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Fresh Talk: Rashid Novaire
From: Cathy Byrd
Series: Fresh Art International
Caption: Rashid Novaire
In Amsterdam, Cathy Byrd meets Dutch novelist Rashid Novaire, of Moroccan and Dutch descent. The writer's heritage is embedded in his imagination.

  • Added: Jan 21, 2013
  • Length: 16:15
WorldCanvass: IWP: Writing the Stories of the World
From: Joan Kjaer
Series: WorldCanvass
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Conversations and live musical performance based on international themes.

  • Added: Nov 07, 2012
  • Length: 01:55:25
WorldCanvass: Napoleon and His Legacy
From: Joan Kjaer
Series: WorldCanvass
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Conversations and live musical performance based on international themes.

  • Added: Oct 03, 2012
  • Length: 01:55:41
Fresh Talk: Sarah Lewis
From: Cathy Byrd
Series: Fresh Art International
Caption: Sarah Lewis, Credit: Frank Stewart
In this episode, Cathy Byrd meets Sarah Lewis, a scholar, writer and curator. Sarah talks about the artists she selected for the 12.2 International...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Aug 28, 2012
  • Length: 14:18
  • Purchases: 1
Author and filmmaker David Grant
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
Caption: David Grant and family., Credit: Star Tribune
David Grant is a Twin Cities-based screenwriter and playwright. He's been commissioned by the Minnesota Historical Society, Mixed Blood Theater and...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jul 24, 2012
  • Length: 05:28
  • Purchases: 1
WorldCanvass: Documenting Humanity/A Sense of Place
From: Joan Kjaer
Series: WorldCanvass
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Conversations and live musical performance based on international themes.

  • Added: Jun 05, 2012
  • Length: 01:48:40
WorldCanvass: Art and Memory
From: Joan Kjaer
Series: WorldCanvass
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Conversations and live musical performance based on international themes.

  • Added: May 25, 2012
  • Length: 01:52:21
Close Encounter on a 747 Or How not to Join the Mile-High Club
From: Randy Ross
Series: Humorous Travel
Caption: PRX default Piece image
The narrator finds himself next to an attractive woman for a ten-hour flight to South Africa.

  • Added: May 10, 2012
  • Length: 02:52
Women Writers and Community
From: New Letters on the Air
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In this special anthology, we explore how women writers foster community across boundaries. Novelist Lisa See shares stories about Chinese women wr...

Bought by WRKF and WJCU


  • Added: Mar 21, 2012
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 2
Live Wire! Radio - Episode 177 NEWSHOLE VERSION
From: Live Wire! Radio
Series: Live Wire
Caption: Best-selling Author, Joshua Foer, Credit: Jennie Baker for Live Wire!
East coast Author, JOSHUA FOER. Author and advocate for tall women, Arianne Cohen. Indie-psych folk ensemble, THE PARSON RED HEADS.

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Mar 15, 2012
  • Length: 55:01
  • Purchases: 1
From the Volga to the Mississippi and Back
From: With Good Reason
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In the second half of the nineteenth century, American and Russian traveled to each other's countries and wrote about their experiences and observa...

Bought by WLPR


  • Added: Nov 21, 2011
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 1
Russian and American Travel Writers
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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During the Cold War of the 20th century, Russians and Americans saw each other as rivals. But as Kelley Libby reports, that rivalry was cultivated ...

Bought by KENW and KUOW


  • Added: Nov 21, 2011
  • Length: 02:30
  • Purchases: 2
Andrew Lam, 'Perfume Dreams', 'East Eats West'
From: Claudia Cragg
Caption: Author Andrew Lam
The Vietnamese-American author on his work and on Human Trafficking

  • Added: Nov 09, 2011
  • Length: 26:26
The Death of Ivan Ilyich - A Big Read Documentary
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: The Big Read
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It's not dark yet. Well, actually it is. But actor Alfred Molina makes a book with Death in the title an absolute thrill to listen to. The program ...

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


  • Added: Aug 18, 2011
  • Length: 28:39
  • Purchases: 6
Why I Really Like This Book
From: Kate Macdonald
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a weekly podcast for curious readers about forgotten books

  • Added: Aug 07, 2011
  • Length: 01:21:44
A Conversation with Azar Nafisi
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Author of two memoirs about her life in Iran, Reading Lolita in Tehran and Things I've Been Silent About, Azar Nafisi talks about her books, her li...

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: Aug 05, 2011
  • Length: 25:05
  • Purchases: 1
A Conversation with Translator, Natasha Wimmer
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Natasha Wimmer was awarded an NEA Literature Fellowship in 2007 to translate Roberto Bolaño's epic novel 2666. In this interview, she discusses the...

Bought by WABE


  • Added: Jul 29, 2011
  • Length: 27:08
  • Purchases: 1
A Conversation with Writer, Unai Elloriaga
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Basque writer Unai Elorriaga and Amaia Gabantxo, translator of Elorriaga's novel Plants Don’t Drink Coffee, discuss the book as well as the art of ...

  • Added: Jul 28, 2011
  • Length: 25:51
Voice of Witness sheds light on Burmese police state
From: KALW
Caption: U Agga Nya Na, an activist monk who led an uprising against the Burmese military regime., Credit: Robert Fuller
Last November, hundreds took to the streets of San Francisco to protest the Burmese election. According to the U.S. Census, there are more than 9,0...

  • Added: Jun 06, 2011
  • Length: 05:01
History's Tragic Irony with Teju Cole and Simon Schama
From: Open Source
Caption: Teju Cole
Nigerian-American writer Teju Cole is our idea of a post-imperial global mind in motion. His celebrated first novel, "Open City," is about a solita...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: May 20, 2011
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 2
Kim Barker, author of The Taliban Shuffle: Strange Days in Afghanistan and Pakistan
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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During the program, Kim Barker talks about her addiction to living in and reporting from war zones in Afghanistan while working as the South Asia b...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: May 17, 2011
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 1
Author Jean Kwok on Sweatshops, Legal Immigrants, 'The American Dream' and 'Girl In Translation' - now out in paperback
From: Claudia Cragg
Caption: Author Jean Kwok - Girl in Translation
Kwok's debut novel 'Girl in Translation' became a New York Times bestseller. It has been published in 15 countries and chosen as the winner of an A...

  • Added: May 12, 2011
  • Length: 21:28
Shakespeare in London
From: Christopher Werth
Caption: Shakespeare
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
Moral Maps and Geographies of Conflict - Melani McAlister & Téa Obreht
From: Open Source
Caption: Melani McAlister's book jacket for Epic Encounters: Culture, Media, and US Interests, 1945-2000
How do war stories work, and where do we find them? Our guests this week are mapping out terrains of conflict and confusion in our lifetimes, from ...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Apr 15, 2011
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 1
Cultural Capital - Hamid Dabashi & Andre Aciman
From: Open Source
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In the cultural crossroads of Manhattan's West Side, we found two standard-bearers for our most promising American tradition -- the literary and in...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Apr 07, 2011
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 1

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