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Shelf Discovery: Holmes, Marple & Poe by James Patterson and Brian Sitts
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Shelf Discovery
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin examines New York City’s toughest cases with a mysterious trio of private investigators in Holmes, Marple &...

Bought by WUTC, WCNY, RADIOLEX, WRMU, GCR (Global Community Radio) and more


  • Added: Jan 15, 2024
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 6
The Needle and the Lens
From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library
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On this episode of the Polley Music Library Show, we talked about the new book "The Needle and the Lens," which explores pop songs used in film. So...

Bought by Raven Radio


  • Added: Jan 14, 2024
  • Length: 27:32
  • Purchases: 1
863: Docupoetry / 864: Discovering America's Black DNA, 1/13/2024
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "Docupoetry" - Have you ever wished there was a different way to read – or hear - the news? For generations, through wars and political u...

  • Added: Jan 12, 2024
  • Length: 01:59:00
An Hour of Storytelling - Fractured Tales and "Test Drive"
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: The Apple Seed
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Stories by Diane Ferlatte and Bil Lepp and an original spy thriller

Bought by KSJE, KECG, WVPE, Robin Hood Radio/ WHDD AM 1020/FM 91.9-WLHV FM 88.1 /WGHQ AM 920, GCR (Global Community Radio) and more


  • Added: Jan 11, 2024
  • Length: 52:51
  • Purchases: 7
Shelf Discovery: A Disappearance in Magicland by Penny Warner
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Shelf Discovery
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin joins a group of code-busting kids on an amusement park adventure in A Disappearance in Magicland, the seve...

Bought by WUTC, KKRN, WCNY, RADIOLEX, WRMU and more


  • Added: Jan 08, 2024
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 7
2024-01-07 Simone de Beauvoir
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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The life and thought of the French feminist philosopher (born January 9, 1908).

Bought by KICI Iowa City, KSKQ, KICI Iowa City, KSKQ, KMUN and more


  • Added: Jan 08, 2024
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 8
Love & Whimsy
From: Will Duchon
Series: Words & Music
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Whimsical poetry and music about love, spiritual fads, and the Bee Gees.

  • Added: Jan 06, 2024
  • Length: 56:48
Krautrock
From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library
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On this episode, we talked about the book "Krautrock," a recent addition to the 33 1/3 "Genre" series that explores the history and influence of Ge...

Bought by Raven Radio


  • Added: Jan 06, 2024
  • Length: 27:34
  • Purchases: 1
861: Deep Time: The Tyranny Of Time / 862: Renunciation, 1/6/2024
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "Deep Time: The Tyranny Of Time" - When you’re on the clock, the hours disappear. Time scarcity is making us and the planet sick. But the...

  • Added: Jan 05, 2024
  • Length: 01:59:00
You 2.0: where the self-help industry succeeds, and where it misses the mark
From: Embodied
Series: Embodied - Specials
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Self-help has existed in some form since the dawn of human civilization and has grown into a robust industrial complex. But does self-help really m...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio, KTSW 89.9, Troy Public Radio, KGOU, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and more


  • Added: Jan 04, 2024
  • Length: 58:23
  • Purchases: 10
017: You 2.0: where the self-help industry succeeds, and where it misses the mark, 1/5/2024
From: Embodied
Series: Embodied
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Self-help has existed in some form since the dawn of human civilization and has grown into a robust industrial complex. But does self-help really m...

  • Added: Jan 04, 2024
  • Length: 58:23
Meet Huascar Medina--the Poet Laureate of Kansas
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Huascar Medina, Credit: Courtesy of the artist
We're celebrating poetry in this week's podcast. The first Latino and non-academic Poet Laureate of Kansas (and National Council on the Arts member...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KZUM, Spokane Public Radio, and KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif.


  • Added: Jan 02, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
Shelf Discovery: Missing by Savannah Brown
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Shelf Discovery
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin follows a teen podcaster on her search for answers to a woman’s decades-old disappearance in Missing by Sav...

Bought by WUTC, RADIOLEX, WCNY, WRMU, GCR (Global Community Radio) and more


  • Added: Jan 01, 2024
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 6
2402: Simone de Beauvoir, 1/9/2024
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk: Weekly
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The French feminist philosopher was born January 9, 1908.

  • Added: Dec 31, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
Canadian Rockies
From: Fil Corbitt
Series: Postcards from The Wind
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A postcard from the foot of the Canadian Rockies, up across the border.

Bought by KTNA


  • Added: Dec 31, 2023
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 1
John Luther Adams
From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library
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On this episode, we talked about John Luther Adams and his biography, "Silences So Deep," which focuses on his time living in Alaska between 1978 a...

Bought by Raven Radio


  • Added: Dec 30, 2023
  • Length: 28:33
  • Purchases: 1
An Hour of Storytelling - Don't Kill Santa! - Holiday Stories by Donald Davis and Andy Offutt Irwin
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: The Apple Seed
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Stories by Donald Davis and Andy Offutt Irwin

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), WVPE, Angelica Community Radio, and KSJE


  • Added: Dec 28, 2023
  • Length: 52:49
  • Purchases: 4
MN Reads: "Where the Dead Sleep" by Joshua Moehling
From: WDSE
Series: MN Reads
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Author Joshua Moehling talks about his new mystery "Where the Dead Sleep"

  • Added: Dec 28, 2023
  • Length: 07:02
An End-of-Year Reading of "At the Fishhouses"
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
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At each year's end, World Ocean Radio host Peter Neill reads "At The Fishhouses" by Elizabeth Bishop. This poem, a perennial favorite, was chosen n...

  • Added: Dec 27, 2023
  • Length: 04:40
Shelf Discovery: How to Walk Yourself Healthy and Happy by Russ Williams
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Shelf Discovery
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin takes a deep dive into her favorite form of exercise with the audio edition of How to Walk Yourself Healthy...

Bought by WUTC, WCNY, KLCC, WRMU, GCR (Global Community Radio) and more


  • Added: Dec 25, 2023
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 6
Best of 2023 With Bob Odenkirk
From: The Children's Hour Inc.
Series: The Children's Hour
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We showcase some of the best of 2023 for kids music. The Kids Crew is joined by guests Bob Odenkirk and his daughter Erin Odenkirk. Their book Zilo...

Bought by KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio), KECG, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., RadioFreePalmer, KRSC and more


  • Added: Dec 25, 2023
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 10
The oud
From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library
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On this episode, we talked about the new book by Rachel Beckles Willson, called "The Oud: An Illustrated History." This book might be the first in-...

Bought by Raven Radio


  • Added: Dec 23, 2023
  • Length: 27:42
  • Purchases: 1
857: Cultivating Wonder / 858: The World Is A Laboratory, 12/23/2023
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "Cultivating Wonder" - Maybe there’s something missing in your life you can’t quite explain. It might be that you need to re-discover you...

  • Added: Dec 22, 2023
  • Length: 01:59:00
MN Reads: "Northern Sights" by Tove Conway
From: WDSE
Series: MN Reads
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Author Tove Conway talks about her new book "Northern Sights"

  • Added: Dec 21, 2023
  • Length: 07:26
What Makes a Place? (promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason promo
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It’s almost impossible to look back on family road trips without thinking of Cracker Barrel.

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KIYU-FM, and WNMU-FM


  • Added: Dec 21, 2023
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 3

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