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Caption: Terry Tempest Williams
Erosion and evolution. Shadow and light. Death and rebirth. These are some of the strands that the acclaimed author, naturalist and activist Terry ...

  • Added: Dec 18, 2023
  • Length: 28:30
Caption: Taylor Brorby
As a backlash against LGBTQ rights escalates into an authoritarian crusade, acclaimed author and queer activist Taylor Brorby asks how we can still...

  • Added: Aug 01, 2023
  • Length: 28:30
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Stories from Spoon about birds in prison. Matthew visits a bird rehab facility and meets a lead poisoned swan and a duck that was sent in the mail.

  • Added: Apr 27, 2020
  • Length: 20:00
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Episode 2. Spoon talks about a dog rescue program that took place inside Lancaster State Prison. He talked to Common the rapper, Matthew visits a s...

  • Added: Apr 27, 2020
  • Length: 20:00
Caption: Northern Lights in Cook County, Credit: Travis Novitsky
Shelley McIntire is a longtime resident of Cook County and a member of the Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa. She describes herself as ...

  • Added: Dec 27, 2019
  • Length: 09:56
Caption: A heavy sea crossing the deck of the Parma (1902) , Credit: Alan John Villiers, 1933 © National Maritime Museum Collections
This week on World Ocean Radio we have a special reading of "Christmas at Sea", an evocative poem by Robert Louis Stevenson written in 1883. Steven...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Dec 24, 2019
  • Length: 03:23
  • Purchases: 1
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Our celebration of State Poets Laureate takes us to the lower midwest through the work of Jo McDougall, Arkansas Poet Laureate (2018-2022). She di...

Bought by WNJR


  • Added: Sep 18, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
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A periodic podcast featuring performances of short stories that hint us toward living together better as humans and as humans with nature. This epi...

  • Added: Aug 10, 2019
  • Length: 20:46
Caption: Ralph Bousquet sorting microplastics, Credit: Michael Falero
It’s hard to go anywhere on Cape Cod these days and not see litter on the side of the road or on hiking trails. Local poet Ralph Bousquet has start...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 06, 2019
  • Length: 04:33
  • Purchases: 1
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At each year's end, World Ocean Radio host Peter Neill reads "At The Fishhouses" by Elizabeth Bishop. This perennial favorite poem was chosen not o...

  • Added: Dec 27, 2016
  • Length: 04:51
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Kansas Poet Laureate (2009-2013) Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg is the author of multiple books of poetry and prose. She discusses her many books, includin...

Bought by WMUU-LP and WNJR


  • Added: Apr 05, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
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World Ocean Radio host Peter Neill recently witnessed a beautiful full moon rise from an island perch in Maine. The silent, stealthy way that it ro...

  • Added: Sep 14, 2015
  • Length: 05:11
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At the close of each year, World Ocean Radio host Peter Neill reads "At The Fishhouses" by Elizabeth Bishop. This poem was chosen not only for its ...

  • Added: Dec 22, 2014
  • Length: 05:11
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Cheryl Strayed's memoir, WILD: FROM LOST TO FOUND ON THE PACIFIC CREST TRAIL, took over twenty years to write and has since been selected by Oprah'...

Bought by WMUU-LP, KQED, WNJR, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., and WJCU


  • Added: Dec 11, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 5
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At the close of each year, World Ocean Radio host Peter Neill reads "At The Fishhouses" by Elizabeth Bishop. This poem was chosen above all others ...

  • Added: Dec 27, 2013
  • Length: 05:09
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Each year during the holidays, World Ocean Radio host Peter Neill reads "At The Fishhouses" by Elizabeth Bishop. This poem was chosen above all oth...

  • Added: Dec 18, 2012
  • Length: 05:10
Caption: Opal Whiteley, Credit: Cottage Grove Historical Society
"Talking With The Wind: The Mystery of Opal Whiteley," a half-hour documentary about Opal Whiteley who caused an international scandal in 1920 whe...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, XRAY.fm, Prairie Public, KSUT and more


  • Added: May 06, 2010
  • Length: 28:21
  • Purchases: 10
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Short Poem on the wonders of sailing

  • Added: Feb 08, 2009
  • Length: 01:46
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A rural-legend from the Colorado River.

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio and KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA


  • Added: Jun 29, 2008
  • Length: 08:18
  • Purchases: 2