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Sean Doolittle discusses "Device Free Weekend"

From: Steven Nester
Series: Poets of the Tabloid Murder

Sean Doolittle is an American author of crime and suspense fiction. This is his seventh book.

Beyond Earth’s Edge: A Celebrity Space Poetry Jam!

From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio

Caption: The moon and Earth's edge, photgraphed from the International Space Station., Credit: NASA

Creators of an outstanding new collection of poems about spaceflight and exploration join Mat Kaplan to talk about the book as Bill Nye and other n...

Bought by WFHB, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., RadioStPete Florida, KWMR, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo. and more

Tell It Slant: The Truth of the Bombs Bursting in Air

From: WFHB
Series: Interchange

Caption: B-24J Liberators of the 579th Bomb Squadron drop incendiary bombs made from fighter plane drop tanks filled with napalm on targets near Royan, France, Apr 15 1945.

H. Bruce Franklin (Crash Course) returns to help us connect lots of dots. He’ll argue, among other things, that we need to learn what three particu...

Bought by WLPR

Books and Gifts for Your Favorite Space Nerds

From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio

Caption: Senior Editor Emily Lakdawalla visits Mars rover Curiosity at JPL., Credit: Mat Kaplan

Our own Emily Lakdawalla, Planetary Society senior editor and book lover, shares her 2019 list of favorite space books. She also presents a list of...

Bought by KDNK, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., WMUU-LP, KWMR, KRZA and more

Presence Mechanism

From: Emily T Griffiths
Series: Device

Caption: Still from PC game Auralux: Constiellations , Credit: E McNeill

In Time Out Of Joint, Phillip K. Dick envisioned the same future that NASA did, even if we didn't get there. San Diego Air and Space Museum provide...

Writers Voice: Cory Doctorow, RADICALIZED & MAKERS

From: Francesca Rheannon
Series: Writer's Voice

We spend the hour with science fiction novelist, blogger and technology activist, Cory Doctorow. First, we talk with him about his terrific new boo...

323: Writing Truth And Lies / 324: Shame, 11/10/2018

From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge

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....

The Written World

From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices

Think about the many stories you’ve heard or read over the years. Some of those stories may have had a major impact on your life, or maybe even the...

Bought by KCBX and KVSC

Andy Weir’s New Novel Puts a City on the Moon

From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio

Caption: Andy Weir’s Artemis is the new novel set in a city on the Moon. , Credit: Crown Publishing

The author of #1 bestseller The Martian is back with Artemis, a superbly-researched, rollicking adventure in the first city on the Moon. You might ...

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The National Endowment for the Arts speaks with Cory Doctorow

From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works

The award-winning novelist, blogger, and advocate talks about science fiction and technology.

Bought by WNJR and WMUU-LP

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil Author John Berendt

From: New Letters on the Air

John Berendt, recorded at HEAR/NOW: The Audio Fiction and Arts Festival in Kansas City, discusses his best-selling MIDNIGHT IN THE GARDEN OF GOOD A...

Who Gets the Credit for the Modern World? David McCullough & "The Wright Brothers"

From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk

Orville and Wilbur, DIY scientists, were bicycle mechanics at the turn of the 20th century in Dayton, Ohio before they changed our world. David Mc...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio

Ray Bradbury on Madmen

From: Blank on Blank
Series: Blank on Blank

A few years ago Lisa Potts was looking behind her dresser when she saw a cassette tape. She’d forgotten about the tape--a recording of an interview...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, Troy Public Radio, WABE, and PRX Remix

Superstorm: Nine Days Inside Hurricane Sandy

From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices

In October 2012, Hurricane Sandy smashed into the Eastern seaboard. A monster nobody was prepared to deal with.

Bought by KCBX

Red Devil 4

From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices

The year is 2053. Neurosurgeon and scientist, Dr. Hagan Maerici, is to designing "neuromorphic artificial intelligence." This is the setting for Dr...

Bought by KCBX