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Jean Bouchebel and his family sweat bullets in an olive grove...
- Added: Sep 21, 2016
- Length: 11:51
Joaquin Murrieta became notorious during the California gold rush, and even inspired an author to write a famous swashbuckler. And an ancient city...
- Added: Sep 17, 2016
- Length: 02:25:39
Painter, sculptor, architect, engineer, and poet - how can one man be so many things? And what did he keep in his basement?
- Added: Jun 01, 2016
- Length: 16:09
- Purchases: 2
The music of the Velvet Underground, Iggy and the Stooges, and The New York Dolls and others the others were meeting fierce resistance in the US. W...
Bought by WMUU-LP, KDUR, Prairie Public, KMXT, KALH and more
- Added: May 10, 2016
- Length: 56:32
- Purchases: 35
How the Warhol 60s morphed into the Punk 70s and marginalized inhabitants of a near-bankrupt New York City changed 20th century culture and influen...
Bought by WMUU-LP, KDUR, Prairie Public, KMXT, KISU and more
- Added: May 10, 2016
- Length: 01:01:17
- Purchases: 37
Anton Disclafani discusses the writing process behind her acclaimed debut novel, The Yonahlossee Riding Camp for Girls.
- Added: Mar 10, 2016
- Length: 13:33
Poet Carl Phillips explores how life influences the creation of his poetry. Professor Timothy Moore then takes us back to ancient Greece and how an...
- Added: Mar 10, 2016
- Length: 20:05
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
Professor Joe Loewenstein details Shakespeare's creative and intellectual response to accusations of plagiarism by Robert Greene.
- Added: Jan 04, 2016
- Length: 16:39
Roman historian Karen Acton explores the historical identities of Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra.
- Added: Jan 04, 2016
- Length: 14:58
Scholars and directors shed light on the question of why we continue to study and admire William Shakespeare.
- Added: Jan 04, 2016
- Length: 16:50
Joe Loewenstein describes the small and highly competitive theater scene in which Early Modern playwrights like William Shakespeare flourished.
- Added: Jan 04, 2016
- Length: 14:06
Robert Henke tracks Shakespeare back to his Italian inspirations and uncovers sources for his early comedies.
- Added: Jan 04, 2016
- Length: 12:26
Jami Ake questions the role of marriage in Shakespeare's plays and whether the famous playwright qualifies as a feminist.
Bought by Prairie Public
- Added: Jan 04, 2016
- Length: 15:11
- Purchases: 1
Robert Wiltenbug surveys the great moments of mercy, both granted and withheld, in Shakespeare's many plays.
- Added: Jan 04, 2016
- Length: 15:07
Musa Gurnis describes the characteristics and lasting influence of theater in Shakespeare's time.
- Added: Jan 04, 2016
- Length: 13:50
Pip returns to Miss Havisham's and learns the secrets of Satis House.
- Added: Oct 28, 2015
- Length: 27:41
What can America learn for today from the Wright brothers? Don’t miss this fascinating interview with David McCullough on The Public Square®.
- Added: Jul 09, 2015
- Length: 57:26
In a remote corner of Tel Aviv's grimy, labyrinthine central bus station, Mendy Cahan has built a home for Israel's rejected Yiddish books, and it'...
- Added: Mar 09, 2015
- Length: 16:05
How magic and law shaped the witch trials of early modern Europe
- Added: Oct 28, 2014
- Length: 29:33
The most celebrated African American poets in America pay homage to the life’s work of former Poet Laureate and Pulitzer Prize winner Rita Dove. An...
Bought by WCNY, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), KQED, Accessible Media Inc., Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi) and more
- Added: Oct 10, 2014
- Length: 53:55
- Purchases: 8
Open Source in 2001 with John Updike, reflecting on and reading from his novella Rabbit Remembered, the last in a five-part series about an America...
Bought by KICI Iowa City and PRX Remix
- Added: Aug 12, 2014
- Length: 03:50
- Purchases: 2
