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What were they thinking? And - what are they writing?
From: Jenny Attiyeh
Caption: Robert Silvers
What were they thinking?? A talk with MIT economist James Poterba about the motivations behind the economic crisis -- followed by an in-depth inter...

  • Added: Mar 16, 2009
  • Length: 55:00
What's the Word? Mystical Poets
From: Modern Language Association
Series: What's the Word? Celebrating National Poetry Month in April
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How do those who have experienced the direct presence of God capture this heightened state in words?

Bought by WLIW, WLIW, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KUT and more


  • Added: Mar 04, 2009
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 9
What's the Word? Poetry for Children
From: Modern Language Association
Series: What's the Word? Celebrating National Poetry Month in April
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The poetry we hear—and create—as children teaches us about the power of words.

Bought by WLIW, KMUN, WLIW, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and more


  • Added: Mar 04, 2009
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 16
A Celebration of Southwest Storytellers - Part 2: Ortiz, Chavez and McGarrity
From: Paul Ingles
Caption: Simon Ortiz
Writers associated with the Southwest United States - Denise Chavez, Michael McGarrity, and Simon Ortiz - talk about the major themes in their work...

Bought by KRZA


  • Added: Feb 05, 2009
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 1
Confronting the Warpland: Black Poets of Chicago
From: Ed Herrmann
Caption: Gwendolyn Brooks
Hear some of the great African American poets who have lived and worked in Chicago.

Bought by KPIP-LP, KZYX, WRGY, WLPR , KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and more


  • Added: Jan 12, 2009
  • Length: 58:46
  • Purchases: 23
WTW Texts of Resistance
From: Modern Language Association
Series: What's the Word? Two half-hour programs celebrating Black History Month
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How did slaves resist their oppression? Three works explore what it means to resist and to survive.

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, KICI Iowa City, KUOW, KVNF, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo. and more


  • Added: Jan 07, 2009
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 24
The Drama Hour Christmas Carol Redux
From: The Drama Hour
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An original comedic adaptation of the Charles Dickens classic.

Bought by WEZU and KDUR


  • Added: Dec 24, 2008
  • Length: 59:09
  • Purchases: 2
Intellect, Faith and Philosophy
From: Jenny Attiyeh
Caption: Harvey Cox, Credit: Harvard University
Public intellectual Jack Beatty, theologist Harvey Cox and philosopher Simon Blackburn -- on ThoughtCast!

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, WRNC-LP, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Dec 07, 2008
  • Length: 57:30
  • Purchases: 3
Thanksgiving- Gratitude
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
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Two words: Thank you. They sound simple enough. But there is always more to a topic, phrase, or ritual than one might think.

Bought by WABE, KOSU, Michigan Radio, KTSW 89.9, Prairie Public and more


  • Added: Nov 18, 2008
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 29
Talking Turkey 54 minute version
From: Liner Notes
Series: LINER NOTES
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Explores how and where people celebrate Thanksgiving, what they cook, with whom they dine, how the literature they love captures the essence of foo...

Bought by WHCP-LP Cambridge, KTXK, Boise State Public Radio, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WGLT and more


  • Added: Nov 10, 2008
  • Length: 55:00
  • Purchases: 11
Talking Turkey
From: Liner Notes
Series: LINER NOTES
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Explores how and where people celebrate Thanksgiving, what they cook, with whom they dine, how the literature they love captures the essence of foo...

Bought by WHCP-LP Cambridge, WKSU, WHCP-LP Cambridge, KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, WHCP-LP Cambridge and more


  • Added: Nov 10, 2008
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 21
Costume Party 54 minute version
From: Liner Notes
Series: LINER NOTES
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Halloween is not just kids and candy. It is about masks and identity, horror as well as grown-up fun.

