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Anthony Grooms
From: New Letters on the Air
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This week on NEW LETTERS ON THE AIR... Anthony Grooms is a two-time winner of the Lillian Smith Book Prize, given to writers who tackle issues of ...

  • Added: Feb 13, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
The Ekphrasis Poetry Reading
From: New Letters on the Air
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NEW LETTERS ON THE AIR features a program of readings and conversation at Commerce Bank's The Box Gallery. Poets Wyatt Townley, H.C. Palmer, Brian ...

  • Added: Feb 08, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
The Apple Seed - Best of Season 2: John Henry the Steel Drivin' Man, Peter Pan, Einstein's Puzzle
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: The Apple Seed
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On the next episode of the show, Philadelphia storyteller and musician Charlotte Blake Alston joins us for a version of a story from American folk ...

Bought by KCNP, KTXK, KKRN, Robin Hood Radio/ WHDD AM 1020/FM 91.9-WLHV FM 88.1 /WGHQ AM 920, KSJE and more


  • Added: Feb 02, 2023
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 7
Making Home (hour/no bed or bb)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Lauren K. Alleyne lived the first part of her life in Trinidad and then moved to America at 18 and has been there since. Her poems explore what it’...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KCHW, KHEN-LP, and WYAP


  • Added: Feb 02, 2023
  • Length: 52:00
  • Purchases: 4
Making Home (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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Lauren K. Alleyne lived the first part of her life in Trinidad and then moved to America at 18 and has been there since. Her poems explore what it’...

Bought by KRDP, Kansas Public Radio, KMUN, WRMU, WFHB and more


  • Added: Feb 02, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 10
Making Home (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Lauren K. Alleyne lived the first part of her life in Trinidad and then moved to America at 18 and has been there since. Her poems explore what it’...

Bought by WTJU, WRST-FM Oshkosh, WMUU-LP, KXCV, WRGY and more


  • Added: Feb 02, 2023
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 7
Making Home (promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason promo
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Lauren K. Alleyne lived the first part of her life in Trinidad and then moved to America at 18 and has been there since. Her poems explore what it’...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and KXCV


  • Added: Feb 02, 2023
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 2
MN Reads: "The Stories Whiteness Tells Itself" by David Mura
From: WDSE
Series: MN Reads
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Author David Mura talks about his new book "The Stories Whiteness Tells Itself"

  • Added: Feb 02, 2023
  • Length: 17:13
Novelist and Essayist Russell Banks
From: New Letters on the Air
Caption: (Photo by Larry D. Moore CC BY-SA 3.0)
The late novelist, retired Princeton professor, and mountain climber, Russell Banks is the author of the 2021 novel, FOREGONE. In this classic 201...

Bought by KAAD-LP


  • Added: Jan 27, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Visitors' Center (hour/no bb or bed)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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In the summer of 1982, a group of six paraplegic men set out to climb the highest natural peak in Dallas, Texas.

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., Royalton Community Radio, KCHW, and KHEN-LP


  • Added: Jan 19, 2023
  • Length: 52:00
  • Purchases: 4
The Visitors' Center (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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In the summer of 1982, a group of six paraplegic men set out to climb the highest natural peak in Dallas, Texas.

Bought by Kansas Public Radio, KUT, WXDU, CHSR-FM 97.9, Harford Community Radio and more


  • Added: Jan 19, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 8
The Visitors' Center (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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In the summer of 1982, a group of six paraplegic men set out to climb the highest natural peak in Dallas, Texas.

Bought by WTJU, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, KEDT, WMUU-LP, WRST-FM Oshkosh and more


  • Added: Jan 19, 2023
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 8
The Visitors' Center (promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason promo
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In the summer of 1982, a group of six paraplegic men set out to climb the highest natural peak in Dallas, Texas.

