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This episode features writer and director Laura Chinn, standup comedian Mohanad Elshieky, and music Jenny Conlee of The Decemberists.

  • Added: Jun 01, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin travels back to the early days of movies to meet 12 influential women in The Women Who Built Hollywood by S...

Bought by WUTC, RADIOLEX, WRMU, GCR (Global Community Radio), and RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: May 29, 2023
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 5
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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 ...

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  • Added: May 29, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
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On the next Hour of Storytelling from the Apple Seed team, you'll hear the terrific storytellers Donald Davis from North Carolina and Andy Offut Ir...

Bought by Angelica Community Radio, KECG, KCNP, KSJE, KTXK and more


  • Added: May 25, 2023
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 7
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This episode features writer Isaac Fitzgerald, stand-up comedian Carmen Lagala, and music from multi-media artist No-No Boy.

  • Added: May 24, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin explores life in an eerily utopian community in The Ferryman by Justin Cronin.

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  • Added: May 22, 2023
  • Length: 03:00
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On this episode, we discussed the new book "Dance-Punk," part of a new series of "Genre" books from 33 1/3. We discussed the history of dance-punk ...

  • Added: May 20, 2023
  • Length: 28:29
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This episode features YA author and podcaster Dana Schwartz, writer Jenny Odell, and music from Black Belt Eagle Scout.

  • Added: May 18, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
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On the next Hour of Storytelling, brought to you by the Apple Seed, an audio drama about a kid with an important choice to make, a matter of life a...

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  • Added: May 17, 2023
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 6
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin follows a romance author’s quest to find love on TV in The True Love Experiment by Christina Lauren.

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  • Added: May 15, 2023
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 3
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This episode features writer Chuck Klosterman and music from international rock group Making Movies.

  • Added: May 11, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
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On the next Hour of Storytelling from the Apple Seed, you're gonna hear storyteller Simon Brooks with a story that will make you rethink what it me...

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  • Added: May 11, 2023
  • Length: 52:50
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Caption: Amy Tan, Credit: Julian Johnson
In time for Mother's Day: Author and 2021 National Humanities Medalist Amy Tan discusses “The Joy Luck Club,” her writing with its themes of family...

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  • Added: May 09, 2023
  • Length: 28:26
  • Purchases: 4
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin goes to work with two bickering coworkers with a past in The Last Word by Katy Birchall.

Bought by WRMU and RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: May 08, 2023
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 2
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“A Jury of Her Peers” is a short story version of her famous play, “Trifles”. Glaspell won the Pulitzer Prize for her play, “Alison’s House”.

  • Added: May 08, 2023
  • Length: 56:33
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This episode features podcaster and journalist Kelsey McKinney, poet Brenda Shaughnessy, and music from singer-songwriter Madison Cunningham.

  • Added: May 05, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
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On the next Hour of Storytelling brought to you by the Apple Seed team, a story from West Virginia storyteller called the Bored Gourd. About a kid,...

Bought by Angelica Community Radio, KCNP, KECG, KSJE, KKRN and more


  • Added: May 03, 2023
  • Length: 52:51
  • Purchases: 8
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin ventures into the Everglades with a motley group of misfits in Swamp Story by Dave Barry.

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  • Added: May 01, 2023
  • Length: 03:00
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Caption: Meg Medina, Credit: Scott Elmquist
Author and Library of Congress’s 2023-24 National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature Meg Medina wants to spark joy in young readers as they f...

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  • Added: May 01, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Michelle Zauner
This episode features musician and writer Michelle Zauner (a.k.a. Japanese Breakfast), standup comedian Sean Patton, and singer-songwriter Kurt Vile.

  • Added: Apr 28, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
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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...

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  • Added: Apr 27, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
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On the next storytelling hour, you'll hear a story from Donald Davis called Getting Rid of the Babysitter. That and an audio drama about a high sch...

Bought by Angelica Community Radio, KECG, Robin Hood Radio/ WHDD AM 1020/FM 91.9-WLHV FM 88.1 /WGHQ AM 920, KCNP, KKRN and more


  • Added: Apr 27, 2023
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 9
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin follows a brokenhearted young woman as she escapes to France in French Holiday by Sarah Ready.

Bought by RADIOLEX, RadioStPete Florida, WRMU, and GCR (Global Community Radio)


  • Added: Apr 24, 2023
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 4
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California poet Ellen Bass, the author of the 2020 book INDIGO, describes looking back on her childhood in Philadelphia for inspiration, especially...

Bought by KAAD-LP and GCR (Global Community Radio)


  • Added: Apr 21, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Atsuko Okatsuka, Credit: Courtesy HBO
Bangles co-founder, Susanna Hoffs, joins us to talk about writing her debut novel and recording a new album. Also, comedian Atsuko Okatsuka intrude...

  • Added: Apr 21, 2023
  • Length: 52:00