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Music Archive Showcase #160 - TALK MUSIC WITH ME: Musician/Author Warren Zanes on Bruce Springsteen's NEBRASKA Album
From: Paul Ingles
Series: Paul Ingles' Music Archive Showcase
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Musician and Author Warren Zanes is Paul Ingles' guest for the hour to talk about his book DELIVER ME FROM NOWHERE: The Making of Bruce Springsteen...

Bought by North State Public Radio, KUPR low power FM, KSJE, and KUHF


  • Added: Nov 29, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 4
2023-09-03 (End of) Summer Reading List 2023
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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What books should thoughtful people have been reading this summer?

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), KMUN, KSKQ, KTSW 89.9, KICI Iowa City and more


  • Added: Sep 04, 2023
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 6
2023-09-01 Fairytales and Fear: Stories Of Our Future
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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Stories are the way we remember, the way we share knowledge, the way we play out possible outcomes. Climate fiction imagines dark or bright futures...

Bought by Maine Public Radio, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., WMUU-LP, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WVTF and more


  • Added: Aug 31, 2023
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 13
230901: Fairytales and Fear: Stories Of Our Future , 9/1/2023
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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Stories are the way we remember, the way we share knowledge, the way we play out possible outcomes. Climate fiction imagines dark or bright futures...

  • Added: Aug 31, 2023
  • Length: 58:58
Filmspotting 913 (03/24/23): Books That Should Be Adapted Into Movies
From: WBEZ
Series: Filmspotting (weekly series)
Caption: Books That Should Be Adapted Into Movies
The new book from film writer Kristen Lopez asks, “But Have You Read The Book?” Kristen joins Adam and Josh for a conversation about books they hav...

Bought by WNED Buffalo, WMTNradio, KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio), KTXK, KRSC and more


  • Added: Mar 24, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 12
2022-11-13 In Search of Proust's Philosophy
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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November 18 marks the centennial of the French writer's death.

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), KTSW 89.9, KSKQ, KMUN, and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Nov 14, 2022
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 5
The Writing Well: Fiction Writers Share Inspirations, Tips, and Techniques
From: New Letters on the Air
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NEW LETTERS ON THE AIR's Classic Series continues with an anthology on fiction writing, going to "the writing well" to fill the creative spirit wit...

Bought by KMXT, WNJR, and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Aug 11, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Favorites
From: New Letters on the Air
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FAVORITES features excerpts from shows of the past decade with Nikki Giovanni, Marcus Wicker, Thomas Keneally, Ellen Bass, Daniel Woodrell and Alex...

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Jul 28, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Summer Reading List
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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What books should thoughtful people read this summer?

Bought by KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, KSKQ, WLPR , KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., GCR (Global Community Radio) and more


  • Added: Aug 20, 2018
  • Length: 53:58
  • Purchases: 7
More with Georgia Poet and Novelist Judson Mitcham
From: New Letters on the Air
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Georgia State Poet Laureate Judson Mitcham, whose work will appear in THE BEST AMERICAN POETRTY 2017, is also a gifted fiction writer. In this sho...

Bought by WNJR


  • Added: Jul 26, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Storytelling Showcase
From: KQAL
Series: Art Beat
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On Friday, June 9, the Great River Shakespeare Festival and the Winona Public Library held a Storytelling Showcase. To prep for the showcase, Great...

  • Added: Jul 25, 2017
  • Length: 38:53
Music From the Heart! (Valentine's special!)
From: WFIU
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An hour-long program of jazz and American popular song invoking the image of the heart for Valentine's Day. Featuring music from Doris Day, Kurt El...

Bought by Troy Public Radio, Northeast Indiana Public Radio, Troy Public Radio, Troy Public Radio, KUFM - Montana Public Radio and more


  • Added: Jan 30, 2017
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil Author John Berendt
From: New Letters on the Air
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John Berendt, recorded at HEAR/NOW: The Audio Fiction and Arts Festival in Kansas City, discusses his best-selling MIDNIGHT IN THE GARDEN OF GOOD A...

  • Added: Jun 16, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
Pygmalion Festival Lit Crawl: Live from The Esquire Lounge
From: NPR Illinois
Series: Quiddity
Caption: Quiddity International Literary Journal and Public-Radio Program
Featuring writers from the 2014 Pygmalion Literary Fest LitCrawl, recorded live at The Esquire Lounge in Chapaign, IL. Readers in this episode incl...

  • Added: Nov 05, 2014
  • Length: 20:07
John Irving
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Writers on a New England Stage
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John Irving reads from and talks about his novel "In One Person," and sits down with Virginia Prescott about writing, sex, and why he'd never becom...

  • Added: Feb 22, 2013
  • Length: 51:30
Lean & Hungry Theater Presents: Romeo And Juliet
From: Lean & Hungry Theater
Caption: Original Broadcast Promotional Art, Credit: Aaron Hansen
A radio drama adaptation of Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet," set in modern-day “Verona, California,” with live sound effects and some of the fines...

Bought by KUNM, WNMU-FM, KRPS, KREV-LP, KGOU and more


  • Added: Nov 02, 2011
  • Length: 53:58
  • Purchases: 8
John Irving Interview
From: Jane Lindholm
Caption: Jane Lindholm and John Irving, Credit: Sarah Ashworth
Vermont Public Radio's Jane Lindholm sits down for a wide-ranging interview with novelist John Irving at his home in Vermont. Short and long versio...

Bought by Northeast Indiana Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 16, 2010
  • Length: 46:43
  • Purchases: 1
Candy Matson YUkon 2-8209 - "The Japanese Sandman"
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: IT'S THAT TIME AGAIN! THE NEW STORIES OF OLD-TIME RADIO
Caption: The first NEW Cnady Matson show since the 1950s!, Credit: Lorie Kellogg
Candy Matson YUkon 2-8209 - "The Japanese Sandman" by Jack French

  • Added: Jan 29, 2010
  • Length: 46:29
THE SPECKLED BAND - An Adventure of Sherlock Holmes
From: Craig Wichman
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The Great Detective and The Good Doctor are pitted against a psychotic villian in a race against time to stop the bizarre murders in an eerie count...

Bought by WRGY and WMPG


  • Added: May 10, 2008
  • Length: 56:39
  • Purchases: 2
What's the Word? Literary Roots of Opera
From: Modern Language Association
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Carmen, Eugene Onegin, Falstaff, and their literary predecessors

Bought by 'The Sea', WLIW, WLIW, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and more


  • Added: Sep 17, 2007
  • Length: 29:45
  • Purchases: 9
Peace Talks Radio: Spoken Word for Peace (58:00 / 54:00 / or Three 29:00 programs)
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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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
Mean Streets USA: A Collection of Short Crime Fiction
From: KCRW
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Classic and contemporary noir detective stories, read by actors

Bought by KZYX, Indie3 Radio, WSLR, KUNM, KHNS and more


  • Added: Apr 14, 2006
  • Length: 06:10:21
  • Purchases: 9
Slam: Literary Fad or Movement
From: Don McIver
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In the 80's Marc Smith invented the Poetry Slam, which has swept the country and created a spoken word revolution.

Bought by KRZA, Marfa Public Radio, KUT-HD, KUHB, WEKU and more


  • Added: Aug 29, 2005
  • Length: 58:54
  • Purchases: 7
What's the Word? Poetry in Performance
From: Modern Language Association
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From Homer to slam, the special appeal of poetry in performance.

Bought by WLIW, WLIW, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KZMU Moab Community Radio and more


  • Added: Apr 01, 2005
  • Length: 29:48
  • Purchases: 20