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Hospital administrator Galen Laserson recounts the time she got an unexpected call in the middle of the night, which prompted her to learn all abou...
- Added: Jun 06, 2019
- Length: 30:10
Milwaukee has been called the most German city in America – already in the 1840s, large numbers of Germans who were fleeing wars in Europe began se...
Bought by KICI Iowa City and KICI Iowa City
- Added: May 29, 2019
- Length: 17:28
- Purchases: 2
The pretzel, known as a “Brezel” or “Brezn” in German, is not an ordinary pastry. It has a century-old history full of myths and stories. Where did...
Bought by KICI Iowa City and KICI Iowa City
- Added: Apr 03, 2019
- Length: 33:17
- Purchases: 2
It is estimated that 30,000 Hessian soldiers fought for the British during the American Revolutionary War (1775-1783). Where did they come from and...
- Added: Mar 25, 2019
- Length: 23:47
This week on the show: What would you ask a Neanderthal?
We can bring Neanderthals back, a la Jurassic Park, with technologies we have today. So...
- Added: Mar 20, 2019
- Length: 30:00
Coffee is more than just a beverage – it can be a jumpstart to a day at work or a relaxing afternoon with friends. This episode explores the meanin...
Bought by KICI Iowa City and KWMR
- Added: Feb 20, 2019
- Length: 15:56
- Purchases: 2
This is an interview with artists Carol Fernandez and Fernando Castro of Amapolay Manufacturas Autonomas who are currently being featured in an exh...
- Added: Jun 28, 2018
- Length: 29:01
Dr. Dorothy Cotton, one of Martin Luther King's top colleagues in the civil rights movement, passed away at her home in Ithica, New York, Sunday, J...
Bought by RadioStPete Florida
- Added: Jun 11, 2018
- Length: 29:01
- Purchases: 1
This week The Rough Draft Diaries will take a brief break in its line of connections to give you the opportunity to meet Amanda Lucidon. During Bar...
Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio
- Added: Feb 26, 2018
- Length: 06:18
- Purchases: 1
2018 marks the 200th anniversary of the publication of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. On this episode of Don't Cha Know we discuss the importance of ...
- Added: Jan 26, 2018
- Length: 26:23
FATS DOMINO, the pioneering rock 'n' roll legend, passed away October 24, 2017 of natural causes at the age of 89. Music historian and documentari...
Bought by Prairie Public, KMUW, WHRV, KUNM, Troy Public Radio and more
- Added: Oct 26, 2017
- Length: 58:58
- Purchases: 19
The remarkable and varied performing career of Linda Ronstadt is explored by a panel of her friends, music writers, musicians and fans. Plus archi...
Bought by KNCT FM, KSJE, Prairie Public, KSUT, WYSO and more
- Added: Aug 31, 2017
- Length: 01:57:59
- Purchases: 20
Interview with all four members of the Doors: The Late Jim Morrison & Ray Manzarek as well as surviving members Robbie Krieger & John Densmore talk...
Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., Prairie Public, KGLT, and KSRQ
- Added: Aug 30, 2017
- Length: 57:52
- Purchases: 4
Take note: On this episode we're following the "Race Beat." We talk with Hank Klibanoff who's book "The Race Beat" tells the story of journalists c...
- Added: Apr 27, 2017
- Length: 25:00
A conversation with biologist and naturalist E.O. Wilson on what winning a second Pulitzer Prize meant for him and his Harvard colleagues. A look ...
- Added: Apr 27, 2017
- Length: 24:59
In this episode we're looking at the small town through the literary lens. Hear how Shirley Ann Grau author of "Keepers of the House" hung up on th...
- Added: Apr 25, 2017
- Length: 24:59
A look at the history of modern circus and how Ireland and Irish performers played a pivotal role.
- Added: Feb 11, 2017
- Length: 27:51
Interview with Barbara Reynolds,founding editor of USA Today on her 2017 book My Life, My Love, My Legacy biography of Coretta King, condensed from...
- Added: Feb 09, 2017
- Length: 28:16
- Purchases: 2
WV examine the life of Sojourner Truth and what she means to us. We talk with Jacqueline Sheehan about her novel about Sojourner Truth, THE COMET’S...
- Added: Dec 20, 2016
- Length: 45:28
Beatles 50th Anniversary: Paperback Writer/Rain on Top of the Pops. Guest Photographer Chris Walter
- Added: Jun 09, 2016
- Length: 56:00
Poet Mary Jo Bang explores the process of translating Dante Alighieri's Inferno, and professor Jessica Rosenfeld explains the origins of literature.
- Added: Mar 10, 2016
- Length: 20:23
How well does any nonfiction writer capture "The Truth?" Essayist Edward McPherson explores truth and memory in nonfiction.
- Added: Mar 10, 2016
- Length: 14:17
Author Kelly Link discusses the archetypes of magical realism and William McKelvy explains the hallmarks and legacy of Gothic literature.
- Added: Mar 10, 2016
- Length: 20:52
Publisher and fiction writer, Danielle Dutton, discusses the poetics of suburbia and the roadblocks of women in publishing. In the second half Prof...
- Added: Mar 10, 2016
- Length: 20:51
World Footprints travels along one path of the Underground Railroad starting in Norfolk, Virginia and finishing in Buxton, Ontario. We will also s...
- Added: Feb 04, 2016
- Length: 59:55
