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Updated: Sep 25, 2023
20 Years of StoryCorps
For almost two decades local stations have provided a space for StoryCorps stories that make personal the social and political events that surround us - for newsworthy topics of the day and relatable everyday life moments. Celebrate 20 years of working in partnership by broadcasting some...


Updated: Sep 23, 2023
It's Not What You're Given. It's What You Do With What You Get
These days, from the new fascination with genetic endowment and Ancestry to the moral entitlement of any number of religious sects, what you are given is grabbed to like a brass ring. Enough to make a difference. Turns out though, as the lyrics of a great Maine jazz singer remind us, it's...

Updated: Sep 15, 2023
The Department of Poetic Justice (and Poetic Reckoning)
Back in 2013, my collection "Blue: American Sonnets" was entered in a contest sponsored by the Alice James Press. Inspired by myself, here I present my American sonnets , many from "Blue: American Sonnets", odes, lyrical tributes- the emotional angst and pleasure of poetry brought to our longing...

Updated: Sep 15, 2023
National Poetry Month: American Sonnets and One Ode
In celebration of written and spoken poetry, some from Breathing: American Sonnets. Some first appearing here. Einstein's Sonnet written in 2008. All by Susan Cook.

Updated: Sep 12, 2023
'Work'
We all spend 8 hours a day at it: hear stories from and about work, unusual jobs, and loving what you do.

Updated: Sep 12, 2023
'Witness'
Yes, they were there for that. They saw it, heard it, and in these pieces they tell you all about it.

Updated: Sep 12, 2023
Family



Updated: Sep 11, 2023
Afterglow

Updated: Sep 11, 2023
Make Believe Ballroom

Updated: Sep 08, 2023
This American Life Funder Promo

Updated: Sep 04, 2023
Paul Ingles' Music Doc Favorites
Since resuming public radio program production in 1999, Paul Ingles has produced some of the most widely heard music specials in the country including an extensive series of in-depth programs on the history of The Beatles, and a series called "The Emergence of..." which explores the early history...

Updated: Sep 04, 2023
1973 Week


Updated: Aug 30, 2023
Atomic Hour Chestnuts- The Cozy Covers Comparison Corner
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Updated: Aug 25, 2023
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Updated: Aug 18, 2023
Atomic Hour Chestnuts- Spy-Fi On The Hi-Fi
You May Now Open The Dossier In Front Of You...

Updated: Aug 15, 2023
THE LASTING IMPACT OF ROBBIE ROBERTSON (1 or 2 Hours)
Robbie Robertson, chief writer for the legendary and hugely influential rock group simply called The Band, has passed away at the age of 80. Music specials producer Paul Ingles will present a one hour special, with an optional second hour as well, presenting the most important music written by...

Updated: Aug 08, 2023
Iris's List

Updated: Aug 06, 2023
Noise

Updated: Jul 31, 2023
2023 Entertainment

Updated: Jul 29, 2023
KRCB-FM Radio 91 @ norcalpublicmedia.org/radio/radio
Reveal
This American Life
American Routes
Afropop Worldwide
Christopher Kimball's Milk Street Radio
The Retro Cocktail Hour
Folk Alley
Hearts of Space
Notes from the Jazz Underground
Strange Currency
Deep Threes
Snap Judgment
Latino USA

Updated: Jul 21, 2023
The Citizens' Guides
If we tell each other what we know about being citizens in this great country, maybe more of us will take part and help sustain participation. The Citizens' Guides are a collection of how-to, what-for and where-with-all commentaries, based on the experience of this writer as she negotiates the...

Updated: Jul 21, 2023
Roe v. Wade and the Shaming of Women Part 1
Essays decrying the cancellation of Roe v. Wade

Updated: Jul 21, 2023
Civil Liberties for Lifelong Learners
Commentaries, Sixty Second Moral Inquiries and Two and One Half Minute Conspiracy Theories along with a lyric or two for The Great American Wrongbook (and the Department of Poetic Justice and Reckoning) ! Life long education to answer the question : What is a civil liberty anyway? In 2011, at...

Updated: Jul 21, 2023
The River Is Wide
The River Is Wide is written by a political activist and psychologist. Citizen's Guides, the occasional Congressional Guide, sonnets when no other format seems appropriate, A Sixty Second Moral Inquiry from time to time, original poetry from our Department of Poetic Justice and brief essay-ish...