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RN Documentary: For Every Atom Belonging to Me?
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Documentaries
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Pulitzer Prize winning author Michael Cunningham invokes the spirit of Walt Whitman in his latest book ?Specimen Days? ? part of a wave of post 9/1...

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Jul 06, 2006
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
Michael and the DTs
From: Jackson Braider
Series: Tales of an Irish M.D.
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A celebrated Dublin surgeon learns how to diagnose the DTs (the Delirium Tremors) from a local scout.

  • Added: Jul 05, 2006
  • Length: 02:57
This I Believe - Aldous Huxley
From: This I Believe
Series: Edward R. Murrow's This I Believe
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Novelist Aldous Huxley talks about self-knowledge and the power of change.

Bought by Key Radio KEYK 89.3 FM, KFAI Minneapolis, WKYU, and KUOW


  • Added: Jun 22, 2006
  • Length: 04:31
  • Purchases: 4
This I Believe - James Michener
From: This I Believe
Series: Edward R. Murrow's This I Believe
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James Michener talks about brotherhood and community.

Bought by Key Radio KEYK 89.3 FM and WKYU


  • Added: Jun 21, 2006
  • Length: 04:21
  • Purchases: 2
This I Believe - Thomas Mann
From: This I Believe
Series: Edward R. Murrow's This I Believe
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Thomas Mann talks about faith, integrity, and creativity.

Bought by Key Radio KEYK 89.3 FM and WKYU


  • Added: Jun 20, 2006
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 2
Episode 24: Interview with Joni Cole
From: Gary Smith
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An interview with Joni Cole, author, "This Day: Diaries from Women Across America"

  • Added: Apr 23, 2006
  • Length: 30:03
Mean Streets USA: A Collection of Short Crime Fiction
From: KCRW
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Classic and contemporary noir detective stories, read by actors

Bought by KZYX, Indie3 Radio, WSLR, KUNM, KHNS and more


  • Added: Apr 14, 2006
  • Length: 06:10:21
  • Purchases: 9
Walt Whitman: Song of Myself
From: WNYC
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WNYC presents "Walt Whitman: Song of Myself." Hour hosted by Carl Hancock Rux, the program peels back Walt Whitman's "Leaves of Grass" and we disco...

Bought by WKMS, 'The Sea', WLPR , KUER, WRGY and more


  • Added: Mar 08, 2006
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 53
Episode 1 - Life Distilled: Four Decades of U.S. Poet Laureates
From: New Letters on the Air
Series: Life Distilled: Four Decades of U.S. Poet Laureates
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Episode 1 features poet laureates Mark Strand, Gwendolyn Brooks and Ted Kooser discussing the art and craft of writing poetry and reading some of t...

Bought by WETS, WCPN, WFHB, North Country Public Radio, Kansas Public Radio and more


  • Added: Mar 02, 2006
  • Length: 01:04:02
  • Purchases: 13
What's the Word? Muslim Women Writers
From: Modern Language Association
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Works by female writers from Muslim countries offer us important perspectives on questions of religion, nationalism, and the role of women in Islam...

Bought by WLIW, WLIW, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WCPN, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and more


  • Added: Feb 22, 2006
  • Length: 29:10
  • Purchases: 12
Seuss Abuse
From: Susan Johnston
Series: Spoken Word: The Capital Poetry Collective Series
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Kevin Matthews' short social commentary, a tongue-in-cheek take on Dr. Seuss

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Feb 19, 2006
  • Length: 03:10
  • Purchases: 1
Carolina
From: Susan Johnston
Series: Spoken Word: The Capital Poetry Collective Series
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Ritallin performs live: A passionate and erotic piece from one of Canada's best spoken word artists

  • Added: Feb 19, 2006
  • Length: 02:03
Natural Fluidity
From: Susan Johnston
Series: Spoken Word: The Capital Poetry Collective Series
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Ritallin performs live: A passionate and erotic piece from one of Canada's best spoken word artists

  • Added: Feb 19, 2006
  • Length: :53
A Chilling Tale
From: Susan Johnston
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Author and Publisher Juris Jurjevics discusses "The Trudeau Vector"

  • Added: Feb 17, 2006
  • Length: 19:39
The Missing Manatee
From: Vermont Public
Series: Camel's Hump Radio
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Out in his skiff, Skeet discovers a dead manatee ?not only is it dead, it?s been shot, and that?s illegal. When Skeet brings the deputy back to in...

Bought by KZYX, KZYX, KZYX, and KTNA


  • Added: Feb 10, 2006
  • Length: 27:36
  • Purchases: 4
Poetry for Peace (Peace Talks Radio Series)
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Half Hour Episodes
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Poets from across the country offer up their words on the subject of "peace" at a special reading held at the 2005 National Poetry Slam Chapionship...

Bought by WGBH Radio Boston


  • Added: Jan 18, 2006
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
What's the Word? Famous Love Letters
From: Modern Language Association
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Love letters from some very famous couples

Bought by WLIW, KVSC, Spokane Public Radio, WLIW, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and more


  • Added: Jan 04, 2006
  • Length: 29:10
  • Purchases: 19
What's the Word? Petrarch and Love Poetry
From: Modern Language Association
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A look at how many contemporary ideas about love come from the love sonnets of fourteenth-century Italian poet Francesco Petrarch

Bought by KVSC, WLIW, WLIW, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and more


  • Added: Jan 04, 2006
  • Length: 29:17
  • Purchases: 9
UNDERSTOOD BETSY
From: Vermont Public
Series: Camel's Hump Radio
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Thin, pale, orphan Elizabeth Ann is sent off to live with her country cousins in Vermont. She?s lived a sheltered life, but now she?s about to find...

Bought by KTNA


  • Added: Dec 28, 2005
  • Length: 28:48
  • Purchases: 1
Half Magic
From: Vermont Public
Series: Camel's Hump Radio
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Jane?s found a magic coin that grants people?s wishes, but only half of what they wish for. Soon she and her siblings are taking turns wishing for ...

Bought by KTNA


  • Added: Dec 22, 2005
  • Length: 28:48
  • Purchases: 1
Monticello's Jewish Hero
From: With Good Reason
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The story of one man who saved Jefferson's estate from ruin and one "being" that captured authors' fancies.

Bought by WDCB


  • Added: Dec 15, 2005
  • Length: 29:55
  • Purchases: 1
Kokopelli's Flute
From: Vermont Public
Series: Camel's Hump Radio
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While exploring an ancient cliff dwelling, Tepary Jones finds a flute left behind by tomb raiders. His efforts to find the raiders is complicated b...

Bought by KZYX, KZYX, KZMU Moab Community Radio, and KTNA


  • Added: Dec 13, 2005
  • Length: 28:45
  • Purchases: 4
I Rode a Horse of Milk White Jade
From: Vermont Public
Series: Camel's Hump Radio
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Part of a nomadic tribe during the reign of Kublai Khan, Oyuna dreams of bringing honor and good luck to her family. She sets off on a journey wh...

Bought by KZYX, KZYX, KZYX, KZYX, KZYX and more


  • Added: Dec 07, 2005
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 6
Black Beauty
From: Vermont Public
Series: Camel's Hump Radio
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The beloved classic novel of a horse?s long and varied life in Victorian England.

Bought by KTNA


  • Added: Dec 07, 2005
  • Length: 28:23
  • Purchases: 1
The Wee Free Men
From: Vermont Public
Series: Camel's Hump Radio
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Strange forces of magic seem to be gathering around Tiffany’s home. Tiffany’s only nine years old, but she’s shown her own powers, and that makes p...

  • Added: Nov 18, 2005
  • Length: 28:56

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