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Hungry in Winter: The Literary Julia Child

From: Leet and Litwin
Series: HUNGRY: The Literary Julia Child

Julia Child wanted to be a novelist, or to write for The New Yorker. "They weren't interested in me, for some reason." So she just kept reading. An...

Added: Dec 06, 2011
Length: 49:35

Dancing Toward Bethlehem

From: Audra Coulombe

Soundscape --- the poem expressed in sound

Added: Nov 23, 2011
Length: 04:01

Lean & Hungry Theater Presents: Romeo And Juliet

From: Lean & Hungry Theater

Caption: Original Broadcast Promotional Art, Credit: Aaron Hansen

A radio drama adaptation of Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet," set in modern-day “Verona, California,” with live sound effects and some of the fines...

Bought by KUNM, WNMU-FM, KRPS, KREV-LP, KGOU and more

Added: Nov 02, 2011
Length: 53:58
Purchases: 8

Lean & Hungry Theater Presents: A Midsummer Night's Dream

From: Lean & Hungry Theater

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

Seller of Dreams

From: Claes Andreasson

A sound-rich fairy tale by Henry Beston

Added: Oct 01, 2011
Length: 15:29

E.A. Poe and the Krautrock Connection

From: Iain Wilson

The latest audio story from FOTW Audio Productions; featuring the music of The Fascination Movement, Carlos Perón, and Olmec Head.

Added: Sep 11, 2011
Length: 08:10

Nature Dreaming: Rediscovering California's Landscapes with David Mas Masumoto

From: California Legacy Project

Listeners will find Nature Dreaming: Rediscovering California’s Landscapes with David Mas Masumoto both entertaining and enlightening. Two one hour...

Bought by KZYX and KALW

Added: Sep 02, 2011
Length: 01:50:16
Purchases: 2

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer - A Big Read Documentary

From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: The Big Read

Actor Sam Elliott perfectly reads passages from Twain's tribute to American boyhood. The program also includes commentary by Ken Burns, P.J. O'Rour...

Bought by KMUN, KREV-LP, KPIP-LP, KQED, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago and more

Added: Aug 18, 2011
Length: 29:16
Purchases: 6

The Things They Carried - A Big Read Documentary

From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: The Big Read

Tim O'Brien's The Things They Carried (1990) is considered one of the finest books about the Vietnam War. But it's almost less about the war and m...

Bought by KICI Iowa City, WKMS, KMUN, KUER, KPIP-LP and more

Added: Aug 16, 2011
Length: 28:59
Purchases: 8

Fahrenheit 451: A Big Read Documentary

From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: The Big Read

In this half-hour radio show, we'll explore Bradbury's terrifying vision of a future without books as we discuss his groundbreaking 1953 novel, Fah...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, WKMS, KMUN, KFAI Minneapolis, KMUD and more

Added: Aug 12, 2011
Length: 28:51
Purchases: 13

3 Great American Voices

From: Leet and Litwin

SHORT DESCRIPTION: Willa Cather, John Steinbeck, and Julia Child: All loved to eat. Here's a Cather story about a priest who loved his food more t...

Bought by KZYX, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KZYX, WXXI Rochester, Connecticut Public (WNPR) and more

Added: Jun 25, 2011
Length: 55:08
Purchases: 6

Restful, Shady Places

From: Third Coast International Audio Festival
Series: 2008 Third Coast ShortDocs: Radio Ephemera

The authors of "Trailer Ahoy!" and "Trees as Good Citizens" enjoy a written correspondence relating to their books' proximity in the library.

Bought by PRX Remix

Added: Apr 25, 2011
Length: 03:00
Purchases: 1

Shakespeare in London

From: Christopher Werth

An old church in London may hold secrets concerning Shakespeare and the great English actors of his era.

Bought by Marfa Public Radio

Added: Apr 21, 2011
Length: 04:24
Purchases: 1

The Amazing True Story of Paul Revere

From: Jonathan Thomas Stratman

On the 240th anniversary of Paul Revere's famous ride, re-visiting the Longfellow poem. What did Longfellow get right or wrong? Who rode that night...

