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Slavery in the Upper Mississippi Valley
From: KVSC
Series: St. Cloud Area Arts & Culture Collage
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As the 150th anniversary of the American Civil War is upon us, we have an interview conducted by Arts & Cultural Heritage Reporter Jeff Carmack wit...

  • Added: Apr 20, 2011
  • Length: 26:30
Hallie Ephron discusses "Come and Find Me'
From: Steven Nester
Series: Poets of the Tabloid Murder
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Hallie Ephron is a journalist and fiction writer living in New England.

  • Added: Apr 02, 2011
  • Length: 28:30
Jeff Hull, author of 'Pale Morning Done' and 'Streams of Consciousness: Hip-Deep Dispatches from the River of Life
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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During this program, Jeff Hull and Chérie Newman talk about Hull's books and magazine articles, plus fly fishing, cloud seeding, wolves, and clinic...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 14, 2011
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 1
T. Jefferson Parker discusses "The Border Lords" and "Iron River"
From: Steven Nester
Series: Poets of the Tabloid Murder
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The author of seventeen novels, Parker lives in Southern California.

  • Added: Jan 04, 2011
  • Length: 30:12
Scott Montgomery discusses the crime scene
From: Steven Nester
Series: Poets of the Tabloid Murder
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Scott Montgomery is a fiction writer and crime novel taste-maker, and bookseller in Austin, Texas.

  • Added: Dec 13, 2010
  • Length: 28:46
Mary Zeiss Stange, author of Hard Grass: Life on the Crazy Woman Bison Ranch
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Out in southeast Montana, near the small town of Ekalaka, is where Mary Zeiss Stange and her husband, Doug, own and run the Crazy Woman Bison Ranch...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 23, 2010
  • Length: 29:04
  • Purchases: 1
MN Author William Kent Krueger and "Vermilion Drift"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Realgoodwords
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What does it take for a critically acclaimed mystery writer to make it to the New York Times bestseller list? MN writer William Kent Krueger thinks...

  • Added: Oct 29, 2010
  • Length: 21:31
Best Science Writing 2010 -- Groks Science Show 2010-10-13
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Jesse Cohen discussed the best American science writing in 2010.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KMXT


  • Added: Oct 14, 2010
  • Length: 25:23
  • Purchases: 2
Douglas Perry discusses "The Girls of Murder City"
From: Steven Nester
Series: Poets of the Tabloid Murder
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Douglas Perry is journalist and editor who lives in Portland, Oregon.

  • Added: Sep 16, 2010
  • Length: 27:49
Craig Johnson: Junkyard Dogs
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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During this program, Craig Johnson talks about JUNKYARD DOGS, the sixth book in his Walt Longmire mystery series. He also reads a few pages and tel...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 16, 2010
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 1
Keetje Kuipers' new collection, BEAUTIFUL IN THE MOUTH
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Keetje Kuipers has a unique way of creating poetry: she walks and puts words to the rhythms of her strides. Once in a while, if a poem gets too lon...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 10, 2010
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 1
Friends of the Library on RealGoodWords
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Realgoodwords
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Guest from the Grand Rapids Friends of the Public Library program talk with Heidi about events and literacy in Itasca County

  • Added: Jun 02, 2010
  • Length: 11:52
Mark Spragg
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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During this program, Mark Spragg talks about and reads from his third novel, BONEFIRE.

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: May 04, 2010
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
MN Author Duane Schwartz and "Calumet"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Realgoodwords
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Local author Dwane Schwartz and his latest called "Calumet," a mystery set in Calumet that involves the Klan.

  • Added: Apr 26, 2010
  • Length: 08:42
Liberal Arts? In this Job Market?
From: Learning Matters
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Liberal arts colleges are known for their small class sizes, individual attention, and atmosphere meant to inspire intellectual curiosity in its st...

  • Added: Apr 19, 2010
  • Length: 08:46
Mitch Wieland, author of God's Dogs: A Novel in Stories
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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During this program, Cherie Newman talks with Mitch Wieland, author of GOD'S DOGS: A NOVEL IN STORIES. Wieland is a professor in the M.F.A. program...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 16, 2010
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
"Hard Water World: Ice Fishing and Why We Do It" author Greg Breining
From: KSRQ
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Twin Cities-based author Greg Breining has written a new book about the culture of ice fishing.

  • Added: Mar 01, 2010
  • Length: 19:56
Crazy Heart Author Thomas Cobb Not The Weary Kind With Novel In Spotlight
From: Rhonda J. Miller
Series: Folk River
Caption: Crazy Heart author Thomas Cobb is a professor at Rhode Island College., Credit: Rhonda J. Miller
With Crazy Heart winning Academy Awards for best actor and best original song, Rhode Island author Thomas Cobb says the seeds of his book were pla...

  • Added: Feb 25, 2010
  • Length: 04:00
Why Do Gorillas Have It So Easy?
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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The development of the large human head and broad shoulders provide many evolutionary benefits for our species but also require assistance for a sa...

  • Added: Nov 30, 2009
  • Length: 29:00
The Mindful Path to Sustainability
From: Bill Baue
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Stephanie Kaza links buddhism and sustainability in her new book, MINDFULLY GREEN: A Personal and Spiritual Guide to Whole Earth Thinking. Sea Cha...

  • Added: Mar 06, 2009
  • Length: 29:03
Garret Dillahunt
From: Tony Tellado
Series: Best Of Sci-Fi Talk
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Actor from Terminator: Sara Conner Chronicles discusses the series and his film work in No Country For Old Men and The Assassination Of Jesse James...

  • Added: Jan 26, 2009
  • Length: 42:20
Girl with a Red Hat: The Secret Genius of the Vermeer Family
From: Chris Goldstein
Series: Active Voice Radio
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The groundbreaking discovery of an unknown master painter and perhaps one of the greatest women in art.

  • Added: Dec 17, 2008
  • Length: 29:31
Talking Turkey
From: Liner Notes
Series: LINER NOTES
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Explores how and where people celebrate Thanksgiving, what they cook, with whom they dine, how the literature they love captures the essence of foo...

Bought by WHCP-LP Cambridge, WKSU, WHCP-LP Cambridge, KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, WHCP-LP Cambridge and more


  • Added: Nov 10, 2008
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 21
Costume Party 54 minute version
From: Liner Notes
Series: LINER NOTES
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Halloween is not just kids and candy. It is about masks and identity, horror as well as grown-up fun.

Bought by WNJR, KXOT Public Radio, and WRVO Public Media


  • Added: Oct 13, 2008
  • Length: 55:00
  • Purchases: 3
Costume Party
From: Liner Notes
Series: LINER NOTES
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Halloween is not just kids and candy. It is about masks and identity, horror as well as grown-up fun.

Bought by KALH, KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, KKWE Niijii Radio, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, Spokane Public Radio and more


  • Added: Oct 06, 2008
  • Length: 59:21
  • Purchases: 12