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Los Angeles Through Chandler's Eyes (Abridged)
From: Jacob Adelman
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A newcomer to Los Angeles discovers the city's past -- and future -- through the books of noir master Raymond Chandler.

  • Added: Nov 08, 2006
  • Length: 13:28
"I asked her to sing a song."
From: Joseph Dougherty
Series: Handwritten Theatre
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First comes trust. Then comes control.

Bought by KUNM and WMNF


  • Added: Jul 13, 2006
  • Length: 05:11
  • Purchases: 2
"This is how the story was told to me."
From: Joseph Dougherty
Series: Handwritten Theatre
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Feel free to get up and move about the cabin...or you might want to pay attention to the man in the window seat next to you; he has a story he'd li...

Bought by KUNM and WMNF


  • Added: Jul 13, 2006
  • Length: 06:43
  • Purchases: 2
"I can see you're concerned about torture."
From: Joseph Dougherty
Series: Handwritten Theatre
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The world is a dangerous place. Fortunately there are people willing to do anything to protect us. Absolutely anything.

Bought by KUNM and WMNF


  • Added: Jul 13, 2006
  • Length: 07:37
  • Purchases: 2
"On the afternoon of July 12, 1960..."
From: Joseph Dougherty
Series: Handwritten Theatre
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Can the memories evoked by a forgotten perfume change a life?

Bought by KUNM and WMNF


  • Added: Jul 13, 2006
  • Length: 03:20
  • Purchases: 2
This I Believe - Azar Nafisi
From: This I Believe
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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
Boxcar Poet
From: Adam Allington
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93-year-old Clive Haswell is a poet who spent his youth riding the rails and playing poker

Bought by WDET Detroit Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 28, 2006
  • Length: 05:33
  • Purchases: 1
Memoir Cafe: Episode 25
From: Gary Smith
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In this 25th episode of Memoir Cafe, women write about reacting to the events around them.

  • Added: Apr 14, 2006
  • Length: 30:33
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
Lost in Wonderland
From: Noah Burbank
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Would it surprise you to hear that Sleeping Beauty, a fire-breathing dragon, Prince Charming, and our president all have something in common? Stanf...

  • Added: Apr 10, 2006
  • Length: 22:00
march 7 2005
From: Gordon McDougall
Series: Poem for Today
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4-minute poetry program

  • Added: Mar 10, 2006
  • Length: 04:00
Episode 1 - Life Distilled: Four Decades of U.S. Poet Laureates
From: New Letters on the Air
Series: Life Distilled: Four Decades of U.S. Poet Laureates
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Episode 1 features poet laureates Mark Strand, Gwendolyn Brooks and Ted Kooser discussing the art and craft of writing poetry and reading some of t...

Bought by WETS, WCPN, WFHB, North Country Public Radio, Kansas Public Radio and more


  • Added: Mar 02, 2006
  • Length: 01:04:02
  • Purchases: 13
What's the Word? Muslim Women Writers
From: Modern Language Association
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Works by female writers from Muslim countries offer us important perspectives on questions of religion, nationalism, and the role of women in Islam...

Bought by WLIW, WLIW, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WCPN, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and more


  • Added: Feb 22, 2006
  • Length: 29:10
  • Purchases: 12
Honest, triumphant...and pornographic
From: Susan Johnston
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When is literature pornography, and pornography also literature?

  • Added: Feb 17, 2006
  • Length: 13:29
Donald Justice: In Pursuit of the Ideal
From: Iowa Public Radio
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An intimate look at the life and work of poet Donald Justice, as told through the memories of friends, family, and fellow poets.

  • Added: Feb 16, 2006
  • Length: 58:15
Poetry for Peace (Peace Talks Radio Series)
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Half Hour Episodes
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Poets from across the country offer up their words on the subject of "peace" at a special reading held at the 2005 National Poetry Slam Chapionship...

Bought by WGBH Radio Boston


  • Added: Jan 18, 2006
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Homeless Bird
From: Vermont Public
Series: Camel's Hump Radio
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A young Indian woman tries to find her own life and fulfill her dreams, despite the traditions that keep her from them.

Bought by KTNA


  • Added: Nov 18, 2005
  • Length: 28:28
  • Purchases: 1
RN Documentary: Becoming Rebecca West
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Documentaries
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A portrait of journalist/writer Rebecca West whose life spanned most of the 20th century, with memories from her great-niece and thoughts from an a...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Nov 01, 2005
  • Length: 29:31
  • Purchases: 1
Fire on the Prairie #19
From: Emily Udell
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Interviews with Marjane Satrapi & Howard Zinn; comments on Chicago's Mayor Richard M. Daley

  • Added: Aug 18, 2005
  • Length: 29:30
A Corner of the Universe
From: Vermont Public
Series: Camel's Hump Radio
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Now that Adam's "school" is closing, Hattie's family must deal with a childlike man whose existence they've denied for years.

Bought by KTNA


  • Added: May 04, 2005
  • Length: 29:14
  • Purchases: 1

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