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The Happy Prince
From: PJ Ewing
Series: Lester the Nightfly
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The classic holiday tale by Oscar Wilde is interpreted along with sacred Christmas music.

Bought by Michigan Radio and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Dec 07, 2023
  • Length: 58:28
  • Purchases: 2
The Head Water Blues Opry
From: KVSC
Series: St. Cloud Area Arts & Culture Collage
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What is The Blues? Arts and Cultural Heritage Reporter Jeff Carmack looks for the answer as he explores the Head Water Blues Opry, performed at th...

  • Added: Sep 12, 2022
  • Length: 29:25
2022-09-04 (End of) Summer Reading List: Banned Books Edition
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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What thoughtful and controversial books do some people say other people shouldn’t read?

Bought by WLPR , KTSW 89.9, KMUN, WVTF, GCR (Global Community Radio) and more


  • Added: Sep 06, 2022
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 8
The Big Ponder #43: The Typewriter
From: Goethe-Institut
Series: The Big Ponder – A Transatlantic Podcast
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In search of inefficiency in an overly efficient digital world, Jakob Lewis entered the ‘typosphere,’ an online community of typewriter enthusiasts...

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Aug 17, 2022
  • Length: 27:43
  • Purchases: 1
Conversations: Laura Kolbe, MD
From: The Nocturnists
Series: Conversations
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In this episode, Emily speaks with poet, physician, and medical ethicist Dr. Laura Kolbe about her poetry collection, Little Pharma, the languages ...

  • Added: May 09, 2022
  • Length: 45:12
Novelist and Poet Gerald Vizenor
From: New Letters on the Air
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We honor Native American Heritage Month with U.S. veteran and writer, Gerald Vizenor. Raised on the White Earth Reservation in Minnesota, Vizenor a...

Bought by KVNF, WNMU-FM, RadioFreePalmer, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., and WNJR


  • Added: Nov 17, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 5
2021-09-05 (End of) Summer Reading List
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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With summer ending and some parts of our lives returning to some kind of normal, what should thoughtful people be reading?

Bought by KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, KWMR, KTSW 89.9, GCR (Global Community Radio), KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and more


  • Added: Sep 06, 2021
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 9
2021-01-10 Comforting Conversations (Part 2)
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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How can insights from the arts and humanities help us cope with difficult times?

Bought by KTSW 89.9, KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, GCR (Global Community Radio), KMUN, KSKQ and more


  • Added: Jan 11, 2021
  • Length: 53:58
  • Purchases: 8
2021-01-03 Comforting Conversations (Part 1)
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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How can insights from the arts and humanities help us cope with difficult times?

Bought by KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, KALW, KTSW 89.9, GCR (Global Community Radio), KMUN and more


  • Added: Jan 02, 2021
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 9
The Big Ponder #1: I Love You, I Hate You
From: Goethe-Institut
Series: The Big Ponder – A Transatlantic Podcast
Caption: The Big Ponder, Credit: © Goethe-institut
“We have the right to hate Germany because we love it,” German writer Kurt Tucholsky wrote. Listening to positions from both sides of the Atlantic ...

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Dec 17, 2020
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 1
Best of the Best 2020: Letters to a Young Poet
From: Third Coast International Audio Festival
Series: Best of the Best: The 2020 Third Coast Broadcast
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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
The Art of Mistakes: Writing Wrongs
From: Goethe-Institut
Series: Fehler (Mistakes)
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If you’ve ever tried to work creatively, this one is for you – in this episode of the FEHLER podcast, our producer Bilal Qureshi sits down with fou...

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Sep 10, 2020
  • Length: 25:09
  • Purchases: 1
Poet Valzhyna Mort Part 2
From: New Letters on the Air
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Today's classic NEW LETTERS ON THE AIR features poet Valzhyna Mort, whose work gives insight into her native country, Belarus. She shares poetry fr...

Bought by WRKF, WNJR, and WJCU


  • Added: Sep 01, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
2020-08-23 (There's Still) Time for Summer Reading
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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There's still time for deep reading this summer (and our 500th episode).

