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San Francisco's own brand of Northern Soul: An hour-long radio special
From: Ashleyanne Krigbaum
Caption: DJ Lucky Siegle at Nightbeat happening at The Knockout in San Francisco, Credit: Elias Perez
In this hour long special, I’ve invited popular DJs from around the Bay Area Soul party scene to talk about where they find records, what makes the...

  • Added: Jan 14, 2014
  • Length: 57:59
Author Doris Kearns Goodwin, a biographer of presidents
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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In “Bully Pulpit” Doris focuses on the friendship and eventual falling out of Presidents Teddy Roosevelt and William Howard Taft while describing t...

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


  • Added: Dec 19, 2013
  • Length: 10:00
  • Purchases: 2
Author Amy Tan and “The Valley of Amazement”
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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This Chinese-American novelist, perhaps best known for her book, "Joy Luck Club," takes readers to Shanghai and its International Settlement where ...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Dec 19, 2013
  • Length: 10:04
  • Purchases: 1
Author Michael Pollan and "Cooked"
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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Food guy Michael Pollan’s new book is “Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation.” He is a personable, well-spoken walking encyclopedia of Ameri...

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


  • Added: Jun 14, 2013
  • Length: 09:59
  • Purchases: 2
Author David McCullough and "1776"
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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David writes both histories and biographies and has narrated many a broadcast program. His latest book is "The Greater Journey: Americans in Paris....

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Jun 12, 2013
  • Length: 10:02
  • Purchases: 1
Author Susan Orlean and a famous Hollywood dog, "Rin Tin Tin: The Life and the Legend"
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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A dog-loving journalist, Susan brings to life Rin Tin Tin, the orphaned German Shepherd found on a battlefield in Europe who became the most famous...

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


  • Added: May 09, 2013
  • Length: 09:57
  • Purchases: 2
Author Paul French and "Midnight in Peking"
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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A UK author who has lived in China for decades tells a true-crime tale of the unsolved murder of a young British girl in 1937 in colonial Peking, a...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: May 09, 2013
  • Length: 10:02
  • Purchases: 1
Afropolitan Taiye Selasi and "Ghana Must Go"
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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This debut novel opens up in west Africa with a death and is a portrait of a modern family. Listen in for Taiye’s timely comments on the biggest m...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: May 03, 2013
  • Length: 09:56
  • Purchases: 1
Author Michael Moss and "Salt Sugar Fat"
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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Pulitzer Prize-winning Michael Moss describes “bliss point” and “mouth feel,” two of the terms common in the trillion-dollar processed food industr...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KCMJ Community Radio, and KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Mar 21, 2013
  • Length: 10:00
  • Purchases: 3
Author Siobhan Fallon and “You Know When the Men Are Gone”
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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Siobhan’s debut collection of short stories is that most unusual of war books. It's not about the battlefields. Most of the stories take place at F...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Mar 16, 2013
  • Length: 10:05
  • Purchases: 1
The Voice of Sports: Author Frank Deford
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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Frank has a 50-year sports writing career dating back to the beginnings of Sports Illustrated, and his NPR program, Sweetness and Light, has aired ...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, and Kansas Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 25, 2013
  • Length: 10:04
  • Purchases: 3
Native Sounds: Kevin Locke
From: Vision Maker Media
Series: Native Sounds
Caption: Kevin Lcoke
Eric Martin, Interactive Media Specialist, interviews Native American Hoop Dancer and Flutist Kevin Locke.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Nov 12, 2012
  • Length: 12:42
  • Purchases: 1
Native Sounds: Jennifer Stevens
From: Vision Maker Media
Series: Native Sounds
Caption: Jennifer Stevens
Tobias Grant (Omaha) interviews Native American composer and artist Jennifer Stevens (Oneida and Lakota.)

