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HOUR ONE: "The Spirit Of Jim Thorpe" - Jim Thorpe was one of the greatest athletes the world has ever known. A Native American hero who broke recor...
- Added: Jun 14, 2024
- Length: 01:59:00
This week, we're talking about some of the very oldest words in the English language, and how little some of them have changed over thousands of ye...
- Added: Jun 06, 2024
- Length: 28:58
- Purchases: 2
Author Cheri Johnson talks about her new book "Annika Rose"
- Added: Jun 06, 2024
- Length: 06:51
Singing as an aspect of life and love.
- Added: Jun 03, 2024
- Length: 01:00:27
HOUR ONE: "Avian obsessions" - It’s summer and the birds are singing. Building nests, eating worms. Watching them makes a lot of people happy – but...
- Added: May 31, 2024
- Length: 01:59:01
We're looking at words that were made by smooshing together other words, but it all happened so long ago that we completely forgot about it.
- Added: May 30, 2024
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 2
Author Laura Purdie Salas talks about her book "Oskar's Voyage"
- Added: May 30, 2024
- Length: 08:07
Some of us (Fletcher) can never keep straight what, exactly, the subjunctive is, so fortunately Kathy and Ross are here to remind us.
- Added: May 09, 2024
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 2
On this episode, we talked about the new book "Living Space" by Michael E. Veal, which is a thorough and creative examination of John Coltrane's fr...
- Added: May 05, 2024
- Length: 28:27
HOUR ONE: "Giving up" - Our lives are full of lists and responsibilities. Things to do, things to be. Maybe it's time to let go and give something ...
- Added: Apr 26, 2024
- Length: 01:58:59
Author Emma Törzs talks about "Ink Blood Sister Scribe", a nominee for this year's Minnesota Book Award
- Added: Apr 25, 2024
- Length: 08:29
HOUR ONE: "Deep Time: How Earth keeps time" - No one understands time like a geologist. And with the climate convulsing and the future breathing do...
- Added: Apr 19, 2024
- Length: 01:59:00
HOUR ONE: "Total eclipse and other wonders" - Millions of people are traveling to see the total solar eclipse. Meanwhile, the exact nature of the u...
- Added: Apr 05, 2024
- Length: 01:59:02
We get back to one of our favorite topics: words that sound a lot like other words but that mean totally different things.
- Added: Mar 20, 2024
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 2
Author Naomi Kritzer talks about the Minnesota Book Award nominee "Liberty's Daughter"
- Added: Mar 14, 2024
- Length: 09:16
On the next episode of the show, you know if you're like me every once in a while, you wish you were more lucky than you are. But the truth is, luc...
- Added: Mar 07, 2024
- Length: 52:51
- Purchases: 5
Sonnets and poetic songs set to a variety of music.
- Added: Mar 02, 2024
- Length: 01:01:23
We speak with Jenny Odell, author of "Saving Time: Discovering a Life Beyond the Clock," about how the ways we think about time shapes our lives. A...
Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, RadioFreePalmer, KMUN, and RadioStPete Florida
- Added: Feb 20, 2024
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 4
HOUR ONE: "Luminous: What Can Psychedelics Teach Us About Dying?" - Could psychedelics change the way we approach death and dying? We'll explore th...
- Added: Feb 16, 2024
- Length: 01:59:00
Some communities build stories together through the traditions they maintain. Today, we'll visit a community and it's chili cookoff.
Bought by WVPE, KCNP, KTXK, KSJE, Robin Hood Radio/ WHDD AM 1020/FM 91.9-WLHV FM 88.1 /WGHQ AM 920 and more
- Added: Feb 15, 2024
- Length: 52:50
- Purchases: 8
HOUR ONE: "To All The Dogs We've Loved" - Picture yourself half way through a thousand mile sled dog race. What do you think about? This hour, adve...
- Added: Feb 09, 2024
- Length: 01:59:01
On the next episode of the show, stories about stories. Stories about the telling of stories, why they're important and why people love to tell the...
Bought by Robin Hood Radio/ WHDD AM 1020/FM 91.9-WLHV FM 88.1 /WGHQ AM 920, Angelica Community Radio, WVPE, KCNP, KTXK and more
- Added: Feb 08, 2024
- Length: 52:51
- Purchases: 9
Author Brenda J. Child talks about the new book (and new art exhibit) "Dreaming Our Futures"
- Added: Feb 08, 2024
- Length: 08:34
Author Cary J. Griffith talks about his new book "Gunflint Falling: Blowdown in the Boundary Waters"
- Added: Feb 01, 2024
- Length: 10:13
Have you ever wished there was a different way to read – or hear - the news? For generations, through wars and political upheaval, poets have been ...
Bought by WRKF, Boise State Public Radio, KUOW, WKSU, and KECG
- Added: Jan 18, 2024
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 5
