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537: Rethinking The Holidays / 538: Writing Truth And Lies, 11/28/2020
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "Rethinking The Holidays" - The holidays are looking different this year. But maybe there's an opportunity in there, too. HOUR TWO: "Wr...

  • Added: Nov 27, 2020
  • Length: 01:58:59
It's All Relative
From: melodically challenged
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Happiness is having a large, loving, caring, close-knit family—— in another city.     George Burns Welcome to melodically challenged, where this w...

  • Added: Nov 18, 2020
  • Length: 01:00:02
Shelf Discovery: Christmas in Evergreen by Nancy Naigle
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Shelf Discovery
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin travels to snowy Vermont for the Hallmark-style holiday drama and romance of Nancy Naigle’s Christmas in Ev...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida and Harford Community Radio


  • Added: Nov 16, 2020
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 2
Shelf Discovery: In a Holidaze by Christina Lauren
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Shelf Discovery
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin replays a holiday getaway over and over in Christina Lauren’s In a Holidaze.

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), RadioStPete Florida, and Harford Community Radio


  • Added: Oct 06, 2020
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 3
Shelf Discovery: Bunny Double, We're in Trouble by Dan Gutman
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Shelf Discovery
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin hunts for candy with A.J. and his friends in the audio edition of Dan Gutman’s Bunny Double, We’re in Trouble.

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio)


  • Added: Mar 30, 2020
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 1
Shelf Discovery: Oh, Valentine, We've Lost Our Minds! by Dan Gutman
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Shelf Discovery
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On this week's Shelf Discovery, Kristin sits in on a chaotic class with the audio edition of Dan Gutman’s Oh, Valentine, We’ve Lost Our Minds!

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio) and WOUB


  • Added: Jan 27, 2020
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 2
441: In Search Of Real Food / 442: Endings (In Four Novellas), 12/28/2019
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "In Search Of Real Food" - Supermarkets are designed to make you think you have a lot of choices. But do you? This hour, reclaiming real ...

  • Added: Dec 27, 2019
  • Length: 01:58:57
Christmas at Sea
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
Caption: A heavy sea crossing the deck of the Parma (1902) , Credit: Alan John Villiers, 1933 © National Maritime Museum Collections
This week on World Ocean Radio we have a special reading of "Christmas at Sea", an evocative poem by Robert Louis Stevenson written in 1883. Steven...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Dec 24, 2019
  • Length: 03:23
  • Purchases: 1
December Festivals
From: New Letters on the Air
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We feature literature and commentary about the December holiday season from our rich archives. The late Rabbi Gerald Kane discusses the origins of ...

Bought by WDCB and WDCB


  • Added: Dec 23, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Shelf Discovery: The Christmas Mystery by James Patterson and Richard DiLallo
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Shelf Discovery
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin is on the case with Luc Moncrief in the audio edition of The Christmas Mystery by James Patterson and Richa...

Bought by Harford Community Radio, GCR (Global Community Radio), and WOUB


  • Added: Dec 09, 2019
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 3
Shelf Discovery: Catching Christmas by Terri Blackstock
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Shelf Discovery
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin travels through town with a patient cabbie in the audio edition of Terri Blackstock’s Catching Christmas.

Bought by WOUB and GCR (Global Community Radio)


  • Added: Nov 25, 2019
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 2
Shelf Discovery: Christmas Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Shelf Discovery
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin prepares for the holidays with Becky Bloomwood Brandon in Sophie Kinsella’s Christmas Shopaholic.

Bought by Harford Community Radio, GCR (Global Community Radio), and WOUB


  • Added: Nov 04, 2019
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 3
Stories to Tell in the Dark (Hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
Caption: Haunted Forest
Bengali stories of ghostly women who wield supernatural powers after death. Plus we're in a new era of horror films like "Get Out" and "It." And: b...