Bought by KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, KSKQ, GCR (Global Community Radio), KMUN, KNVC Carson City Community Radio and more


  • Added: Aug 24, 2020
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 8
'Renaissance Fables For The World' 42
From: Daniel Wargo
Series: Renaissance Fables For The World
Caption: 'Monk With A Bookk', Credit: Titian
This program is a spoken word presentation that is 5 minutes in length. Leon Battista Alberti was a true 'renaissance man' whose apologues are aliv...

  • Added: May 15, 2020
  • Length: 05:00
'Renaissance Fables For The World' 41
From: Daniel Wargo
Series: Renaissance Fables For The World
Caption: 'The Virgin And The Child Enthroned', Credit: Jean Fouquet
This program is 5 minute spoken word presentation of the renaissance fables of Bernadino Baldi.

  • Added: May 15, 2020
  • Length: 05:00
'Renaissance Fables For The World' 37
From: Daniel Wargo
Series: Renaissance Fables For The World
Caption: 'Venus With A Mirror', Credit: Titian
This program is a 5 minute exploration of some of the living fables of Bartolomeo Scala...one of the four authors celebrated in this series...'Rena...

  • Added: May 15, 2020
  • Length: 05:00
'Renaissance Fables For The World' 35
From: Daniel Wargo
Series: Renaissance Fables For The World
Caption: 'Venus Anadyomene", Credit: Titian
This is a spoken word recitation with renaissance music accompaniment to celebrate the prolific Bartolomeo Scala.

  • Added: May 15, 2020
  • Length: 05:00
'Renaissance Fables For The World' 33
From: Daniel Wargo
Series: Renaissance Fables For The World
Caption: 'Isabella d' Este', Credit: Leonardo da Vinci
This 5 minute spoken word program presents some of the fables written by Leonardo da Vinci.

  • Added: May 15, 2020
  • Length: 05:00
'Renaissance Fables For The World' 31
From: Daniel Wargo
Series: Renaissance Fables For The World
Caption: 'Portrait Of The Court Jester', Credit: Jean Fouquet
This 5 minute program is a spoken word presentation of the fables of Bernadino Baldi. Renaissance music is also present as we explore the apologues...

  • Added: May 15, 2020
  • Length: 05:00
'Renaissance Fables For The World' 30
From: Daniel Wargo
Series: Renaissance Fables For The World
Caption: 'Pallas And The Centaur', Credit: Botticelli
This series presents 5 minute programs of spoken word tributes...This show highlights some of the prolific work of Bartolomeo Scala.

  • Added: May 15, 2020
  • Length: 05:01
'Renaissance Fables For The World' 29
From: Daniel Wargo
Series: Renaissance Fables For The World
Caption: "Charles VII As One Of The Three Magi', Credit: Jean Fouquet
This 5 minute spoken word program explores the work of Leon Battista Alberti.

  • Added: May 15, 2020
  • Length: 05:00
'Renaissance Fable For The World' 18
From: Daniel Wargo
Series: Renaissance Fables For The World
Caption: 'Self Portrait', Credit: Jean Fouquet
This 5 minute program is a spoken word account of some of the incredible fables written by Bartolomeo Scala.

  • Added: May 14, 2020
  • Length: 05:00
'Renaissance Fables For The World' 17
From: Daniel Wargo
Series: Renaissance Fables For The World
Caption: 'Sacred And Profane Love', Credit: Titian
This 5 minute program highlights some of the fables written by Leon Battista Alberti. One of the three great fablists of the renaissance, this show...

  • Added: May 14, 2020
  • Length: 05:00
'Renaissance Fables For The World' 11
From: Daniel Wargo
Series: Renaissance Fables For The World
Caption: 'Salome With The Head Of John The Baptist', Credit: Titian
This 5 minute spoken word program is accompanied by renaissance music, and explores the world of the fable according to Leon Battista Alberti...a t...

  • Added: May 14, 2020
  • Length: 05:00