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An Hour of Storytelling - The Course of True Love and World Folktales
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: The Apple Seed
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Stories by Simon Brooks, Motoko, and Josh Goforth, and world folktales.

Bought by Angelica Community Radio, KTXK, KSJE, Robin Hood Radio/ WHDD AM 1020/FM 91.9-WLHV FM 88.1 /WGHQ AM 920, and WVPE


  • Added: May 16, 2024
  • Length: 52:51
  • Purchases: 5
MN Reads: "Boxed Out" by Lisa M. Bolt Simons
From: WDSE
Series: MN Reads
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Author Lisa M. Bolt Simons gives readers a choice in her latest book "Boxed Out"

  • Added: May 16, 2024
  • Length: 09:07
Drugging France (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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In the 19th century, French doctors were finally on the cusp of treating pain. It was a new horizon in the history of medicine.

Bought by KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA, Kansas Public Radio, KIYU-FM, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KECG and more


  • Added: May 16, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 11
Drugging France (hour/no bb or bed)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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In the 19th century, French doctors were finally on the cusp of treating pain. It was a new horizon in the history of medicine.

Bought by KHEN-LP, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., and Royalton Community Radio


  • Added: May 16, 2024
  • Length: 52:00
  • Purchases: 3
Drugging France (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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In the 19th century, French doctors were finally on the cusp of treating pain. It was a new horizon in the history of medicine.

Bought by WMUU-LP, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WTJU, KEDT, and WRGY


  • Added: May 16, 2024
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 5
Drugging France (promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason promo
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In the 19th century, French doctors were finally on the cusp of treating pain. It was a new horizon in the history of medicine. Sara Black says the...

Bought by KIYU-FM and WNMU-FM


  • Added: May 16, 2024
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 2
Happy Birthday Mr. Bond
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Ruskin Bond signing a book for a fan., Credit: Sandip Roy
An Indian institution turns 90 at the end of this week. It’s not a bricks and mortar institution. It’s one of India’s most prolific writers - Bond,...

  • Added: May 15, 2024
  • Length: 06:00
Shelf Discovery: The New Bad Thing by Michael Ebner
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Shelf Discovery
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin follows a desperate woman’s quest to hunt down a criminal to save her family in the audio edition of The Ne...

Bought by WUTC, WCNY, RADIOLEX, GCR (Global Community Radio), and RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: May 13, 2024
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 5
The Old Ways
From: Fil Corbitt
Series: Postcards from The Wind
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A postcard about Robert McFarlane's book, The Old Ways.

  • Added: May 13, 2024
  • Length: 02:00
Sappho (630-570 bc) & Jazz
From: Michael Henrik Wynn
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A public domain reading of Sappho's "Epigrams" set to public domain jazz from Pixabay.

  • Added: May 13, 2024
  • Length: 03:45
"Colored Blues Singer" by Countee Cullen w/ Blind Willie Johnson
From: Michael Henrik Wynn
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Countee Cullen (1903-1946) was a well known African American poet during the Harlem Renaissance in the 1920s and 30s. In this video I have set a r...

  • Added: May 13, 2024
  • Length: 03:06
Wordsworth & Jazz
From: Michael Henrik Wynn
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A public domain reading of Wordsworth's "I wandered lonely as a cloud" set to public domain jazz. The result was surprisingly good.

  • Added: May 13, 2024
  • Length: 03:52
Neue Detsche Welle
From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library
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On this episode, we talked about a new installment of the 33 1/3 Genre series that explores the short-lived but influential German musical style Ne...

  • Added: May 11, 2024
  • Length: 28:25
If I Were To Talk About The Subjunctive
From: KMUW
Series: You're Saying It Wrong
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Some of us (Fletcher) can never keep straight what, exactly, the subjunctive is, so fortunately Kathy and Ross are here to remind us.

Bought by KECG and KRPS


  • Added: May 09, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
An Hour of Storytelling - Sticky Parenting and Divide and Conquer: A Skateboarding Adventure
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: The Apple Seed
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Stories by Donald Davis and Kevin Kling and a girl uses her mom’s experimental machine to be in two places at once.

Bought by Angelica Community Radio, KSJE, KTXK, Robin Hood Radio/ WHDD AM 1020/FM 91.9-WLHV FM 88.1 /WGHQ AM 920, and WVPE


  • Added: May 09, 2024
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 5
612: Paul F. Tompkins, Safiya Sinclair, and Isabeau Waia'u Walker, 5/10/2024
From: Live Wire! Radio
Series: Live Wire
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This episode features comedian and podcaster Paul F. Tompkins, poet and memoirist Safiya Sinclair, and music from Isabeau Waia'u Walker.

  • Added: May 09, 2024
  • Length: 59:01
MN Reads: "Grace & Grit: A History of Ballet in Minnesota" by Georgia Finnegan
From: WDSE
Series: MN Reads
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Author and dancer Georgia Finnegan talks about her new book "Grace & Grit: A History of Ballet in Minnesota"

  • Added: May 09, 2024
  • Length: 08:08
The Write Question - Rick Bass
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Author and environmental activist Rick Bass discusses the craft of writing in a conversation about "With Every Great Breath: New & Selected Essays,...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), Yellowstone Public Radio, Spokane Public Radio, and KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: May 08, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
An Hour of Storytelling - Ancestral Stars and Hunt of the Nydralisk
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: The Apple Seed
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Stories by Kevin Kling and Josh Goforth, and an outer space adventure by Kaboom.

Bought by Angelica Community Radio, Robin Hood Radio/ WHDD AM 1020/FM 91.9-WLHV FM 88.1 /WGHQ AM 920, KSJE, KTXK, and WVPE


  • Added: May 07, 2024
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 5
Shelf Discovery: The Heirloom by Jessie Rosen
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Shelf Discovery
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin travels the world to explore the history of a bride-to-be’s engagement ring in The Heirloom by Jessie Rosen.

Bought by WUTC, RADIOLEX, RadioStPete Florida, WCNY, and GCR (Global Community Radio)


  • Added: May 06, 2024
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 5
Living Space
From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library
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On this episode, we talked about the new book "Living Space" by Michael E. Veal, which is a thorough and creative examination of John Coltrane's fr...

  • Added: May 05, 2024
  • Length: 28:27
611: Cheryl Strayed, Jay Jurden, and Dessa, 5/3/2024
From: Live Wire! Radio
Series: Live Wire
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This episode features writer Cheryl Strayed, comedian Jay Jurden, and music from Dessa.

  • Added: May 03, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
MN Reads: "The Breeding Birds of Minnesota" with Dr. Gerald Niemi
From: WDSE
Series: MN Reads
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Author Gerald Niemi talks about the new book "The Breeding Birds of Minnesota"

  • Added: May 02, 2024
  • Length: 07:39
Jack Clark discusses "Nobody's Angel"
From: Steven Nester
Series: Poets of the Tabloid Murder
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Eddie Miles is one of a dying breed: a Windy City hack who knows every street and back alley of his beloved city and takes its recent descent into ...

  • Added: Apr 30, 2024
  • Length: 27:08
2419: The Legacy of Freud, 5/7/2024
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk: Weekly
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Did you really want to eat that last piece of cake, or were you secretly thinking about your mother?

  • Added: Apr 30, 2024
  • Length: 53:58

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