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The Apple Seed - Stories Inspired by Dickens' "A Christmas Carol"
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: The Apple Seed
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Original retellings and adaptations of "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens.

Bought by WYAP, KKRN, KUHF, KTXK, KSJE and more


  • Added: Dec 14, 2022
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 7
The Apple Seed - Storyteller Robert B. Jones + A Holiday Chekhov Story
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: The Apple Seed
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Stories about connection with those around us.

Bought by KECG, KTXK, WVPE, KSJE, WYAP and more


  • Added: Dec 05, 2022
  • Length: 52:51
  • Purchases: 6
729: To All The Dogs We've Loved / 730: Skill Vs. Luck, 10/1/2022
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "To All The Dogs We've Loved" - Picture yourself half way through a thousand mile sled dog race. What do you think about? This hour, adve...

  • Added: Sep 30, 2022
  • Length: 01:59:01
The Apple Seed - Original Audio Drama "The Glass Cutter" + John Henry
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: The Apple Seed
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Stories about becoming the people we want to be.

Bought by Robin Hood Radio/ WHDD AM 1020/FM 91.9-WLHV FM 88.1 /WGHQ AM 920, KKRN, KSJE, WVPE, Robin Hood Radio/ WHDD AM 1020/FM 91.9-WLHV FM 88.1 /WGHQ AM 920 and more


  • Added: Jul 26, 2022
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 7
471: Writing Truth and Lies / 472: Check Your Privilege, 4/11/2020
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "Writing Truth And Lies" - How close to reality were the "Little House" books? Does it matter? This hour, we'll talk morality in memoirs....

  • Added: Apr 10, 2020
  • Length: 01:58:58
395: Writing Truth And Lies / 396: Hell Is Other People, 7/20/2019
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "Writing Truth And Lies" - How close to reality were the "Little House" books? Does it matter? This hour, we'll talk morality in memoirs....

  • Added: Jul 19, 2019
  • Length: 01:58:58
Grief (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Marietta McCarty wrote a loving memoir about the daunting task of emptying her beloved family home in "Leaving 1203: Emptying a Home, Filling the H...

Bought by WCNY, WTJU, KXCV, WRGY, WMUU-LP and more


  • Added: May 23, 2019
  • Length: 53:57
  • Purchases: 10
Grief (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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-Marietta McCarty wrote a loving memoir about the daunting task of emptying her beloved family home in "Leaving 1203: Emptying a Home, Filling the ...

Bought by WJCT, WVAS, WFHB, WUGA (part of GPB), Kansas Public Radio and more


  • Added: May 23, 2019
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 11
363: Center Of The World / 364: Why The Classics Matter, 3/30/2019
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "Center Of The World" - Opiate addiction. Lost jobs. Lost hope. Producer Charles Monroe-Kane heads back to his Ohio hometown to see why p...

  • Added: Mar 29, 2019
  • Length: 01:58:58
National Writers Series: Harlan Coben
From: Interlochen Public Radio
Series: National Writers Series
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Author of thrillers and mysteries Harlan Coben talks with National Writers Series co-founder Doug Stanton.

Bought by WKAR and WKAR


  • Added: Jan 26, 2019
  • Length: 54:30
  • Purchases: 2
279: When Women Rule / 280: Burnout, 6/9/2018
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "When Women Rule" - From Homer to Harvey Weinstein, women are reclaiming the classics in the age of #MeToo. HOUR TWO: "Burnout" - Ever ...

  • Added: Jun 08, 2018
  • Length: 01:58:58
233: Endings (In Four Novellas) / 234: Procrastination, 12/30/2017
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "Endings (In Four Novellas)" - New Year's Eve can be depressing. We don't handle endings very well. This hour, how to end - relationships...

  • Added: Dec 22, 2017
  • Length: 01:58:58
New book offers road map to happiness by looking to dog behavior
From: WTIP
Series: The Roadhouse
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What can we learn from our furry friends about being happier? Plenty, it turns out, as you'll hear in this great conversation WTIP's CJ Heithoff ha...

  • Added: May 16, 2017
  • Length: 23:01
Monsters in the Classroom (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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-How creating 'monsters' in the classroom can be a valuable teaching tool. -How can teachers address bad behavior in the classroom before it occurs...

Bought by WJCT, KFAI Minneapolis, KKRN, WLIW, and WNMU-FM


  • Added: May 20, 2016
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 5
Steve Wilson on Fulbright ON
From: Daris Hale
Series: Fulbright On
Caption: Steve Wilson
Prof. Steve Wilson tells about his Fulbright experiences in Romania and Slovenia

  • Added: Apr 13, 2016
  • Length: 09:56
Family Histories
From: Hold That Thought
Series: Summer with the Bard
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Kathleen Finneran talks about the writing process of her memoir, The Tender Land: A Family Love Story, and the memories that inspired it.

  • Added: Mar 10, 2016
  • Length: 13:44
Justice Scalia vacates the Court
From: Rob MacClanahan
Series: The Time Traveler
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America's formidable guardian of the Constitution, Justice Antonin Scalia, is dead...

  • Added: Feb 20, 2016
  • Length: 02:22:45
TSR15-02 Rusted Root
From: Tent Show Radio
Series: Tent Show Radio
Caption: Tent Show Radio
Having collaborated with one another for two decades, Rusted Root, has honed the perfect combination of musical intuition, freedom and virtuosity, ...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), KALH, KMSU, WDSE, KSRQ and more


  • Added: Dec 30, 2014
  • Length: 59:30
  • Purchases: 8
Recovery
From: Stanford Storytelling Project
Series: State of the Human
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This week, on State of the Human, people are changing radically in order to recover

Bought by WMUU-LP and CHSR-FM 97.9


  • Added: Jun 27, 2014
  • Length: 58:52
  • Purchases: 2
The Nonviolent Life, Happiness & Chasing The Moon Thieves (Peace Talks Radio)
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Three authors talk about how their books relate to peacemaking. The Nonviolent Life by John Dear, Before Happiness by Shawn Achor and Princess Mari...

Bought by KUOW, KUOW, and KUOW


  • Added: Nov 28, 2013
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 3
"We'll Be the Last Ones to Let You Down: Memoir of a Gravedigger's Daughter" by Rachel Hanel
From: WDSE
Series: MN Reads
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MN Reads speaks with Author Rachel Hanel about her latest work "We'll Be the Last Ones to Let You Down" a look into death and dying through a life ...

  • Added: Nov 08, 2013
  • Length: 13:40
Bellwether prize-winning author Naomi Benaron
From: New Letters on the Air
Caption: Naomi Benaron
NAOMI BENARON is a trained scientist, marathon runner, and massage therapist. She is also the author of two award-winning fiction books, LOVE LETTE...

Bought by WJCU


  • Added: Nov 07, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Author Kent Haruf, Narrator of Holt County, Colorado
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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A National Book Award finalist, Kent writes about the residents of a small town in fictional Holt County on the plains of eastern Colorado. His new...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: May 16, 2013
  • Length: 09:59
  • Purchases: 1
The Art of MN Author, Rachael Hanel
From: KQAL
Series: Art Beat
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On this episode of "Art Beat" we visit with Waseca native Rachael Hanel. Rachael's memoir "We'll Be The Last Ones To Let You Down" explores her mem...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: May 14, 2013
  • Length: 29:02
  • Purchases: 1
Author Andre Dubus III and "Townie"
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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Although Andre is perhaps best known for his novel, "House of Sand and Fog," this is a memoir about tough times growing up in Massachusetts. This i...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: May 03, 2013
  • Length: 09:58
  • Purchases: 1