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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
Award-winning Poet and Fiction Writer Laura Kasischke
From: New Letters on the Air
Caption: Photo by David Shankbone CC BY 3.0
The National Book Critics Circle Award-winning poet, Laura Kasischke discusses her journey to writing fiction. Now the author of nine novels, she ...

  • Added: Jan 28, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
National Book Critics Circle Award-winning Poet Laura Kasischke
From: New Letters on the Air
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SHORT DESCRIPTION: National Book Critics Circle Award-winning poet Laura Kasischke explores topics from motherhood to beauty queens in her 2017 boo...

  • Added: Oct 23, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
Telling Stories of the Syrian Civil War: Marwan Hisham and Molly Crabapple
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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Our wars abroad and our wars at home. This week on the show, acclaimed graphic artist Molly Crabapple and Syrian journalist Marwan Hisham join Laur...

Bought by KDNK


  • Added: Jul 11, 2018
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Serendipity: The Winners of the First Annual Sarah Awards
From: KCRW's Independent Producer Project
Caption: Serendipity Logo, Credit: Courtesy The Sarah Awards
KCRW presents a special one-hour edition of Serendipity, the podcast of the Sarah Lawrence College International Audio Fiction Awards. This broadca...

Bought by WCQS


  • Added: May 31, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 3 - FBI Agent reads from Anthony Horowitz' kid spy novel "Stormbreaker"
From: Kitty Felde
Series: Book Club for Kids
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What does it take to be a spy? We ask a real FBI agent and talk to writer Anthony Horowitz about his James Bond Jr.: Alex Rider in "Stormbreaker."

  • Added: Sep 15, 2015
  • Length: 19:02
The Beat: Donald Dass - "Drinking Milk"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Beat
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Donald Dass, a Duluth poet, says about himself that he's a lifelong bon-vivant easing into geezerhood while examines he the mystery, whimsy and fru...

  • Added: Jun 10, 2015
  • Length: 01:29
The Beat: Erin Lynn Marsh - "Writing At Night"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Beat
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Erin Lynn Marsh has been published in Sugarhouse Review, Post Road Magazine, and Paper Darts. She holds an MFA from Lesley University in Boston, is...

  • Added: Mar 26, 2015
  • Length: 01:32
A Mirror World
From: Hold That Thought
Series: Writing from History
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How closely must historical fiction mirror recorded history? Author Marshall Klimasewiski weighs in.

  • Added: Oct 29, 2014
  • Length: 13:39
"We'll Be the Last Ones to Let You Down: Memoir of a Gravedigger's Daughter" by Rachel Hanel
From: WDSE
Series: MN Reads
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MN Reads speaks with Author Rachel Hanel about her latest work "We'll Be the Last Ones to Let You Down" a look into death and dying through a life ...

  • Added: Nov 08, 2013
  • Length: 13:40
Live Wire! Radio - Episode 220
From: Live Wire! Radio
Series: Live Wire
Caption: Actress and Comedian Kristen Schaal, Credit: Jennie Baker for Live Wire!
KRISTEN SCHAAL & SCOTT JACOBSON - Comedian/voice actress and writer/producer for Bob's Burgers LISA HANAWALT - Well-published cartoonist Musical ...

Bought by KSRQ, Spokane Public Radio, KWMR, Rhythm & News Service, KUOW and more


  • Added: Jun 06, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 8
Live Wire! Radio - Episode 214 Encore
From: Live Wire! Radio
Series: Live Wire
Caption: Film, Television & Voice Actor James Urbaniak, Credit: Jennie Baker for Live Wire!
Film and voice actor JAMES URBANIAK Musician, writer and podcaster JOHN RODERICK Songwriter and singer ROSE COUSINS

Bought by KSRQ, KWMR, and Rhythm & News Service


  • Added: May 24, 2013
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 3
Live Wire! Radio - Episode 214 Encore NEWSHOLE VERSION
From: Live Wire! Radio
Series: Live Wire
Caption: Film, Television & Voice Actor James Urbaniak, Credit: Jennie Baker for Live Wire!
Film and voice actor JAMES URBANIAK Musician, writer and podcaster JOHN RODERICK Songwriter and singer ROSE COUSINS

Bought by KUT and KUOW


  • Added: May 24, 2013
  • Length: 54:59
  • Purchases: 2
Live Wire! Radio - Episode 214 NEWSHOLE VERSION
From: Live Wire! Radio
Series: Live Wire
Caption: Film, Television & Voice Actor James Urbaniak, Credit: Jennie Baker for Live Wire!
Film and voice actor JAMES URBANIAK Musician, writer and podcaster JOHN RODERICK Songwriter and singer ROSE COUSINS

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Apr 19, 2013
  • Length: 54:59
  • Purchases: 1
Live Wire! Radio - Episode 210 NEWSHOLE VERSION
From: Live Wire! Radio
Series: Live Wire
Caption: Author David Shields & Guest Host Luke Burbank, Credit: Jennie Baker for Live Wire!
Guest Hosted by: LUKE BURBANK (Wait Wait Don't Tell Me & Too Beautiful to Live) Guests include: DAVID SHIELDS - Author LINDY WEST - Humorist/Cul...

