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The Street of the Cauldron Makers
From: Homelands Productions
Series: Worlds of Difference
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A well-known Turkish novelist confronts her country's modern history on a nondescript street in Istanbul.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and PRX to iTunes


  • Added: Apr 10, 2007
  • Length: 13:26
  • Purchases: 2
"Kill the Editor" by Kim Truong
From: WBEZ
Series: Louder Than a Bomb 2007
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There is an editor within each of us, and sometimes that editor needs to be killed. This poet is a student at Maine East High School (Park Ridge,...

  • Added: Mar 22, 2007
  • Length: 02:26
Finding My Kerouac: On the Road at Mid-Life
From: David Berner
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This documentary is about two men who, at mid-life, re-read Kerouac's book and get behind the wheel for a 4000 mile road trip of reflection and di...

Bought by WUSM, WGBH Radio Boston, WVPE, KZYX, WKSU and more


  • Added: Feb 07, 2007
  • Length: 57:05
  • Purchases: 7
The Truth About Dracula
From: Hillary Frank
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Suzanne Muldowney explains why her interpretation of Dracula is the most authentic.

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio, WRIR, KALW, PRX Remix, New Hampshire Public Radio and more


  • Added: Feb 02, 2007
  • Length: 05:44
  • Purchases: 11
This I Believe - Richard Rohr
From: This I Believe
Series: This I Believe
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Some people prefer clarity and closure but Father Richard Rohr finds belief and comfort in mystery.

Bought by WEZU, WEZU, and KJZZ


  • Added: Feb 01, 2007
  • Length: 03:33
  • Purchases: 3
Peace Talks Radio: Spoken Word for Peace (58:00 / 54:00 / or Three 29:00 programs)
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Actors, storytellers and poets express their hope for peace with the spoken word.

Bought by WVTF, WXXI Rochester, KNCT FM, KWMR, Raven Radio and more


  • Added: Jan 05, 2007
  • Length: 57:46
  • Purchases: 20
RN Documentary: Seamus Heaney: Bogging In Again
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Documentaries
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Poet and Nobel laureate revisits dark past in response to recent wars and violence

Bought by KICI Iowa City, KPIK-LP, KUAC, KWMR, WABE and more


  • Added: Dec 27, 2006
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 12
the writing in the margins
From: gavin lapid
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this is a story i wrote last spring about changing my name and being gender-queer

Bought by WGDR


  • Added: Nov 30, 2006
  • Length: 09:47
  • Purchases: 1
Just Add Hormones, One Woman's Transition to Life as a Man
From: Claudia Cragg
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Matt Kailey discusses his new memoir

  • Added: Nov 14, 2006
  • Length: :00
Bottom Dollar Girls- Part 2
From: Tanya Ott
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Author of the Bottom Dollar Girls series talks about becoming a novelist and how southern culture translates in the north

  • Added: Nov 14, 2006
  • Length: 05:59
RN Documentary: A Conversation with James Meek
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Documentaries
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A conversation with novelist and journalist James Meek about his latest novel, ?A People?s Act of Love.?

  • Added: Aug 03, 2006
  • Length: 29:29
This I Believe - Aldous Huxley
From: This I Believe
Series: Edward R. Murrow's This I Believe
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Novelist Aldous Huxley talks about self-knowledge and the power of change.

Bought by Key Radio KEYK 89.3 FM, KFAI Minneapolis, WKYU, and KUOW


  • Added: Jun 22, 2006
  • Length: 04:31
  • Purchases: 4
This I Believe - James Michener
From: This I Believe
Series: Edward R. Murrow's This I Believe
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James Michener talks about brotherhood and community.

Bought by Key Radio KEYK 89.3 FM and WKYU


  • Added: Jun 21, 2006
  • Length: 04:21
  • Purchases: 2
This I Believe - Thomas Mann
From: This I Believe
Series: Edward R. Murrow's This I Believe
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Thomas Mann talks about faith, integrity, and creativity.

Bought by Key Radio KEYK 89.3 FM and WKYU


  • Added: Jun 20, 2006
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 2
A light in the shadows: An interview with Suheir Hammad
From: Christopher Brown
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An in-depth interview with Palestinian poet Suheir Hammad

  • Added: Jun 16, 2006
  • Length: 37:00
This I Believe - Azar Nafisi
From: This I Believe
Caption: PRX default Piece image
From Huck Finn, Iranian-born writer and teacher Azar Nafisi learns to believe in the power of empathy.

  • Added: Jun 12, 2006
  • Length: 04:39
The Writers Studio Season 2, featuring Walter Mosley
From: KERA
Series: The Writers Studio Season 2
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A one hour interview with internationally acclaimed author Walter Mosley

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Apr 14, 2006
  • Length: 58:43
  • Purchases: 2
The Writers Studio Season 2, featuring James Ellroy
From: KERA
Series: The Writers Studio Season 2
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A one hour interview with internationally acclaimed author James Ellroy

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Apr 14, 2006
  • Length: 57:30
  • Purchases: 2
The Writers Studio Season 2, featuring Umberto Eco
From: KERA
Series: The Writers Studio Season 2
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A one hour interview with internationally acclaimed author Umberto Eco

Bought by Marfa Public Radio, Yellowstone Public Radio, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Apr 14, 2006
  • Length: 56:40
  • Purchases: 3
The Writers Studio Season 2, featuring Margaret Drabble
From: KERA
Series: The Writers Studio Season 2
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A one hour interview with internationally acclaimed author Margaret Drabble

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Apr 14, 2006
  • Length: 59:30
  • Purchases: 2
The Writers Studio Season 2, featuring Joan Didion
From: KERA
Series: The Writers Studio Season 2
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A one hour interview with internationally acclaimed author Joan Didion

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 14, 2006
  • Length: 56:13
  • Purchases: 3
The Writers Studio Season 2, featuring Bret Easton Ellis
From: KERA
Series: The Writers Studio Season 2
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A one hour interview with internationally acclaimed author Bret Easton Ellis

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 14, 2006
  • Length: 57:22
  • Purchases: 1
Evergreen interview w/ DANIEL SCHWARZ author of fascinating book "Imagining the Holocaust"
From: Out of Bounds
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Schwarz discusses his groundbreaking book "Imagining the Holocaust"

  • Added: Apr 12, 2006
  • Length: 29:29
The Lumberyard: A Radio Magazine of Poetry, Prose, & Music 1:11
From: Aaron Sanders
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poems by Naomi Ayala, Amanda Cagle, Jacob Overdurff, Taylor Mali, Chris Anderson, Pit Pinegar, Annarose Fitzgerald, Aaron Mushengyezi, and Jennifer...

Bought by KTNA


  • Added: Mar 13, 2006
  • Length: 29:07
  • Purchases: 1
A Chilling Tale
From: Susan Johnston
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Author and Publisher Juris Jurjevics discusses "The Trudeau Vector"

  • Added: Feb 17, 2006
  • Length: 19:39

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