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The Golden Lions - The Battle of the Bulge (Sample Reading)
From: John Messmer
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My Dad never wanted to be a hero. Survival was the only option.

  • Added: Mar 26, 2014
  • Length: 11:01
As I Lay Reading
From: David Green
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What is librarian Emily's biggest fear? Not being able to finish all the books she is in the middle of.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 25, 2014
  • Length: 02:50
  • Purchases: 1
Finding Place in The Placelessness: A Conversation about Midwestern Literature with Justin Hamm and Christina Olson
From: NPR Illinois
Series: Quiddity
Caption: Quiddity International Literary Journal and Public-Radio Program
Finding Place in the Placelessness: Justin Hamm and Christina Olson talk with assistant editor John McCarthy about their experiences as editors for...

  • Added: Mar 05, 2014
  • Length: 15:53
What are you reading? (Asked to 4th Graders)
From: Hank Rosenfeld
Series: Folk Journalism
Caption: 4th Grader Book Lovers
With budget cuts closing many Los Angeles school libraries, students told Hank Rosenfeld about their love of books and what they were currently re...

Bought by KFOK-LPFM


  • Added: Feb 24, 2014
  • Length: 02:38
  • Purchases: 1
Street Education
From: New Visions, New Voices
Series: The Buck Series
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Pointing to the environment as a learning tool, MK Asante interlaces personal stories of the unconventional teachers that allow his precocity to sh...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Feb 21, 2014
  • Length: 02:59
  • Purchases: 1
Self-education
From: New Visions, New Voices
Series: The Buck Series
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Propelled by an insatiable thirst for knowledge, MK Asante’s self-discovery continues as his father and a teacher at an alternative school feed his...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Feb 21, 2014
  • Length: 02:59
  • Purchases: 1
Re-education
From: New Visions, New Voices
Series: The Buck Series
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MK Asante invites listeners to travel with him as an alternative educational system reinvigorates the natural curiosity that other schools—public a...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Feb 21, 2014
  • Length: 02:59
  • Purchases: 1
Miseducation
From: New Visions, New Voices
Series: The Buck Series
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MK Asante takes listeners on a personal odyssey as he takes a fresh perspective on a common topic: the disparity between public and private schools...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Feb 21, 2014
  • Length: 02:59
  • Purchases: 1
Art & Creativity
From: New Visions, New Voices
Series: The Buck Series
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Insisting that creativity and imagination are often stripped from the American education system, MK Asante offers ideas for its implementation. Geo...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Feb 20, 2014
  • Length: 02:59
  • Purchases: 1
A Conversation with Penguin's Elda Rotor and John Morgan
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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The team behind the new app Poems by Heart discuss how they combine gaming with classic poetry. [28:20]

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: Feb 18, 2014
  • Length: 28:20
  • Purchases: 1
Poet Ralph Latham Shares His Work and Process
From: WTIP
Series: Artist Open House
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After years of writing and teaching, Grand Marais poet Ralph Latham has produced a slim volume of poems. WTIP North Shore Community Radio’s Jay And...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jan 31, 2014
  • Length: 07:13
  • Purchases: 1
Chicago Public Radio's The Gift Part I : Linda Hogan
From: Stanzi Vaubel
Series: The Gift
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This interview with Chickasaw poet Linda Hogan was one of the first that was done for The Gift poetry series. It dropped producer Stanzi Vaubel and...

Bought by PRX Remix and WSLR


  • Added: Jan 14, 2014
  • Length: 05:38
  • Purchases: 2
Chicago Public Radio's The Gift Part I : Chalotte Malin
From: Stanzi Vaubel
Series: The Gift
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At the beginning of The Gift series, Rachel Jamison Webster sent this email to series producer Stanzi Vaubel: "Stanzi, I would like you to contac...

