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XPRESSIONS is a series of short, light-hearted features about the origin of popular phrases & sayings of every sort.

  • Added: Jan 15, 2014
  • Length: 01:19
From: Don Hill
Series: Xpressions
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XPRESSIONS is a series of short, light-hearted features about the origin of popular phrases & sayings of every sort.

  • Added: Jan 15, 2014
  • Length: 01:43
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XPRESSIONS is a series of short, light-hearted features about the origin of popular phrases & sayings of every sort.

  • Added: Jan 15, 2014
  • Length: 01:49
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XPRESSIONS is a series of short, light-hearted features about the origin of popular phrases & sayings of every sort.

  • Added: Jan 15, 2014
  • Length: 01:50
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XPRESSIONS is a series of short, light-hearted features about the origin of popular phrases & sayings of every sort.

  • Added: Jan 15, 2014
  • Length: 01:37
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XPRESSIONS is a series of short, light-hearted features about the origin of popular phrases & sayings of every sort.

  • Added: Jan 15, 2014
  • Length: 01:29
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XPRESSIONS is a series of short, light-hearted features about the origin of popular phrases & sayings of every sort.

  • Added: Jan 15, 2014
  • Length: 01:27
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"There is the fear that you somehow neglected to say what was really yours to say" - John Updike. The iconic author on how he discovered himself by...

  • Added: Dec 18, 2013
  • Length: 05:45
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Liz Mason is the manager of Quimby's bookstore in Chicago and self-publishes a zine called Caboose. In this brief interview, she discusses her expe...

  • Added: Aug 18, 2013
  • Length: 02:35
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The Art and Entertainment News That You Want To Know! Featuring Grammy Nominee Linda Chorney and Musician Jiggley Jones.

  • Added: Jul 08, 2013
  • Length: 57:53
Caption: The View From Outside, by Susan Barnett, Credit: Hen House Press, LLC
Syndicated radio host Susan Barnett (51%, The Women's Perspective, WAMC-New York) reads 'Murray's Mustache' from her short story fiction collection...

  • Added: Mar 15, 2013
  • Length: 15:27
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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
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KAXE contributor, Robert Jevne, shares "Cherries." A piece about a young woman's artistic venture with an intriguing direction.

  • Added: Jan 24, 2013
  • Length: 01:26
Caption: Quiddity International Literary Journal and Public-Radio Program
Features a conversation about American Troubador and Chicago Renaissance Poet Vachel Lindsay, who achieved national prominence as the "Prairie Poet...

  • Added: Jan 22, 2013
  • Length: 20:27
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Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, and William Burroughs—all names you might recognize as poets of the Beat Generation. But a friend and inspiration to ...

  • Added: Jan 17, 2013
  • Length: 02:27
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During this program, TWQ producer Chérie Newman talks with Barbara Theroux and Zed about some of the recently-published books written by authors fr...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 07, 2012
  • Length: 29:52
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Jeff Adams
An Icebox Radio Short! The famous story of the headless horseman is re-imagined with a Northland twist - and this time in verse!

Bought by KMXT and KZYX


  • Added: Oct 29, 2012
  • Length: 10:39
  • Purchases: 2
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Nationally renowned writers, singers, and poets pay tribute to Toni Morrison, whose works have earned her the highest accolades in literature and e...

Bought by WJCT, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KGNU Community Radio, West Virginia Public Broadcasting, and KWMR


  • Added: Oct 26, 2012
  • Length: 28:57
  • Purchases: 5
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Kelly Starling Lyons talks about her two new picture books, which draw on African-American history but tell stories that transcend any cultural bou...

  • Added: Dec 19, 2011
  • Length: 04:51
Caption: Original Broadcast Promotional Art, Credit: Aaron Hansen
A radio drama adaptation of Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream," set in the Prohibition Era, with live sound effects and some of the finest S...

Bought by WNMU-FM, KREV-LP, KUT, WMNF, and KUT


  • Added: Oct 26, 2011
  • Length: 57:49
  • Purchases: 5
Caption: Pop-up bookstore Scanners is oepn through November at the Mina Dresden Gallery in San Francisco
The current state of our economy is getting everyone to think more creatively. For business owners, this means finding ways to cut costs, and in Sa...

  • Added: Oct 11, 2011
  • Length: 05:22
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Who would have thought that Borders, the corporate bookselling behemoth that had stores in practically every mini mall across America, would now be...

  • Added: Aug 15, 2011
  • Length: 05:44
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This is the story of the trumpeter of New Amsterdam sent to rouse his countrymen to ward off a British invasion. Unable to find a ferryman, he swea...

  • Added: Aug 05, 2011
  • Length: 03:29
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Sharon Chmielarz has had poems published in several literary magazines including The Laurel Review, The Iowa Review, Water~Stone, Kalliope, Ascent,...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jun 16, 2011
  • Length: 23:45
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Janell Moon is Emeryville's first poet laureate
It may surprise you to learn that 40 of the 50 states have Poet Laureates, as do a growing number of California cities – including Emeryville, whic...

  • Added: May 16, 2011
  • Length: 06:43