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The Beat: James Wright - "A Blessing"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Beat
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James Wright, was an internationally acclaimed poet who taught at the University of Minnesota for a time. This is a recording of James Wright readi...

  • Added: Aug 17, 2012
  • Length: 02:53
William "Gatz"Hjortsberg
From: Mark Dowie
Series: On The Fly
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Jubilee Hitchhiker, William “Gatz” Hjortsberg’s exhaustive profile of Richard Brautigan, will change the way all of us remember the legendary poet ...

  • Added: Jul 11, 2012
  • Length: 30:02
The Bushwick Book Club Seattle Presents!: Nova Devonie on writing songs inspired by Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland
From: Geoff Larson
Series: The Bushwick Book Club Seattle Presents!
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Songwriter Nova Devonie discusses writing songs inspired by Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland. Written and performed for the monthly showcase Th...

  • Added: Jan 26, 2012
  • Length: 05:00
The Music Played in His Head and He Began to Dance
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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Storytelling, like radio, brings pictures to the mind of the listener and allows each one of us to imagine what we hear. Radio Curious visits with ...

Bought by KKRN


  • Added: Dec 19, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Bushwick Book Club Seattle Presents!: Ian Williams discussing Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
From: Geoff Larson
Series: The Bushwick Book Club Seattle Presents!
Caption: Ian Williams
Songwriter Ian Williams discusses his approach to writing songs for the Seattle Rock Orchestra, inspired by Hunter S. Thompson's Fear and Loathing ...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 29, 2011
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 2
The Bushwick Book Club Seattle Presents!: Kate Graves on The Dark Knight Returns
From: Geoff Larson
Series: The Bushwick Book Club Seattle Presents!
Caption: Kate Graves, Credit: Mark Blasco
Songwriter Kate Graves discusses her song inspired by Frank Miller's The Dark Knight Returns, written and performed for the monthly showcase The Bu...

  • Added: Nov 15, 2011
  • Length: 05:00
Words as the Way to Freedom: Jimmy Santiago Baca
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Jimmy Santiago Baca
He went from illiterate street kid, to world renowned poet. But it was in prison that Jimmy Santiago Baca connected with his Native American and C...

Bought by KRZA


  • Added: Nov 09, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Bushwick Book Club Seattle Presents!: BC Campbell discussing his approach to writing songs inspired by Frank Miller's The Dark Knight Returns
From: Geoff Larson
Series: The Bushwick Book Club Seattle Presents!
Caption: BC Campbell, Credit: Mark Blasco
Songwriter BC Campbell discusses his approach to writing songs inspired by Frank Miller's The Dark Knight Returns

  • Added: Oct 10, 2011
  • Length: 05:00
Bless Me, Ultima: A Big Read Documentary
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: The Big Read
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Rudolfo Anaya's Bless Me, Ultima is about pride and assimilation, faith and doubt. This half-hour program includes readings by actor Cheech Marin a...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KZYX, KMUN, KUPR low power FM, KPIP-LP and more


  • Added: Aug 12, 2011
  • Length: 28:57
  • Purchases: 8
My Antonia: A Big Read Documentary
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: The Big Read
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A beloved American classic, Willa Cather's My Ántonia is best summarized by its epigraph---"the best days are the first to flee." Garrison Keillor ...

Bought by KMUN, KPIP-LP, and KQED


  • Added: Aug 12, 2011
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 3
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
How Jen Met Her Husband
From: Matt Miller
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Jennifer Bosworth had to go crazy in L.A. before she could discover that the man she was looking for was in her home town all along.

Bought by XRAY.fm, WRNC-LP, WJCT, KUT, and WNIN


  • Added: Nov 21, 2010
  • Length: 15:56
  • Purchases: 5
Chesapeake Mornings
From: Tom Niemisto
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America's rivers have always had a sacred sense of place, and we must protect them for future generations

  • Added: Mar 09, 2009
  • Length: 01:45
Sea Fever
From: Clearwater Moment
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Short Poem on the wonders of sailing

  • Added: Feb 08, 2009
  • Length: 01:46
The Wild Places of Youth
From: Deborah Begel
Series: Calling America: Give Us Your Stories, Poems & Essays
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A Swim through the waters of childhood.

  • Added: Nov 12, 2008
  • Length: 03:50
Love Over Time
From: Deborah Begel
Series: Calling America: Give Us Your Stories, Poems & Essays
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A reminder that love keeps changing

  • Added: Nov 12, 2008
  • Length: 04:01
Family: In Four Movements
From: Deborah Begel
Series: Calling America: Give Us Your Stories, Poems & Essays
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...the flights of fancy, the follies, the letdowns, and the soft landings

Bought by KZYX


  • Added: Nov 12, 2008
  • Length: 03:44
  • Purchases: 1
David Bouchier Essay: Down by the River Side
From: WSHU
Series: Essays by David Bouchier
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David recalls a beloved children's book with a message.

  • Added: Aug 18, 2008
  • Length: 03:47
the River Witch
From: Voices of Youth - Moab
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A rural-legend from the Colorado River.

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio and KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA


  • Added: Jun 29, 2008
  • Length: 08:18
  • Purchases: 2
War and Place 54 minute version
From: Liner Notes
Series: LINER NOTES
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Tom Brokaw and others discuss War Memorials, Veterans, Vietnam and Wars.

Bought by KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA, WHRV, WBEZ, KUOW, KXOT Public Radio and more


  • Added: May 20, 2008
  • Length: 54:59
  • Purchases: 7
War and Place
From: Liner Notes
Series: LINER NOTES
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Tom Brokaw and others discuss War Memorials, Veterans, Vietnam and Wars.

Bought by WVTF, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., Angelica Community Radio, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KTXK and more


  • Added: May 08, 2008
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 52
Listening is an Act of Love- audiobook review
From: AudioFile Magazine
Series: Audiopolis
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Review of audiobook Listening is an Act of Love

  • Added: Feb 06, 2008
  • Length: 04:29
The Christmas Skater
From: Sean Hurley
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Like "An Affair to Remember" but with a Christmas theme.

Bought by WITF, WITF, WITF, WITF, WITF and more


  • Added: Dec 08, 2007
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 12
Banducci's Memorial Day
From: Third Coast Live Radio Theater
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Another San Franciscan Entertainment Icon, gone. This is his memorial party, and some of the characters recalling who he was, and what he stood for.

  • Added: Dec 04, 2007
  • Length: 10:34
Ocean Elegy
From: Pam Mandel
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Beach memories

  • Added: May 20, 2007
  • Length: 06:55