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Policing the Police with John LaFratta Part 3
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
Caption: John LaFratta, Credit: Charles McGuigan
John LaFratta is a defense attorney in both civil and criminal cases. Over the years he has represented clients charged with every conceivable crim...

  • Added: Mar 11, 2024
  • Length: 27:47
Booktalk: Novelist Sanjena Sathian's "Gold Diggers"
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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“A floundering second-generation teen growing up in Atlanta’s suburbs, Neil Narayan doesn’t have the same drive as everyone around him. His parents...

  • Added: Apr 14, 2021
  • Length: 08:46
Booktalk: Christopher McDougall’s “Running with Sherman: The Donkey with the Heart of a Hero”
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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Chris McDougall’s “Running with Sherman: The Donkey with the Heart of a Hero” introduces us to a small farm in rural Pennsylvania and the McDougal...

  • Added: Dec 17, 2019
  • Length: 09:57
Deb Perelman and “Smitten Kitchen Every Day: Triumphant & Unfussy New Favorites”
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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Blogger & cookbook author Deb Perelman, a self-taught home cook, is the creator of smittenkitchen.com, one of the most popular cooking blogs on the...

  • Added: Jan 30, 2018
  • Length: 09:15
Patricia McConnell & The Education of Will: A Mutual Memoir of a Woman and Her Dog
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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The author is a zoologist & animal behaviorist. She describes herself as “stupid in love with dogs” and is known for her work with troubled canines...

  • Added: Mar 06, 2017
  • Length: 09:30
David Shannon & his latest fowl adventure, “Duck On A Tractor”
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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This popular and prolific children’s picture book creator takes Duck of barnyard fame to the next level—driving the farmer’s tractor. David talks a...

  • Added: Nov 23, 2016
  • Length: 09:57
Chitra Divakaruni discusses “Before We Visit The Goddess”
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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Chitra, an American Book Award winner, is known for creating tales of vivid women characters who live in either India or America. She is the author...

  • Added: Nov 13, 2016
  • Length: 09:54
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
Crayons have feelings? Drew Daywalt and "The Day the Crayons Came Home"
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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His box of crayons on his desk inspired Drew's first book, "The Day the Crayons Quit." His parents' generosity served as the bedrock for his latest...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Sep 18, 2015
  • Length: 09:59
  • Purchases: 1
Novelist Rebecca Makkai: Writing, Art, and Families
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Author Rebecca Makkai, Credit: Philippe Matsas
From beautifully-crafted short fiction to page-turning gothic novels, Rebecca Makkai puts art at the heart of her work.

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WNJR, WABE, KPIP-LP, and KPVL


  • Added: Jul 21, 2015
  • Length: 28:29
  • Purchases: 5
Romance, dating, sex and - Muslim women? Nura Maznavi’s book “Love, InshAllah: The Secret Love Lives of American Muslim Women”
From: Joseph Sr Dobzynski
Series: We All Live Here For What It's Worth
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Romance, dating, sex and - Muslim women? Nura Maznavi’s book “Love, InshAllah: The Secret Love Lives of American Muslim Women”

  • Added: Mar 03, 2015
  • Length: 22:46
Cookbook Author Anne Byrn: "Unbelievably Gluten-Free"
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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Anne’s particular talent with her cookbooks is creating well written and easy-to-follow recipes. And as many readers know, this is not always true ...

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Feb 24, 2015
  • Length: 09:48
  • Purchases: 1
Story of an African childhood: Author Robyn Scott
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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The author of “Twenty Chickens for a Saddle” is a social entrepreneur who works in southern Africa. But back when she was 7 she moved from England ...

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


  • Added: Feb 08, 2015
  • Length: 08:50
  • Purchases: 2
Author Isabel Allende's first crime novel: Ripper
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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A Chilean-born author, Isabel is best known for her novels and memoirs. But now, after deciding not to retire from writing books after all, she's ...

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


  • Added: Apr 14, 2014
  • Length: 09:59
  • Purchases: 2
Author Garrison Keillor, citizen of Lake Wobegon
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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Maybe you know this place. Where all the women are strong, all the men are good-looking, and all the children are above-average. Perhaps best know...

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


  • Added: Nov 06, 2013
  • Length: 10:03
  • Purchases: 2
Howard Smith interviews John Lennon & Yoko Ono 12/19/1969
From: Ezra Bookstein
Series: The Smith Tapes
Caption: Collection 2 - Aquarian Theatre, Credit: Masaki Koike
Howard Smith's interview with John Lennon & Yoko Ono on Dec. 19th, 1969 at Ronnie Hawkin's ranch outside of Toronto.

Bought by CI Dolphin Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 09, 2013
  • Length: 04:44
  • Purchases: 2
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
Beach-read favorite Dorothea Benton Frank and “The Last Original Wife”
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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Leslie Anne Greene Carter is the only first wife remaining among her husband’s tight-knit group of friends in Atlanta. The author talks about Lesli...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Jul 06, 2013
  • Length: 10:02
  • Purchases: 1
Author Kent Haruf, Narrator of Holt County, Colorado
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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A National Book Award finalist, Kent writes about the residents of a small town in fictional Holt County on the plains of eastern Colorado. His new...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: May 16, 2013
  • Length: 09:59
  • Purchases: 1
Author Andre Dubus III and "Townie"
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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Although Andre is perhaps best known for his novel, "House of Sand and Fog," this is a memoir about tough times growing up in Massachusetts. This i...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: May 03, 2013
  • Length: 09:58
  • 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 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
Author Anthony Swofford and Getting Past Fame and Fortune
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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Anthony’s latest book, “Hotels, Hospitals and Jails” describes his life after the pluses and minuses of the fame of "Jarhead." In that book he chro...

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


  • Added: Feb 25, 2013
  • Length: 10:02
  • Purchases: 2
The Possibility of You
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: Turning Pages: Authors and Their Words
Caption: Pamela Redmond
Can we ever atone for the sins of the past? Or does each generation of women invent itself anew? In THE POSSIBILITY OF YOU, bestselling author Pam...

  • Added: May 09, 2012
  • Length: 13:39
Tales from the South: 076 The Power of Nature
From: Paula Morell
Series: Tales from the South 2012 Spring Season
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This week our writers all experience the incredible power of Mother Nature, from crashing waves to lightning strikes to shooting stars. Stories by ...

  • Added: Apr 07, 2012
  • Length: 29:00