Bought by KUT and KUOW


  • Added: Mar 22, 2013
  • Length: 54:59
  • Purchases: 2
Live Wire! Radio - Episode 209 NEWSHOLE VERSION
From: Live Wire! Radio
Series: Live Wire
Caption: Improvisational Comedian Reggie Watts, Credit: Jennie Baker for Live Wire!
REGGIE WATTS - Improvisational comic/musician JESS WALTERS - Author JOSHUA JAMES - Singer/Songwriter TELEKINESIS - Seattle Indie Band

Bought by KUT and KUOW


  • Added: Mar 15, 2013
  • Length: 54:58
  • Purchases: 2
The Beat : Linda Back McKay - "Chicken Without a Cause"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Beat
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Linda Back McKay is an independent advertising and marketing director. She is widely published. Linda Back McKay is also a long time volunteer and ...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Feb 28, 2013
  • Length: 02:44
  • Purchases: 1
Live Wire! Radio - Episode 206 NEWSHOLE VERSION
From: Live Wire! Radio
Series: Live Wire
Caption: Author of Quiet, Susan Cain, Credit: Jennie Baker for Live Wire!
Author - SUSAN CAIN Cuban Pianist - ALFREDO RODRIQUEZ Comedian - IAN KARMEL

Bought by KUT and KUOW


  • Added: Feb 22, 2013
  • Length: 55:06
  • Purchases: 2
Live Wire! Radio - Episode 201 Encore
From: Live Wire! Radio
Series: Live Wire
Caption: Actress, Author & Singer Carrie Brownstein, Credit: Jennie Baker for Live Wire!
CARRIE BROWNSTEIN - Actress, singer and author LOIS LEVEEN - Author FEDERALE - Musical guests

Bought by KUT, Oregon Public Broadcasting, KWMR, and Rhythm & News Service


  • Added: Feb 15, 2013
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 4
Live Wire! Radio - Episode 201 NEWSHOLE VERSION Encore
From: Live Wire! Radio
Series: Live Wire
Caption: Actress, Author & Singer Carrie Brownstein, Credit: Jennie Baker for Live Wire!
CARRIE BROWNSTEIN - Actress, singer and author LOIS LEVEEN - Author FEDERALE - Musical guests

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Feb 14, 2013
  • Length: 54:59
  • Purchases: 1
Live Wire! Radio - Episode 191 Encore
From: Live Wire! Radio
Series: Live Wire
Caption: Corin Tucker of Corin Tucker Band, Credit: Jennie Baker for Live Wire!
Acclaimed author ROB REID. Author CHELSEA CAIN. Musical guest JOE PUG. Sleater-Kinney alum's solo project, CORIN TUCKER BAND.

Bought by Rhythm & News Service, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio, KUT, KUOW, Oregon Public Broadcasting and more


  • Added: Jan 11, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 7
Live Wire! Radio - Episode 201 NEWSHOLE VERSION
From: Live Wire! Radio
Series: Live Wire
Caption: Portlandia's Carrie Brownstein, Credit: Jennie Baker for Live Wire!
CARRIE BROWNSTEIN - Actress, singer and author LOIS LEVEEN - Author FEDERALE - Musical guests

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Nov 29, 2012
  • Length: 54:59
  • Purchases: 1
Live Wire! Radio - Episode 174 Encore
From: Live Wire! Radio
Series: Live Wire
Caption: Hey Marseilles Indie Folk Band, Credit: Jennie Baker for Live Wire!
ELIZABETH WEIL - Author of "No Cheating, No Dying: I had a Good Marriage and I Tried to Make it Better." IAN KARMEL - Stand-up comic, winner of t...

Bought by Rhythm & News Service and Oregon Public Broadcasting


  • Added: Aug 29, 2012
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
The Beat: John Berryman - "The High Ones Die"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Beat
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John Berryman was a widely known poet, and teacher at the University of Minnesota. This is a recording of John Berryman reading his poem titled "Th...

  • Added: Aug 17, 2012
  • Length: 02:25
Live Wire! Radio - Episode 189 NEWSHOLE VERSION
From: Live Wire! Radio
Caption: Author & Comedian Lizz Winstead, Credit: Jennie Baker for Live Wire!
LIZZ WINSTEAD - Comedian, Writer & Producer MIKE RUSSELL - Portland based Cartoonist, Writer and Movie Critic KASEY ANDERSON - Seattle-based Sing...

  • Added: Jun 15, 2012
  • Length: 55:00