Bought by KUT and Prairie Public

Added: Mar 21, 2011
Length: 10:14
Purchases: 2

On The Margins of Music - Alan Lomax & Anthony Burgess

From: Open Source

Caption: Anthony Burgess by David Levine, from The New York Review of Books

First, we join biographer John Szwed in thanking the eccentric musical anthropologist Alan Lomax for his rare recordings of early twentieth century...

Bought by KRVS, KPIP-LP, WRST-FM Oshkosh, KXOT Public Radio, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.

Added: Mar 17, 2011
Length: 58:59
Purchases: 5

Boulder's Poetry-only Bookstore

From: Nadia Khasawneh

The Innisfree Poetry Bookstore and Cafe, in its cozy setting on the University Hill, is a place for poetry-lovers. Dedicated only to poetry, this n...

Added: Feb 21, 2011
Length: 04:03

Hungry for the Holidays, with Julia Child

From: Leet and Litwin
Series: HUNGRY: The Literary Julia Child

Caption: Julia Child, Credit: Christopher Hirscheimer

Julia Child takes us back in time, presenting 2 stories -- "A Christmas Carol," read by the actor Peter Donat; and "I Was Really Very Hungry," writ...

Bought by KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA, Troy Public Radio, KAAD-LP, KWIT, Boise State Public Radio and more

Added: Dec 01, 2010
Length: 54:49
Purchases: 41

HUNGRY: Julia Child Presents "A Dickens Holiday Feast"

From: Leet and Litwin
Series: HUNGRY: The Literary Julia Child

Julia says, "'A Christmas Carol' is a lovely story to read during the holidays, because it has a happy ending." The actor Peter Donat takes us to V...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, WNMU-FM, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., KMUD, KMUN and more

Added: Sep 21, 2010
Length: 25:44
Purchases: 19

Talking With The Wind: The Mystery of Opal Whiteley

From: Dmae Lo Roberts

Caption: Opal Whiteley, Credit: Cottage Grove Historical Society

"Talking With The Wind: The Mystery of Opal Whiteley," a half-hour documentary about Opal Whiteley who caused an international scandal in 1920 whe...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, XRAY.fm, Prairie Public, KSUT and more

Added: May 06, 2010
Length: 28:21
Purchases: 10

Poetic Port of Entry

From: Eve Abrams

Meena means "port of entry" in Arabic -- a fitting name for the journal of poetry, art, and literature produced in the ports of New Orleans, Louisi...

Added: Apr 21, 2010
Length: 05:34

Shakespeare at the Movies 10-16

From: All Classical Public Media
Series: The Score with Edmund Stone

This week on The Score with Edmund Stone: Shakespeare on the Silver Screen.

Bought by KUPR low power FM, KPVL, WEKU, WNMU-FM, and WGDR

Added: Apr 21, 2010
Length: 59:00
Purchases: 5

Sweet Science

From: Tom Niemisto

A new boxing clinic focuses on both physical fitness and philosophical growth.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis and KUOW

Added: Mar 11, 2010
Length: 06:57
Purchases: 2

Crazy Heart Author Thomas Cobb Not The Weary Kind With Novel In Spotlight

From: Rhonda J. Miller
Series: Folk River

Caption: Crazy Heart author Thomas Cobb is a professor at Rhode Island College., Credit: Rhonda J. Miller

With Crazy Heart winning Academy Awards for best actor and best original song, Rhode Island author Thomas Cobb says the seeds of his book were pla...

Added: Feb 25, 2010
Length: 04:00

From Thoreau's rural journal to the future of farming - on ThoughtCast!

From: Jenny Attiyeh

Caption: Lovejoy Brook Farm, Credit: Jenny Attiyeh

From Thoreau's rural journal to the science of the mind to 36 arguments for the existence of God to classical music to the future of farming (whew!...

Bought by WGBH Radio Boston