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Shelf Discovery: Age of Vice by Deepti Kapoor
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Shelf Discovery
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin gets caught up in a story of business, family, and class for a powerful Indian family in Age of Vice by Dee...

Bought by RADIOLEX and RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Jan 16, 2023
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 2
In the Beginning
From: New Letters on the Air
Caption: Tony Kushner
Pulitzer Prize winners Tony Kushner, Jane Smiley, Richard Russo, as well as Sherman Alexie, Naomi Shihab Nye, and the late August Wilson share some...

Bought by WDCB and KAAD-LP


  • Added: Jan 12, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
The Apple Seed - Best of Season 2: Storyteller Donna Washington, A Boy Called Bat, OTR Life of Riley
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: The Apple Seed
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On the next episode, some Apple Seed favorites, including Riley the Rent Collector. During this old time radio adventure, Riley in order to avoid s...

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


  • Added: Jan 10, 2023
  • Length: 52:51
  • Purchases: 5
Shelf Discovery: Regrets Only by Kieran Scott
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Shelf Discovery
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin moves to a wealthy small town where everyone is hiding a dark secret or two in Regrets Only by Kieran Scott.

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


  • Added: Jan 09, 2023
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 3
The Apple Seed - The Canterville Ghost by Oscar Wilde
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: The Apple Seed
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A reading of Oscar Wilde's Classic Ghost Story

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


  • Added: Jan 04, 2023
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 5
Shelf Discovery: The Villa by Rachel Hawkins
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Shelf Discovery
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin travels to Italy—to a beautiful villa with a dark past—in the audio edition of The Villa by Rachel Hawkins.

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


  • Added: Jan 02, 2023
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 3
Shelf Discovery: Nine Liars by Maureen Johnson
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Shelf Discovery
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin travels to England to solve a decades-old murder in Maureen Johnson’s latest Truly Devious mystery, Nine Li...

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


  • Added: Dec 26, 2022
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 3
Shelf Discovery: A Hard Day for a Hangover by Darynda Jones
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Shelf Discovery
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin joins a small-town sheriff for one last adventure in A Hard Day for a Hangover by Darynda Jones.

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio) and RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Dec 19, 2022
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 2
Story Prize-winning Author George Saunders
From: New Letters on the Air
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George Saunders reads a passage from his Story Prize-winning collection, TENTH OF DECEMBER. In this public presentation, Saunders discusses his pat...

Bought by WNJR


  • Added: Dec 16, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Shelf Discovery: The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding by Agatha Christie
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Shelf Discovery
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin celebrates the holidays with Hercule Poirot in the audio edition of Agatha Christie’s The Adventure of the ...

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


  • Added: Dec 12, 2022
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 3
Ccccccccold Campbell!
From: KSRQ
Series: Community Voices
Caption: Campbell Public Library of East Grand Forks, MN
Charlotte Helgeson, Director of the Campbell Public Library of East Grand Forks, MN, warms things up on a COLD winter day with HOT news on Campbell...

  • Added: Dec 07, 2022
  • Length: 14:25
Shelf Discovery: The Ingenue by Rachel Kapelke-Dale
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Shelf Discovery
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin follows a woman’s journey through recovery and self-discovery in Rachel Kapelke-Dale’s The Ingenue.

Bought by RADIOLEX and RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Dec 05, 2022
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 2
Shelf Discovery: The Resemblance by Lauren Nossett
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Shelf Discovery
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin searches for answers to a college kid’s death in the audio edition of The Resemblance by Lauren Nossett.

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


  • Added: Nov 14, 2022
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 3
2022-11-13 In Search of Proust's Philosophy
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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November 18 marks the centennial of the French writer's death.

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), KTSW 89.9, KSKQ, KMUN, and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Nov 14, 2022
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 5
Shelf Discovery: The Prisoner by B. A. Paris
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Shelf Discovery
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin fights for survival with a kidnapped young woman in the audio edition of The Prisoner by B. A. Paris.

Bought by RADIOLEX and RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Nov 07, 2022
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 2
Shelf Discovery: And Justice for Mall by E. J. Copperman
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Shelf Discovery
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin takes an unusual case with a Jersey girl turned Hollywood lawyer in And Justice for Mall, the fourth Jersey...

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


  • Added: Oct 31, 2022
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 3
Shelf Discovery: On a Quiet Street by Seraphina Nova Glass
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Shelf Discovery
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin uncovers a neighborhood full of secrets in the audio edition of On a Quiet Street by Seraphina Nova Glass.

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


  • Added: Oct 24, 2022
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 3
2022-10-23 Philosophy and the Superhero
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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Holy metaphysics, Batman!

Bought by KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, GCR (Global Community Radio), KMUN, KSKQ and more


  • Added: Oct 24, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 9
Shelf Discovery: The Christmas Murder Game by Alexandra Benedict
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Shelf Discovery
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin returns home for a deadly holiday scavenger hunt in The Christmas Murder Game by Alexandra Benedict.

Bought by RADIOLEX and RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Oct 17, 2022
  • Length: 03:01
  • Purchases: 2
Shelf Discovery: Just Like Magic by Sarah Hogle
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Shelf Discovery
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin gets a healthy dose of holiday humor and romance with a little help from the Holiday Spirit in Just Like Ma...

Bought by RADIOLEX and RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Oct 10, 2022
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 2
Shelf Discovery: The Inkwell Chronicles: The Ink of Elspet by J. D. Peabody
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Shelf Discovery
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin goes on a magical mission with a pair of young siblings in The Ink of Elspet, the first Inkwell Chronicles ...

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


  • Added: Oct 03, 2022
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 3
Shelf Discovery: The Take-Over Friend by Carol Dines
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Shelf Discovery
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin joins one teenager’s struggle to keep her own personality and her own life when her best friend moves in in...

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


  • Added: Sep 26, 2022
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 3
Shelf Discovery: The Messy Lives of Book People by Phaedra Patrick
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Shelf Discovery
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin works toward a forgotten dream with a house cleaner turned author in the audio edition of The Messy Lives o...

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


  • Added: Sep 19, 2022
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 3
Shelf Discovery: The Boardwalk Bookshop by Susan Mallery
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Shelf Discovery
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin spends some time on the beach with three shop owners who are struggling with their relationships in the aud...

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


  • Added: Sep 12, 2022
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 3
723: Telling A Life / 724: The Power Of Pleasure And Joy, 9/10/2022
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "Telling A Life" - How do you tell the story of your life? Songwriter Patti Smith says try writing "about nothing." HOUR TWO: "The Powe...

  • Added: Sep 09, 2022
  • Length: 01:59:00

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