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Kassie Hilgert turns a rust belt graveyard into an arts center.
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: SteelStacks, Credit: Jonathan Davies
Reclaiming the abandoned Bethlehem Steel Plant for the arts gives a region new life

Bought by WMUU-LP


  • Added: May 20, 2016
  • Length: 28:29
  • Purchases: 1
Timothy Egan, author of "The Immortal Irishman"
From: Boise State Public Radio
Series: Reader's Corner with Bob Kustra
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Host Bob Kustra talks with Egan about his latest bestseller, "The Immortal Irishman: The Irish Revolutionary Who Became an American Hero"

  • Added: May 06, 2016
  • Length: 30:46
Eliding History: Jill Lepore On Telling Stories
From: WFHB
Series: Interchange
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Jill Lepore joins us to talk about three books: The Story of America; The Secret History of Wonder Woman; and Joe Gould's Teeth.

  • Added: Mar 29, 2016
  • Length: 01:03:04
The Dating Show - Historic Hotel, Travel Book Authors, Single Guy, Girl on Beach
From: Michelle Valentine
Series: The Dating Show (free, $0)
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Listeners escape with Michelle Valentine to a quaint, historical Florida waterside bed & breakfast. Learn about the history of the hotel and take a...

Bought by KXCR


  • Added: Mar 23, 2016
  • Length: 27:50
  • Purchases: 1
Great Heaps of Grain and People (and Diseases): On Being Domesticated by the State
From: WFHB
Series: Interchange
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My guest in this hour is James Scott whose writing is a trek through the history of state-making and resistance to being shackled to governance. Hi...

  • Added: Mar 22, 2016
  • Length: 59:02
Constitutional Law Professor Kermit Roosevelt, author of “Allegiance”
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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“It may well be that the Senate Republicans would be better off confirming some moderate Obama nominee to the Supreme Court now, rather than having...

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Mar 08, 2016
  • Length: 09:56
  • Purchases: 2
Jazz Master Archie Shepp-- A Life in Music
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Archie Shepp: I Hear the Sound, Credit: Created by WOZNIAK
Archie Shepp shares his musical biography—and his thoughts about the legacy of African-American music.

Bought by KMUW, WMUU-LP, WNJR, and KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: Mar 02, 2016
  • Length: 28:29
  • Purchases: 4
Novelist James Lee Burke and “The House of the Rising Sun”
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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JLB has published 36 books over 50 years. He’s best known for his mysteries, particularly the Dave Robicheaux series and the Holland family storie...

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Feb 24, 2016
  • Length: 09:57
  • Purchases: 2
The Life of Arthur Ashe (Half Hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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Though he first emerged in the public consciousness as a world-class athlete, Arthur Ashe’s subsequent contributions as an author, activist, humani...

Bought by WJCT, KVSC, KKRN, and WLIW


  • Added: Feb 19, 2016
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 4
A New Take on an Old Story: “Juliet” by Danish author Anne Fortier
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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Anne’s debut novel is an imaginative contemporary view of Italy's iconic star-crossed lovers Romeo and Juliet. Her newest book, "The Lost Sisterho...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh and KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Feb 04, 2016
  • Length: 09:56
  • Purchases: 2
Allusionist 28: WLTM part I
From: The Allusionist
Series: The Allusionist
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Your online dating profile is the latest spin on a 300-year-old tradition of advertising yourself in order to find a spouse, a sexual partner, or s...

  • Added: Feb 03, 2016
  • Length: 41:08
The Gospel Roots of Rock and Roll
From: With Good Reason
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Sister Rosetta Tharp electrified 1930s audiences with her singing and guitar playing. "The Godmother of Rock and Roll" influenced the music of Elvi...

Bought by KZUM, WMUH, KTNA, WCSU-FM, WSKG and more


  • Added: Jan 21, 2016
  • Length: 53:57
  • Purchases: 20
Stars for Freedom
From: With Good Reason
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The little-known story of how black actors and entertainers in Hollywood contributed their money, connections, and fame to aid the civil rights mov...

