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"A Serpent in the Cave", by a Emilio Salgari (translated and narrated by Michael Henrik Wynn)
From: Michael Henrik Wynn
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Michael Henrik Wynn reads his own translation of a short story by the late nineteenth century Italian adventure writer, Emilio Salgari.

  • Added: Jun 25, 2024
  • Length: 27:18
Shelf Discovery: Rules for Second Chances by Maggie North
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Shelf Discovery
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin follows a woman’s quest to become her own person outside her outgoing husband’s shadow in Rules for Second ...

  • Added: Jun 24, 2024
  • Length: 03:00
In Good Faith - Shonaleigh and Buckley
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: In Good Faith
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Steve talks with two internationally known storytellers.

Bought by RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Jun 24, 2024
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 1
The Bitter Southerner's All Women Radio Hour
From: WABE
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The Bitter Southerner’s All Women Radio Hour from WABE is an adaption of the magazine’s All Women Issue, which is dedicated to women’s voices and p...

  • Added: Jun 24, 2024
  • Length: :30
Hawkwind: Every Album, Every Song
From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library
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On this episode, we talked about Hawkwind, the legendary space rock and proto-punk band, and a new book that takes readers through their voluminous...

  • Added: Jun 22, 2024
  • Length: 28:24
An Hour of Storytelling - Storyteller Kevin Kling Has a Love Story | Josh Goforth honors guitarist Doc Watson | Out There
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: The Apple Seed
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On the next storytelling hour from the Apple Seed team, a terrific story from Minnesota storyteller Kevin Kling, and some music and storytelling fr...

Bought by WVPE, Angelica Community Radio, KCNP, KKRN, KSJE and more


  • Added: Jun 21, 2024
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 7
909: The Spirit Of Jim Thorpe / 910: Difficult Summer Reading, 6/22/2024
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "The Spirit Of Jim Thorpe" - Jim Thorpe was one of the greatest athletes the world has ever known. A Native American hero who broke recor...

  • Added: Jun 21, 2024
  • Length: 01:59:00
MN Reads: "Rules for Camouflage" by Kirstin Cronn-Mills
From: WDSE
Series: MN Reads
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Author Kirstin Cronn-Mills talks about her new book "Rules for Camouflage"

  • Added: Jun 20, 2024
  • Length: 09:50
618: Hari Kondabolu, Kristi Coulter, and Quasi , 6/21/2024
From: Live Wire! Radio
Series: Live Wire
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This episode features comedian Hari Kondabula, writer Kristi Coulter, and music from indie rock duo Quasi.

  • Added: Jun 18, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
Shelf Discovery: Lula Dean's Little Library of Banned Books by Kirsten Miller
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Shelf Discovery
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin visits a small Southern town where a few unexpected books change everything in Lula Dean’s Little Library o...

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


  • Added: Jun 17, 2024
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 5
Banned Books
From: The Children's Hour Inc.
Series: The Children's Hour
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This time on The Children's Hour, our summer interns Julia Wolfe and Sophie Anderson-Haynie have co-written and produced a program about Banned Boo...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, Allegheny Mountain Radio, KSTK, KRSC, KICI Iowa City and more


  • Added: Jun 17, 2024
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 8
Futuromania
From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library
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On this book, we talked about the new Simon Reynolds book "Futuromania," which looks at the notion of "the future" as it has manifested in pop musi...

  • Added: Jun 16, 2024
  • Length: 28:30
Pulitzer on the Road - Episode 6: Meeting Barbara Kingsolver in Appalachia
From: Pulitzer on the Road
Series: Pulitzer on the Road
Caption: Barbara Kingsolver and Emily Ramshaw on the swing
An interview between Barbara Kingsolver, Prize winner for Fiction, and Emily Ramshaw of The 19th News, on Kingsolver’s farm in Appalachia, about gr...

  • Added: Jun 14, 2024
  • Length: 53:25
Pulitzer on the Road - Episode 4: Authors Hernan Diaz and Viet Thanh Nguyen in Conversation
From: Pulitzer on the Road
Series: Pulitzer on the Road
Caption: Hernan Diaz and Viet Thanh Nguyen
Hernan Diaz, Fiction prize winner, meets with Viet Thanh Nguyen, a Pulitzer board member and himself a previous Fiction winner, in a New York Gilde...

