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Culturology: "Summer Nights, Summer Lights," an essay by Michael Forbes
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Culturology
Caption: Michael Forbes
Bemidji area writer Michael Forbes recites his essay written in contemplation of Aurora Borealis, family, and home.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Oct 09, 2012
  • Length: 04:51
  • Purchases: 1
How I Got Here: The Dakota War of 1862
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Acoustic Stories
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Commentator Michael Goldberg on the Dakota War.

  • Added: Sep 06, 2012
  • Length: 02:34
Books as Babysitters
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Acoustic Stories
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Mary Finch on books.

  • Added: Sep 06, 2012
  • Length: 02:56
All the King's Men and the Politics at MN's Iron Range
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Acoustic Stories
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Aaron Brown on books.

  • Added: Sep 06, 2012
  • Length: 03:36
There's Nothing to Worry About
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Acoustic Stories
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Aaron Brown on superstitions.

  • Added: Sep 05, 2012
  • Length: 02:16
The Beat: Louis Jenkins - "The Telephone "
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Beat
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Robert Bly refers to Louis Jenkins, poet from Duluth, as the contemporary master of prose poetry. A daily reminder that, in Minnesota poetry matte...

  • Added: Aug 17, 2012
  • Length: 02:35
Sounds Familiar #4: The Rule of Threes
From: Blake Cooper
Series: Sounds Familiar
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Is three really the magic number?

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and KUT


  • Added: May 25, 2012
  • Length: 07:30
  • Purchases: 2
Remembrance: On Time And Distance
From: Dmae Lo Roberts
Caption: Chu-Yin Lo Roberts
Dmae Roberts produced a special half-hour radio memorial on the 10th anniversary of her mom’s death. Remembrance: On Time And Distance is part memo...

Bought by KVSC, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, Prairie Public, KVSC, and WBEZ


  • Added: Apr 30, 2012
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 5
The Poetry of Robinson Jeffers: A Big Read Documentary
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: The Big Read
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A great poet of the Western landscape, Jeffers celebrated the heartbreaking beauty of existence and reminded humanity of its responsibility to the ...

Bought by KPIP-LP, KQED, KRZA, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, and KRZA


  • Added: Aug 17, 2011
  • Length: 26:54
  • Purchases: 5
Author Sharon Chmielarz on "Calling" and "The Sky is Great the Sky is Blue"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Realgoodwords
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Sharon Chmielarz has had poems published in several literary magazines including The Laurel Review, The Iowa Review, Water~Stone, Kalliope, Ascent,...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jun 16, 2011
  • Length: 23:45
  • Purchases: 1
On Walden
From: Katie Hargrave
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When will I get over my obsession with Walden Pond? As a 20something interested in connecting to nature, is Thoreau the best example?

Bought by KSFR


  • Added: Mar 23, 2011
  • Length: 10:18
  • Purchases: 1
The Amazing True Story of Paul Revere
From: Jonathan Thomas Stratman
Caption: Paul Revere by Copley
On the 240th anniversary of Paul Revere's famous ride, re-visiting the Longfellow poem. What did Longfellow get right or wrong? Who rode that night...

Bought by KUT and Prairie Public


  • Added: Mar 21, 2011
  • Length: 10:14
  • Purchases: 2
Carapace: The Mad Years
From: Joyce Mitchell
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This true gothic story was told by author Randy Osborne in which he recounts life with his eccentric grandmother, her 35 cats, and a retribution th...

  • Added: Dec 23, 2010
  • Length: 10:24
Poetry Slam Celebration of Miller Learning Resources Center
From: KVSC
Series: St. Cloud Area Arts & Culture Collage
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It’s been 10 years since the James W. Miller Learning Resources Center on the campus of St. Cloud State University opened its doors to students. Ar...

  • Added: Dec 10, 2010
  • Length: 30:00
Heroes Come in Many Colors - Phillis Wheatley
From: Loyola Productions, Inc.
Series: Heroes Come in Many Colors
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The contributions of the Black Man—celebrating Black History Month. Recounted in this installment is the life, times, and legacy of Phillis Wheatle...

  • Added: Dec 08, 2010
  • Length: 47:29
How Jen Met Her Husband
From: Matt Miller
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Jennifer Bosworth had to go crazy in L.A. before she could discover that the man she was looking for was in her home town all along.

Bought by XRAY.fm, WRNC-LP, WJCT, KUT, and WNIN


  • Added: Nov 21, 2010
  • Length: 15:56
  • Purchases: 5
The Creative Circle
From: KVSC
Series: St. Cloud Area Arts & Culture Collage
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A diverse group of writers has been meeting regularly in a small coffee shop in Albany, MN for the past three years to create, critique, and caffei...

  • Added: Aug 20, 2010
  • Length: 29:47
Bonifant Books
From: Andrew Hiller
Series: Andrew Hiller's Commentaries
Caption: Andrew Hiller
A sentimental look at the closing of Andrew Hiller's favorite used book store.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 07, 2010
  • Length: 02:09
  • Purchases: 1
Acute Bibliophobia
From: Connecticut Public (WNPR)
Series: Colin McEnroe Show: Fresh Voices
Caption: There's too many books!, Credit: Flickr Creative Commons, chrisrobinsonphotography
How does a lifelong passion for books transform itself into an acute fear?

  • Added: Jan 18, 2010
  • Length: 06:30
The Poet
From: andy boyd
Series: I Am Not a Metaphor
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Andy attends a poetry reading on Mill Ave.

Bought by KZYX


  • Added: May 20, 2009
  • Length: 02:56
  • Purchases: 1
Show 2: Dylan and the Three Kings
From: Bill King
Series: Shakespeare in the Alley: Bob Dylan's Poetics
Caption: Bill King in Folk Mode
Radical Solitude in "Just Like a Woman" and a Radio Drama

Bought by Prairie Public, KPIP-LP, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting, WRGY, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi) and more


  • Added: Apr 02, 2009
  • Length: 59:35
  • Purchases: 8
Show 1: Dylan as Poet
From: Bill King
Series: Shakespeare in the Alley: Bob Dylan's Poetics
Caption: Dr. Bill King
Introduction to this series on Bob Dylan's Poetics with focus on "To Ramona"

Bought by WCNY, Prairie Public, RadioFreePalmer, KPIP-LP, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting and more


  • Added: Apr 02, 2009
  • Length: 59:54
  • Purchases: 12
Debt: Payback and the Shadow Side of Wealth- Margaret Atwood- Hour Five
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: 2008 CBC Massey Lectures
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This five part series is an investigation into the idea of debt as an ancient and central motif in religion, literature, and the structure of human...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Nov 18, 2008
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 1
Debt: Payback and the Shadow Side of Wealth- Margaret Atwood- Hour Four
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: 2008 CBC Massey Lectures
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This five part series is an investigation into the idea of debt as an ancient and central motif in religion, literature, and the structure of human...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Nov 18, 2008
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 1
Debt: Payback and the Shadow Side of Wealth- Margaret Atwood- Hour Three
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: 2008 CBC Massey Lectures
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This five part series is an investigation into the idea of debt as an ancient and central motif in religion, literature, and the structure of human...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Nov 18, 2008
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 1

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