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The Past American Voice of Poet Michelle Boisseau
From: New Letters on the Air
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Poet Michelle Boisseau died November 15, 2017 from cancer at age 62. In this interview conducted earlier this year at the Kansas City Public Libra...

Bought by WNJR and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Dec 01, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
JUMPING AT SHADOWS
From: melodically challenged
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“Poetry begins where language starts: in the shadows and accidents of one person's life.”— Eavan Boland Welcome to another edition of melodically c...

  • Added: Oct 24, 2022
  • Length: 01:00:06
Out in the Cold
From: melodically challenged
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Emily Dickinson said, “If I read a book and it makes my whole body so cold no fire can ever warm me, I know that is poetry.” Welcome to another edi...

  • Added: Oct 20, 2022
  • Length: 01:00:06
On All Fours
From: melodically challenged
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Bobby Knight said, “Mental toughness is to physical as four is to one.” Welcome to another edition of melodically challenged, when this week, we’re...

  • Added: Oct 20, 2022
  • Length: 01:00:06
The Cat's Out of the Bag!
From: melodically challenged
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Hippolyte Taine [Ipohleet Tehn] said “I have studied many philosophers and many cats. The wisdom of cats is infinitely superior.” Welcome to anoth...

  • Added: Oct 07, 2022
  • Length: 01:00:00
Distance
From: melodically challenged
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I have spent my life judging the distance between American reality and the American dream. Bruce Springsteen Welcome to this week’s melodically cha...

  • Added: Oct 03, 2022
  • Length: 01:00:06
Facetime!
From: melodically challenged
Series: WELCOME TO SPRING 2024!
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George Bernard Shaw said, “You use a glass mirror to see your face; you use works of art to see your soul.” Welcome to this week’s melodically chal...

  • Added: Sep 27, 2022
  • Length: 01:00:06
MN Reads: "A Common Thirst" Illustrated by Sarah Brokke
From: WDSE
Series: MN Reads
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Illustrator Sarah Brokke talks about her experience collaborating with author Gary Boelhower

  • Added: Sep 01, 2022
  • Length: 09:30
Revisiting A Conversation with Author Victor Lodato
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Victor Lodato
Victor Lodato talks about creating a New Jersey gothic with "Edgar and Lucy."

Bought by RADIOLEX, KZUM, Spokane Public Radio, and KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif.


  • Added: Aug 02, 2022
  • Length: 29:02
  • Purchases: 4
The Write Question - Eloisa Amezcua
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Poet Eloisa Amezcua discusses her second collection of poetry, "Fighting Is Like A Wife."

Bought by WETS, Yellowstone Public Radio, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: May 03, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
The Write Question - Charmaine Wilkerson
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Writer Charmaine Wilkerson discusses her bestselling debut novel, "Black Cake."

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio, Spokane Public Radio, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WETS, Yellowstone Public Radio and more


  • Added: Apr 12, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 7
The Write Question - John Elizabeth Stintzi
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Writer John Elizabeth Stintzi discusses their brand new novel, "My Volcano."

Bought by WETS, Yellowstone Public Radio, KNCT FM, Spokane Public Radio, and KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: Mar 23, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 5
Practicing Gratitude
From: melodically challenged
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I don't have to chase extraordinary moments to find happiness - it's right in front of me if I'm paying attention and practicing gratitude. Brene B...

  • Added: Mar 18, 2022
  • Length: 01:00:06
The Write Question - Sasha taqʷšəblu LaPointe
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Coast Salish author Sasha taqʷšəblu LaPointe discusses her brand new memoir, "Red Paint: The Ancestral Autobiography of a Coast Salish Punk."

Bought by WETS, KNCT FM, Yellowstone Public Radio, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 16, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 5
BEER.
From: melodically challenged
Series: WELCOME TO SPRING 2024!
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Frank Zappa said, “You can't be a real country unless you have a beer and an airline - it helps if you have some kind of a football team, or some n...

  • Added: Mar 11, 2022
  • Length: 01:00:06
The Highest Office (hour/no bb or bed)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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When Colin Rafferty moved to Virginia in 2008 he didn’t know much about the presidents, so he set out to read a biography of each one.

Bought by KHEN-LP, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WRST-FM Oshkosh, and Royalton Community Radio


  • Added: Feb 10, 2022
  • Length: 52:00
  • Purchases: 4
The Highest Office (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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When Colin Rafferty moved to Virginia in 2008 he didn’t know much about the presidents, so he set out to read a biography of each one.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WGCU, WTJU, WLPR , KEDT and more


  • Added: Feb 10, 2022
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 11
The Highest Office (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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When Colin Rafferty moved to Virginia in 2008 he didn’t know much about the presidents, so he set out to read a biography of each one.

Bought by WJCU, Kansas Public Radio, KMUN, WJCT, Harford Community Radio and more


  • Added: Feb 10, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 8
The Highest Office (promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason promo
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When Colin Rafferty moved to Virginia in 2008 he didn’t know much about the presidents, so he set out to read a biography of each one.

Bought by WLPR , KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WRST-FM Oshkosh, WNED Buffalo, Troy Public Radio and more


  • Added: Feb 10, 2022
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 6
Fiction Writer and Essayist Charles Baxter
From: New Letters on the Air
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Fiction writer Charles Baxter reveals some of his motivations for writing short stories and novels. In this interview in front of an audience at th...

Bought by WNJR


  • Added: Feb 03, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Write Question - Nathaniel Ian Miller
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Author Nathaniel Ian Miller discusses his latest novel, "The Memoirs of Stockholm Sven," and reads from the book.

Bought by WETS, Yellowstone Public Radio, Spokane Public Radio, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., Yellowstone Public Radio and more


  • Added: Jan 11, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 7
The Write Question - Amy Leach
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Writer Amy Leach discusses her new book, "The Everybody Ensemble: Donkeys, Essays, and Other Pandemoniums."

Bought by WETS, KWMR, Yellowstone Public Radio, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 15, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 5
The Write Question - Robert Wrigley
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Robert Wrigley talks about his new essay collection, "Nemerov's Door" and reads from his upcoming collection of poetry, "The True Account of Myself...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio, Spokane Public Radio, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., Yellowstone Public Radio, KWMR and more


  • Added: Dec 08, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 7
The Write Question - Laura Kolbe
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Doctor and writer Laura Kolbe talks about her new collection of poems, "Little Pharma."

Bought by WETS, KWMR, Yellowstone Public Radio, Spokane Public Radio, and KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: Nov 17, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 5
The Write Question - Stephen Graham Jones
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Author Stephen Graham Jones talks about his new slasher-homage novel, "My Heart is a Chainsaw."

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., Spokane Public Radio, WETS, Yellowstone Public Radio and more


  • Added: Nov 10, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 7