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Shelf Discovery: Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Shelf Discovery
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin joins a retired orc warrior on a new quest to open a coffee shop in a small village in the audio edition of...

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


  • Added: Nov 13, 2023
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 7
2023-11-12 Your Brain on Literature
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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How do writers and filmmakers exploit our cognitive biases to surprise and delight us?

Bought by KTSW 89.9, WLPR , KICI Iowa City, KSKQ, GCR (Global Community Radio) and more


  • Added: Nov 13, 2023
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 11
Dissonant Landscapes: Music of Iceland
From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library
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On this episode, we talked about the book "Dissonant Landscapes," which explores how Icelandic musicians are often discussed in relationship to the...

  • Added: Nov 11, 2023
  • Length: 28:30
We're Celebrating Indigenous Peoples Month with author Cynthia Leitich Smith
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Cynthia Leitich Smith, Credit: Christopher T Assaf
YA and children’s author and curator Cynthia Leitich Smith (Muscogee) discusses the joys and responsibilities of writing and curating authentic Nat...

Bought by WSLR, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KZUM, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and more


  • Added: Nov 10, 2023
  • Length: 28:23
  • Purchases: 6
National Writers Series: V.E. Schwab
From: Interlochen Public Radio
Series: National Writers Series: Season Five
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Beth Milligan talks with fantasy author V.E. Schwab.

Bought by WKAR


  • Added: Nov 10, 2023
  • Length: 54:30
  • Purchases: 1
National Writers Series: Ken Follett
From: Interlochen Public Radio
Series: National Writers Series: Season Five
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Pat Livingston talks with bestselling author Ken Follett.

Bought by WKAR


  • Added: Nov 10, 2023
  • Length: 54:31
  • Purchases: 1
National Writers Series: Jack Driscoll
From: Interlochen Public Radio
Series: National Writers Series: Season Five
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Brittany Cavallaro talks with Jack Driscoll.

Bought by WKAR


  • Added: Nov 10, 2023
  • Length: 54:30
  • Purchases: 1
845: Whose Land Is It? / 846: Writing The Climate Change Story, 11/11/2023
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "Whose Land Is It?" - Owning land is a big part of the American dream. But there’s a problem with that: That land is often stolen. So who...

  • Added: Nov 10, 2023
  • Length: 01:59:01
An Hour of Storytelling - Finding True Treasure and Full Moon Ball
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: The Apple Seed
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Stories by Shonaleigh and Geraldine Buckley and a story from Kaboom: why, oh why, did prom have to fall on the night of the full moon?

Bought by KECG, KTXK, KSJE, WVPE, Robin Hood Radio/ WHDD AM 1020/FM 91.9-WLHV FM 88.1 /WGHQ AM 920 and more


  • Added: Nov 09, 2023
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 7
The Write Question - Stephanie Land
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Stephanie Land discusses the follow-up to "Maid," her bestselling memoir, "Class: A Memoir of Motherhood, Hunger, and Higher Education."

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio, Spokane Public Radio, and KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: Nov 09, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
MN Reads: "A Song Over Miskwaa Rapids" by Linda LeGarde Grover
From: WDSE
Series: MN Reads
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Author Linda LeGarde Grover talks about her new book "A Song Over Miskwaa Rapids"

  • Added: Nov 09, 2023
  • Length: 07:03
Battle of the Classics
From: Brooklyn Public Library
Series: Borrowed and Banned
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Banning of so-called “classics” grabs public attention, but books like To Kill a Mockingbird and 1984 don't need your defense. It's the more recent...

  • Added: Nov 08, 2023
  • Length: 19:25
586: Paul F. Tompkins, Safiya Sinclair, and Isabeau Waia'u Walker, 11/10/2023
From: Live Wire! Radio
Series: Live Wire
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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: Nov 08, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
Shelf Discovery: The Good Part by Sophie Cousens
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Shelf Discovery
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin follows a young woman as she finds herself transported into the life of her older self in The Good Part by ...

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


  • Added: Nov 06, 2023
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 7
Sound Actions
From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library
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On this episode, we discussed the book "Sound Actions," which reduces musical activity down to its most essential components so that we can re-conc...

Bought by Raven Radio


  • Added: Nov 06, 2023
  • Length: 28:27
  • Purchases: 1
2346: Your Brain on Literature, 11/14/2023
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk: Weekly
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How do writers and filmmakers exploit our cognitive biases to surprise and delight us?

  • Added: Nov 06, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
Reading and Writing
From: The Children's Hour Inc.
Series: The Children's Hour
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Join our Kids Crew in a conversation with the beloved children’s authors, Goosebump’s RL Stine and Marc Brown, the author and illustrator of the Ar...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, KTNA, KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio), Allegheny Mountain Radio, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and more


  • Added: Nov 06, 2023
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 10
Sublime Thanksgiving Jazz
From: PJ Ewing
Series: Lester the Nightfly
Caption: SUBLIME THANKSGIVING JAZZ
Thanksgiving Jazz | Thanksgiving in Oldtown Combining the most thematic of jazz standards and new additions with a few excerpts from Harriet Beeche...

Bought by WJSU and KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Nov 05, 2023
  • Length: 58:24
  • Purchases: 2
843: Against Capitalism / 844: Books We Can't Forget, 11/4/2023
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "Against Capitalism" - Congress has passed a Republican resolution "denouncing socialism." But what does that even mean? This hour, a soc...

  • Added: Nov 03, 2023
  • Length: 01:59:00
Constant Wonder - Book of Delights
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder
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Poet Ross Gay on the small, sweet delights of life's daily walk with no fireworks or fanfare.

Bought by WLRH and GCR (Global Community Radio)


  • Added: Nov 02, 2023
  • Length: 52:54
  • Purchases: 2
The Write Question - Maya Jewell Zeller
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Spokane, Washington-based poet Maya Jewell Zeller discusses "out takes/ glove box," her New American Poetry Prize-winning collection.

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 02, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
An Interview with Mike Curato
From: Brooklyn Public Library
Series: Borrowed and Banned
Caption: Borrowed and Banned logo, Credit: John Snowden
Mike Curato talks about his award-winning graphic novel Flamer, his writing practice, and how it feels to have his story vaulted into national head...

  • Added: Nov 02, 2023
  • Length: 16:39
Alexander McCall Smith's "From a Far and Lovely Country" #24 in No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency Series
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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Host Diana Korte speaks with ⁠Alexander McCall Smith⁠, the author of more than 100 books sold around the world in 40 languages. This includes the N...

  • Added: Nov 01, 2023
  • Length: 10:53
The Brothers Karamazov
From: L.A. Theatre Works
Series: L.A. Theatre Works
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The timeless novel, adapted for the stage.

Bought by KMUN, KCHW, Harford Community Radio, Spokane Public Radio, WPCA-LP and more


  • Added: Nov 01, 2023
  • Length: 01:58:02
  • Purchases: 19
What's Buzzing at Campbell?
From: KSRQ
Series: Community Voices
Caption: Campbell Public Library of East Grand Forks, MN
Campbell Library (East Grand Forks, MN) news on tap! Everything from glass etching to birds! Director Charlotte Helgeson has the spicy details!

  • Added: Nov 01, 2023
  • Length: 14:46

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