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


  • Added: Jan 19, 2023
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 2
Author Kevin Wilson's talks about his funny and moving novel Nothing to See Here
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Kevin Wilson, Credit: Leigh Anne Crouch
Author of the NEA Big Read title Nothing to See Here Kevin Wilson discusses the serious issues at the heart of this outrageous (and outrageously fu...

Bought by KVNF, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, RADIOLEX, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., KMUN and more


  • Added: Jan 17, 2023
  • Length: 28:40
  • Purchases: 7
In the Beginning
From: New Letters on the Air
Caption: Tony Kushner
Pulitzer Prize winners Tony Kushner, Jane Smiley, Richard Russo, as well as Sherman Alexie, Naomi Shihab Nye, and the late August Wilson share some...

Bought by WDCB and KAAD-LP


  • Added: Jan 12, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
The Apple Seed - Best of Season 2: Storyteller Donna Washington, A Boy Called Bat, OTR Life of Riley
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: The Apple Seed
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On the next episode, some Apple Seed favorites, including Riley the Rent Collector. During this old time radio adventure, Riley in order to avoid s...

Bought by KTXK, Robin Hood Radio/ WHDD AM 1020/FM 91.9-WLHV FM 88.1 /WGHQ AM 920, KKRN, WVPE, and KSJE


  • Added: Jan 10, 2023
  • Length: 52:51
  • Purchases: 5
The Apple Seed - Stories Inspired by Dickens' "A Christmas Carol"
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: The Apple Seed
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Original retellings and adaptations of "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens.

Bought by WYAP, KKRN, KUHF, KTXK, KSJE and more


  • Added: Dec 14, 2022
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 7
Prize-winning author and educator Renée Watson talks writing for young people.
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Caption: Renee Watson, Credit: NAACPO
What goes into writing for young adults? In this 2019 interview, prize-winning author and educator Renée Watson shares a few ideas!

  • Added: Dec 06, 2022
  • Length: 29:02
The Apple Seed - Storyteller Robert B. Jones + A Holiday Chekhov Story
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: The Apple Seed
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Stories about connection with those around us.

Bought by KECG, KTXK, WVPE, KSJE, WYAP and more


  • Added: Dec 05, 2022
  • Length: 52:51
  • Purchases: 6
Novelist Geraldine Brooks
From: New Letters on the Air
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Pulitzer Prize-winning fiction writer, Geraldine Brooks talks about her 2015 book, THE SECRET CHORD. This historical novel about the Biblical King...

Bought by WNJR and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Nov 29, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
The Ties That Bind: A Conversation with Novelist Kelli Jo Ford (Cherokee)
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Kelli Jo Ford, Credit: Val Ford Hancock
Kelli Jo Ford (Cherokee) discusses her novel Crooked Hallelujah which gives us the stories of four generations of Cherokee women and the love, supp...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, WMPG, RADIOLEX, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., and KZUM


  • Added: Nov 21, 2022
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 5
2022-11-13 In Search of Proust's Philosophy
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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November 18 marks the centennial of the French writer's death.

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), KTSW 89.9, KSKQ, KMUN, and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Nov 14, 2022
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 5
The Five Senses (hour/no bb or bed)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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In 19th century American cities, the smell of rapid industrial growth was overwhelming. This was particularly concerning, because at the time, peop...

Bought by KHEN-LP, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., Royalton Community Radio, KCHW, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle and more


  • Added: Nov 03, 2022
  • Length: 52:00
  • Purchases: 6
The Five Senses (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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In 19th century American cities, the smell of rapid industrial growth was overwhelming. This was particularly concerning, because at the time, peop...

Bought by Kansas Public Radio, KMUN, WJCU, WFHB, CHSR-FM 97.9 and more


  • Added: Nov 03, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 8
The Five Senses (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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In 19th century American cities, the smell of rapid industrial growth was overwhelming. This was particularly concerning, because at the time, peop...

Bought by WTJU, WRST-FM Oshkosh, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WMUU-LP, KEDT and more


  • Added: Nov 03, 2022
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 7

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