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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
Skin Deep
From: This Is Science With Jess Phoenix
Series: This Is Science with Jess Phoenix
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Happy Halloween! Jess talks with UCLA librarian Megan Rosenbloom about the spooky science of uncovering what makes some old books extra rare.

Bought by WORT


  • Added: Oct 31, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
All for a Library Card
From: Brooklyn Public Library
Series: Borrowed and Banned
Caption: Borrowed and Banned logo, Credit: John Snowden
When a high school teacher in Norman, Oklahoma shared a QR code with her students that would grant them access to BPL’s digital collection, she too...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Sep 29, 2023
  • Length: 25:47
  • Purchases: 1
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
2336: (End of) Summer Reading List 2023, 9/5/2023
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk: Weekly
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What new books should thoughtful people read this summer?

  • Added: Aug 16, 2023
  • Length: 53:59
Novelist Whitney Terrell
From: New Letters on the Air
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Novelist Whitney Terrell talks about his third novel, THE GOOD LIEUTENANT. Terrell was embedded with the military in Iraq, writing non-fiction for ...

Bought by WNJR


  • Added: May 29, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Cruelest Month: Ten Poets Reflect on Love
From: New Letters on the Air
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We're celebrating National Poetry Month with a nod to what Missouri-born poet T.S. Eliot called THE CRUELEST MONTH. Listen to ten poets, reflectin...

Bought by KFCF FM, WNMU-FM, GCR (Global Community Radio), WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KUER and more


  • Added: Apr 27, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 11
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
The Ekphrasis Poetry Reading
From: New Letters on the Air
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NEW LETTERS ON THE AIR features a program of readings and conversation at Commerce Bank's The Box Gallery. Poets Wyatt Townley, H.C. Palmer, Brian ...

  • Added: Feb 08, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
Novelist and Essayist Russell Banks
From: New Letters on the Air
Caption: (Photo by Larry D. Moore CC BY-SA 3.0)
The late novelist, retired Princeton professor, and mountain climber, Russell Banks is the author of the 2021 novel, FOREGONE. In this classic 201...

Bought by KAAD-LP


  • Added: Jan 27, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Past American Voice of Poet Michelle Boisseau
From: New Letters on the Air
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Poet Michelle Boisseau died November 15, 2017 from cancer at age 62. In this interview conducted earlier this year at the Kansas City Public Libra...

Bought by WNJR and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Dec 01, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
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
Mississippi Poet Laureate (2016-2021) Beth Ann Fennelly
From: New Letters on the Air
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Beth Ann Fennelly, the Mississippi Poet Laureate 2016-21 discusses her roles as poet, teacher, mother and wife in creative partnership with novelis...

  • Added: May 14, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
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
Conversations: Ross Douthat
From: The Nocturnists
Series: Conversations
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Emily speaks with New York Times columnist Ross Douthat about his book The Deep Places, which chronicles his harrowing experience with chronic Lyme...

  • Added: Mar 15, 2022
  • Length: 50:44
Conversations: Emily Maloney
From: The Nocturnists
Series: Conversations
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Emily speaks with Emily Maloney about her new collection of essays, Cost of Living, which explores the American healthcare system and what it’s lik...

Bought by KWMR


  • Added: Mar 08, 2022
  • Length: 33:59
  • Purchases: 1
Thomas Fox Averill shares his Christmas Novel
From: New Letters on the Air
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Thomas Fox Averill discusses his award-winning novel, A CAROL DICKENS CHRISTMAS, that weaves the influences of Charles Dickens and traditional Vict...

Bought by WRKF and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Dec 23, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Award-Winning Poet Martín Espada discusses advocacy in writing
From: New Letters on the Air
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NEW LETTERS ON THE AIR celebrates the winner of the National Book Award for Poetry, Martin Espada, whose new book FLOATERS tackles the social issue...

Bought by WCPN and WNJR


  • Added: Nov 26, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
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
International Latino Book Award-winning Poet Xánath Caraza: Part 2
From: New Letters on the Air
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We celebrate National Hispanic Heritage month with the second part of our interview with poet Xanath (shaw-nath) Caraza, who is a finalist for the ...

  • Added: Sep 30, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
Conger Beasley Jr.: Past American Voice
From: New Letters on the Air
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NEW LETTERS ON THE AIR features the Past American Voice of Conger Beasley Jr. whose last book, ON BECOMING APACHE, was published posthumously at th...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio)


  • Added: Aug 19, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Back to the Writing Well featuring Elizabeth Gaffney, George Saunders, and the late Pat Conroy
From: New Letters on the Air
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NEW LETTERS ON THE AIR's Classic Series continues with "Back to the Writing Well." This time we'll hear about the influence of place and family fro...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), KRZA, WNJR, WNJR, and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Jul 29, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 5
Invisible Ink
From: Black Mountain Radio
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Fifteen years ago this month, on April 6, 2006, Nobel Prize winner Toni Morrison spoke to a crowded lecture hall on the campus of the University of...

  • Added: May 18, 2021
  • Length: 21:01