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Jack Kerouac: Writing Lesson
From: Susan Barrett Price
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Jack Kerouacs's Belief & Technique for Modern Prose - a reading

Bought by RadioStPete Florida and KZYX


  • Added: Apr 18, 2008
  • Length: 03:40
  • Purchases: 2
Craig Childs Interview About Animal Dialogues
From: KVNF
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Craig Childs is interviewed about his book "Animal Dialogues".

Bought by NPR Station Showcase with PRX


  • Added: Mar 31, 2008
  • Length: 19:16
  • Purchases: 1
Your Brain On Music
From: WHPC
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Studies show that many areas of your brain process music.

  • Added: Feb 19, 2008
  • Length: 03:04
The Cult of Colin (Firth)
From: kitty felde
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confessions of a Colin Firth groupie

  • Added: Feb 15, 2008
  • Length: 05:25
Iraq in the Dark
From: War News Radio
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News and features from Iraq and Afghanistan

Bought by KXOT Public Radio and KGOU


  • Added: Dec 14, 2007
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Unintended Detours Episode 4: Road/Trip
From: Sue Mell
Series: Unintended Detours
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Stumbling and stranded, in one way or another, on the road.

Bought by PRX Remix and Remix Radio


  • Added: Nov 26, 2007
  • Length: 27:08
  • Purchases: 2
Unintended Detours Episode 2: Tic-Toc
From: Sue Mell
Series: Unintended Detours
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Creativity in the face of time.

Bought by PRX Remix and Remix Radio


  • Added: Nov 26, 2007
  • Length: 20:55
  • Purchases: 2
Unintended Detours Episode 1: Shelf Life
From: Sue Mell
Series: Unintended Detours
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Musings around the theme of shelf life.

Bought by PRX Remix and Remix Radio


  • Added: Nov 25, 2007
  • Length: 14:15
  • Purchases: 2
The Plows
From: Sean Hurley
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A reflection on the first snow of the winter.

Bought by WTIP


  • Added: Nov 16, 2007
  • Length: 03:30
  • Purchases: 1
The World of 1607 part 4
From: WCVE
Series: The World of 1607
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Image of the Other

  • Added: Nov 07, 2007
  • Length: 01:02
The World of 1607 part 1
From: WCVE
Series: The World of 1607
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"All the World a Stage"

  • Added: Oct 25, 2007
  • Length: 01:03
Is This The End of Harry Potter?
From: Bill Slammon
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Narration with vox pop interviews of kids and adults about the last Harry Potter book.

Bought by WXLV-FM and The PRX Podcast


  • Added: Jul 19, 2007
  • Length: 05:55
  • Purchases: 2
The End of Harry Potter?
From: Bill Slammon
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Vox pop with kids and adults about the last Harry Potter book.

Bought by The PRX Podcast


  • Added: Jul 17, 2007
  • Length: 06:17
  • Purchases: 1
An Angel-headed Hipster's Howl
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Documentaries
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Fifty year's after the publication of Allen Ginsberg's poem "Howl" and its subsequent obscenity trial, poets and friends look back at its origins, ...

Bought by KICI Iowa City, KPIP-LP, KRZA, KSFR, New Hampshire Public Radio and more


  • Added: Jun 05, 2007
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 6
The Gist of It
From: Live Wire! Radio
Series: Live Wire
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Commercial parody for people who are too busy for books on tape - from Live Wire!, a live radio variety show.

  • Added: Jun 05, 2007
  • Length: 04:01
Where You Least Expect It
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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As a maintenance man at The Waynflete School and a working writer, Michael Macklin?s world is filled with sawdust, kids, and poetry.

Bought by HowSound


  • Added: May 23, 2007
  • Length: 06:50
  • Purchases: 1
Mixing Jazz and Poetry with David Amram
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
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David Amram talks about mixing jazz and poetry with Jack Kerouac and other Beat poets

Bought by KMUW


  • Added: May 08, 2007
  • Length: 04:47
  • Purchases: 1
Country songwriting legend Bobby Braddock talks about love, life and his new book, Down in Orburndale.
From: Katie Ball
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In this interview country music songwriting legend talks about growing up in rural Florida and how it affected him as a songwriter.

  • Added: May 05, 2007
  • Length: 16:24
Remembering Poetry: The Alzheimer's Poetry Project
From: Don McIver
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An Hourlong Radio Documentary examining the Alzheimer's Poetry Project

Bought by KRZA, KSJD, WEKU, Yellowstone Public Radio, WSKG and more


  • Added: Apr 01, 2007
  • Length: 59:03
  • Purchases: 7
The Scrotum and the Culture Wars
From: Merle Kessler
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The word "scrotum" is used in a children's book. Controversy ensues.

Bought by KRCC-FM and KUSP


  • Added: Mar 16, 2007
  • Length: 02:15
  • Purchases: 2
CURIUM: E.E. CUMMINGS FRIED IN A HARD DRIVE
From: John Diliberto
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A POET GETS DIGITIZED

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KSFR, KRUA, and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 13, 2007
  • Length: 07:27
  • Purchases: 4
The Truth About Dracula
From: Hillary Frank
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Suzanne Muldowney explains why her interpretation of Dracula is the most authentic.

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio, WRIR, KALW, PRX Remix, New Hampshire Public Radio and more


  • Added: Feb 02, 2007
  • Length: 05:44
  • Purchases: 11
Women Who Can Fly: Trina Robbins and Superheroines
From: Elizabeth Chur
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Profile of Trina Robbins, who literally wrote the book on women in comics.

Bought by WJAB, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 22, 2007
  • Length: 06:04
  • Purchases: 4
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
How To Write a Novel - a 3-minute primer
From: Paul Levinson
Series: A View to Media
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an award-winning author of 5 novels tells what it takes to write one

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 12, 2006
  • Length: 03:07
  • Purchases: 1

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