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During this program, Mark Trahant talks about and reads from his book 'The Last Great Battle of the Indian Wars: Henry M. Jackson, Forrest J. Gerar...
Bought by KISU, KSJD, Spokane Public Radio, and Yellowstone Public Radio
- Added: Aug 20, 2013
- Length: 29:01
- Purchases: 4
Some stories are meant to be written, other stories are meant to be told.
Gary Springer’s story is emotionally uplifting, but heart wrenching to t...
- Added: Aug 20, 2013
- Length: 21:02
On this episode of The Custom House we'll try to justify the decision to "go all in" when facing the incomprehensible two inifinites of Blaise Pascal.
- Added: Aug 16, 2013
- Length: 31:11
On this episode of, Art Beat - we visit with an individual who penned a book about Minnesota politics during the span of 1968 through 1978. The boo...
- Added: Aug 16, 2013
- Length: 27:42
- Purchases: 2
On this episode of The Custom House we'll find out how the multifaceted world of the early Jewish literary imagination has been flattened and releg...
- Added: Aug 09, 2013
- Length: 31:08
On this episode of The Custom House we'll investigate the claims of Milton's Samson as he argues his holy dispensation as a divine right to be viol...
- Added: Aug 05, 2013
- Length: 31:34
China is everywhere in American news, but we seem to hear the same stories over and over. A new book set in Shanghai seeks to tell a less familiar ...
- Added: Aug 05, 2013
- Length: 02:32
Carl Lennertz, executive director of World Book Night U.S., spoke with WTIP's Buck Benson Mar. 29 about World Book Night, held April 23 each year. ...
Bought by KSRQ
- Added: Apr 02, 2013
- Length: 17:10
- Purchases: 1
On this edition we explore the literaty genre or the memoir.
- Added: Dec 19, 2012
- Length: 28:00
Mark Dimunation, chief of the Library of Congress' rare book & special collection division, joined WTIP's Bob Carter recently to discuss their "Boo...
Bought by KSRQ
- Added: Dec 12, 2012
- Length: 19:00
- Purchases: 1
Poet Trish Reeves draws inspiration from family history, human resilience, and a series of glass negatives which are featured in NEW LETTERS magazi...
Bought by WJCU
- Added: Nov 16, 2012
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
Radio Curious brings you an archived, 2-part conversation about death and forensics, with Dr. Michael Baden, the Chief Medical Examiner for the New...
- Added: Jul 04, 2012
- Length: 58:02
Host Ryan Dawes speaks with Monroe County Public Library Director Sara Laughlin and Programming Specialist for the City of Bloomington Michael Simm...
- Added: Feb 02, 2012
- Length: 56:50
Are colleges and universities ready for the influx of veterans returning from military service?
- Added: Jan 31, 2012
- Length: 29:00
- Added: Jan 24, 2012
- Length: 59:52
- Purchases: 1
Every day, politicians publish books telling the stories of their lives and their political views. But more often than not these “autobiographies” ...
Bought by KFOK-LPFM
- Added: Mar 17, 2011
- Length: 53:56
- Purchases: 1
- Added: Sep 30, 2010
- Length: 59:54
- Purchases: 1
Carol Bradley, author of Savie Gracie: How One Dog Escaped the Shadowy World of American Puppy Mills
From: KUFM - Montana Public RadioSeries: The Write Question
Journalist Carol Bradley has written about many aspects of animal welfare, including horse slaughtering, rodeos, animal hoarding, and animal cruelt...
Bought by 'The Sea' and Yellowstone Public Radio
- Added: Jul 22, 2010
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 2
Lauren Kessler worked for minimum wage as an RA (resident assistant) while writing FINDING LIFE IN THE LAND OF ALZHEIMER'S (formerly titled, Dancin...
Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio
- Added: Apr 16, 2010
- Length: 29:01
- Purchases: 1
Novelist Laura Moriarty was a practicing social worker, when she began indulging in the "hobby" of writing. Then she sold her novel and she became...
- Added: Unknown
- Length: 29:00
Stephanie Kaza links buddhism and sustainability in her new book, MINDFULLY GREEN: A Personal and Spiritual Guide to Whole Earth Thinking. Sea Cha...
- Added: Mar 06, 2009
- Length: 29:03
Public intellectual Jack Beatty, theologist Harvey Cox and philosopher Simon Blackburn -- on ThoughtCast!
Bought by RadioFreePalmer, WRNC-LP, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.
- Added: Dec 07, 2008
- Length: 57:30
- Purchases: 3
Novelist and prosecuting attorney Mark Lindquist dives deep into the world of meth dealers in his new novel, The King of Methlehem. KRAK
- Added: Jul 31, 2008
- Length: 18:25
Michael Bloomberg in conversation with Sheryl Sandberg.
- Added: Jul 27, 2007
- Length: 59:29
Actors, storytellers and poets express their hope for peace with the spoken word.
Bought by WVTF, WXXI Rochester, KNCT FM, KWMR, Raven Radio and more
- Added: Jan 05, 2007
- Length: 57:46
- Purchases: 20
