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Father and daughter poets Willis and Aliki Barnstone share their work, talk about how they influence each other, and read from poems old and new.

Bought by WNJR


  • Added: Jul 22, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Amy Ryan
Two short plays. In Pulitzer Prize winner David Auburn’s Fifth Planet, a professional astronomer played by Amy Ryan (Birdman; Gone, Baby, Gone) an...

Bought by Connecticut Public (WNPR), WHRV, Oregon Public Broadcasting, and KUNM


  • Added: Jan 15, 2016
  • Length: 53:00
  • Purchases: 4
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The Art and Entertainment News That You Want To Know!!! Featuring the Artist AmarA, Director Sue Zizza, and #1 New York Times bestseller The Grave...

  • Added: Jan 06, 2016
  • Length: 58:34
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The Art and Entertainment News That You Want To Know!!! Featuring Director and Writer Don Thacker, Author Dr. Frank Romano, and The Finest Hours i...

  • Added: Oct 07, 2015
  • Length: 58:45
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The Art and Entertainment News That You Want To Know!!! Featuring the New Zealand band Ivy Blue, Author Martin Lastrapes, and Night Fall by New Yo...

  • Added: Jun 10, 2015
  • Length: 57:31
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A few years ago Lisa Potts was looking behind her dresser when she saw a cassette tape. She’d forgotten about the tape--a recording of an interview...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, Troy Public Radio, WABE, and PRX Remix


  • Added: May 26, 2015
  • Length: 05:55
  • Purchases: 5
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WTIP's Ann Possis had the chance to speak with best-selling Minnesota author Lorna Landvik recently about her new book, "Best to Laugh." It's loos...

  • Added: Sep 16, 2014
  • Length: 18:38
Caption: Freakonomics' Stephen J. Dubner
Freaks and nerds unite! Freakonomics' Stephen Dubner teaches Tricia and Greta how to think like a freak. Plus a portrait of astronaut Sally Ride on...

Bought by KUAC, WRIR, and KMXT


  • Added: Jun 24, 2014
  • Length: 26:59
  • Purchases: 3
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Robert Zink's new book, "The Three-Minute Outdoorsman," distills the latest news from the world of science & nature into three-minute tidbits of in...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: May 13, 2014
  • Length: 16:35
  • Purchases: 1
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Paul Zarzyski talks about and reads from his latest collections of poetry and prose.

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, Yellowstone Public Radio, KSJD, Spokane Public Radio, KSJD and more


  • Added: Apr 22, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 7
Caption: Sarah Vowell signing books after a lecture at Lamar Univ. in Beaumont, Texas
Sarah Vowell talks to reporter Brian Friedman and producer Laine Kaplan-Levenson about Louis Armstrong, voiceover work, Andrew Jackson, New Orleans...

  • Added: Apr 15, 2014
  • Length: 11:01
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Episode 16 features an interview from 2009 with the noted writer Sarah Schulman, the author of After Dolores, Shimmer, People in Trouble, Rat Bohem...

  • Added: Jan 08, 2014
  • Length: 35:31
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The Art and Entertainment News That You Want To Know! Featuring Poet Ruth Nolan and Musician Frankie Hernandez.

  • Added: Jun 17, 2013
  • Length: 58:01
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On this episode of "Art Beat" we visit with Waseca native Rachael Hanel. Rachael's memoir "We'll Be The Last Ones To Let You Down" explores her mem...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: May 14, 2013
  • Length: 29:02
  • Purchases: 1
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WTIP's Dave Seaton chatted recently with the delightful Mary Roach, author of quirky science books like "Stiff," "Bonk," and "Packing for Mars." H...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Mar 30, 2013
  • Length: 22:04
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Adele Park, Credit: http://www.jittersaudiobook.com/
What happens when a female shock jock from Hackensack, New Jersey finds herself working at a radio station near a polygamist enclave in Utah?

  • Added: Feb 21, 2013
  • Length: 14:22
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As part of the 10th anniversary of one of CBC's premier current affairs programs, The Current, an interview from 2006 with the author Kurt Vonnegut...

  • Added: Nov 01, 2012
  • Length: 22:59
Caption: "Mayor of the Universe" by Lorna Landvik
Lorna Landvik is the author of eight previous novels including the best selling "Angry Housewives Eating Bon Bons, "Oh My Stars," and "The View Fro...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KVSC


  • Added: Oct 17, 2012
  • Length: 20:20
  • Purchases: 2
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WTIP's Bob Carter chatted recently with Michael Perry, Wisconsin author and humorist, about his latest book, "Visiting Tom." In it, Perry shares st...

  • Added: Aug 30, 2012
  • Length: 20:56
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In the Erotic Memoir Novel LAURA MEETS JEFFREY written from two perspectives - Jeffrey Michaelson and Laura Bradley detail their lives during the N...

  • Added: Jun 26, 2012
  • Length: 11:42
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Songwriter Sean Storts discusses writing songs inspired by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons' graphic novel Watchmen. Written and performed for the mon...

  • Added: May 09, 2012
  • Length: 05:00
Caption: Galen Green
Songwriter Galen Green discusses his approach to writing songs inspired by Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland. Written and performed for the mont...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 11, 2012
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 2
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When Jack Beck and Wendy Welch decided to move to the small mountain town of Big Stone Gap, they hadn’t planned on opening a used bookstore.

Bought by WJCT


  • Added: Apr 09, 2012
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Jeanne Marie Beaumont
Poet Jeanne Marie Beaumont's books include CURIOUS CONDUCT and PLACEBO EFFECTS, and her collection, BURNING OF THE THREE FIRES. She assembles ever...

Bought by WJCU


  • Added: Mar 09, 2012
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Michael Wallenfels, Credit: Mark Blasco
Songwriter Michael Wallenfels discusses writing songs inspired by Mark Twain's A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court. Written and performed ...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 10, 2012
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 1