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Choosers, Not Beggars
From: Lu Olkowski
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Two men more or less allow themselves to become homeless in order to dedicate their time to writing poetry

Bought by Marfa Public Radio and Remix Radio


  • Added: Sep 21, 2008
  • Length: 29:09
  • Purchases: 2
King of Methlehem - Mark Lindquist
From: KUOW
Series: Sound Focus
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Novelist and prosecuting attorney Mark Lindquist dives deep into the world of meth dealers in his new novel, The King of Methlehem. KRAK

  • Added: Jul 31, 2008
  • Length: 18:25
You Sound like You're Not from Around Here
From: With Good Reason
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Within seconds of hearing someone speak, we make judgments about that person and their background, just based on their accent.

  • Added: May 29, 2008
  • Length: 29:42
Banducci's Memorial Day
From: Third Coast Live Radio Theater
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Another San Franciscan Entertainment Icon, gone. This is his memorial party, and some of the characters recalling who he was, and what he stood for.

  • Added: Dec 04, 2007
  • Length: 10:34
Authors@Google: Michael Bloomberg
From: Authors@Google
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Michael Bloomberg in conversation with Sheryl Sandberg.

  • Added: Jul 27, 2007
  • Length: 59:29
Peace Talks Radio: Spoken Word for Peace (58:00 / 54:00 / or Three 29:00 programs)
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Actors, storytellers and poets express their hope for peace with the spoken word.

Bought by WVTF, WXXI Rochester, KNCT FM, KWMR, Raven Radio and more


  • Added: Jan 05, 2007
  • Length: 57:46
  • Purchases: 20
In Conversation...with John Kain
From: Carolyn Crane
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a talk about spiritual teachers with author John Kain

  • Added: Oct 06, 2006
  • Length: 29:00
Interview- Tommy Chong: American Marijuana Prisoner, Sage of Truth
From: NORML Foundation
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Tommy Chong interviews about his new book the I Chong: Meditations from the Joint on NORML's weekday Podcast. The book was written during Tommy's ...

  • Added: Sep 03, 2006
  • Length: 13:11
"The Cairo Trilogy" by Naguib Mahfouz
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Documentaries
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An interview with Fouad Ajami about The Cairo Trilogy by Egyptian Nobel Laurete Naguib Mahfouz who died 30 Aug 2006.

Bought by KICI Iowa City and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Aug 31, 2006
  • Length: 29:31
  • Purchases: 2
The Voice of the People -- Chris Ransick, Denver Poet Laureate
From: Claudia Cragg
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The new Denver Poet Laureate talks about the power of poetry and being 'The Voice of the People'

  • Added: Apr 04, 2006
  • Length: 13:55
April 2: Great Celebrities/ Emile Zola (in Russian)
From: Alona Suvórova
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Birthday piece

  • Added: Apr 01, 2006
  • Length: 03:27
Seuss Abuse
From: Susan Johnston
Series: Spoken Word: The Capital Poetry Collective Series
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Kevin Matthews' short social commentary, a tongue-in-cheek take on Dr. Seuss

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Feb 19, 2006
  • Length: 03:10
  • Purchases: 1
Part 3: Power of Words
From: Vermont Public
Series: Iran Today
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In Iran writers, especially poets, enjoy pop-star status. Despite the dangers poet Simin Behbehani has used her work to speak out for human rights ...

  • Added: Feb 17, 2006
  • Length: 08:13
I am Not Homeless
From: Barrett Wolf
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Poem by Highway Poet J. Barrett Wolf

Bought by KRUA


  • Added: Nov 20, 2005
  • Length: :56
  • Purchases: 1
Until the Pen Runs out of Ink
From: Susan Johnston
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Kevin Matthews' short social commentary, with a tongue-in-cheek look at spoken word

  • Added: Oct 18, 2005
  • Length: 02:09
Fire on the Prairie #19
From: Emily Udell
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Interviews with Marjane Satrapi & Howard Zinn; comments on Chicago's Mayor Richard M. Daley

  • Added: Aug 18, 2005
  • Length: 29:30
1995 Anne Waldman - Simulacrum (Not a Real Life, Cheap Imitation)
From: Naropa University
Series: Jack Kerouac Disembodied School of Poetics
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Waldman in a strong political performance of her poetry

Bought by KUNM


  • Added: Mar 23, 2005
  • Length: 03:59
  • Purchases: 1
Paternalism
From: Talking History
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Interview with David Leverenz on the transformation of the image of the role and image of the father. Raymond Geselbracht comments on the relations...

  • Added: Mar 06, 2005
  • Length: 29:00
National Poetry Month Commentary
From: Brian Beatty
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A humorous look at the rhyming, if not cruelest, month.

Bought by Kansas Public Radio, WKMS, and Public Interactive


  • Added: Feb 15, 2005
  • Length: 01:25
  • Purchases: 3
SubwayLand
From: WFUV
Series: Subculture Series
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New York Times columnist Randy Kennedy finds his writing muse underground

Bought by KALW and PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 24, 2004
  • Length: 04:18
  • Purchases: 2
Azar Nafisi interview
From: Holly Kernan
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interview with Iranian author of "Reading Lolita in Tehran"

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Sep 18, 2003
  • Length: 21:18
  • Purchases: 1
Laughing without an Accent
From: Holly Kernan
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Iranian born Firoozeh Dumas' Audio Diary of a first time author

Bought by KUOW, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WFUV, WYSO, and PRX Administrator


  • Added: Sep 06, 2003
  • Length: 18:02
  • Purchases: 5

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