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The Haunting Reality of Book Bans in America Today
From: KRCL
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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
All for a Library Card
From: Brooklyn Public Library
Series: Borrowed and Banned
Caption: Borrowed and Banned logo, Credit: John Snowden
When a high school teacher in Norman, Oklahoma shared a QR code with her students that would grant them access to BPL’s digital collection, she too...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Sep 29, 2023
  • Length: 25:47
  • Purchases: 1
Shelf Discovery: Feel the Bern by Andrew Shaffer
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Shelf Discovery
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin searches for a killer with Bernie Sanders and his intern in Feel the Bern.

Bought by RADIOLEX, WRMU, GCR (Global Community Radio), and RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Feb 06, 2023
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 4
2021 Producer’s Choice Awards – Part 2: The Poetry Show
From: WFHB
Series: Interchange
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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
2022-02-27 Is Postmodernism Really to Blame for Post-Truth?
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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Did postmodernism merely predict cynicism about the facts, or did it actually promote it?

Bought by KTSW 89.9, KMUN, GCR (Global Community Radio), KSKQ, KNVC Carson City Community Radio and more


  • Added: Feb 28, 2022
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 6
Ken Follett, NEVER & Anthony Horowitz, A LINE TO KILL
From: Francesca Rheannon
Series: Writer's Voice
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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
IE: Inside Europe, 10/22/2021
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Inside Europe: News and Current Affairs ~ Weekly from DW
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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
Living Planet 07/09/2021
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Living Planet: Environment Matters ~ from DW
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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
Writing Radicals: Mike Gold, Ann Petry, and Thomas McGrath
From: WFHB
Series: Interchange
Caption: Mike Gold, Ann Petry, and Thomas McGrath
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
Abdul El Sayed & Micah Johnson, MEDICARE FOR ALL: A Citizen’s Guide & Norton Juster Remembered
From: Francesca Rheannon
Series: Writer's Voice
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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
The Write Question - Andrea Abi-Karam and Kay Gabriel Part 2
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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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
Teen Spirit (promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason promo
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Today’s teens--Generation Z--are making headlines for their politics and their protests. The YA books that speak to them have followed suit.

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WNED Buffalo, and WNMU-FM


  • Added: Jan 07, 2021
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 3
Writers Voice: Cory Doctorow, RADICALIZED & MAKERS
From: Francesca Rheannon
Series: Writer's Voice
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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
Kansas Poets Laureate: Part 1
From: New Letters on the Air
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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
Just a Spoonful of America: Prescribing American Studies to Fight Fascism
From: WFHB
Series: Interchange
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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
323: Writing Truth And Lies / 324: Shame, 11/10/2018
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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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
2018 Fall Fundraiser: How To Run For Office / Good Taste
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To The Best of Our Knowledge Fundraisers
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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
279: When Women Rule / 280: Burnout, 6/9/2018
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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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
Episode #5: "Law, Literature & Racism: Zeta Style"
From: Marcos Nájera
Series: ZETA PODCAST SERIES
Caption: Stanford Literature Professor Ramon Saldívar, Credit: Marcos Nájera
In the end, we wrap up our series at the beginning. Host Marcos Nájera reports on what he’s learned about Oscar Zeta Acosta. And the contributions ...

  • Added: Jun 08, 2018
  • Length: 17:24
Episode #4: "A Vandalized Voice"
From: Marcos Nájera
Series: ZETA PODCAST SERIES
Caption: Rolling Stone book publisher Alan Rinzler at home in Berkeley., Credit: Marcos Nájera
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
The late Puerto Rican Poet & Fiction Writer Judith Ortiz Cofer
From: New Letters on the Air
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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
2017 Fall Fundraiser: Good Taste / How To Run For Office
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To The Best of Our Knowledge Fundraisers
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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 National Endowment for the Arts speaks with Cory Doctorow
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Cory Doctorow, Credit: Joi Ito
The award-winning novelist, blogger, and advocate talks about science fiction and technology.

Bought by WNJR and WMUU-LP


  • Added: May 11, 2017
  • Length: 26:59
  • Purchases: 2
Missouri Poets of the Midwest Poets Series
From: New Letters on the Air
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Discover the poetic variety of Missouri in this special program featuring readings from the Midwest Poets Series by three very different Missouri p...

Bought by WNJR and WJCU


  • Added: Sep 14, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Pulitzer 100: If You Like the Truth (Half Hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: WGR Special Series
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Pulitzer Prize winner Rick Atkinson on his career as journalist and historian.

Bought by KMUN


  • Added: Jun 03, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1