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In this episode of Incoming, we’re speaking with playwright Delia Knight, whose relationship with her best friend and Marine brother suffered – and...

  • Added: Jan 12, 2021
  • Length: 52:08
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We’re spending this hour with our friend, writer, performer, and veteran Navy officer, James Seddon. James is one of the founding members of So Say...

  • Added: Jan 11, 2021
  • Length: 58:02
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Navigating the present, alongside past and future. Today’s show, “Unstuck in Time,” is titled after the opening line in Kurt Vonnegut’s novel Slau...

  • Added: Jan 11, 2021
  • Length: 58:01
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“I was much further out than you thought, And not waving but drowning.” –Stevie Smith. Today’s episode is titled “Lost At Sea,” for two reasons: f...

  • Added: Jan 10, 2021
  • Length: 58:01
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Antonya Nelson is the author of eleven books of fiction. She talks about her most recent books: the novel BOUND which covers growing up in Wichita,...

Bought by WMUU-LP and WNJR


  • Added: Jul 19, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
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William Jackson Harper is a lascivious bee swarming a young woman’s Upper West Side apartment. Two vultures have a bone to pick with Saint Francis....

Bought by Connecticut Public (WNPR), New Hampshire Public Radio, Oregon Public Broadcasting, KZYX, and KUNM


  • Added: Sep 04, 2014
  • Length: 53:00
  • Purchases: 5
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Emily St. John Mandel, author of The Lola Quartet, talks about her unique upbringing, moving to New York with no money, and whether social media he...

  • Added: Feb 17, 2013
  • Length: 47:08
Caption: Tai Shan, Credit: Mark Blasco
Songwriter Tai Shan talks about her approach to writing songs inspired by Frank Miller's The Dark Knight Returns. Written and performed for the mo...

  • Added: Apr 19, 2012
  • Length: 05:00
Caption: Silas Weir Mitchell from GRIMM, Credit: Jennie Baker for Live Wire!
SILAS WEIR MITCHELL and BITSIE TULLOCH from NBC's new series filming in Portland, GRIMM. DAVID GUTERSON, acclaimed author of SNOW FALLING ON CEDAR...

  • Added: Oct 27, 2011
  • Length: 55:03
Caption: Silas Weir Mitchell from GRIMM, Credit: Jennie Baker for Live Wire!
SILAS WEIR MITCHELL and BITSIE TULLOCH from NBC's new series filming in Portland, GRIMM. DAVID GUTERSON, acclaimed author of SNOW FALLING ON CEDAR...

Bought by Rhythm & News Service, WNJR, and KUOW


  • Added: Oct 27, 2011
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Vince Martinez, Credit: Mark Blasco
Songwriter Vince Martinez discusses his song inspired by Audrey Niffenegger's The Time Traveler's Wife.

  • Added: Oct 21, 2011
  • Length: 05:00
Caption: Pulitzer Prize-winning Author Jennifer Egan, Credit: Jennie Baker for Live Wire!
Jennifer Egan, Pulitzer Prize-winning author, Steve Almond, author and journalist, and Portland synth-pop musical guests, Wild Ones

  • Added: Oct 20, 2011
  • Length: 54:53
Caption: Chuck Palahniuk, Credit: Jennie Baker for Live Wire!
Famed Novelist Chuck Palahniuk, Author Lidia Yuknavitch, Indie rock band Blouse.

Bought by WCPN


  • Added: Oct 06, 2011
  • Length: 55:01
  • Purchases: 1
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Celebrity chef, agony aunt, novelist and the author of Ireland's first television soap Tolka Row: the remarkable life story of Maura Laverty who wa...

Bought by KPIP-LP and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 20, 2011
  • Length: 40:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Alela Diane, Credit: Jennie Baker for Live Wire!
Guests include Author Erik Larson, a special audio tour of the audio talent legend Mel Blanc, and musical guest Alela Diane.

Bought by KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 09, 2011
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 1
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The particular and universal state of mind of libraries is one of random discovery.

Bought by WTIP


  • Added: Feb 08, 2011
  • Length: 03:33
  • Purchases: 1
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Guido has always been overly interested in books, and he tells about some of his favorite libraries.

Bought by WTIP


  • Added: Feb 08, 2011
  • Length: 05:06
  • Purchases: 1
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Last week, Aaron's oldest son signed up for his first Library card... to them, the library is spoken about like a mythical place.

  • Added: Feb 08, 2011
  • Length: 02:41
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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
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MN Author Gayla Marty and "Memory of Trees: A Daughter's Story of a Family Farm".

Bought by KVSC


  • Added: Jun 07, 2010
  • Length: 23:26
  • Purchases: 1
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MN author Keven Malmquist talks with Heidi Holtan about "F.L. Wasselwick's Return of the Golden Turtle"

  • Added: May 21, 2010
  • Length: 14:47
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Heidi talks with poets Louis Jenkins and Steve Downing about their poetry and their event happened on April 21st at Itasca Community College

  • Added: Apr 26, 2010
  • Length: 10:56
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Patty Feld, Director of the Edge Center for the Arts in Bigfork, on the Theater B production of The Year of Magical Thinking.

  • Added: Apr 08, 2010
  • Length: 11:03
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Susan Sontag and her last novel, "In America." Norman Mailer and his book, "Time of Our Time.

  • Added: Jan 10, 2008
  • Length: 54:30
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A creative reading from the children's classic, read by Jessica Stevens.

Bought by WGDR


  • Added: Mar 02, 2007
  • Length: 29:02
  • Purchases: 1