Bought by WCNY, WCMU Michigan, WMUU-LP, WRST-FM Oshkosh, WAMC Northeast Public Radio and more


  • Added: Oct 23, 2019
  • Length: 53:54
  • Purchases: 9
Stories to Tell in the Dark (Half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
Caption: Haunted Forest
For Halloween! Stories of ghostly women who wield supernatural powers and lure men to their deaths. And: We're in a new age of horror films like...

Bought by WJCT, Kansas Public Radio, KRZA, KRDP, WLIW and more


  • Added: Oct 23, 2019
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 13
337: Endings (In Four Novellas) / 338: Thinking With Animals, 12/29/2018
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "Endings (In Four Novellas)" - New Year's Eve can be depressing. We don't handle endings very well. This hour, how to end - relationships...

  • Added: Dec 27, 2018
  • Length: 01:58:58
Shelf Discovery: In Peppermint Peril by Joy Avon
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Shelf Discovery
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On this week's Shelf Discovery, Kristin curls up with a cup of tea and a holiday whodunit with author Joy Avon's first A Tea and a Read mystery, In...

Bought by KUPR low power FM and GCR (Global Community Radio)


  • Added: Dec 03, 2018
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 2
Shelf Discovery: Top Elf by Caleb Zane Huett
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Shelf Discovery
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On this week's Shelf Discovery, Kristin joins the fight to take over the big red suit in Caleb Zane Huett's Top Elf.

Bought by KUPR low power FM, GCR (Global Community Radio), and WTJU


  • Added: Nov 26, 2018
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 3
The Write Question - A Book For Everyone On Your Holiday Shopping List - 301
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Independent bookseller Mara Panich-Crouch talks with Sarah Aronson about recently published books from authors near and far while also making gift ...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 30, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Shelf Discovery: Ring in the New Year with Murder by Auralee Wallace
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Shelf Discovery
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On this week's Shelf Discovery, Kristin hunts a would-be killer at a small-town party in Ring in the New Year with Murder, the fourth Otter Lake My...

Bought by KKRN and GCR (Global Community Radio)


  • Added: Nov 27, 2017
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 2
Kansas Blogger and Humor Author Jen Mann talks about her Holiday Collection
From: New Letters on the Air
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Get a humorous account of the holiday season with Kansas blogger Jen Mann's book SPENDING THE HOLIDAYS WITH PEOPLE I WANT TO PUNCH IN THE THROAT. S...

Bought by WNJR


  • Added: Dec 21, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
At the Fishhouses (A Holiday Episode)
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
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At each year's end, World Ocean Radio host Peter Neill reads "At The Fishhouses" by Elizabeth Bishop. This perennial favorite poem was chosen not o...

  • Added: Dec 27, 2016
  • Length: 04:51
Ani Tuzman, THE TREMBLE OF LOVE & Terry Tempest Williams, FINDING BEAUTY IN A BROKEN WORLD
From: Francesca Rheannon
Series: Writer's Voice
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Ani Tuzman talks about her novel based on the life of the 18th century Jewish mystic, the Baal Shem Tov. Its called The Tremble of Love. Then, we r...

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: Dec 23, 2016
  • Length: 01:38:32
  • Purchases: 1
Winter
From: Will Duchon
Series: Words & Music
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Poetry and music reflecting the beauty of winter.

Bought by KRPS


  • Added: Dec 17, 2016
  • Length: 56:01
  • Purchases: 1
The Little Match Girl
From: KUER
Series: Radio Hour
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When you have nothing, where do you turn for warmth and comfort? Hans Christian Andersen's "The Little Match Girl" strikes a match and in the brief...

  • Added: Dec 09, 2016
  • Length: 09:24
The Gift of the Magi
From: KUER
Series: Radio Hour
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RadioWest and Plan-B Theatre Company bring you O. Henry's classic Christmas story "The Gift of the Magi." Originally published in 1905 and adapted ...

Bought by WUTC


  • Added: Dec 09, 2016
  • Length: 14:28
  • Purchases: 1