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003: Ben Greenman
From: Emily Schultz
Series: Truth & Fiction
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Author and editor at The New Yorker Ben Greenman talks about why his new novel, The Slippage, is his most personal yet.

  • Added: Apr 12, 2013
  • Length: 33:57
Acoustic Stories: Aaron Brown: "I just love the feeling of good old papyrus in my hands."."
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Acoustic Stories
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Aaron J. Brown is an author and community college instructor from the Iron Range. He writes MinnesotaBrown.com and hosts Northern Community Radio's...

Bought by WTIP


  • Added: Feb 21, 2013
  • Length: 03:43
  • Purchases: 1
The Hustler Who Inspired the Beats
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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Herbert Huncke's line "I'm beat, man" gave Jack Kerouac the label for a generation seeking spiritual sustenance and "kicks" in post-war America.

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, WJCT, KRZA, and KPIP-LP


  • Added: Jan 17, 2013
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 4
The Beat: Todd Boss - "Dream In Perfect Color Though I Might"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Beat
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Todd Boss grew up on a cattle farm in Wisconsin, and lives now in St. Paul. His two books of poetry have won rave reviews from all over. His second...

  • Added: Nov 13, 2012
  • Length: 02:29
A new book about the Taylor/Burton romance
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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When naming the most important stories of the 20th century, gossip writer Liz Smith rattled off the assassination of JFK, the Lindbergh kidnapping,...

Bought by KENW


  • Added: Sep 24, 2012
  • Length: 02:34
  • Purchases: 1
How I Got Here: The Dakota War of 1862
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Acoustic Stories
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Commentator Michael Goldberg on the Dakota War.

  • Added: Sep 06, 2012
  • Length: 02:34
The Censorship of Dorian Gray
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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A new edition restores Oscar Wilde's famous novel to its original form.

Bought by XRAY.fm


  • Added: Jul 17, 2012
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 1
Quick Queue: Sherlock Holmes Pt. 2
From: Radio K
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By Mark Sheely. Culture Queue brings you Part Two and the conclusion of our radio play adaptation, The Immortal Ms. Sherlock Holmes. Will Holmes ou...

  • Added: Jul 06, 2012
  • Length: 01:56
Culture Queue: "Sherlock Holmes Pt. 2"
From: Radio K
Series: Radio K Culture Queue
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This week from Culture Queue, we're keen as mustard to bring you the thrilling conclusion of our play from across the pond. Join Sherlock, Moriarty...

  • Added: Jul 06, 2012
  • Length: 24:28
Culture Queue 6-18-12
From: Radio K
Series: Radio K Culture Queue
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This week on Culture Queue, we "honor" the memories of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Orson Welles alike with our lastest radio play. It's "The Immorta...

  • Added: Jun 22, 2012
  • Length: 33:22
Quick Queue 6-13-12
From: Radio K
Series: Quick Queue
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By Brianna Hanson. This week, Culture Queue once again steps into the world of old timey radio drama. Because the University of Minnesota is home t...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jun 22, 2012
  • Length: :40
  • Purchases: 1
Quick Queue 6-5-12
From: Radio K
Series: Quick Queue
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Booking the Trend, by Mitch Skinner: If print is dead, you wouldn't know it by talking to people in the business. Physical books are still selling.

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jun 06, 2012
  • Length: 01:28
  • Purchases: 1
WorldCanvass:Comics, Creativity and Culture
From: Joan Kjaer
Series: WorldCanvass
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Conversations and live musical performance based on international themes.

  • Added: Jun 04, 2012
  • Length: 01:54:56
Sounds Familiar #4: The Rule of Threes
From: Blake Cooper
Series: Sounds Familiar
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Is three really the magic number?

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and KUT


  • Added: May 25, 2012
  • Length: 07:30
  • Purchases: 2
Sounds Familiar #2: Bad Translations
From: Blake Cooper
Series: Sounds Familiar
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We all know a bad translation when we see one… or do we? I spoke with Jay Rubin, translator for the best-selling author Haruki Murakami, among othe...

  • Added: May 11, 2012
  • Length: 11:35
Dan Rather: A Rather Outspoken Memoir
From: AARP Radio
Series: Prime Time Radio
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Contemporary news icon Dan Rather shares the ups and downs of his career in his memoir, “Rather Outspoken”; and author, Christopher Bram gives the ...

Bought by WCNY and KWMR


  • Added: May 08, 2012
  • Length: 59:55
  • Purchases: 2
RB 200: The Library Of The Future
From: The Berkman Center for Internet and Society
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Library expert Matthew Battles asks David Weinberger, "When the smartest person in the room is the room, how do we design the room?"

  • Added: Apr 25, 2012
  • Length: 26:55
The New York Times' Nick Bilton talks about his book, "I Live in the Future & Here's How It Works." (Show 2011-41)
From: Rich Levin
Series: PC TALK with Rich Levin
Caption: Cover of Nick Bilton's book, Credit: Random House/Crown
Nick Bilton, The New York Times BITS blog's lead technology writer, talks about his book, "I Live in the Future & Here's How It Works."

  • Added: Nov 20, 2011
  • Length: 41:07
Poet and fiction writer, Sapphire
From: New Letters on the Air
Caption: Sapphire
Poet and fiction writer Sapphire, best-known for her novel PUSH, which became the award-winning film PRECIOUS, reads from her 2011 novel, THE KID, ...

Bought by WCSU-FM


  • Added: Nov 16, 2011
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 1
Literary Brooklyn
From: Shannon Geis
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A conversation with the author of a new book about the literary history of Brooklyn.

  • Added: Nov 11, 2011
  • Length: 08:00
19th Century English Literature 11-28
From: All Classical Public Media
Series: The Score with Edmund Stone
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This week on The Score with Edmund Stone, Classic 19th Century English Literature.

Bought by KPIP-LP, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KPVL, WEKU, KREV-LP and more


  • Added: Jul 12, 2011
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
Ann Patchett's State of Wonder
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Writers on a New England Stage
Caption: Author Ann Patchett
An hour long reading and interview with Ann Patchett recorded in front of a live audience at the Portsmouth Music Hall in June, 2011.

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Jun 29, 2011
  • Length: 53:30
  • Purchases: 1
Snapshots of the American library
From: KALW
Caption: Local photographer Robert Dawson is capturing libraries across the nation on film, including the Berkeley Tool Lending Library
KALW News has been covering the potential closure of most of Oakland’s 18 public libraries in the coming weeks. Well, Oakland libraries aren’t alon...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 23, 2011
  • Length: 05:28
  • Purchases: 1
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
The Great America in Writing - Arnold Weinstein and Jimmy Breslin
From: Open Source
Caption: Jimmy Breslin in his Manhattan home.
This week we're delving into the world of American letters with Arnold Weinstein and Jimmy Breslin. Veteran journalist Jimmy Breslin might be the l...

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


  • Added: Apr 29, 2011
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 3