Bought by WLPR , WNSB, Morehead State Public Radio, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, Spokane Public Radio and more


  • Added: Jan 21, 2016
  • Length: 53:34
  • Purchases: 10
Tom Breiding on acousticSongs LIVE! from WNJR
From: WNJR
Series: acousticSongs LIVE! from WNJR studios
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Tom Breiding on acousticSongs LIVE! from WNJR

  • Added: Jan 15, 2016
  • Length: 59:13
Confronting Black Jacobins: “The Cannibals of the Terrible Republic”
From: WFHB
Series: Interchange
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Historian and prolific author Gerald Horne returns to our program today to discuss his most recent book Confronting Black Jacobins: The United Stat...

  • Added: Jan 05, 2016
  • Length: 58:01
Ellsworth Kelly: the gloriousness of color and form.
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Ellsworth Kelly in his studio, Credit: Jack Shear
Artist and 2012 National Medal of Arts Recipient, Ellsworth Kelly looks back on his career.

Bought by XRAY.fm, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Dec 28, 2015
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 3
Allusionist 26: Xmas Man
From: The Allusionist
Series: Allusionist festive episodes
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CONTENT WARNING: Be wary of listening to this episode around young children, as there may be life spoilers. Historian Greg Jenner traces the origin...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 14, 2015
  • Length: 25:35
  • Purchases: 1
Historian Richard Rhodes, author of “John James Audubon: The Making of an American”
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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Audubon is best known for his 435 paintings of American birds. He came here as a young man in the early 1800s from France with a talent for self-ta...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Dec 04, 2015
  • Length: 09:47
  • Purchases: 1
BFFs, Girlfriends, and Besties (Half Hour Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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As the British Empire expanded, the fabric of society depended upon women’s friendships. One letter from a “BFF” back home could save a colonist fr...

Bought by WJCT, KRDP, Troy Public Radio, WKCC, KRZA and more


  • Added: Oct 30, 2015
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 8
BFFs, Girlfriends, and Besties (Hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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As the British Empire expanded, the fabric of society depended upon women’s friendships. One letter from a “BFF” back home could save a colonist fr...

Bought by WCNY, WMUU-LP, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KEDT, WTJU and more


  • Added: Oct 30, 2015
  • Length: 53:56
  • Purchases: 6
Gregory White Smith, co-author of “Van Gogh: The Life”
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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Many observers including his biographers would say he’s the most famous artist in the world. Master of sunflowers and starry skies, Vincent Van Gog...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Oct 29, 2015
  • Length: 09:58
  • Purchases: 1
Exploring Jordan, the Art of Dr. Seuss, filmmaker Ken Burns
From: World Footprints LLC
Caption: The Grand Canyon, Credit: Tonya Fitzpatrick
World Footprints will cross the border into the country of Jordan, uncover Dr. Seuss's social and artistic legacies and share one of our "Best Of" ...

  • Added: Oct 26, 2015
  • Length: 59:56
Allusionist 21. Eponyms I: The Ballad of Bic and Biro
From: The Allusionist
Series: The Allusionist
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Naming something after yourself: a grand display of egomania, or the humble willingness to be overshadowed by your own product? Stationery expert J...

  • Added: Oct 24, 2015
  • Length: 17:56
Traveling Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania beyond the steel
From: World Footprints LLC
Caption: Downtown Pittsurgh, Credit: Tonya Fitzpatrick
The famous biographer, James Parton, once referred to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania as "Hell with the lid off", but tour the Pittsburgh of today--the ci...

  • Added: Oct 05, 2015
  • Length: 59:55
Science writer Mary Roach talks about "Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers”
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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Mary has developed a career specializing in popular science and doing it with respect and wit. Since the publication of her first book “Stiff,” she...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Oct 04, 2015
  • Length: 09:15
  • Purchases: 1

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