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Grandma inspired first lesbian Calif. Supreme Court Justice
From: Out in the Bay - Queer Radio from San Francisco
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California Supreme Court Associate Justice Kelli Evans, the first out lesbian on the state's high court, was raised by her grandmother in public ho...

Bought by WORT


  • Added: Apr 04, 2023
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
USAF Veteran Lauren Hough: ‘Leaving Isn’t the Hardest Thing’
From: Out in the Bay - Queer Radio from San Francisco
Caption: Essayist Lauren Hough in 2018, Credit: Karl Poss IV / Vintage Books
In our queer nod to Veterans Day, we bring you writer Lauren Hough, who grew up in the infamous Christian free-love cult The Family. At 18, she joi...

Bought by KWMR


  • Added: Jun 08, 2021
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
Crime novelist T Jefferson Parker takes to the slopes with “Crazy Blood”
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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In Parker’s 22nd book, it’s high noon up in the Sierra Nevada Mountains in Mammoth Falls, 7880 feet above sea level. The air smells like snow, memo...

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


  • Added: Mar 17, 2016
  • Length: 09:58
  • Purchases: 2
North Carolina Novelist David Joy, “Where All Light Tends To Go”
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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This southern noir tale is the intimate story of 18-year-old Jacob McNeely whose daddy controls the crystal meth business in a small town in rural ...

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


  • Added: Feb 20, 2016
  • Length: 09:37
  • Purchases: 2
The Eastern Shore #14 - Jim O'Brien on Violence in Oakland
From: Brock Winstead
Series: The Eastern Shore
Caption: Jim O'Brien
Writer Jim O'Brien talks about his reporting on violence, its aftermath, and prevention in Oakland.

Bought by KALW


  • Added: Nov 15, 2014
  • Length: 12:31
  • Purchases: 1
Scott Miller Interview #1421
From: Sloane Spencer
Series: Country Fried Rock
Caption: Scott Miller, Credit: Official Press Photo
Scott Miller is miles away from his days with the V-Roys, but Knoxville still claims him as their own, even if he has since returned to rural Virgi...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio, KRPS, WSLR, KKRN, WLPR and more


  • Added: Aug 04, 2014
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 6
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
David Mayfield Interview
From: Sloane Spencer
Series: Country Fried Rock
Caption: David Mayfield Parade, Good Man Down, Credit: Official Album Cover
David Mayfield grew up in his family's bluegrass gospel band, touring the Midwest in their bus and feeling the weight of earning a livelihood from ...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio, WLPR , KRPS, KFOK-LPFM, KGLT and more


  • Added: Jun 05, 2014
  • Length: 57:59
  • Purchases: 8
Author Jenny Bowen, “Wish You Happy Forever"
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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Though she identifies herself as just an ordinary person with a dream, au contraire, Jenny’s accomplishments are stunning. She is an American who...

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


  • Added: Apr 12, 2014
  • Length: 09:53
  • Purchases: 2
Country Fried Rock Interviews John Moreland #1403
From: Sloane Spencer
Series: Country Fried Rock
Caption: John Moreland, Credit: Official Press Photo
Oklahoma songwriter, John Moreland, has been described by noted colleagues as "the best living songwriter nobody knows," and the humble, self-effac...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio, WLPR , KFOK-LPFM, KKRN, and KSRQ


  • Added: Jan 22, 2014
  • Length: 58:01
  • Purchases: 5
Country Fried Rock Interviews JD Wilkes of The Dirt Daubers
From: Sloane Spencer
Series: Country Fried Rock
Caption: Official Press Photo from the Dirt Daubers
JD Wilkes & The Dirt Daubers went electric on Wild Moon, and if you only knew their old time acoustic debut, Wake Up Sinners, and have not seen the...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio, WLPR , KKRN, and KSRQ


  • Added: Nov 14, 2013
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 4
Howard Smith interviews Joe Cocker 11/21/1969
From: Ezra Bookstein
Series: The Smith Tapes
Caption: Collection 4 - Woodstock, Credit: Masaki Koike
Howard Smith's interview with Joe Cocker, Nov. 21st, 1969. Riding on his new success from Woodstock, Cocker and his band return to the US for a qui...

Bought by KVNF, KUOW, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 09, 2013
  • Length: 03:38
  • Purchases: 3
Aloha O Hawaii Polynesian Dancers
From: Lana Straub
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Interview with Polynesian Dance group from West Texas and their Hawaiian guests

  • Added: Aug 02, 2013
  • Length: 03:40
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
Native Word: Arne Vainio
From: Vision Maker Media
Series: Native Word
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Reporter Ben Kreimer speaks with Dr. Arne Vainio from the film Walking into the Unknown.

Bought by Bois Forte Tribal Community Radio


  • Added: Sep 23, 2010
  • Length: 09:06
  • Purchases: 1
Interview with DIANE ACKERMAN, author of bestseller "The Zoo Keeper's Wife."
From: Out of Bounds
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Very personal conversation with author Diane ACKERMAN about The Zoo Keeper's Wife, now a major film.

  • Added: Jan 16, 2008
  • Length: 29:30
Interview with legendary folk singer PEGGY SEEGER
From: Out of Bounds
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The legendary Peggy Seeger talks about her life, music and travels

Bought by Connecticut Public (WNPR)


  • Added: Jan 05, 2007
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
Interview with singer and human rights activist SAMITE known as "the soul of Africa"
From: Tish Pearlman
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Singer/composer and human rights activist SAMITE talks about his life and work

  • Added: Jan 05, 2007
  • Length: 28:00