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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
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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 Kansas Public Radio, KIYU-FM, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KECG, RadioStPete Florida and more


  • Added: May 16, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 10
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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
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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
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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
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
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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
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A postcard about Robert McFarlane's book, The Old Ways.

  • Added: May 13, 2024
  • Length: 02:00
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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

  • Added: May 07, 2024
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 5
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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
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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
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This episode features writer Cheryl Strayed, comedian Jay Jurden, and music from Dessa.

  • Added: May 03, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
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We have fun with rhetoric and some commonly used rhetorical devices, including how we might be using them even when we don't realize it.

Bought by KECG and KRPS


  • Added: May 02, 2024
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 2
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Author Gerald Niemi talks about the new book "The Breeding Birds of Minnesota"

  • Added: May 02, 2024
  • Length: 07:39
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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
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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