  • Added: Jun 14, 2024
  • Length: 53:25
Pulitzer on the Road - Episode 3: Jefferson Cowie on Freedom's Dominion in Alabama
From: Pulitzer on the Road
Series: Pulitzer on the Road
Caption: Jefferson Cowie and Kelly Lytle Hernandez examining the Eufaula Tribune archive
Jefferson Cowie’s book Freedom’s Dominion gives the history of white Americans fighting for the freedom to dominate others and won the Pulitzer Pri...

  • Added: Jun 14, 2024
  • Length: 53:25
An Hour of Storytelling - Classic Scottish Fairy Tale from Storyteller Mara Menzies and Silk and Swenson
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: The Apple Seed
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On the next Hour of Storytelling from BYU radio, you're going to hear a terrific story from the Kenyan Scottish storyteller Mara Menzies, an old ta...

Bought by WVPE, Robin Hood Radio/ WHDD AM 1020/FM 91.9-WLHV FM 88.1 /WGHQ AM 920, Angelica Community Radio, Morehead State Public Radio, KCNP and more


  • Added: Jun 13, 2024
  • Length: 53:23
  • Purchases: 10
Constant Wonder - A Hopeful Marriage, Despite Incurable Cancer
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder
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Two poets from Yale share their 20-year saga of faith and hope, struggle and joy while fighting an incurable blood cancer.

  • Added: Jun 13, 2024
  • Length: 52:50
The Defining Words of the Spelling Bee
From: KMUW
Series: You're Saying It Wrong
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After this year's thrilling spell-off in the National Spelling Bee, we try to tease out the definitions of some of the words that won the contest.

Bought by KRPS


  • Added: Jun 13, 2024
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 1
The Legend of Heike's Tombs
From: Interlochen Public Radio
Series: Points North
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In the mid-1900’s, a man moves to northern Michigan to escape the hustle and bustle of city life. He starts having religious visions and builds big...

  • Added: Jun 13, 2024
  • Length: 12:04
The Write Question - Dr. Alan Townsend
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Dr. Alan Townsend discusses his memoir, "This Ordinary Stardust: A Scientist's Path from Grief to Wonder."

Bought by KMUN, GCR (Global Community Radio), Yellowstone Public Radio, Spokane Public Radio, and KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: Jun 13, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 5
MN Reads: "Dead Catch" by Cary J. Griffith
From: WDSE
Series: MN Reads
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Author Cary J. Griffith talks about the 4th Sam Rivers novel "Dead Catch"

  • Added: Jun 13, 2024
  • Length: 08:49
262: Staying Alive: Reconciling Nature, Culture and Gay Rights, 6/19/2024
From: Bioneers
Series: Bioneers - Revolution From the Heart of Nature
Caption: Taylor Brorby
As a backlash against LGBTQ rights escalates into an authoritarian crusade, acclaimed author and queer activist Taylor Brorby asks how we can still...

  • Added: Jun 12, 2024
  • Length: 28:30
Shelf Discovery: The Rom-Commers by Katherine Center
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Shelf Discovery
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin follows the misadventures of a pair of screenwriters attempting to work together to write a rom-com in The ...

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


  • Added: Jun 10, 2024
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 5
06172024: Banned Books, 6/17/2024
From: The Children's Hour Inc.
Series: The Children's Hour (Subscribable)
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This time on The Children's Hour, our summer interns Julia Wolfe and Sophie Anderson-Haynie have co-written and produced a program about Banned Boo...

  • Added: Jun 10, 2024
  • Length: 58:00
617: Dulcé Sloan, Brian Lindstrom, and S.G. Goodman, 6/14/2024
From: Live Wire! Radio
Series: Live Wire
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This episode features comedian Dulcé Sloan, filmmaker Brian Lindstrom, and music from singer-songwriter S.G. Goodman.

  • Added: Jun 10, 2024
  • Length: 59:00

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