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A Confrontation with History (hour/no bb or bed)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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As a Black literary scholar, Shermaine Jones was unsure of how to live and work through the Covid-19 pandemic and the George Floyd uprisings.

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KHEN-LP, RadioStPete Florida, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., and Royalton Community Radio


  • Added: Jun 22, 2023
  • Length: 52:00
  • Purchases: 5
A Confrontation with History (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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As a Black literary scholar, Shermaine Jones was unsure of how to live and work through the Covid-19 pandemic and the George Floyd uprisings.

Bought by KVSC, Kansas Public Radio, KXCV, KMUN, WRMU and more


  • Added: Jun 22, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 11
A Confrontation with History (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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As a Black literary scholar, Shermaine Jones was unsure of how to live and work through the Covid-19 pandemic and the George Floyd uprisings.

Bought by WTJU, KXCV, KEDT, WMUU-LP, WRGY and more


  • Added: Jun 22, 2023
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 6
A Confrontation with History (promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason promo
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As a Black literary scholar, Shermaine Jones was unsure of how to live and work through the Covid-19 pandemic and the George Floyd uprisings.

Bought by KXCV, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., and WNMU-FM


  • Added: Jun 22, 2023
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 3
2021 National Book Award Winner Tiya Miles Turns Her Hand to Fiction
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Tiya Miles, Credit: Stephanie Mitchell
2011 MacArthur Fellow, 2021 National Book Award winner, historian, and novelist Tiya Miles discusses how fiction and history meet in her novel.

Bought by KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KZUM, and WXAV 88.3FM Chicago


  • Added: Jun 20, 2023
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 4
MN Reads: "The Complicated Calculus (and Cows) of Carl Paulsen" by Gary Eldon Peter
From: WDSE
Series: MN Reads
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Author Gary Eldon Peter talks about the Minnesota Book Award winner "The Complicated Calculus (and Cows) of Carl Paulsen"

  • Added: Jun 15, 2023
  • Length: 11:09
An Hour of Storytelling - Classic Scottish Fairy Tale from Storyteller Mara Menzies and Silk and Swenson
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: The Apple Seed
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On the next Hour of Storytelling from BYU radio, you're going to hear a terrific story from the Kenyan Scottish storyteller Mara Menzies, an old ta...

Bought by Robin Hood Radio/ WHDD AM 1020/FM 91.9-WLHV FM 88.1 /WGHQ AM 920, Angelica Community Radio, Morehead State Public Radio, KCNP, KECG and more


  • Added: Jun 14, 2023
  • Length: 53:23
  • Purchases: 9
Let's Hear from Pulitzer Prize-winning Poet Jericho Brown
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Jericho Brown, Credit: Brian Cornelius
Jericho Brown reads and discusses his work, his creative process, and Black queer poetry’s capacity to expand concepts of love

Bought by WMPG, WSLR, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KZUM and more


  • Added: Jun 13, 2023
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 6
June Again
From: Will Duchon
Series: Words & Music
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Insightful and whimsical poetry about summer vacations .

  • Added: Jun 11, 2023
  • Length: 59:21
An Hour of Storytelling - Lyn Ford, Kevin Kling and Sus
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: The Apple Seed
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On the next Hour of Storytelling from the Apple Seed, you'll hear terrific tales from Lyn Ford and the great Minnesota storyteller Kevin Kling. And...

Bought by Angelica Community Radio, KTXK, KSJE, KCNP, KKRN and more


  • Added: Jun 06, 2023
  • Length: 52:53
  • Purchases: 7
Nicole Chung Discusses Her Memoir "A Living Remedy"
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Nicole Chung, Credit: Carletta Girma
Nicole Chung writes of family and loss with a focus on broader societal failures.

Bought by KMUN, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, and KZUM


  • Added: Jun 06, 2023
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 5
An Hour of Storytelling - Bil Lepp, Ed Stivender and the Comics Trip
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: The Apple Seed
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On the next Hour of Storytelling brought to you by the Apple Seed, you're gonna hear a story from the Knights of the Round Table from Philadelphia ...

Bought by Angelica Community Radio, KTXK, KECG, KKRN, KCNP and more


  • Added: Jun 01, 2023
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 9
Novelist Whitney Terrell
From: New Letters on the Air
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Novelist Whitney Terrell talks about his third novel, THE GOOD LIEUTENANT. Terrell was embedded with the military in Iraq, writing non-fiction for ...