Bought by WNJR, KXOT Public Radio, and WRVO Public Media


  • Added: Oct 13, 2008
  • Length: 55:00
  • Purchases: 3
FRANKENSTEIN - Modern Prometheus
From: Craig Wichman
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If you've only seen the movies, you do NOT know this tale of love, death, and obsession...

Bought by Raven Radio, KUNM, KFAI Minneapolis, WRGY, KHNS and more


  • Added: Oct 07, 2008
  • Length: 55:32
  • Purchases: 10
Costume Party
From: Liner Notes
Series: LINER NOTES
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Halloween is not just kids and candy. It is about masks and identity, horror as well as grown-up fun.

Bought by KALH, KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, KKWE Niijii Radio, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, Spokane Public Radio and more


  • Added: Oct 06, 2008
  • Length: 59:21
  • Purchases: 12
Show 11: Art/Artist/Audience in Dylan' Songs
From: Bill King
Series: Shakespeare in the Alley: Bob Dylan's Poetics
Caption: Bill King dusting his broom
Dylan's Relationship to His Art, to himself as Artist, and to his Audience

Bought by KPIP-LP, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), WMNF, and KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm


  • Added: Sep 27, 2008
  • Length: 59:13
  • Purchases: 4
Show 12: Dylan and the Traditions
From: Bill King
Series: Shakespeare in the Alley: Bob Dylan's Poetics
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Dylan & the Traditions: Literature, Popular Song, Folk Song

Bought by KPIP-LP, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), WMNF, KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm, and WETS


  • Added: Aug 13, 2008
  • Length: 01:00:13
  • Purchases: 5
Show 3: The Joker and the Thief
From: Bill King
Series: Shakespeare in the Alley: Bob Dylan's Poetics
Caption: Folksong Night in Gunnison
Joker and Thief: Two Masks of Bob Dylan

Bought by Prairie Public, KPIP-LP, KZYX, WRGY, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting and more


  • Added: Aug 12, 2008
  • Length: 59:23
  • Purchases: 9
What's the Word? Puerto Rican Literature on the Island and in the United States
From: Modern Language Association
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Explores issues of national and cultural identity central to Puerto Rican literature

Bought by KZYX, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., New England Public Media, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KHNS and more


  • Added: Aug 05, 2008
  • Length: 29:45
  • Purchases: 7
What's the Word? Cosmopolitanism in Latin America
From: Modern Language Association
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During the early and mid-twentieth century, many Latin American writers engaged with international literary and cultural movements.

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KRZA, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, WRNC-LP and more


  • Added: Aug 05, 2008
  • Length: 29:45
  • Purchases: 6
War and Place 54 minute version
From: Liner Notes
Series: LINER NOTES
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Tom Brokaw and others discuss War Memorials, Veterans, Vietnam and Wars.

Bought by KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA, WHRV, WBEZ, KUOW, KXOT Public Radio and more


  • Added: May 20, 2008
  • Length: 54:59
  • Purchases: 7
THE SPECKLED BAND - An Adventure of Sherlock Holmes
From: Craig Wichman
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The Great Detective and The Good Doctor are pitted against a psychotic villian in a race against time to stop the bizarre murders in an eerie count...

Bought by WRGY and WMPG


  • Added: May 10, 2008
  • Length: 56:39
  • Purchases: 2
War and Place
From: Liner Notes
Series: LINER NOTES
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Tom Brokaw and others discuss War Memorials, Veterans, Vietnam and Wars.

Bought by WJCT, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA, WVTF, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo. and more


  • Added: May 08, 2008
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 55
Prince Caspian Episode 7
From: Steve Reinke
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Episode 7 of the Prince Caspian series

  • Added: May 08, 2008
  • Length: 29:45
Prince Caspian Episode 6
From: Steve Reinke
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Episode 6 of the Prince Caspian series

  • Added: May 08, 2008
  • Length: 29:45
Prince Caspian Episode 5
From: Steve Reinke
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Episode 5 of the Prince Caspian series

  • Added: May 08, 2008
  • Length: 29:45

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