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America the Beautiful (Hour Long Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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This stirring hour show of American music and literature begins with patriotic musical performances by the likes of Marian Anderson, Paul Robeson, ...

Bought by WVTF, Mississippi Public Broadcasting, KHNS, WUTC, WVTF and more


  • Added: Jun 03, 2015
  • Length: 53:56
  • Purchases: 38
"The Other Blacklist"
From: Dred-Scott Keyes
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The Cutting Edge presents Mary Helen Washington, author of “ The Other Blacklist” which shows how the government targeted African- American as wel...

  • Added: Unknown
  • Length: 01:02:17
Wild Blessings (Hour Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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This Poetry Month, we honor the late African American poet Lucille Clifton, who was widely acclaimed for her powerful explorations of race, womanho...

Bought by WCNY, KOWS, WTJU, KUNV, KKRN and more


  • Added: Apr 14, 2015
  • Length: 53:56
  • Purchases: 6
Chelsea Cain discusses "One Kick"
From: Steven Nester
Series: Poets of the Tabloid Murder
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Chelsea Snow Cain is an American novelist and columnist.

  • Added: Dec 08, 2014
  • Length: 23:51
Charles Eisenstein on Foundations of Earth Activism
From: Ayana Young
Series: Unlearn & Rewild
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Author and philosopher Charles Eisenstein discusses the narrative of separation from nature and the ecological crises it has wrought, as well as th...

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Nov 22, 2014
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 1
Henry Chang discusses "Death Money"
From: Steven Nester
Series: Poets of the Tabloid Murder
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Henry Chang is a novelist and a native New Yorker.

  • Added: Jul 08, 2014
  • Length: 16:45
A Higher Call: Memorial Day Story
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Charlie Brown & Franz Stigler
On December 20, 1943, a severely damaged American bomber struggles in its flight over war-torn Germany. The 21-year-old pilot had his hands full wi...

Bought by KFCF FM, KPIK-LP, WHRV, WDCB, KVSC and more


  • Added: May 14, 2014
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 7
The Long Shadow of Forrest Carter
From: Radio Diaries
Series: Audio History Project
Caption: Forrest Carter
Asa Carter was a speechwriter for Alabama Governor George Wallace. He penned one of the most infamous speeches of the era… Wallace’s “Segregation N...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: May 14, 2014
  • Length: 15:54
  • Purchases: 1
Culturology: Author Mary Losure Talks To Heidi Holtan in a Real Good Words Interview
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Culturology
Caption: "Wild Boy: The Real Life of the Savage of Aveyron." by Mary Losure
Mary Losure began her wandering career path backpacking in the mountains of California and Oregon and kayaking in the Prince William Sound in Alask...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KSRQ


  • Added: May 14, 2013
  • Length: 19:55
  • Purchases: 2
Culturology: Steve Downing talks Poet Laureates in Minnesota
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Culturology
Caption: Steve Downing
Steve Downing recently attended the inaugural reading and crowning of Deborah Cooper as Duluth's fourth Poet Laureate. Steve recounts a brief histo...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Dec 03, 2012
  • Length: 04:22
  • Purchases: 1
The Beat: Michelle Mathees - "Pink Horizon In Siberia"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Beat
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Michelle Mathees has received a grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board, Intermedia Arts in Minneapolis. The Jerome Foundation, and the Arrowhead...

  • Added: Nov 14, 2012
  • Length: 02:05
The Beat: Sheila Packa - "Crows"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Beat
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Sheila Packa lives in northern Minnesota near Lake Superior. She has published three books of poetry. Sheila Packa also edited the acclaimed anthol...

  • Added: Sep 10, 2012
  • Length: 02:00
The Beat: John Berryman - "The High Ones Die"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Beat
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John Berryman was a widely known poet, and teacher at the University of Minnesota. This is a recording of John Berryman reading his poem titled "Th...

  • Added: Aug 17, 2012
  • Length: 02:25
The Greatest Sports Writing
From: Richard Stull
Series: Doc Stull's Sports Today and in the Day
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Homer's 23rd chapter in the 2800-year-old poem The Iliad has no rival. As the western world's oldest sports-writing, it set the standard for the t...

Bought by KSLU


  • Added: Jul 02, 2012
  • Length: 02:43
  • Purchases: 1
Dr. Edlow’s Deadly Dinner Party
From: Radio Rounds
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Physicians have long been compared with detectives, and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, creator of Sherlock Holmes, was himself a physician. This episode f...

  • Added: Jun 22, 2012
  • Length: 28:52
Melanie Rae Thon, author of 'In This Light'
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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This selection of Melanie Rae Thon's stories showcases her breathtaking ability to become each one of her people, to move inside the bodies and min...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 29, 2011
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 1
Talking Poetry in Our Time with Nicholson Baker and Franz Wright
From: Open Source
Caption: Nicholson Baker
Part of "Whose Words These Are," our look at poetry in our time: first Christopher Lydon in conversation with novelist Nicholson Baker, whose novel...

Bought by KALW, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KUT, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WEOS and more


  • Added: Apr 04, 2011
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 6
Alyson Hagy, Ghosts of Wyoming: Stories
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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With the stories in her latest collection, Ghosts of Wyoming, Alyson Hagy illuminates the complex issues of life in the West with characters so rea...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 01, 2010
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Show 10: John Wesley Harding
From: Bill King
Series: Shakespeare in the Alley: Bob Dylan's Poetics
Caption: Released Dec. 1967
The JWH album traces Dylan's relationship with America and his spritual journey from outlaw to family man, from joker to thief.

Bought by KPIP-LP, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), WMNF, KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm, and WETS


  • Added: Aug 14, 2008
  • Length: 01:02:25
  • Purchases: 5
The Theme of Revival in Zora Neale Hurston's "Their Eyes Were Watching God"
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Literary Moments
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Novelist Alice Walker discusses the theme of revival in Zora Neale Hurston's "Their Eyes Were Watching God."

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Mar 25, 2008
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 3 - Life Distilled: Four Decades of U.S. Poet Laureates
From: New Letters on the Air
Series: Life Distilled: Four Decades of U.S. Poet Laureates
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Episode 3 of Life Distilled features former U.S. Poet Laureates Richard Wilbur, Robert Hass, Rita Dove and Stanley Kunitz. Optional 5-minute drop-...

Bought by WCPN, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WFHB, North Country Public Radio, Yellowstone Public Radio and more


  • Added: Mar 27, 2006
  • Length: 01:04:00
  • Purchases: 11