Bought by WNJR


  • Added: May 29, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
An Hour of Storytelling - Storyteller Donald Davis's First Day of School & Extracurricular Activities
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: The Apple Seed
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On the next Hour of Storytelling from the Apple Seed team, you'll hear the terrific storytellers Donald Davis from North Carolina and Andy Offut Ir...

Bought by Angelica Community Radio, KECG, KCNP, KSJE, KTXK and more


  • Added: May 25, 2023
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 7
Should Certain Books Ever Be Banned in School?
From: Open to Debate
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Are certain books beyond reproach? It’s a fundamental question making its way across America’s school boards. Those who argue “yes” say schools sho...

Bought by WMUU-LP and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: May 18, 2023
  • Length: 54:02
  • Purchases: 2
An Hour of Storytelling - Storyteller Adam Booth Rolls Down to the Roller Rink & The Cavern of Bethesda
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: The Apple Seed
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On the next Hour of Storytelling, brought to you by the Apple Seed, an audio drama about a kid with an important choice to make, a matter of life a...

Bought by KSJE, KTXK, KKRN, KCNP, KECG and more


  • Added: May 17, 2023
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 6
An Hour of Storytelling - A Norse Story from Simon Brooks and a Kenyan Story from Mara Menzies and The Glass Cutter
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: The Apple Seed
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On the next Hour of Storytelling from the Apple Seed, you're gonna hear storyteller Simon Brooks with a story that will make you rethink what it me...

Bought by Angelica Community Radio, KTXK, KECG, KSJE, KMXT and more


  • Added: May 11, 2023
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 6
Revisiting Author and Author and 2021 National Humanities Medalist Amy Tan
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Amy Tan, Credit: Julian Johnson
In time for Mother's Day: Author and 2021 National Humanities Medalist Amy Tan discusses “The Joy Luck Club,” her writing with its themes of family...

Bought by KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, and KZUM


  • Added: May 09, 2023
  • Length: 28:26
  • Purchases: 4
An Hour of Storytelling - Storyteller Bil Lepp launches a Giant Pumpkin and The Crystal Whale
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: The Apple Seed
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On the next Hour of Storytelling brought to you by the Apple Seed team, a story from West Virginia storyteller called the Bored Gourd. About a kid,...

Bought by Angelica Community Radio, KCNP, KECG, KSJE, KKRN and more


  • Added: May 03, 2023
  • Length: 52:51
  • Purchases: 8
Meet Meg Medina: Library of Congress’s 2023-24 National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Meg Medina, Credit: Scott Elmquist
Author and Library of Congress’s 2023-24 National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature Meg Medina wants to spark joy in young readers as they f...

Bought by WSLR and KZUM


  • Added: May 01, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
An Hour of Storytelling - Donald Davis, Lyn Ford and The Viking Mascot
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: The Apple Seed
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On the next storytelling hour, you'll hear a story from Donald Davis called Getting Rid of the Babysitter. That and an audio drama about a high sch...

Bought by Angelica Community Radio, KECG, Robin Hood Radio/ WHDD AM 1020/FM 91.9-WLHV FM 88.1 /WGHQ AM 920, KCNP, KKRN and more


  • Added: Apr 27, 2023
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 9
The Poetry Bug
From: melodically challenged
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Warmer weather brings us sunshine, flowers, trips to the beach, picnics, and BUGS, BUGS, BUGS!!!! And this week, we’ll have bugs: spiders, bees, f...

  • Added: Apr 26, 2023
  • Length: 01:00:06
Poet Ellen Bass: Part 2
From: New Letters on the Air
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We continue National Poetry Month with part two of a conversation with poet Ellen Bass, the author of the 2020 book INDIGO. She discusses how, aft...

  • Added: Apr 21, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
Poet Ellen Bass: Part 1
From: New Letters on the Air
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California poet Ellen Bass, the author of the 2020 book INDIGO, describes looking back on her childhood in Philadelphia for inspiration, especially...

Bought by KAAD-LP and GCR (Global Community Radio)


  • Added: Apr 21, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
An Hour of Storytelling - Storyteller Kevin Kling Has a Love Story | Josh Goforth honors guitarist Doc Watson | Out There
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: The Apple Seed
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On the next storytelling hour from the Apple Seed team, a terrific story from Minnesota storyteller Kevin Kling, and some music and storytelling fr...

Bought by Angelica Community Radio, KCNP, KKRN, KSJE, KTXK and more


  • Added: Apr 19, 2023
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 6

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