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Herman Wouk, a literary giant renowned for his profound engagement with historical themes, is influential in World War II literature. His magnum op...
- Added: Jan 19, 2024
- Length: 08:38
The worst U.S. mass murder of homosexuals in the 20th century was by a gruesome fire in a New Orleans French Quarter nightclub. Yet, the Upstairs L...
- Added: Jun 27, 2023
- Length: 19:45
Studio 54 first opened
in April 1977 and became the most famous
nightclub of all time. Its quick ascent was confounding because creators
Steve R...
- Added: Aug 02, 2022
- Length: 18:45
Burnout from work is something a lot of us are thinking about right now. It's been on the minds of librarians, too. We talk to a group of library w...
Bought by KVSC
- Added: Mar 01, 2021
- Length: 25:09
- Purchases: 1
HOUR ONE: 'Going Underground' - Scientists and explorers have found a whole new world under our feet. It's an exciting place, and it's changing wha...
- Added: Feb 26, 2021
- Length: 01:58:58
From: Third Coast International Audio Festival
Series: Best of the Best: The 2020 Third Coast Broadcast
Series: Best of the Best: The 2020 Third Coast Broadcast
In this episode, two young Black artists revisit memories to grapple with how they are seen by others, and how they see themselves.
Bought by WXXI Rochester, Prairie Public, WBEZ, WRVO Public Media, New England Public Media and more
- Added: Nov 17, 2020
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 37
In this very special Story Saturday edition, Laura talks with award-winning author Kirin Khan, who began this time of sheltering in place in a fire...
- Added: May 27, 2020
- Length: 48:44
This week on World Ocean Radio we have a special reading of "Christmas at Sea", an evocative poem by Robert Louis Stevenson written in 1883. Steven...
Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.
- Added: Dec 24, 2019
- Length: 03:23
- Purchases: 1
Immigration is a pressing topic in our political landscape right now, with concerns about ICE raids and immigration bans. In this episode, we liste...
- Added: Jul 24, 2019
- Length: 21:11
At each year's end, World Ocean Radio host Peter Neill reads "At The Fishhouses" by Elizabeth Bishop. This perennial favorite poem was chosen not o...
- Added: Dec 27, 2016
- Length: 04:51
A poem about Thanksgiving by Sharon Olds, read by Eliza Foss
- Added: Nov 05, 2015
- Length: 01:47
World Ocean Radio host Peter Neill recently witnessed a beautiful full moon rise from an island perch in Maine. The silent, stealthy way that it ro...
- Added: Sep 14, 2015
- Length: 05:11
Tune in this week as host Michael Perry welcomes the world-chart-topping boys and girl ~ Gaelic Storm ~ to the Big Top stage!
- Added: Apr 09, 2015
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 9
Gypsy jazz from Berlin, Germany along with Big Top Chautauqua's very own Blue Canvas Orchestra.
- Added: Feb 13, 2015
- Length: 59:30
- Purchases: 8
McLean recorded his first album, Tapestry, in 1969 in Berkeley, California, during the student riots. After being rejected 72 times by labels, the ...
- Added: Jan 13, 2015
- Length: 59:30
- Purchases: 11
At the close of each year, World Ocean Radio host Peter Neill reads "At The Fishhouses" by Elizabeth Bishop. This poem was chosen not only for its ...
- Added: Dec 22, 2014
- Length: 05:11
When you mention T.S. Eliot and then refer to texts like The Waste Land or his magnum opus The Four Quartets you generally elicit discomfort, anger...
- Added: Jan 13, 2014
- Length: 31:33
When you mention T.S. Eliot and then refer to texts like The Waste Land or his magnum opus The Four Quartets you generally elicit discomfort, anger...
- Added: Jan 13, 2014
- Length: 13:22
At the close of each year, World Ocean Radio host Peter Neill reads "At The Fishhouses" by Elizabeth Bishop. This poem was chosen above all others ...
- Added: Dec 27, 2013
- Length: 05:09
The 2012 Georgia Author of the Year Award in Poetry, Alice Friman's other honors include the Ezra Pound Poetry Award for her third book, ZOO. In t...
- Added: Dec 20, 2013
- Length: 29:00
Michael Goldberg contributes "The Last Word," his weekly topical essay to Northern Community Radio's Between You and Me program on Saturdays. In th...
- Added: Jan 22, 2013
- Length: 02:08
Each year during the holidays, World Ocean Radio host Peter Neill reads "At The Fishhouses" by Elizabeth Bishop. This poem was chosen above all oth...
- Added: Dec 18, 2012
- Length: 05:10
Aaron Brown on books.
- Added: Sep 06, 2012
- Length: 03:36
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
Editor Joshua Clark and writers from the acclaimed new anthology, LOUISIANA IN WORDS, read short excerpts and discuss this novel approach to descri...
- Added: Jul 28, 2007
- Length: 10:14
