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Jennifer Higdon co-hosts this episode to share her music and talk about what's new.
- Added: May 08, 2024
- Length: 59:00
Discover the vibrant love and legacy of women motorcyclists in 'Motor Maids and Bubblegum,' a tribute to the trailblazers who rode beyond societal ...
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio
- Added: Feb 25, 2024
- Length: 07:34
- Purchases: 1
Uncover the layers of sacrifice, courage, and unity at the heart of America's story through the historic battlefield of Gettysburg and the inspirin...
- Added: Feb 25, 2024
- Length: 10:28
In this second episode of our series on the career, legacy, aspirations and regrets of Whit Stillman, we hear from the filmmaker — as well as actor...
- Added: Feb 23, 2024
- Length: 52:44
🎙️✨ Attention Beatles enthusiasts! Discover Kenneth Womack's insights on Mal Evans, the unsung hero behind The Beatles. 📚 From a Beatles scholar's ...
- Added: Dec 17, 2023
- Length: 32:51
We talk about Christmas horror movies, and how this gleefully perverse genre represents the darker side of the holiday season.
- Added: Dec 15, 2023
- Length: 37:12
We zoom out to examine the real-world impact of rural horror movies. From economic boosts to persistently harmful stereotypes, these films have lef...
- Added: Dec 15, 2023
- Length: 41:33
We talk about folk horror, and how the genre uses rural places to illustrate modern tensions between science and the supernatural.
- Added: Dec 15, 2023
- Length: 37:01
We talk about the fear of isolation–both physical and emotional–and how it’s connected to portrayals of grief in rural horror movies.
- Added: Dec 15, 2023
- Length: 35:35
We talk about some iconic movies from the 1970s, and their infamous villains–the killer hillbilly and his degenerate rural family.
- Added: Dec 15, 2023
- Length: 37:16
Part 2 of music special producer Paul Ingles' thoughtful, heart-felt, year-end music mix program that allows us all to honor many of the music grea...
Bought by WORT, KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA, KSJE, KFSK, KRVS and more
- Added: Dec 14, 2023
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 29
In this episode we talk about Christmas horror movies, and how this gleefully perverse genre depicts the darker side of the holidays.
- Added: Dec 08, 2023
- Length: 37:12
After the Supreme Court’s landmark Dobbs decision in June 2022, Dr. Emily Silverman spoke with Dr. Alison Block – a family medicine physician, abor...
- Added: Nov 27, 2023
- Length: 48:10
We talk about the lasting legacy of rural horror, and what the tropes and shorthand used by horror filmmakers continue to reveal about the world ar...
- Added: Nov 14, 2023
- Length: 41:33
We dig into the folk horror and how it uses rural places to illustrate modern tensions between science and the supernatural.
- Added: Nov 14, 2023
- Length: 37:01
We look at urban fears about the country, and rural fears about the city. Which is scarier, and should we take more issue with the tropes, or the i...
- Added: Nov 14, 2023
- Length: 36:38
Mike Curato talks about his award-winning graphic novel Flamer, his writing practice, and how it feels to have his story vaulted into national head...
- Added: Nov 02, 2023
- Length: 16:39
Over the past few years, school board races have become more heated and more political — and books have become the center of that political storm. ...
- Added: Oct 25, 2023
- Length: 26:32
The birth of obscenity laws in the 1870s provides a cautionary tale for the present moment, when far-right conservatives incorrectly label books “s...
Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.
- Added: Oct 25, 2023
- Length: 26:15
- Purchases: 1
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Series: A group of young people in Montana sued the state for not taking climate change seriously. What happened at the trial?
Series: A group of young people in Montana sued the state for not taking climate change seriously. What happened at the trial?
I’ve been hearing about this landmark climate case in Montana, where a group of young people sued the state, and won. How did they do it?
Bought by KICI Iowa City, WRFA-LP, and Raven Radio
- Added: Oct 23, 2023
- Length: 03:51
- Purchases: 3
This special broadcast from Aspen Public Radio was recorded live at the 2023 Aspen Psychedelic Symposium earlier this year. “Mental Health Breakthr...
- Added: Oct 10, 2023
- Length: 58:00
This special broadcast from Aspen Public Radio was recorded live at the 2023 Aspen Psychedelic Symposium earlier this year. “What is Healing, What ...
- Added: Oct 10, 2023
- Length: 58:30
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
When the U.S. Supreme Court hands down the Dobbs decision, clinicians rush to decipher its implications.
Bought by KGLP, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., and WYAP
- Added: Sep 29, 2023
- Length: 26:52
- Purchases: 4
Dr. Louise Toppin examines the life and music of trailblazing composer Florence Price.
- Added: Aug 28, 2023
- Length: 59:00