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Oct 08, 2012
  • Length: 10:14
  • Purchases: 1
Native Sounds: Leanne Goose
From: Vision Maker Media
Series: Native Sounds
Caption: Leanne Goose
Tobias Grant (Omaha) interviews Native American musician Leanne Goose (Dene and Inuvialuit)

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Sep 19, 2012
  • Length: 05:22
  • Purchases: 1
Native Sounds: Cody Blackbird
From: Vision Maker Media
Series: Native Sounds
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Tobias Grant (Omaha) interviews Native American Flutist Cody Blackbird

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio, KSQM 91.5 FM, and KWIS 88.3 FM


  • Added: Aug 16, 2012
  • Length: 05:37
  • Purchases: 3
Native Sounds: Jerod Tate
From: Vision Maker Media
Series: Native Sounds
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Production Assistant Tobias Grant (Omaha) speaks with Jerod Tate (Chickasaw) about winning an Emmy, composing his first classical piece and the Chi...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KSQM 91.5 FM


  • Added: Feb 15, 2012
  • Length: 11:02
  • Purchases: 2
Native Sounds: Ras K'Dee
From: Vision Maker Media
Series: Native Sounds
Caption: Ras K'Dee
Production Assistant Tobias Grant (Omaha/Dakota/Dineh/Cherokee) talked with Ras K'Dee about his music, Snag Magazine and his other projects working...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KSQM 91.5 FM


  • Added: Jan 09, 2012
  • Length: 10:51
  • Purchases: 2
Native Sounds: Gabriel Ayala
From: Vision Maker Media
Series: Native Sounds
Caption: Gabriel Ayala
Production Assistant Tobias Grant (Omaha/Dakota/Dineh/Cherokee) talked with Gabriel about his experience as a classical guitarist, his music and hi...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KSQM 91.5 FM


  • Added: Dec 06, 2011
  • Length: 11:38
  • Purchases: 2
Native Sounds: Nake Nula Waun
From: Vision Maker Media
Series: Native Sounds
Caption: Nake Nula Waun
Production Assistant Tobias Grant (Omaha/Dakota/Dineh/Cherokee) talked with Frank about his group, his experience performing with Baby Bash and Pau...

Bought by KSQM 91.5 FM


  • Added: Nov 09, 2011
  • Length: 13:48
  • Purchases: 1
Native Sounds: 2XG
From: Vision Maker Media
Series: Native Sounds
Caption: 2XG
Tobias Grant (Omaha/Dakota/Cherokee/Dineh) production assistant for NAPT, recently spoke with Twice as Good after their performance on Stage 49 dur...

Bought by KSQM 91.5 FM


  • Added: Nov 09, 2011
  • Length: 07:28
  • Purchases: 1
Native Sounds: Native Roots
From: Vision Maker Media
Series: Native Sounds
Caption: John Williams
Tobias Grant (Omaha) interviews his uncle John Williams of Native Roots.

Bought by KSQM 91.5 FM


  • Added: Nov 09, 2011
  • Length: 09:50
  • Purchases: 1
Native Sounds: Lakota Jonez
From: Vision Maker Media
Series: Native Sounds
Caption: Lakota Jonez
Tobias Grant (Omaha) speaks with Native musician Lakota Jonez.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KSQM 91.5 FM


  • Added: Aug 10, 2011
  • Length: 11:42
  • Purchases: 2
COOL IT -- Environmental Activist Bjorn Lomborg
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: Bjorn Lomborg, San Francisco, CA 10/18/10, Credit: Andrea Chase
The author of The Skeptical Environmentalist on a more efficient way to solve the environmental crisis.

  • Added: Nov 14, 2010
  • Length: 18:20
"Crossing Broadway" - Episode One
From: Jim Renehan
Series: "Crossing Broadway"
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Hour-long talk show focusing on theater and theater-culture with guests JIM BROCHU, Creator & Star of the off-Broadway hit ZERO HOUR (based on the ...

  • Added: May 17, 2010
  • Length: 54:59
Craig Childs Interview About Animal Dialogues
From: KVNF
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Craig Childs is interviewed about his book "Animal Dialogues".

Bought by NPR Station Showcase with PRX


  • Added: Mar 31, 2008
  • Length: 19:16
  • Purchases: 1