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Nate Blakeslee's “American Wolf”
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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Nate Blakeslee is an investigative reporter who usually writes about politics in Texas. In “American Wolf: A True Story of Survival and Obsession i...

  • Added: Jan 29, 2018
  • Length: 09:52
"Daring to Drive: A Saudi Woman’s Awakening" by Manal al-Sharif
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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Manal grew up in Mecca, Islam’s holiest city. In her teens she was a religious radical, by her twenties she was a college-educated computer securit...

  • Added: Jun 23, 2017
  • Length: 09:57
The First Comedian in Congress unveils “Al Franken, Giant of the Senate”
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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The author has plenty to say about Washington and the day-to-day life of a senator, along with stories about growing up in Minnesota & his years on...

  • Added: Jun 14, 2017
  • Length: 09:48
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
Helene Cooper & “Madame President: The Extraordinary Journey of Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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Pulitzer Prize-winning author describes the journey of Liberia’s Sirleaf, honors the amazingly resilient Liberian women who put her into office, an...

  • Added: Mar 26, 2017
  • Length: 09:48
John Dickerson on Presidential Campaign History
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: John Dickerson, Credit: Courtesy of CBS
Author and moderator of Face the Nation, John Dickerson’s book Whistlestop is a witty rollicking tour of presidential campaign history

Bought by KPIP-LP, WTJU, WMUU-LP, and WNJR


  • Added: Mar 02, 2017
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 4
David Shannon & his latest fowl adventure, “Duck On A Tractor”
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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This popular and prolific children’s picture book creator takes Duck of barnyard fame to the next level—driving the farmer’s tractor. David talks a...

  • Added: Nov 23, 2016
  • Length: 09:57
Looking for Inspiration? Listen to composer Ted Nash's Presidential Suite.
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Ted Nash
With Presidential Suite,Ted Nash transforms iconic political speeches into an inventive jazz composition.

Bought by KMUW and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Nov 08, 2016
  • Length: 29:59
  • Purchases: 2
Neuroscientist Daniel J Levitin and “A Field Guide to Lies”
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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“An increasing number of people under the age of 25 get all their news, not just some of it, from Facebook.” The author points out that we are bomb...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Sep 14, 2016
  • Length: 09:54
  • Purchases: 2
"The River of Doubt" by Candace Millard
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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This river is a tributary of the mighty Amazon. It snakes through one of the world’s most treacherous jungles and it’s where President Teddy Roosev...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Oct 29, 2015
  • Length: 09:59
  • Purchases: 1
Civil rights lawyer & ordained minister Barry W Lynn, author of “God and Government”
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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A central player in every major church-state-separation battle for decades, the author describes political issues of the day, the new influence of ...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Oct 14, 2015
  • Length: 09:57
  • Purchases: 1
Are we winning the war on drugs? Don Winslow, author of “The Cartel”
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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Don’s 19th thriller may be fiction, but it’s the truth about our longest war, the war on drugs, especially in all the ways it effects Mexico. To le...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Jul 31, 2015
  • Length: 09:55
  • Purchases: 1
Disability/Arts Advocate Simi Linton talks about the arts and ADA
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Simi Linton
This week, we mark the 25th anniversary of the Americans with Disability Act with Simi Linton: She wants Equality, Justice, and a Place on the Danc...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KPIP-LP, WNJR, WABE, and KPVL


  • Added: Jul 28, 2015
  • Length: 28:29
  • Purchases: 5
Senator George Mitchell: Peace in the Middle East?
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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This American statesman's newest book is "The Negotiator." He knows a thing or two about heated negotiations from his role as Senate majority leade...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Jul 10, 2015
  • Length: 09:58
  • Purchases: 1
Oud-player and composer Rahim AlHaj prisoner, exile, and brilliant musician
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Rahim AlHaj, Credit: Dan Merlo
Rahim AlHaj is quite simply one of the best oud players in the world. In this broadcast, Rahim performs and shares his story of leaving Iraq and c...

Bought by KUPR low power FM, WABE, WMMT, WNJR, and KPIP-LP


  • Added: Jun 12, 2015
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 5
Science fiction writer Paolo Bacigalupi & "The Water Knife"
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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This Paonia, Colorado National Book Award finalist describes a thriller version of possible future water wars in the American Southwest. Is this an...

Bought by KRZA, Radio Newark, and KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Jun 04, 2015
  • Length: 09:57
  • Purchases: 3
Why did a 13-year-old become a soldier? Ishmael Beah explains...
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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He used to be one of the many thousands of child soldiers, hopped-up on drugs and wielding AK-47s, in dozens of conflicts around the world. Ishmael...

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


  • Added: Apr 23, 2015
  • Length: 09:49
  • Purchases: 2
Ian Caldwell's Vatican thriller, "The Fifth Gospel"
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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Taking place mostly in the Vatican and the tiny town that surrounds it, this fast moving, thoughtful novel features two brothers who are priests, t...

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


  • Added: Apr 15, 2015
  • Length: 09:48
  • Purchases: 2
Ilan Stavans, The United States of Mestizo
From: Joseph Sr Dobzynski
Series: We All Live Here For What It's Worth
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Ilan Stavans is a Mexican-American essayist, lexicographer, cultural commentator, translator, short-story author, TV personality, and teacher known...

  • Added: Mar 03, 2015
  • Length: 23:33
Gary Segura, Latino America: How America's Most Dynamic Population will Transform the Politics of the Nation
From: Joseph Sr Dobzynski
Series: We All Live Here For What It's Worth
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Gary Segura, Latino America: How America's Most Dynamic Population Is Poised to Transform the Politics of the Nation Gary M. Segura is a Professor...

Bought by KRZA


  • Added: Mar 03, 2015
  • Length: 25:35
  • Purchases: 1
Who Decides What’s Fair? Author Ausma Zehanet Khan
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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An international human rights lawyer, Ausma Zehanet Khan in “The Unquiet Dead” introduces two Canadian police inspectors, Rachel Getty and Esa Khat...

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


  • Added: Jan 31, 2015
  • Length: 09:59
  • Purchases: 2
Dinaw Mengestu talks about his latest book, All Our Names
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Dinaw Mengestu, Credit: John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
In All Our Names Dinaw Mengestu explores unlikely love in the midst of conflict.

Bought by KPIP-LP and WNJR


  • Added: Jan 09, 2015
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 2
Song and conversation with "Chunky" Sanchez
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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For forty years, Chunky Sanchez has playing and singing the stories of the Chicano people.

Bought by KPIP-LP and WNJR


  • Added: Oct 03, 2014
  • Length: 28:29
  • Purchases: 2
Lonely Planet Founders: Authors Tony & Maureen Wheeler
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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This European-born couple who have called Australia home for many decades created the first in the Lonely Planet series of guide books more than 40...

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


  • Added: Jul 11, 2014
  • Length: 09:48
  • Purchases: 2
Psychiatrist Judith Orloff with "Ecstasy of Surrender"
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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Orloff is an Asst. Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at UCLA who incorporates energy medicine in her practice. In her fifth book she invites reader...

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


  • Added: Jun 26, 2014
  • Length: 09:53
  • Purchases: 2