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The Happy Prince
From: PJ Ewing
Series: Lester the Nightfly
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The classic holiday tale by Oscar Wilde is interpreted along with sacred Christmas music.

Bought by Michigan Radio and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Dec 07, 2023
  • Length: 58:28
  • Purchases: 2
The Write Question - John N. Maclean
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Author and journalist John N. Maclean discusses his newest book, "Home Waters," and his family's legacy on the Blackfoot River.

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


  • Added: Jul 14, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
The Write Question - Dierdre McNamer
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Author Diedre McNamer talks about her new novel, "Aviary," and the secret of ongoingness.

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


  • Added: Jun 03, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 6
The Write Question - Jamie Harrison
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Author Jamie Harrison discusses her new book, "The Center of Everything."

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


  • Added: Mar 17, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
The Write Question - Dujie Tahat
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Poet Dujie Tahat discusses precarity, parenthood, and praying for the water in their daughter's lungs. They read two poems from their chapbooks, "H...

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


  • Added: Feb 23, 2021
  • Length: 28:48
  • Purchases: 3
The Write Question - David Axelrod - 436
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Poet and essayist David Axelrod discusses his book "The Eclipse I call Father: Essays on Absence." He also reads a short selection.

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


  • Added: Jun 29, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Cave Canem Fellow Marcus Jackson
From: New Letters on the Air
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Our celebration of National Poetry Month continues with Marcus Jackson, a Cave Canem Fellow, who reads from his 2019 Ohioana Award-winning poetry b...

Bought by WNMU-FM and Raven Radio


  • Added: Apr 14, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
2021-02-14 What Is Love?
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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Do you them because they're lovable, or are they lovable because you love them?

Bought by KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, WCNY, GCR (Global Community Radio), KSKQ, KICI Iowa City and more


  • Added: Jan 25, 2020
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 7
CESAR CHAVEZ STORY 4
From: Cesar Chavez Foundation
Series: CESAR CHAVEZ ANECDOTES
Caption: resist, Credit: flocabulary
Celebrating the Month of our founder Cesar Chavez through his own words and with the people who were closer to him.

  • Added: Apr 24, 2019
  • Length: 01:01
The Untold Story of the Great River Regional Library’s First Annual Comic-Con
From: KVSC
Series: Untold Stories of Central Minnesota
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In today’s installment of the Untold Stories of Central Minnesota, Arts & Cultural Heritage Producer Jeff Carmack visits the Great River Regional L...

  • Added: Jul 12, 2018
  • Length: 29:02
Writer Kao Kalia Yang on The Roadhouse
From: WTIP
Series: The Roadhouse
Caption: Kalia Yang's first book, "The Latehomecomer"
Kao Kalia Yang is an author, teacher, and public speaker who's written two books about her Hmong family's experiences in Laos, Thailand, and the U....

  • Added: Oct 31, 2017
  • Length: 15:30
A Life in Verse
From: Hold That Thought
Series: Retellings
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Poet Carl Phillips explores how life influences the creation of his poetry. Professor Timothy Moore then takes us back to ancient Greece and how an...

  • Added: Mar 10, 2016
  • Length: 20:05
This Moment is Worth It
From: Jonathan Hirsch
Series: ARRVLS
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When Thanksgiving arrived in 2008, Robert found himself struggling with a tangled mess of emotions. The economic crisis in the U.S., big changes at...

  • Added: Dec 05, 2015
  • Length: 31:20
Allusionist 15: Step Away
From: The Allusionist
Series: The Allusionist
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'Step-', as in stepparents or stepchildren, originated in grief. Family structures have evolved, but are stepmothers now so tainted by fairytale as...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 12, 2015
  • Length: 38:16
  • Purchases: 1
MPR host Cathy Wurzer on embracing illness and death to live more fully
From: WTIP
Series: The Roadhouse
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Journalist and MPR host Cathy Wurzer and educator Bruce Kramer embarked on a series of broadcast conversations as Bruce dealt with ALS, about how f...

  • Added: May 12, 2015
  • Length: 24:03
TSR15-01 New First Night
From: Tent Show Radio
Series: Tent Show Radio
Caption: Tent Show Radio
New First Night ~ the official kick-off of the Big Top tent season featuring host Michael Perry and Big Top Chautauqua's Blue Canvas Orchestra and ...

Bought by WRNC-LP, WRNC-LP, KALH, WDSE, WUMB and more


  • Added: Dec 30, 2014
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 8
Poet Laureate of Missouri (2010-2012), David Clewell
From: New Letters on the Air
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David Clewell, former Poet Laureate of Missouri (2010-12), whose new work is featured in the current issue of NEW LETTERS magazine, draws upon a mi...

  • Added: Dec 04, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
Catcher In The Rye. Rediscover Your Inner Holden Caulfield: Simple Rediscovery #505
From: Teosson Wells
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Rediscover The Catcher in the Rye and see if, somewhere swimming just below the surface, your inner Holden Caulfield is still alive and kicking. If...

  • Added: Oct 18, 2013
  • Length: 06:04
Alaska's State Writer Laureate, 2010-2012, Peggy Shumaker
From: New Letters on the Air
Caption: Peggy Shumaker
Peggy Shumaker, Alaska's State Writer Laureate, 2010-2012, is adept at capturing the beauty of landscapes, both internal and external. She reads fr...

Bought by WJCU


  • Added: Jul 24, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Beat : Ryan Vine - "Psalm at Last Call"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Beat
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Ryan Vine is a Duluth poet. He is a Professor of English at the College of St. Scholastica. And Ryan Vine has been widely published including in su...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Feb 28, 2013
  • Length: 01:41
  • Purchases: 1
The Beat : Cheryl Wilke - "SeaCrow"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Beat
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Cheryl Wilke was born and raised on the prairie in small town central Minnesota. She's been published in The Talking Stick, Lake Region Review, and...

  • Added: Jan 24, 2013
  • Length: 02:23
The Beat : John Dallas - "As I Was Trying to Say"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
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Jon Dallas is a poet living in Chisholm, Minnesota. Jon's poetry has appeared in the New Orleans Review, Green Mountain Review, Antigonish Review, ...

  • Added: Jan 24, 2013
  • Length: 02:13
The Beat : Murial Keaveny - "Masks"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Beat
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Murial Keaveny is retired, and didn't start writing poetry until she was sixty-five years old. She's attended several writing workshops over the ye...

  • Added: Jan 24, 2013
  • Length: 02:50
The Beat : Yaya Fredrickson - "Spawn"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Beat
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Yahya Fredrickson got his undergraduate degree from Moorehead State University, his MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Montana, and his...

  • Added: Jan 24, 2013
  • Length: 02:44
The Beat: Mark Christensen - "Jack Pine"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Beat
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Bemidji State English professor, Mark Christensen, reads his poem "Jack Pine." "Jack Pine" is reflective poem examining the relationship between a ...

  • Added: Jan 17, 2013
  • Length: 02:07