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The Boatmen of The Mississippi River
From: KQAL
Series: Culture Clique
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Dr. Gregory Schmidt from Winona State University's History Department recently gave a talk on the Boatmen of the early 1800's at the Minnesota Mari...

Bought by KREV-LP and KSRQ


  • Added: Dec 07, 2011
  • Length: 39:36
  • Purchases: 2
The Art of MN Author Eric Dregni
From: KQAL
Series: Art Beat
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Today on Art Beat we examine the author. MN author Eric Dregni is here to talk about his new book "Vikings in the Attic: In search of Nordic Americ...

Bought by KPIP-LP, KSRQ, and KVSC


  • Added: Dec 07, 2011
  • Length: 32:34
  • Purchases: 3
Michael Czarnecki, poet and publisher
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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During this program, Michael Czarnecki talks about his transition from working at a job to making his living as a poet and publisher. He also reads...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 28, 2011
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 1
From the Volga to the Mississippi and Back
From: With Good Reason
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In the second half of the nineteenth century, American and Russian traveled to each other's countries and wrote about their experiences and observa...

Bought by WLPR


  • Added: Nov 21, 2011
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 1
Live Wire! Radio Episode 166 - NEWSHOLE VERSION
From: Live Wire! Radio
Series: Live Wire
Caption: NY Times Best Selling Author, Karen Karbo, Credit: Emily Setzer Live Wire Radio
KAREN KARBO - NY Times best-selling author. ARTHUR BRADFORD - Writer/Director/Producer. TU FAWNING - Indie Rock Band

  • Added: Nov 17, 2011
  • Length: 55:01
Live Wire! Radio Episode 166
From: Live Wire! Radio
Series: Live Wire
Caption: NY Times Best Selling Author, Karen Karbo, Credit: Emily Setzer Live Wire Radio
KAREN KARBO - NY Times best-selling author. ARTHUR BRADFORD - Writer/Director/Producer. TU FAWNING - Indie Rock Band

Bought by Rhythm & News Service, WNJR, and KUOW


  • Added: Nov 17, 2011
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
Poet and fiction writer, Sapphire
From: New Letters on the Air
Caption: Sapphire
Poet and fiction writer Sapphire, best-known for her novel PUSH, which became the award-winning film PRECIOUS, reads from her 2011 novel, THE KID, ...

Bought by WCSU-FM


  • Added: Nov 16, 2011
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 1
Words as the Way to Freedom: Jimmy Santiago Baca
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Jimmy Santiago Baca
He went from illiterate street kid, to world renowned poet. But it was in prison that Jimmy Santiago Baca connected with his Native American and C...

Bought by KRZA


  • Added: Nov 09, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
FINDING JOE -- Filmmaker Pat Solomon
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
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FINDING JOE -- Filmmaker Pat Solomon on bliss, fear, and why Joseph Campbell will always be relevant.

  • Added: Oct 14, 2011
  • Length: 13:51
Words for Nancy Grace
From: Bryan Cox
Series: Hey Get Off My Lawn
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Comedian/Author Karen Bergreen tells us about Moms killing Moms and has words for Nancy Grace.

  • Added: Oct 14, 2011
  • Length: 05:21
Live! Wire Radio Episode 160 NEWSHOLE VERSION
From: Live Wire! Radio
Series: Live Wire
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
Jeff Abbott discusses "Adrenaline"
From: Steven Nester
Series: Poets of the Tabloid Murder
Caption: Adrenaline
Jeff Abbott is a writer living in Texas.

  • Added: Sep 07, 2011
  • Length: 28:34
Nature Dreaming: Rediscovering California's Landscapes with David Mas Masumoto
From: California Legacy Project
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Listeners will find Nature Dreaming: Rediscovering California’s Landscapes with David Mas Masumoto both entertaining and enlightening. Two one hour...

Bought by KZYX and KALW


  • Added: Sep 02, 2011
  • Length: 01:50:16
  • Purchases: 2
A Conversation with Liz Lerman, Part Two
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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In part two of our conversation with Choreographer Liz Lerman, we explore false dichotomies, including the one that opposes art to science

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: Aug 08, 2011
  • Length: 25:11
  • Purchases: 1
David Mogen, author of 'Honyocker Dreams: Montana Memories'
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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During the program David Mogen talks about two categories of Montanans, farmers and ranchers, the evolution of the word "honyocker" and how the sto...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 04, 2011
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 1
Living among the dead: life in a mortuary
From: KALW
Caption: Rebecca Fisher is the author of "All the Wrong Places," a novel based on her time living in a mortuary
Imagine living in one of the quietest places possible, a place where you can hear a pin drop. A place where no one else is living but you. A mortua...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 03, 2011
  • Length: 07:42
  • Purchases: 1
Karl Marlantes, author of 'Matterhorn: A Novel of the Vietnam War
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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During this program Karl Marlantes, a highly decorated Marine Lieutenant, talks about why he wrote 'Matterhorn' and why it took nearly 35 years to ...

Bought by KREV-LP and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 26, 2011
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 2
Tales from the South 002 with Grif Stockley
From: Paula Morell
Series: Tales from the South: Fall 2010 Season
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Author Grif Stockley on a special edition of Tales from the South, where Southern writers bring their own true stories to life in front of a live a...

  • Added: Jul 05, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
Neil Gaiman: A Reading and Interview
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Writers on a New England Stage
Caption: Neil Gaiman waits backstage, Credit: David J. Murray, Clear Eyed Photo
Multimedia sensation reads from the new edition of "American Gods," and talks Twitter, Dr. Who, and the power of librarians with host Virginia Pres...

Bought by KSRQ, Connecticut Public (WNPR), and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Jun 29, 2011
  • Length: 49:27
  • Purchases: 3
Ann Patchett's State of Wonder
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Writers on a New England Stage
Caption: Author Ann Patchett
An hour long reading and interview with Ann Patchett recorded in front of a live audience at the Portsmouth Music Hall in June, 2011.

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Jun 29, 2011
  • Length: 53:30
  • Purchases: 1
James Rollins talks about "The Devil Colony"
From: Steven Nester
Series: Poets of the Tabloid Murder
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James Rollins is a writer and veterinarian and lives in the Sierra Nevada mountains.

  • Added: Jun 26, 2011
  • Length: 24:29
Snapshots of the American library
From: KALW
Caption: Local photographer Robert Dawson is capturing libraries across the nation on film, including the Berkeley Tool Lending Library
KALW News has been covering the potential closure of most of Oakland’s 18 public libraries in the coming weeks. Well, Oakland libraries aren’t alon...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 23, 2011
  • Length: 05:28
  • Purchases: 1
Rick Bass, author of 'Nashville Chrome'
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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During this program Rick Bass talks about the challenges of writing fiction about real, living people. He also reads from his novel 'Nashville Chro...

Bought by KREV-LP and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 16, 2011
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 2
Patrick DeWitt discusses The Sisters Brothers
From: Steven Nester
Series: Poets of the Tabloid Murder
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Patrick DeWitt is a novelist who lives in Oregon.

  • Added: Jun 15, 2011
  • Length: 27:37
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

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