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Award-Winning Poet Martín Espada discusses advocacy in writing
From: New Letters on the Air
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NEW LETTERS ON THE AIR celebrates the winner of the National Book Award for Poetry, Martin Espada, whose new book FLOATERS tackles the social issue...

Bought by WCPN and WNJR


  • Added: Nov 26, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
National Writers Series: Anthony Doerr
From: Interlochen Public Radio
Series: National Writers Series: Season Three
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Lysley Tenorio talks with author Anthony Doerr.

Bought by WNMU-FM, Michigan Radio, and WKAR


  • Added: Nov 11, 2021
  • Length: 54:30
  • Purchases: 3
IE: Inside Europe, 10/22/2021
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Inside Europe: News and Current Affairs ~ Weekly from DW
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On today's programme: Assault on democracy: a brutal attack claims the life of a British parliamentarian. Food for thought: Frankfurt plays host to...

  • Added: Oct 21, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
WorldCanvass: Dostoevsky, From Revolutionary Outcast to Man of God (Part 2)
From: Joan Kjaer
Series: WorldCanvass
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This WorldCanvass explores the life, writings, and legacy of a giant in world literature, Fyodor Dostoevsky. Two hundred years after his birth and...

  • Added: Oct 19, 2021
  • Length: 31:19
WorldCanvass: Dostoevsky, From Revolutionary Outcast to Man of God (Part 1)
From: Joan Kjaer
Series: WorldCanvass
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This WorldCanvass explores the life, writings, and legacy of a giant in world literature, Fyodor Dostoevsky. Two hundred years after his birth and...

  • Added: Oct 19, 2021
  • Length: 28:17
WorldCanvass: Dostoevsky, From Revolutionary Outcast to Man of God (Part 3)
From: Joan Kjaer
Series: WorldCanvass
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This WorldCanvass explores the life, writings, and legacy of a giant in world literature, Fyodor Dostoevsky. Two hundred years after his birth and...

  • Added: Oct 19, 2021
  • Length: 27:20
International Latino Book Award-winning Poet Xánath Caraza: Part 2
From: New Letters on the Air
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We celebrate National Hispanic Heritage month with the second part of our interview with poet Xanath (shaw-nath) Caraza, who is a finalist for the ...

  • Added: Sep 30, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
The Big Ponder #20: Adventure
From: Goethe-Institut
Series: The Big Ponder – A Transatlantic Podcast
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Have you ever thought about dropping everything to pursue your passion? Susanne Papawassiliu profiles Mike Powers who left his life in Florida behi...

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Sep 30, 2021
  • Length: 28:48
  • Purchases: 1
IE: Inside Europe, 9/24/2021
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Inside Europe: News and Current Affairs ~ Weekly from DW
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This week on the show: Geopolitical realignment - AUKUS and the fallout from France’s nuclear snub-marine. Digging for trouble: we get to the botto...

  • Added: Sep 23, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
Poet Kazim Ali
From: New Letters on the Air
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Poet Kazim Ali discusses ways portrayals of biblical characters vary in Islam, and the similarity between the Persian poet Rumi and Emily Dickinson...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio)


  • Added: Aug 26, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Scottish Poet and Editor Robin Robertson: Part 1
From: New Letters on the Air
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Robin Robertson, whose known for his translations of ancient Greek works and his depiction of folktales from his native Scotland, discusses how myt...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio) and WNJR


  • Added: Jul 22, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Judging Enid
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: A sampling of books by Enid Blyton, Credit: Sandip Roy
Though Americans don’t know her like they do Dr. Seuss, Enid Blyton wrote some 700 books for kids and teens. But now she, like Seuss, is coming und...

  • Added: Jul 06, 2021
  • Length: 06:00
Rupert Thomson discusses his novel Never Anyone But You
From: New Letters on the Air
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British writer Rupert Thomson, whose 2021 book BARCELONA DREAMING is set just before the 2008 financial crash, often writes about tough times. He ...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio)


  • Added: Jul 01, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Publishing the American Dream with Chase Backer Publisher of Metropolitan Magazine.
From: Ken Grey
Series: Maximum Health Radio "Quality Living" with Dr Ken Grey Holistic Physician
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Publishing the American Dream with Chase Backer Publisher of Metropolitan Magazine. Maximum Health Radio explores the images, people, and stories t...

Bought by WCNY and WYAP


  • Added: Jun 24, 2021
  • Length: 27:00
  • Purchases: 2
More with Lawyer turned Poet Monica Youn
From: New Letters on the Air
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We begin Asian Pacific American Heritage Month with a conversation with lawyer-turned-poet Monica Youn. Though both her parents were born in Korea,...

Bought by KWMR, GCR (Global Community Radio), and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: May 06, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
The Write Question - Raymond Antrobus
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Raymond Antrobus discusses his collection, "The Perseverance," and his experience as a deaf poet.

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio, KWMR, WCNY, Spokane Public Radio, and KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: May 05, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 5
Practicing Exile: Timothy Brennan on Edward Said
From: WFHB
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Edward Said, a Palestinian American, born in Jerusalem, was one of the most influential literary scholars in the United States, transforming the ac...

  • Added: May 04, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
GN_4.35_Strength In Words
From: Good News Good Planet
Series: Good News Good Planet - Season 4
Caption: Good News for a Good Planet - Change your focus, change your world.
One man's trash is another man's treasure! A garbage truck driver in Columbia is enriching the lives of thousands of children by recovering thrown-...

  • Added: Apr 26, 2021
  • Length: 02:30
Poet and Editor Kwame Dawes
From: New Letters on the Air
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Born in Ghana and raised in Jamaica, the poet Kwame Dawes is the editor of Nebraska's literary magazine, PRAIRIE SCHOONER, and the 2021 successor t...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio) and WNJR


  • Added: Apr 15, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
The Waters (hour/no bb or bed)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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We have a lot to do with what happens to rainwater from the time it hits the ground, to the time we drink it. And our small efforts can add up over...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, Ohm Radio , and WYAP


  • Added: Apr 01, 2021
  • Length: 52:00
  • Purchases: 3
The Waters (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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We have a lot to do with what happens to rainwater from the time it hits the ground, to the time we drink it. And our small efforts can add up over...

Bought by WTJU, KHEN-LP, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WMUU-LP, WRST-FM Oshkosh and more


  • Added: Apr 01, 2021
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 12
The Waters (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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We have a lot to do with what happens to rainwater from the time it hits the ground, to the time we drink it. And our small efforts can add up over...

Bought by Kansas Public Radio, WJCU, WJCT, WFHB, KRDP and more


  • Added: Apr 01, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 8
The Waters (promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason promo
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We have a lot to do with what happens to rainwater from the time it hits the ground, to the time we drink it. And our small efforts can add up over...

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


  • Added: Apr 01, 2021
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 3
Arab-American Writer Naomi Shihab Nye: Part 1
From: New Letters on the Air
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Arab-American poet Naomi Shihab Nye, the Poetry Foundation's Young People's Poet Laureate, reads from her book, TENDER SPOT, including her poem "Fa...

Bought by KWMR, KMUN, and WNJR


  • Added: Mar 30, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
WorldCanvass: The Ghanaian-American Experience in Literature and Art
From: Joan Kjaer
Series: WorldCanvass
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Renowned author Yaa Gyasi, whose novel Homegoing won the National Book Critics Circle’s John Leonard Award for best first book and the Pen/Hemingwa...

  • Added: Mar 02, 2021
  • Length: 01:21:49

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