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The Highest Office (hour/no bb or bed)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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When Colin Rafferty moved to Virginia in 2008 he didn’t know much about the presidents, so he set out to read a biography of each one.

Bought by KHEN-LP, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WRST-FM Oshkosh, and Royalton Community Radio


  • Added: Feb 10, 2022
  • Length: 52:00
  • Purchases: 4
The Highest Office (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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When Colin Rafferty moved to Virginia in 2008 he didn’t know much about the presidents, so he set out to read a biography of each one.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WGCU, WTJU, WLPR , KEDT and more


  • Added: Feb 10, 2022
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 11
The Highest Office (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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When Colin Rafferty moved to Virginia in 2008 he didn’t know much about the presidents, so he set out to read a biography of each one.

Bought by WJCU, Kansas Public Radio, KMUN, WJCT, Harford Community Radio and more


  • Added: Feb 10, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 8
The Highest Office (promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason promo
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When Colin Rafferty moved to Virginia in 2008 he didn’t know much about the presidents, so he set out to read a biography of each one.

Bought by WLPR , KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WRST-FM Oshkosh, WNED Buffalo, Troy Public Radio and more


  • Added: Feb 10, 2022
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 6
Crafting Spaces: Josina Manu Maltzman on Carpentry and Writing
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
Caption: Josina Manu Maltzman, Credit: Photo Courtesy of Josina Manu Maltzman
How can a profession in the building trades lend itself to the craft of writing? And what does building a house have to do with social justice orga...

  • Added: Jan 31, 2022
  • Length: 05:53
Presenting Pessoa - 1915
From: WFHB
Series: Interchange
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Our show is Presenting Fernando Pessoa with translator and biographer Richard Zenith. This first of two episodes focuses on Pessoa’s “breakout” yea...

  • Added: Dec 07, 2021
  • Length: 58:35
The Write Question - Robin McLean
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Author Robin McLean talks about her new book, "Pity the Beast."

Bought by WETS, KWMR, Yellowstone Public Radio, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 01, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 5
The Write Question - Lehua Taitano RERUN
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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We revisit a conversation from 2019. In this episode, poet Lehua Taitano discusses her collection "Inside Me An Island." She also reads from the bo...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 27, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
The Big Ponder #20: Adventure
From: Goethe-Institut
Series: The Big Ponder – A Transatlantic Podcast
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Have you ever thought about dropping everything to pursue your passion? Susanne Papawassiliu profiles Mike Powers who left his life in Florida behi...

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Sep 30, 2021
  • Length: 28:48
  • Purchases: 1
Missouri Poets Laureate
From: New Letters on the Air
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Discover the poetic variety of Missouri in this special program featuring readings from current and past Missouri Poets Laureate: Walter Bargen, th...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio)


  • Added: Aug 12, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Write Question - Raymond Antrobus
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Raymond Antrobus discusses his collection, "The Perseverance," and his experience as a deaf poet.

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio, KWMR, WCNY, Spokane Public Radio, and KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: May 05, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 5
The Write Question - Hanif Abdurraquib
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Poet and culture critic Hanif Abdurraquib discusses his new book, "A Little Devil in America: Notes in Praise of Black Performance."

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, Yellowstone Public Radio, KFAI Minneapolis, Spokane Public Radio, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and more


  • Added: Apr 15, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 6
Furious Flower: A Celebration of the Greats of African American Poetry (hour/no bb or bed)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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In 2019, the most notable poets of our time gathered in the nation’s capital to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Furious Flower Poetry Center,...

Bought by KHEN-LP, KEDT, WCNY, Ohm Radio , Royalton Community Radio and more


  • Added: Apr 08, 2021
  • Length: 52:00
  • Purchases: 7
Furious Flower: A Celebration of the Greats of African American Poetry (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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In 2019, the most notable poets of our time gathered in the nation’s capital to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Furious Flower Poetry Center,...

Bought by WXDU, Kansas Public Radio, WJCU, WJCT, KRDP and more


  • Added: Apr 08, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 9
National Book Award-winning Poet Nikky Finney: Part 1
From: New Letters on the Air
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NEW LETTERS ON THE AIR continues Black History Month with Nikky Finney whose fifth book is called LOVE CHILD'S HOTBED OF OCCASIONAL POETRY: POEMS A...

Bought by KWMR and GCR (Global Community Radio)


  • Added: Feb 16, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
The National Endowment for the Arts presents Art Works
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Speak the Speech, Credit: Kate Saylor
Artistic Director of Alabama Shakespeare Festival Rick Dildine brings theater outdoors and has the audience "Speak the Speech."

Bought by Harford Community Radio


  • Added: Feb 08, 2021
  • Length: 26:46
  • Purchases: 1
Navajo Poet Sherwin Bitsui
From: New Letters on the Air
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We continue Native American Heritage Month with Sherwin Bitsui, who reads from FLOOD SONG, his collection of poetry that won the American Book Awar...

Bought by KMUN, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., and GCR (Global Community Radio)


  • Added: Nov 23, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Poet Randall Freisinger: Part 2
From: New Letters on the Air
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A decades-long resident of Michigan's Upper Peninsula, Randall Freisinger gives insight into the often wintery world of his surroundings and shares...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio)


  • Added: Oct 29, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Clarion Collection
From: New Letters on the Air
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The NEW LETTERS ON THE AIR Classics Series begins with a look back at our 2013 Clarion Award-winning year for Best Radio Talk/Interview Program fro...

Bought by WUOT 91.9 FM


  • Added: Aug 04, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Poet & Essayist Molly Peacock
From: New Letters on the Air
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Molly Peacock gives an in-depth look into her latest work, THE ANALYST, which traces her decades long journey with her personal psychologist throug...

  • Added: Jul 14, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
The Human Planet
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
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This week on World Ocean Radio we review a new book by photographer George Steinmetz with essays by Andrew Revkin. "The Human Planet: Earth at the ...

  • Added: Jun 29, 2020
  • Length: 04:34
'Renaissance Fables For The World' 27
From: Daniel Wargo
Series: Renaissance Fables For The World
Caption: 'St. Jerome In The Wilderness', Credit: Leonardo da Vinci
This 5 minute spoken word program explores some of the living fables of Leonardo da Vinci.

  • Added: May 15, 2020
  • Length: 05:00
The Poet Laureate of the United States Joy Harjo
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Joy Harjo, Credit: Karen Kuehn
The Poet Laureate of the United States Joy Harjo talks about poetry and music

Bought by Harford Community Radio


  • Added: May 12, 2020
  • Length: 29:09
  • Purchases: 1
The Journey Through Sorrow: Mary Shelley’s Post-Apocalyptic Novel The Last Man
From: WFHB
Series: Interchange
Caption: Woman at Sunset (1818), Caspar David Friedrich
Coping with being totally alone and the sorrow of loss after a global plague are powerfully depicted in Mary Shelley’s 1826 novel The Last Man. Eil...

  • Added: Apr 21, 2020
  • Length: 59:01
The Write Question - Voices of Yellowstone's Capstone - 424
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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In this interview Traute Parrie, Mary Manning, and Aaron Teasedale discuss "Voices of Yellowstone's Capstone: A Narrative Atlas of the Absaroka-Bea...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 14, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2