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World’s first Drag Laureate shares art, joy, politics of drag
From: Out in the Bay - Queer Radio from San Francisco
Caption: D'Arcy Drollinger's character Diana Midnight in his play "Bitch Slap" has just been slapped by another character., Credit: Gooch
We’ve heard of poet laureates. What is a DRAG laureate? And why has drag, an increasingly popular form of entertainment, become a political footbal...

Bought by KFCF FM, WLRH, KTSW 89.9, KPBS, and WORT


  • Added: May 15, 2024
  • Length: 57:59
  • Purchases: 5
All-trans rock band Lipstick Conspiracy reunites
From: Out in the Bay - Queer Radio from San Francisco
Caption: Cover art of Lipstick Conspiracy 2006 album “A Perfect Alibi”, Credit: Larry Utley
In part as a “joyful antidote” to the escalation of anti-LGBTQ laws across the US, San Francisco’s all-transwomen rock band Lipstick Conspiracy is ...

  • Added: Jun 15, 2023
  • Length: 29:30
Marilyn Mitchell melds life, politics on new solo album
From: Out in the Bay - Queer Radio from San Francisco
Caption: Marilyn Mitchell‘s “Lives Aligned” album was co-created with musician and audio engineer Craig Dukes.
Singer-songwriter Marilyn Mitchell, a member of San Francisco’s popular 2003-2010 all-trans rock band Lipstick Conspiracy, shares new music and lif...

Bought by WORT


  • Added: Mar 02, 2022
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
#1: Welcome To Bellwether - The 2016 Presidential Primary in Ohio
From: Josh Elstro
Series: Bellwether
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Our pilot episode focuses on the upcoming Presidential Primary Election in Ohio: In a political season rife with loud angry voices looking to shake...

  • Added: Jun 24, 2016
  • Length: 30:13
"The River of Doubt" by Candace Millard
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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This river is a tributary of the mighty Amazon. It snakes through one of the world’s most treacherous jungles and it’s where President Teddy Roosev...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Oct 29, 2015
  • Length: 09:59
  • Purchases: 1
Civil rights lawyer & ordained minister Barry W Lynn, author of “God and Government”
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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A central player in every major church-state-separation battle for decades, the author describes political issues of the day, the new influence of ...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Oct 14, 2015
  • Length: 09:57
  • Purchases: 1
Senator George Mitchell: Peace in the Middle East?
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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This American statesman's newest book is "The Negotiator." He knows a thing or two about heated negotiations from his role as Senate majority leade...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Jul 10, 2015
  • Length: 09:58
  • Purchases: 1
Science fiction writer Paolo Bacigalupi & "The Water Knife"
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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This Paonia, Colorado National Book Award finalist describes a thriller version of possible future water wars in the American Southwest. Is this an...

Bought by KRZA, Radio Newark, and KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Jun 04, 2015
  • Length: 09:57
  • Purchases: 3
Why did a 13-year-old become a soldier? Ishmael Beah explains...
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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He used to be one of the many thousands of child soldiers, hopped-up on drugs and wielding AK-47s, in dozens of conflicts around the world. Ishmael...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio and KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Apr 23, 2015
  • Length: 09:49
  • Purchases: 2
Ian Caldwell's Vatican thriller, "The Fifth Gospel"
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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Taking place mostly in the Vatican and the tiny town that surrounds it, this fast moving, thoughtful novel features two brothers who are priests, t...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio and KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Apr 15, 2015
  • Length: 09:48
  • Purchases: 2
Psychiatrist Judith Orloff with "Ecstasy of Surrender"
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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Orloff is an Asst. Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at UCLA who incorporates energy medicine in her practice. In her fifth book she invites reader...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio and KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Jun 26, 2014
  • Length: 09:53
  • Purchases: 2
Glitter Crimes
From: Trevor Hultner
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Two environmental activists were arrested in Oklahoma City last year on charges of simulating a terrorist attack. Originally produced for Radio Dis...

  • Added: Feb 10, 2014
  • Length: 10:57
Author George Saunders, Master of the Short Story
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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George’s “The Tenth of December” has already appeared on many a best-book and award-finalist list. As we readers know, it's not every day that you ...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Jan 28, 2014
  • Length: 09:59
  • Purchases: 1
Author Doris Kearns Goodwin, a biographer of presidents
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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In “Bully Pulpit” Doris focuses on the friendship and eventual falling out of Presidents Teddy Roosevelt and William Howard Taft while describing t...

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Dec 19, 2013
  • Length: 10:00
  • Purchases: 2
Author Michael Korda and "Ike: An American Hero"
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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An author many times over and former editor-in-chief at Simon & Schuster, a major publishing company, Michael wrote this biography, “Ike: An Americ...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Jun 16, 2013
  • Length: 10:00
  • Purchases: 1
Author Michael Pollan and "Cooked"
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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Food guy Michael Pollan’s new book is “Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation.” He is a personable, well-spoken walking encyclopedia of Ameri...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio and KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Jun 14, 2013
  • Length: 09:59
  • Purchases: 2
Author David McCullough and "1776"
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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David writes both histories and biographies and has narrated many a broadcast program. His latest book is "The Greater Journey: Americans in Paris....

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Jun 12, 2013
  • Length: 10:02
  • Purchases: 1
Author Michael Moss and "Salt Sugar Fat"
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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Pulitzer Prize-winning Michael Moss describes “bliss point” and “mouth feel,” two of the terms common in the trillion-dollar processed food industr...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KCMJ Community Radio, and KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Mar 21, 2013
  • Length: 10:00
  • Purchases: 3
Why Ohio is ready to go
From: Obama for America
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Supporters in Ohio got up bright and early last weekend to show President Obama that they're ready to go. Listen in to find out what inspired a few...

  • Added: May 08, 2012
  • Length: 02:38
Al "Dick" Perry for President
From: Sarah Bromer
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Al Perry, Tucson country singer, is running for president. His middle name is Richard, so he registered himself as Al "Dick" Perry on the Arizona R...

Bought by WSLR


  • Added: Feb 09, 2012
  • Length: 07:46
  • Purchases: 1
WINNEBAGO MAN -- Cult icon Jack Rebney and director Ben Steinbauer talk about their documentary.
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: Ben Steinbauer and Jack Rebney, San Francisco, July 30, 2010, Credit: Andrea Chase
WINNEBAGO MAN subject Jack Rebney and its director Ben Steinbauer talk logic, politics, and the pleasures and perils of making a film about a cultu...

  • Added: Aug 24, 2010
  • Length: 22:43
THE ART OF THE STEAL -- Filmmakers Don Argott, Sheena Joyce, and Lenny Feinberg interviewed by Andrea Chase
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
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THE ART OF THE STEAL's filmmakers Don Argott, Sheena Joyce, and Lenny Feinberg talk about the history of the Barnes Foundation, and the politics an...

  • Added: Mar 11, 2010
  • Length: 19:57
OTL: The Obama Mobile
From: OTL HQ
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President-elect Barack Obama's old Dodge Neon

  • Added: Nov 21, 2008
  • Length: 05:47