite libraries.

Bought by WTIP


  • Added: Feb 08, 2011
  • Length: 05:06
  • Purchases: 1
Commentator Aaron Brown on Libraries
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Between You and Me
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Last week, Aaron's oldest son signed up for his first Library card... to them, the library is spoken about like a mythical place.

  • Added: Feb 08, 2011
  • Length: 02:41
Poets of the Tabloid Murder Talks with Gary Phillips
From: Steven Nester
Series: Poets of the Tabloid Murder
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Gary Phillips is an author and political activist living in Los Angeles.

  • Added: Jan 25, 2011
  • Length: 28:45
Live Wire Episode 103 Encore (originally aired 1/30/10)
From: Live Wire! Radio
Series: Live Wire
Caption: Anis Mojgani
Some of our favorite Memorable Moments, including The Decemberists' Colin Meloy, Christopher Moore, The Lonely Forest, Taylor Mali

  • Added: Dec 31, 2010
  • Length: 59:11
C.S. Graham discusses "The Babylonian Codex"
From: Steven Nester
Series: Poets of the Tabloid Murder
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C.S. Graham is the pseudonym of writing team Steven Harris and Candice Proctor.

  • Added: Dec 10, 2010
  • Length: 28:37
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
Yunte Huang discusses "Charlie Chan"
From: Steven Nester
Series: Poets of the Tabloid Murder
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Yunte Huang is a professor of literature at UC at Santa Barbara.

  • Added: Sep 21, 2010
  • Length: 22:26
Gail Carriger on the Parasol Protectorate Series
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Realgoodwords
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Maddi Frick's conversation with Gail Carriger.

  • Added: Aug 12, 2010
  • Length: 19:19
The Poet and His Dyslexia
From: Francesca Rheannon
Series: Writer's Voice
Caption: Poet Philip Schultz
Host Francesca Rheannon spends the hour with poet Philip Schultz talking about his poetry, his method of teaching writing — and his dyslexia. His l...

Bought by WXXI Rochester


  • Added: Aug 11, 2010
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 1
Maureen Gibbon on "Thief"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Realgoodwords
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We talk with Maureen Gibbon about her compelling new novel, "Thief."

  • Added: Jul 15, 2010
  • Length: 24:28
Marianne Wiggins
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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During this program, Marianne Wiggins talks about her novel, THE SHADOW CATCHER, which combines fiction with biography (albeit a semi-fictional Mar...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 20, 2010
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Have You Found Your Hidden Brain?
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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How do we make the big decisions in our lives? Who to vote for?-or who to choose as a life mate or form an opinion about politics or war? Most of ...

  • Added: Jun 08, 2010
  • Length: 58:01
MN Author Gayla Marty and "Memory of Trees"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Realgoodwords
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MN Author Gayla Marty and "Memory of Trees: A Daughter's Story of a Family Farm".

Bought by KVSC


  • Added: Jun 07, 2010
  • Length: 23:26
  • Purchases: 1
Hamburg Meets Chicago
From: Radijojo World Children's Radio Network
Caption: Motte Kinder radio
Children's Rights are sometimes completely overlooked in our society. But things are changing Children are slowly getting the respect they deserve ...

  • Added: Jun 04, 2010
  • Length: 30:00

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