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Hayan Charara considers how the world would be different today if certain historically significant events had not taken place in the late 1990s.

Bought by Raven Radio, KALW, and KENW


  • Added: Dec 21, 2018
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 3
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Wildlife biologist and author, Jim Williams, discusses his book, "Path of the Puma: The Remarkable Resilience of the Mountain Lion." He also reads ...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, Yellowstone Public Radio, and KRZA


  • Added: Dec 19, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Elaine Kahn, poet
Elaine Kahn meditates on care, loss, and the uncertainty of the future.

Bought by Raven Radio, KALW, KHSU, and KENW


  • Added: May 31, 2018
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: Noel Black, poet
Noel Black imagines singing karaoke on a yacht to the music of Michael McDonald.

Bought by Raven Radio, KHSU, KENW, and KALW


  • Added: May 25, 2018
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: Roberto Harrison, poet
Roberto Harrison imagines a time when death itself will be artificial.

Bought by KUER, KENW, KALW, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 13, 2018
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: Prageeta Sharma, poet
Prageeta Sharma reflects on the last night of intimacy with her terminally ill partner.

Bought by KALW and KENW


  • Added: Apr 05, 2018
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Diana Arterian, poet
Diana Arterian describes the wedding ceremony of Agrippina the Younger, Empress of Rome and mother to the infamous Emperor Nero.

Bought by KALW, KENW, and KKRN


  • Added: Mar 21, 2018
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 3
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Molly Caro May discusses her latest book, Body Full of Stars: Female Rage and My Passage Into Motherhood.

Bought by KMUD, Spokane Public Radio, Yellowstone Public Radio, and KWMR


  • Added: Feb 28, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: Matthew Zapruder, poet
Matthew Zapruder dedicates a graduation address to poet and fiction writer Denis Johnson who died in May, 2017.

Bought by KALW and KENW


  • Added: Jan 03, 2018
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Brenda Coultas, poet
Brenda Coultas describes the act of writing as it unfolds during the course of a day.

Bought by KALW and KENW


  • Added: Dec 18, 2017
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Joshua Edwards, poet
Joshua Edwards mediates on the nature of work and communal living.

Bought by KVNO, KENW, and KALW


  • Added: Nov 15, 2017
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Julien Poirier, poet, Credit: Peter Freedberger
Julien Poirier navigates the line between what can be imagined and what is real.

Bought by KVNO, KENW, and KALW


  • Added: Nov 13, 2017
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Hoa Nguyen, poet, Credit: Julie Thi Underhill
Hoa Nguyen considers the objects of jokes and humor.

Bought by KVNO, KALW, and KENW


  • Added: Oct 30, 2017
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 3
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Vincent Katz observes a March evening as the city of New York goes about its daily life.

Bought by KALW, KENW, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 25, 2017
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Barbara Jane Reyes, poet, Credit: Oscar Bermeo
Barbara Jane Reyes remembers and praises the life of Mary Jane Veloso, a Filipina domestic worker who was swindled into becoming a drug mule.

Bought by KENW and KALW


  • Added: Oct 10, 2017
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 2
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Noelle Kocot investigates the politics and power of the pronoun “they.”

Bought by KENW and KALW


  • Added: Sep 28, 2017
  • Length: 04:01
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Reginald Dwayne Betts, poet, Credit:  Rachel Eliza Griffiths
Reginald Dwayne Betts recalls a fellow inmate with respect and admiration for the man’s integrity.

Bought by KALW and KENW


  • Added: Sep 25, 2017
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Ana Bozicevic, poet
Ana Božičević explores the feelings and emotions of spring.

Bought by KALW, KENW, and KHSU


  • Added: Sep 18, 2017
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Gerard Malanga, poet
Gerard Malanga responds to the poaching and endangerment of elephants.

Bought by KUER, KALW, KHSU, KENW, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 05, 2017
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 5
Caption: Sara Deniz Akant, poet
Sara Deniz Akant considers the virtues and meaning of one’s name.

Bought by KALW, KHSU, and KENW


  • Added: Aug 03, 2017
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Nikki Wallschlaeger, poet
Nikki Wallschlaeger meditates on issues of accountability.

Bought by KALW, KENW, and KHSU


  • Added: Jul 28, 2017
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Amanda Nadelberg, poet
Amanda Nadelberg reflects on life accomplishments and what has been left unachieved.

Bought by KENW, KALW, and WOUB


  • Added: Jul 10, 2017
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: John Tipton, poet, Credit: Stephanie Tipton
John Tipton looks at the Rosetta Spacecraft’s September 2016 landing on a comet orbiting Jupiter.

Bought by KALW, KENW, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 20, 2017
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Atsuro Riley, poet, Credit: Sven Wiederholt
Atsuro Riley imagines the life of a young runaway from the south.

Bought by KHSU, KENW, KALW, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 12, 2017
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: Andrew Zawacki, poet, Credit: Sandrine Zawacki
Andrew Zawacki meditates on the difficulty of writing a personal poem after the birth of his daughter.

Bought by KHSU, KENW, and KALW


  • Added: Jun 06, 2017
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 3