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Butterfly in the Typewriter
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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A Confederacy of Dunces, by New Orleans-born John Kennedy Toole, is one of the great stories of American literature. A new biography of Toole tells...

Bought by WCNY, WCWP, WABE, and WTJU


  • Added: May 10, 2013
  • Length: 53:54
  • Purchases: 4
THE PINK PANTHER -- Robert Wagner & Robert Osborne Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: Robert Osborne and Robert Wagner, San Francisco, CA 4/16/13, Credit: Andrea Chase
Robert Osborne and Robert Wagner talk improvisation,Charlie Chaplin, and the evolution of screen size.

  • Added: Apr 18, 2013
  • Length: 16:13
Food Sleuth Radio, Sandor Katz Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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Where there’s fermentation, there’s culture. Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn, for her interview with Sando...

  • Added: Apr 15, 2013
  • Length: 28:00
Red Ink
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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A common historical myth is that Native Americans were an “oral people” who didn't engage in literacy. But one scholar argues that Native Americans...

Bought by WJCT, Harford Community Radio, and WFHB


  • Added: Mar 22, 2013
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 3
Author Alexandra Fuller and "Cocktail Hour Under the Tree of Forgetfulness"
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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In her first memoir, “Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight: An African Childhood,” British-born Alexandra introduced us to her family and her early y...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Mar 09, 2013
  • Length: 10:02
  • Purchases: 1
130303 Synthetic Arabic Music
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
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A sequel to the Synthetic Chinese Music show of a December 30, 2012. Tonight an hour's worth of songs that use the oboe, gongs and tiny bells to c...

  • Added: Mar 03, 2013
  • Length: 02:50:41
Aaron Neville
From: South Carolina Public Radio
Series: Song Travels with Michael Feinstein News Friendly Version
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Aaron Neville News-Friendly Format (1:00 billboard; 5:00 news hole; 52:00 program) Grammy-winning R&B /soul singer Aaron Neville has been a radio ...

Bought by KUOW, KISU, KFOK-LPFM, and KUOW


  • Added: Feb 12, 2013
  • Length: 53:00
  • Purchases: 4
Brigham Young: American Moses?
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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Brigham Young was a rough-hewn transient from New York whose life was electrified by the Mormon faith. He married more than 50 women, and transform...

Bought by WJCT and WFHB


  • Added: Jan 17, 2013
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 2
Fresh Talk: William Pope.L
From: Cathy Byrd
Series: Fresh Art International
Caption: William Pope.L, Blink New Orleans, 2012, Credit: Cathy Byrd
William Pope.L, an American performance artist and interventionist, talks about Blink, his magic lantern show for Prospect.2 New Orleans, 2011.

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Jan 07, 2013
  • Length: 06:30
  • Purchases: 1
THE IMPOSSIBLE -- Belen Atienza, Juan Antonio Bayona, & Sergio Sanchez Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: Sergio Sanchez, Belen Atienza, Juan Antionio Bayona, San Francisco CA, 10/31/12, Credit: Andrea Chase
Co-producer Belen Atienza, director Juan Antonio Bayona, and screenwriter Sergio Sanchez, talk control, heart, and respect.

  • Added: Jan 02, 2013
  • Length: 11:55
Independent Book Stores Speak Up for the Written Word - on ThoughtCast!
From: Jenny Attiyeh
Caption: Kate Rosenberger@Dog Eared Books, Credit: Jenny Attiyeh
Be it a curmudgeonly Galwegian on the West coast of Ireland, an erudite scholar in Dublin or a literary motorcyclist 'flower child' of San Francisc...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Dec 20, 2012
  • Length: 56:24
  • Purchases: 1
After the Berlin Wall Came Down
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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More than 20 years after Germans tore down the Berlin Wall, they are still dealing with the stigmas of a formerly divided country.

Bought by WJCT


  • Added: Dec 06, 2012
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 1
HITCHCOCK -- Sacha Gervasi Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
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Sacha Gervasi talks legends, reality, and the magic of the number 27.

  • Added: Nov 23, 2012
  • Length: 16:32
1619: The Making of America
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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1619 was the year the first Africans arrived on the North American continent. There were at least 20 of them and they came as slaves from Angola. B...

  • Added: Oct 12, 2012
  • Length: 29:00
Furious Love
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, and the Marriage of the Century. Plus, a satire of college football. And, a conversation with the son of a scienc...

Bought by WJCT


  • Added: Sep 24, 2012
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 1
Is This Place Great or What
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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A photographic study of American consumerism, from the blank stares of shoppers to the mountains of stuff in front of them.

Bought by WJCT, Harford Community Radio, KVSC, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and KBRP Community Radio


  • Added: Jul 27, 2012
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 5
Madam CJ Walker: An African American Self-Made Millionaire
From: Liz Humes
Series: Wordy Birds
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On this episode of Wordy Birds we interview Alelia Bundles on her great-great grandmothers transformation into an entrepreneur and social activist-...

Bought by WCSU-FM


  • Added: Jul 17, 2012
  • Length: 27:30
  • Purchases: 1
The Censorship of Dorian Gray
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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A new edition restores Oscar Wilde's famous novel to its original form.

Bought by XRAY.fm


  • Added: Jul 17, 2012
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 1
San Francisco Silent Film Festival -- Artistic Director Anita Monga
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
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Anita Monga, Artistic Director of the San Francisco Silent Film Festival, talks preservation, going digital, and why Buster Keaton is funny in any ...

  • Added: Jul 09, 2012
  • Length: 16:39
The Faiths of the Postwar Presidents
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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A look at the religious lives of the twelve U.S. presidents who have served since the end of World War Two.

Bought by WJCT, Harford Community Radio, and WMNR


  • Added: Apr 23, 2012
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Equal Time: The Networks and the Civil Rights Movement
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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How the evening news shaped attitudes about race relations during the Civil Rights Movement.

Bought by KALW, WJCT, Harford Community Radio, KRZA, WJAB and more


  • Added: Feb 03, 2012
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 9
THE ARTIST -- Writer/director Michel Hazanavicius
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: Michel Hazanavicius, San Francisco, CA 10/16/11, Credit: Andrea Chase
Oscar(tm)-winner Michel Hazanavicius talks silence, sound, and using color to get to black & white.

  • Added: Dec 04, 2011
  • Length: 18:21
MY WEEK WITH MARILYN -- Simon Curtis interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: Simon Curtis, San Francisco, CA 10/11/11, Credit: Andrea Chase
Director Simon Curtis on recreating a legend, living up the myth, and the uses of terror.

  • Added: Nov 29, 2011
  • Length: 13:39
THE STRANGE HISTORY OF DON'T ASK, DON'T TELL -- Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato, San Francisco, CA 9/14/11, Credit: Andrea Chase
Filmmakers Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato talk lies, prejudice, and windows of opportunity.

  • Added: Sep 20, 2011
  • Length: 16:48
SNOW FLOWER AND THE SECRET FAN -- Wayne Wang Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
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Wayne Wang talks high heels, bound feet, and radical Quakers

  • Added: Jul 12, 2011
  • Length: 16:21