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Living Space
From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library
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On this episode, we talked about the new book "Living Space" by Michael E. Veal, which is a thorough and creative examination of John Coltrane's fr...

  • Added: May 05, 2024
  • Length: 28:27
Sonnets & Songs
From: Will Duchon
Series: Words & Music
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Sonnets and poetic songs set to a variety of music.

  • Added: Mar 02, 2024
  • Length: 01:01:23
Jenny Odell on Saving Time
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Excerpt from the book cover, reading "Saving Time: Discovering a Life Beyond the Clock" superimposed on top of orange and pink geological features., Credit: Penguin Random House
We speak with Jenny Odell, author of "Saving Time: Discovering a Life Beyond the Clock," about how the ways we think about time shapes our lives. A...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, RadioFreePalmer, KMUN, and RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Feb 20, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
The Big Three
From: melodically challenged
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In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on. Robert Frost Welcome to another edition of melodically challenged whe...

  • Added: Jul 27, 2023
  • Length: 01:00:06
The Power of One
From: melodically challenged
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Together we can change the world, just one random act of kindness at a time. Ron Hall Welcome to this week’s melodically challenged when we will ...

  • Added: Jun 26, 2023
  • Length: 01:00:04
Mr. Right, Mr. Wrong and Everyone In-between
From: melodically challenged
Series: WELCOME TO SPRING 2024!
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Welcome to this week’s melodically challenged, when we’ll hear an hour of poetry and music about husbands: Mr. Right, Mr. Wrong and everyone in-bet...

  • Added: Jun 12, 2023
  • Length: 01:00:02
The Poetry Bug
From: melodically challenged
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Warmer weather brings us sunshine, flowers, trips to the beach, picnics, and BUGS, BUGS, BUGS!!!! And this week, we’ll have bugs: spiders, bees, f...

  • Added: Apr 26, 2023
  • Length: 01:00:06
A.M. Homes: “The Unfolding” of American Democracy
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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Salman Rushdie praised A.M. Homes’ latest novel, The Unfolding as, “A terrific black comedy, written almost entirely in pitch-perfect dialogue, tha...

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


  • Added: Sep 14, 2022
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 6
Poet Shin Yu Pai
From: New Letters on the Air
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Taiwanese-American poet, Shin Yu(Yee) Pai(Pie), reads from her seventh collection, ADAMANTINE, and her earlier work, SIGHTINGS, in which she not on...

Bought by WMUU-LP and WJCU


  • Added: May 19, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Arundhati Roy: Freedom, Fascism, Fiction and the Pandemic Portal
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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Two years ago this month, the first cases of Covid-19 were reported in the United States. “Historically, pandemics have forced humans to break with...

Bought by KWMR, RadioFreePalmer, KMUN, KDNK, and WNYE


  • Added: Jan 12, 2022
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 5
The Write Question - Laura Kolbe
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Doctor and writer Laura Kolbe talks about her new collection of poems, "Little Pharma."

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


  • Added: Nov 17, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 5
The Write Question - Caroline Patterson
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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This episode features a conversation with Caroline Patterson about her collection of short stories, Ballet at the Moose Lodge. She also reads two s...

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


  • Added: Nov 18, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 7
Dr. Priyamvada Gopal: Self-Determination Arising from Resistance
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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In this episode of The Laura Flanders Show, author and scholar Dr. Priyamvada Gopal discusses her latest book, Insurgent Empire, which examines the...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Jul 29, 2020
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Write Question - Chris Dombrowski - 406
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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A conversation with Chris Dombrowski about his collection of poems, "Ragged Anthem." He also reads a few selections.

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 02, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
The Write Question - Jamie Harrison - 295
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Jamie Harrison discusses her new historical novel, The Widow Nash. She also reads passages from the book.

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


  • Added: Sep 29, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
The Storytelling Showcase
From: KQAL
Series: Art Beat
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On Friday, June 9, the Great River Shakespeare Festival and the Winona Public Library held a Storytelling Showcase. To prep for the showcase, Great...

  • Added: Jul 25, 2017
  • Length: 38:53
RDD: Big Fish - Part 2
From: WGTE Public Media
Series: The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor
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Since the story of Jan Wahl was divided into two episodes, we thought we'd add part two a lil early so you can enjoy the rest of his story.

  • Added: Jan 19, 2016
  • Length: 06:08
Poetry about Late Summer
From: Will Duchon
Series: Words & Music
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Poems fitting for the remaining summer days.

  • Added: Sep 12, 2015
  • Length: 56:04
Riddles from the Border Regions 2/22/14
From: Joan VanBuskirk
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A STEM OF HERB ....

  • Added: Feb 21, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
Renowned poet, playwright, and activist Sonia Sanchez
From: New Letters on the Air
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One of the most important writers of the Black Arts Movement, Sonia Sanchez recently completed her term as Philadelphia's first Poet Laureate. This...

Bought by KBIA, WVAS, and WJCU


  • Added: Feb 14, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Aging Like A Sage (w/Phil Barry and Sarah Halsey Fuerst)
From: Ian Lawton
Series: Soulseeds Radio
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The human spirit is an evolution of ascension where we go from experience to wisdom; to strength; to authenticity, and to wholeness.

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Sep 03, 2013
  • Length: 30:43
  • Purchases: 1
Through Galileo's Eyes (w/Brian Vander Ark
From: Ian Lawton
Series: Soulseeds Radio
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The danger of believing we are the center of the universe is so pronounced. It's at the heart of why we degrade the environment. It's at the hear...

  • Added: Aug 21, 2013
  • Length: 30:34
Episode 5: "Hark! Who Goes There? Locating the Self in the Stories We Tell"
From: WFHB
Series: The Custom House
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We enlist the aid of noted scholar of autobiography, John Eakin, as we seek to answer Andrew Bird's question: where exactly does the self reside, i...

  • Added: Jul 10, 2013
  • Length: 28:26
Putting The Passion Back Into Compassion (With Sam Corbin)
From: Ian Lawton
Series: Soulseeds Radio
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"I love unmade beds. I love when people are drunk and crying and cannot be anything but honest in that moment. I love the look in people’s eyes whe...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: May 09, 2013
  • Length: 29:22
  • Purchases: 1
Element Of Surprise (w/Joe Sturgil)
From: Ian Lawton
Series: Soulseeds Radio
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Host Ian Lawton shares thoughts on tricksters, welcoming surprise and staying open to the unexpected as keys to spiritual growth. Singer songwriter...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Mar 22, 2013
  • Length: 29:36
  • Purchases: 1