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Just in time for Halloween---Kiersten White's The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Author Kiersten White's retelling of the Mary Shelley's classic novel from the point of view of Mrs. Frankenstein.

  • Added: Oct 30, 2018
  • Length: 29:36
The Write Question - Elisa New - 381
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Harvard professor Elisa New explores the value of poetry in a social setting as it relates to her PBS production, "Poetry in America."

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 22, 2018
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 2
Truth in Storytelling: The Reality of Teachers’ Lives
From: Pius Wong
Series: The K12 Engineering Education Podcast
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Author Roxanna Elden discusses her new satirical novel Adequate Yearly Progress, which tells the story of the teachers’ lives across one year in th...

  • Added: Aug 06, 2018
  • Length: 45:49
The National Endowment for the Arts celebrates storytelling with Kiran Singh Sirah
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Kiran Singh Sirah
A conversation with Kiran Singh Sirah--head of the International Storytelling Center which builds community one story at a time.

Bought by KZUM and KVNF


  • Added: Jun 08, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
The National Endowment for the Arts celebrates novelist Jennifer Haigh
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Jennifer Haigh's novel Heat and Light takes a hard look at fracking in an Appalchian town

  • Added: May 03, 2018
  • Length: 28:18
The National Endowment for the Arts in conversation with author Emily St. John Mandel
From: National Endowment for the Arts
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Emily St John Mandel's post-apocalyptic novel Station Eleven looks at what endures when civilization ends.

  • Added: Mar 23, 2018
  • Length: 29:28
The National Endowment for the Arts celebrates actor and voice artist Dion Graham
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Dion Graham, Credit: JoAnne Perrin
Actor Dion has narrated hundreds of audio books and is an aural shape-shifter.

Bought by WNJR


  • Added: Mar 02, 2018
  • Length: 29:40
  • Purchases: 1
Harley Warrick's Mail Pouch Tobacco, a Balloon Flight Across the English Channel, and John Burrough's "The Snow Walkers" (01/07/18)
From: Colloquial Podcast
Series: Colloquial
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This week Colloquial explores Harley Warrick's Mail Pouch Tobacco, The Night Sky this Week, This Week's History Lesson and a reading from John Bur...

  • Added: Jan 11, 2018
  • Length: 11:14
Revisiting Deliverance (promo)
From: With Good Reason
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How sewing connects generations of women artists and workers -- The lesser known works of James Dickey -- The husband-and-wife team of celebrated a...

  • Added: Dec 08, 2017
  • Length: :30
Revisiting Deliverance (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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How sewing connects generations of women artists and workers -- The lesser known works of James Dickey -- The husband-and-wife team of celebrated a...

Bought by WCNY, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, WRGY, WMUU-LP, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and more


  • Added: Dec 08, 2017
  • Length: 53:56
  • Purchases: 7
Revisiting Deliverance (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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How sewing connects generations of women artists and workers -- The lesser known work of James Dickey -- The husband-and-wife team of celebrated au...

Bought by WJCT, KRZA, WUGA (part of GPB), KMUN, KKRN and more


  • Added: Dec 08, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 9
Encounters at the Heart of the World (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Pulitzer Prize-winner Elizabeth Fenn, author of Encounters at the Heart of the World, tells the story of the Plains Mandan tribe as they rose to a...

Bought by WCNY, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, WCWP, WTJU, WMUU-LP and more


  • Added: Nov 24, 2017
  • Length: 53:53
  • Purchases: 9
The Crossword Kid (promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason promo
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A conversation with the New York Times' newest crosswords editor - The forgotten genius of Christopher Marlowe - A memoir chronicles a life of disa...

Bought by WNMU-FM


  • Added: Oct 27, 2017
  • Length: :29
  • Purchases: 1
The Crossword Kid (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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A conversation with the New York Times' newest crosswords editor - The forgotten genius of Christopher Marlowe - A memoir chronicles a life of disa...

Bought by WCNY, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, WTJU, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WCWP and more


  • Added: Oct 27, 2017
  • Length: 53:58
  • Purchases: 11
The Crossword Kid (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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A conversation with the New York Times' newest crosswords editor - The forgotten genius of Christopher Marlowe

Bought by WJCT, WUGA (part of GPB), KRDP, WVAS, KMUN and more


  • Added: Oct 27, 2017
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 7
The National Endowment for the Arts in conversation with Junot Diaz
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Junot Diaz, Credit: Nina Subin
The National Book Award winner talks about author Julia Alvarez, Oscar Wao, and the wonder of reading.

  • Added: Oct 12, 2017
  • Length: 24:59
An Outrage: Reflections on Racism (promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason promo
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A new documentary sheds light on the ugly history of lynching - The work of author Ernest Gaines - Reflections from Charlottesville residents on th...

Bought by Georgia Public Broadcasting, WLPR , KUHF, and WNMU-FM


  • Added: Sep 29, 2017
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 4
An Outrage: Reflections on Racism (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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A new documentary sheds light on the ugly history of lynching - The work of author Ernest Gaines - Reflections from Charlottesville residents on th...

Bought by WCNY, Georgia Public Broadcasting, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WTJU and more


  • Added: Sep 29, 2017
  • Length: 53:57
  • Purchases: 11
An Outrage: Reflections on Racism (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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A new documentary sheds light on the ugly history of lynching - The work of author Ernest Gaines - Reflections from Charlottesville residents on th...

Bought by WJCT, WVAS, KRZA, WLPR , KMUN and more


  • Added: Sep 29, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 9
"They're Just People" (promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason promo
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Learning lessons on immigration in one of the nation's largest detention centers -- Tracking poachers in Appalachia -- Violent TV turning viewers o...

Bought by WNMU-FM


  • Added: Sep 15, 2017
  • Length: :29
  • Purchases: 1
"They're Just People" (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Learning lessons on immigration in one of the nation's largest detention centers -- Tracking poachers in Appalachia -- Violent TV turning viewers o...

Bought by WCNY, WCWP, WMUU-LP, WCMU Michigan, WRGY and more


  • Added: Sep 15, 2017
  • Length: 53:56
  • Purchases: 9
Best-selling author Karen Joy Fowler discusses her novel "We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves"
From: Out of Bounds
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Karen Joy Fowler talks about her compelling and heart breaking novel "We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves."

  • Added: Sep 13, 2017
  • Length: 28:00
Facing It (promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason promo
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Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Yusuf Komunyakaa -- The stories behind John Sargent’s portraits -- How rock became a white genre -- Racial paradoxes in...

Bought by WNMU-FM


  • Added: Sep 08, 2017
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 1
Facing It (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Yusuf Komunyakaa -- The stories behind John Sargent’s portraits -- How rock became a white genre -- Racial paradoxes in...

Bought by WCNY, WCWP, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WCMU Michigan, WRGY and more


  • Added: Sep 08, 2017
  • Length: 53:57
  • Purchases: 8
Facing It (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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Pulitzer-Prize winning poet Yusuf Komunyakaa -- A new book explores the stories behind Sargent's portraits

Bought by WJCT, KRZA, WCQS, WUGA (part of GPB), WVAS and more


  • Added: Sep 08, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 9