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Author Carmen Maria Machado's book “In the Dream House” appeared on high school classes’ recommended reading lists, and was subsequently targeted b...
- Added: Oct 06, 2023
- Length: 25:22
Today we feature four poets who help us see our own predicaments – one who shows us we contain multitudes; one whose life and writing was always an...
- Added: Apr 05, 2022
- Length: 59:00
We talk with best-selling author Ken Follett about his new novel, Never. It’s a chilling look about how a small international incident could lead t...
- Added: Nov 12, 2021
- Length: 59:05
On today's programme: Assault on democracy: a brutal attack claims the life of a British parliamentarian. Food for thought: Frankfurt plays host to...
- Added: Oct 21, 2021
- Length: 59:00
This week on the show: we often talk about all the greenhouse gas emissions people put into the atmosphere. But this week, we’re looking at ways ...
Bought by WXDU and KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio]
- Added: Jul 10, 2021
- Length: 29:59
- Purchases: 2
Alan Wald's Literary Left Trilogy investigates aspects of intellectual, literary, and cultural movements and figures associated with left-wing poli...
- Added: Mar 23, 2021
- Length: 59:03
We talk with Dr. Micah Johnson and Dr. Abdul El Sayed about their book, Medicare For All: A Citizen’s Guide.
Then, we remember Norton Juster, the ...
- Added: Mar 18, 2021
- Length: 59:01
Poets and curators Andrea Abi-Karam and Kay Gabriel continue to discuss the anthology "We Want It All: An Anthology of Radical Trans Poetics," a co...
Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio and Spokane Public Radio
- Added: Feb 10, 2021
- Length: 28:59
- Purchases: 2
We spend the hour with science fiction novelist, blogger and technology activist, Cory Doctorow. First, we talk with him about his terrific new boo...
- Added: Sep 06, 2019
- Length: 59:01
Our celebration of State Poets Laureate continues with a look back at previous holders of the title in Kansas. Part one of this public reading feat...
Bought by WNJR
- Added: Sep 04, 2019
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
The idea that art, literature and music in particular, might work as a sort of “Marshall Plan of the Mind” is our topic tonight. At the end of Worl...
- Added: Dec 11, 2018
- Length: 59:02
HOUR ONE: "Writing Truth And Lies" - How close to reality were the "Little House" books? Does it matter? This hour, we'll talk morality in memoirs....
- Added: Nov 09, 2018
- Length: 01:58:58
In this special fundraising edition of "To the Best of Our Knowledge," host Anne Strainchamps samples some of our best interviews about politics an...
Bought by Kansas Public Radio, KVSC, KACU, WITF, KANW and more
- Added: Sep 10, 2018
- Length: 01:27:35
- Purchases: 9
HOUR ONE: "When Women Rule" - From Homer to Harvey Weinstein, women are reclaiming the classics in the age of #MeToo. HOUR TWO: "Burnout" - Ever ...
- Added: Jun 08, 2018
- Length: 01:58:58
The men in Zeta’s life. From family to friends to former lovers? You never know—some say Zeta was a constant chameleon in life, love, and the law. ...
- Added: Jun 08, 2018
- Length: 16:59
National Hispanic Heritage Month continues with a look at Puerto Rico’s culture and stories through the eyes of the late Judith Ortiz Cofer. In the...
Bought by New England Public Media
- Added: Oct 12, 2017
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
In this special fundraising edition of "To the Best of Our Knowledge," host Anne Strainchamps samples some of our best interviews about criticism a...
Bought by Kansas Public Radio, KVSC, WITF, KUSU, KANW and more
- Added: Aug 22, 2017
- Length: 01:27:35
- Purchases: 8
The award-winning novelist, blogger, and advocate talks about science fiction and technology.
- Added: May 11, 2017
- Length: 26:59
- Purchases: 2
Discover the poetic variety of Missouri in this special program featuring readings from the Midwest Poets Series by three very different Missouri p...
- Added: Sep 14, 2016
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 2
- Added: Jun 03, 2016
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
Pulitzer Prize winner journalist and historian Rick Atkinson on his work and career. Also: A New York street photographer left behind more than 300...
Bought by KQED
- Added: Jun 03, 2016
- Length: 53:54
- Purchases: 1
Interview with author Mike Gonzales about his book, The Last Drop.
The one indispensable resource, water is increasingly controlled and even owned...
- Added: Apr 16, 2016
- Length: 29:04
Interview with author Will Atkinson about his book, Class. The topic of class is not only amongst the oldest and most controversial of all concepts...
- Added: Apr 16, 2016
- Length: 29:59
The 2016 Features Editor of THE NATION, Kai Wright, discusses his 2009 anthology, THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN EXPERIENCE: BLACK HISTORY AND CULTURE THROUG...
Bought by KCMJ Community Radio and WNJR
- Added: Feb 25, 2016
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 2
Two short plays about political operatives by Pulitzer Prize Winner David Auburn. In the comic DAMAGE CONTROL, a political aide has a public relati...
Bought by Connecticut Public (WNPR), KZYX, Connecticut Public (WNPR), Oregon Public Broadcasting, KUNM and more
- Added: Mar 26, 2015
- Length: 53:00
- Purchases: 6
