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Cultivating Wonder

From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: Cultivating Wonder

Maybe there’s something missing in your life you can’t quite explain. It might be that you need to re-discover your sense of wonder. We'll show you...

Bought by KAZU Seaside, Calif., Capital Public Radio, and KUNM

Added: Mar 21, 2023
Length: 59:00
Purchases: 3

777: Cultivating Wonder / 778: Hope: Are We Really Doomed?, 3/18/2023

From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge

HOUR ONE: "Cultivating Wonder" - Maybe there’s something missing in your life you can’t quite explain. It might be that you need to re-discover you...

Added: Mar 17, 2023
Length: 01:59:00

773: As Read By The Author / 774: Hope: Where Does It Come From?, 3/4/2023

From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge

HOUR ONE: 'As Read By The Author' - One of the most fun things we get to do is bring the soundscape of a novel to life — cue the monsters, the stor...

Added: Mar 03, 2023
Length: 01:59:01

771: How Should We Tell Our History? / 772: Reading While Young, 2/25/2023

From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge

HOUR ONE: "How Should We Tell Our History?" - Debates over history are front-page news, from critical race theory to AP history classes. How should...

Added: Feb 24, 2023
Length: 01:59:00

757: The Hidden Geometry Of Everything / 758: African Cities Of The Future, 1/7/2023

From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge

HOUR ONE: "The Hidden Geometry Of Everything" - The human brain is naturally mathematical. But there's one particular kind of math that's the secre...

Added: Jan 06, 2023
Length: 01:59:00

“Doubting Thomas” probes false accusations

From: Out in the Bay - Queer Radio from San Francisco

What would you do if you were falsely accused of improperly touching a child? And you see your career crumble …

Bought by WORT

Added: Dec 14, 2022
Length: 29:30
Purchases: 1

749: Astonishing African Futures / 750: Thinking With Animals, 12/10/2022

From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge

HOUR ONE: "Astonishing African Futures" - The new Black Panther movie, "Wakanda Forever," is dominating the global box office. This hour, a litera...

Added: Dec 09, 2022
Length: 01:59:00

727: Writing Truth And Lies / 728: What Sparks Creativity?, 9/24/2022

From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge

HOUR ONE: "Writing Truth And Lies" - It's a long walk from the truth to the whole truth. A biographer, a poet, a memoirist and a filmmaker describe...

Added: Sep 23, 2022
Length: 01:59:00

Kim Stanley Robinson: Writing the Future Story People Want

From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends

Can a novel become a catalyst to help us address impending climate disaster? That’s one question posed by the legendary Kim Stanley Robinson, in hi...

Bought by KWMR, RadioFreePalmer, RadioStPete Florida, KMUN, KDNK and more

Added: Sep 21, 2022
Length: 28:00
Purchases: 6

723: Telling A Life / 724: The Power Of Pleasure And Joy, 9/10/2022

From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge

HOUR ONE: "Telling A Life" - How do you tell the story of your life? Songwriter Patti Smith says try writing "about nothing." HOUR TWO: "The Powe...

Added: Sep 09, 2022
Length: 01:59:00

Working-Class Poets

From: New Letters on the Air

The rigors and joys of work are celebrated in this special anthology program entitled WORKING CLASS POETS. B.H. Fairchild, Susan Gubernat, Robert S...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), GCR (Global Community Radio), and WNJR

Added: Sep 07, 2022
Length: 29:00
Purchases: 3

709: Reading While Young / 710: Amusement Parks, 7/23/2022

From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge

HOUR ONE: "Reading While Young" - Having trouble reading? Maybe the answer is a younger read. We'll celebrate the new season of our "Bookmarks" mic...

Added: Jul 22, 2022
Length: 01:59:00

705: Decolonizing The Mind / 706: Traveling By Book, 7/9/2022

From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge

HOUR ONE: 'Decolonizing the Mind' - Colonization in Africa was much more than a land grab. It was a project to replace — and even erase — local cul...

Added: Jul 08, 2022
Length: 01:58:59

699: You're Not OK. That's OK. / 700: Difficult Summer Reading, 6/18/2022

From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge

HOUR ONE: "You're Not OK. That's OK." - One of our producers created a yard sign. It reads: "You're not OK. That's OK." 300 signs later, it's causi...

Added: Jun 17, 2022
Length: 01:59:00

The Agony and the Ecstasy: Race and the Future of the Love Story Part 2

From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact

We revisit a major race debate within the Romance Writers of America that began in 2019 and talk about why questions of race in art and in institut...

Bought by WXDU, RadioFreePalmer, and C89.5 - KNHC Seattle

Added: Jun 02, 2022
Length: 29:00
Purchases: 3

Josh Weiss discusses "Beat the Devils"

From: Steven Nester
Series: Poets of the Tabloid Murder

Josh Weiss is a novelist who lives in Philadelphia.

Added: Jun 01, 2022
Length: 26:48

693: The Hidden Geometry Of Everything / 694: Solace Of Nature, 5/28/2022

From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge

HOUR ONE: "The Hidden Geometry Of Everything" - The human brain is naturally mathematical. But there's one particular kind of math that's the secre...

Added: May 27, 2022
Length: 01:59:00

689: How To Be An Ethical Traveler / 690: Traveling By Book, 5/14/2022

From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge

HOUR ONE: "How To Be An Ethical Traveler" - Uttakleiv, Norway, population 13, is inundated by 250,000 tourists every year. This hour, how can we tr...

Added: May 13, 2022
Length: 01:59:00

687: Writing As A Political Act / 688: Deep Tracks (Live In Studio), 5/7/2022

From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge

HOUR ONE: "Writing As A Political Act" - In peaceful times, and in moments of violence, writers have used their art as protest, remembrance, and so...

Added: May 06, 2022
Length: 01:59:01

683: Poetry In A Troubled Time / 684: Books We Can't Forget, 4/23/2022

From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge

HOUR ONE: "Poetry In A Troubled Time" - Why do people turn to poetry during troubled times? Poetry is often the one language we need. Join us for a...

Added: Apr 22, 2022
Length: 01:59:00

2021 Producer’s Choice Awards – Part 2: The Poetry Show

From: WFHB
Series: Interchange

Today we feature four poets who help us see our own predicaments – one who shows us we contain multitudes; one whose life and writing was always an...

Added: Apr 05, 2022
Length: 59:00

Part Four: Shapeshifting

From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: Kinship With The More-Than-Human World

Seals that can turn into women, men who transform into wolves… Stories about shape-shifting are among the oldest in the world. What are they trying...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WFAE, KUHF, KSPB Pebble Beach, WHRV and more

Added: Mar 10, 2022
Length: 59:00
Purchases: 6

Part Three: When Mountains Are Gods

From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: Kinship With The More-Than-Human World

Science tells us mountains are giant piles of rock, formed millions of years ago. But that's not all they are. This hour, we'll remember a time whe...

Bought by KAZU Seaside, Calif., KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KUHF, KSPB Pebble Beach, WHRV and more