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Author Katy Butler and “Knocking on Heaven’s Door”
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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In this enlightening memoir about her parents’ deaths, the author lays out some of the difficulties in having the so-called good death when teamed ...

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


  • Added: Sep 04, 2014
  • Length: 10:00
  • Purchases: 2
WWI: The Shock of the New
From: Open Source
Series: Open Source with Christopher Lydon
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Out of the mire and death of World War One, even before the shooting stops, comes the strangest thing: the novel of the century.

Bought by WABE and WRPI


  • Added: Sep 04, 2014
  • Length: 58:27
  • Purchases: 2
Boy, Snow, Bird
From: Open Source
Series: Open Source Shorts and Podcasts
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Novelist Helen Oyeyemi reads from her dreamy, fairy-tale-inspired novel and reflects on themes of beauty and race.

Bought by KPIP-LP and PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 18, 2014
  • Length: 07:21
  • Purchases: 2
Street Roots
From: Adrienne Picciotto
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Street Roots is a non-profit news outlet that has been addressing homelessness and poverty in Portland, Oregon since 1998.

  • Added: Jul 17, 2014
  • Length: 03:27
Bruce Cutler on Conversations With Allan Wolper
From: Conversations with Allan Wolper
Series: Conversations with Allan Wolper, WBGO.ORG
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Bruce Cutler, one of the most flamboyant criminal defense lawyers in recent history, made his legal bones representing clients like the late Mafia ...

Bought by KPIK-LP and WYAP


  • Added: Jun 05, 2014
  • Length: 30:17
  • Purchases: 2
Finding Place in The Placelessness: A Conversation about Midwestern Literature with Justin Hamm and Christina Olson
From: NPR Illinois
Series: Quiddity
Caption: Quiddity International Literary Journal and Public-Radio Program
Finding Place in the Placelessness: Justin Hamm and Christina Olson talk with assistant editor John McCarthy about their experiences as editors for...

  • Added: Mar 05, 2014
  • Length: 15:53
The John Sebastian Interview
From: Jake Feinberg
Series: In The Land of Giants
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John Sebastian talks with Jake Feinberg about his mentors and teachers like Mississippi John Hurt and Lightnin' Hopkins.

Bought by WABE


  • Added: Dec 18, 2013
  • Length: 06:25
  • Purchases: 1
The Art of Joni Finnegan
From: KQAL
Series: Art Beat
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On this episode of Art Beat, we visit with Joni Finnegan, a southeast Minnesota artist with a deep appreciation and love of nature. Joni creates "e...

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: Aug 16, 2013
  • Length: 21:16
  • Purchases: 1
The Opening Door Show - Philip Shepherd
From: Wendy Strgar
Series: The Opening Door - Positivity Series
Caption: Philip Shepherd
The Opening Door with Wendy Strgar, Loveologist, entrepreneur, & educator, is a joyful refocusing on love as the transformative force of life. The ...

  • Added: Jun 04, 2013
  • Length: 25:51
Radio Passover: Baby Got Backlash + The New Birthday Song
From: WFMU
Series: Radio Free Culture
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Join Andrea and her Grandma Phyllis for Radio Passover. While the two munch matza and bitter herbs, they'll present a selection of stories about th...

Bought by Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi) and KPIP-LP


  • Added: May 14, 2013
  • Length: 58:27
  • Purchases: 2
Gaelic language with Michael McNamara, Orla Kearns, and Louise Gibbons
From: WDSE
Series: Ojibwe Stories: Gaganoonididaa
Caption: Louise Gibbons, Orla Kearns, and Michael McNamara.
Host Erik Redix, an assistant professor of American Indian Studies at UMD, talks with Michael McNamara, Orla Kearns, and Louise Gibbons about the c...

Bought by Bois Forte Tribal Community Radio, WMUU-LP, Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota, KSRQ, and KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle


  • Added: Apr 20, 2013
  • Length: 29:24
  • Purchases: 5
Fresh Talk: Jack Sanders
From: Cathy Byrd
Series: Fresh Art International
Caption: Jack Sanders, Credit: Cathy Byrd
Cathy Byrd speaks with Austin-based Jack Sanders about slow architecture and his Design Build Adventure projects.

  • Added: Dec 17, 2012
  • Length: 15:47
Fresh Talk: Land Arts of the American West
From: Cathy Byrd
Series: Fresh Art International
Caption: Land Arts of the American West 2011 participants, Credit: Joe DeMarco
Cathy Byrd drives to Lubbock, Texas, to meet with professor Chris Taylor and architecture students who participated in Land Arts of the American We...

  • Added: Dec 17, 2012
  • Length: 10:37
ALL SHE CAN -- Daniel Meisel Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
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Producer Daniel Meisel on power lifting, being strong, and rapping the truth.

  • Added: Nov 11, 2011
  • Length: 20:17
The Importance of Work
From: The Drucker Institute
Series: Drucker on the Dial
Caption: Author Richard Ford, Credit: Sahlan Hayes
Host Phalana Tiller interviews Geoffrey Brewer of the Gallup Press and novelist Richard Ford. And Bloomberg Businessweek online columnist Rick Wart...

Bought by KFOK-LPFM


  • Added: Jun 10, 2011
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 1
Talking Poetry in Our Time with Nicholson Baker and Franz Wright
From: Open Source
Caption: Nicholson Baker
Part of "Whose Words These Are," our look at poetry in our time: first Christopher Lydon in conversation with novelist Nicholson Baker, whose novel...

Bought by KALW, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KUT, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WEOS and more


  • Added: Apr 04, 2011
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 6
The Politics of Black Women's Hair
From: Ashly Kissman
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Chris Rock's latest documentary Good Hair addresses the complexities of black women's hair in our society with humor. Dr. Althea Prince, a professo...

  • Added: Mar 23, 2010
  • Length: 23:04
How Philosophy Can Save Your Life
From: With Good Reason
Caption: Book Cover
Changing our place in the world, through philosophy and math skills.

  • Added: Jan 28, 2010
  • Length: 29:01
Award-winning novel "Netherland" with Joseph O'Neill
From: New Letters on the Air
Caption: Joseph O'Neill
NETHERLAND, the 2009 novel by Joseph O'Neill, won the PEN/Faulkner award. He discusses the arduous process of writing the book, which is set in hi...

  • Added: Unknown
  • Length: 29:00
Building Green
From: Bill Baue
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BuildingGreen.com founder Alex Wilson discusses the history, current state, and future of the green building movement. Erin Gorman, CEO of Divine ...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 11, 2009
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
The Mindful Path to Sustainability
From: Bill Baue
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Stephanie Kaza links buddhism and sustainability in her new book, MINDFULLY GREEN: A Personal and Spiritual Guide to Whole Earth Thinking. Sea Cha...

  • Added: Mar 06, 2009
  • Length: 29:03
The Art of Marriage
From: With Good Reason
Caption: Scene IV - Tongue, The Tale of a Wedded Life, Credit: by Cassius M. Collidge, 1877
Of course, forgive and forget? Right?

  • Added: Feb 11, 2009
  • Length: 29:00
Soldier Finds Music
From: Tanya Ott
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former trombone player-turned-elite soldier finds music again with the Philadelphia Orchestra

  • Added: Nov 13, 2006
  • Length: 09:47