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  • Added: Jan 13, 2014
  • Length: 04:56
  • Purchases: 1
Chicago Public Radio's The Gift Part I : Jay Ponteri
From: Stanzi Vaubel
Series: The Gift
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If we are always changing, how do we enter into relation with another person? How do we evolve with someone else, instead of away from them? Jay P...

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  • Added: Jan 13, 2014
  • Length: 05:41
  • Purchases: 1
Chicago Public Radio's The Gift Part I : Rachel Webster
From: Stanzi Vaubel
Series: The Gift
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“I Know Why I Make the Past a Destination,” Rachel begins, reminding us of the mystery of time – how sometimes we can “almost, but not quite, remem...

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  • Added: Jan 13, 2014
  • Length: 04:35
  • Purchases: 1
Chicago Public Radio's The Gift Part I : Kwame Dawes
From: Stanzi Vaubel
Series: The Gift
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Imagination is the seed of empathy – a centrally important function – and both the gift and burden of the writer. Here The Gift series producer St...

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  • Added: Jan 13, 2014
  • Length: 04:35
  • Purchases: 1
Chicago Public Radio's The Gift Part I : Stuart Dybek
From: Stanzi Vaubel
Series: The Gift
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Do we really understand metaphor? How much do we really engage with our world metaphorically? We all have days when a cup is just a cup, a tree is ...

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  • Added: Jan 13, 2014
  • Length: 05:59
  • Purchases: 1
Chicago Public Radio's The Gift Part I : Lois Lowery
From: Stanzi Vaubel
Series: The Gift
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In an interview with The Gift series producer Stanzi Vaubel, writer Lois Lowry talked about memory. In her novel, The Giver, one person holds the m...

  • Added: Jan 13, 2014
  • Length: 06:13
Chicago Public Radio's The Gift Part I : Jennifer Steele
From: Stanzi Vaubel
Series: The Gift
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Chicago is home to many organizations that help young people to express themsleves, including Young Chicago Authors, After School Matters, Street-L...

  • Added: Jan 13, 2014
  • Length: 03:33
Chicago Public Radio's The Gift Part I : Joy Harjo
From: Stanzi Vaubel
Series: The Gift
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“When I first read Joy Harjo's poetry it was like stepping outside of my own story, my own life which narrates and puts me at the center of every e...

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 13, 2014
  • Length: 05:24
  • Purchases: 2
Chicago Public Radio's The Gift Part II : FRANKENSTEIN'S MONSTER
From: Stanzi Vaubel
Series: The Gift
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When you mention T.S. Eliot and then refer to texts like The Waste Land or his magnum opus The Four Quartets you generally elicit discomfort, anger...

  • Added: Jan 13, 2014
  • Length: 31:33
Chicago Public Radio's The Gift Part II : THE FOUR QUARTETS
From: Stanzi Vaubel
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When you mention T.S. Eliot and then refer to texts like The Waste Land or his magnum opus The Four Quartets you generally elicit discomfort, anger...

  • Added: Jan 13, 2014
  • Length: 13:22
Chicago Public Radio's The Gift Part II : NOTES FROM THE UNDERGROUND
From: Stanzi Vaubel
Series: The Gift
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When you mention T.S. Eliot and then refer to texts like The Waste Land or his magnum opus The Four Quartets you generally elicit discomfort, anger...

  • Added: Jan 13, 2014
  • Length: 31:32
Chicago Public Radio's The Gift Part II : THE WASTELAND
From: Stanzi Vaubel
Series: The Gift
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When you mention T.S. Eliot and then refer to texts like The Waste Land or his magnum opus The Four Quartets you generally elicit discomfort, anger...

  • Added: Jan 13, 2014
  • Length: 11:31
Chicago Public Radio's The Gift Part II : AS I LAY DYING
From: Stanzi Vaubel
Series: The Gift
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When you mention T.S. Eliot and then refer to texts like The Waste Land or his magnum opus The Four Quartets you generally elicit discomfort, anger...

  • Added: Jan 13, 2014
  • Length: 18:13

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