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"Black History Month Special" with Tracy K. Smith, Saeed Jones, and Meklit
From: Live Wire! Radio
Series: Live Wire Specials
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This Black History Month special episode features the 22nd U.S. Poet Laureate Tracy K. Smith, writer and poet Saeed Jones, and music from singer-so...

Bought by KUT, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, WLPR , WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KUPR low power FM and more


  • Added: Jan 23, 2024
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 11
Constant Wonder - Making the Modern Christmas
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder
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Christmas wouldn't be the same without Dickens. And, the railroads changed Christmas forever.

Bought by RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Dec 19, 2022
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 1
Books Unbanned
From: Brooklyn Public Library
Series: "Borrowed" Podcast from Brooklyn Public Library
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Book bans and challenges have been on the rise in the past few years. When BPL launched a free eCard to give out-of-state teens access to our eBook...

  • Added: Jun 13, 2022
  • Length: 25:25
The Grapes of Wrath
From: Fil Corbitt
Series: Postcards from The Wind
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A short book review

  • Added: Apr 11, 2022
  • Length: 02:00
Jamie Schumacher’s New Book is a Portrait of the Cedar-Riverside Neighborhood
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
Caption: Illustration of the Cedar-Riverside West Bank Neighborhood, Credit: Illustrator Kevin Cannon
The Cedar-Riverside West Bank neighborhood in Minneapolis has a rich cultural history and long tradition of community art-making. Jamie Schumacher ...

  • Added: Mar 03, 2022
  • Length: 05:06
Patrick Scully Brings Walt Whitman Out Into the 21st Century
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
Caption: Patrick Scully and the cast of "Leaves of Grass - Illuminated" take a bow at the end of a staging of their production. , Credit: Mark Wojahn
‘Leaves of Grass - Illuminated’ is a live performance film of Patrick Scully's acclaimed stage play by the same name. Scully performs the role of r...

  • Added: Jan 03, 2022
  • Length: 06:25
Goodbye to All Fines
From: Brooklyn Public Library
Series: "Borrowed" Podcast from Brooklyn Public Library
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On October 5th, 2021, all three public library systems in New York City eliminated late fines. The change was 125 years in the making, and it made ...

Bought by Northeast Indiana Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 21, 2021
  • Length: 24:18
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 9: Bird insurrection
From: Margaret Poethig
Series: Keeping Dad Alive
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Richard and his daughter Margaret investigate the bird insurrection, while humans attack the U.S. Capitol and President Trump is impeached for the ...

  • Added: Jan 24, 2021
  • Length: 11:47
Wilde Roses
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: The Apple Seed
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We place some focus on some stories that are inspired by famous literature.

  • Added: Jan 22, 2020
  • Length: 58:02
The Write Question - Virginia Reeves - 430
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Virginia Reeves discusses her novel, The Behavior of Love. She also reads a short passage.

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


  • Added: Aug 20, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Sean Prentiss — "Finding Abbey" — and the way back home (Part One)
From: Alan Wartes
Series: ThinkRadio Presents ThinkPlanet
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In this episode of ThinkRadio Presents ThinkPlanet host Alan Wartes spoke with author Sean Prentiss.

Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo.


  • Added: Feb 22, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Write Question - Casey Charles - 361
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Casey Charles discusses his book, The Monkey Cages, a novel inspired by the 1955 Bosie, ID homosexuality scandal. He also reads a poem from his boo...

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


  • Added: Dec 28, 2018
  • Length: 28:55
  • Purchases: 5
A Change of World
From: The Poetry Foundation
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Meryl Streep narrates an hour-long documentary special about how the Women’s Movement changed poetry, and how women poets changed the culture.

Bought by Oregon Public Broadcasting, WGTE Public Media, WNMU-FM, KBIA, High Plains Public Radio and more


  • Added: Mar 16, 2018
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 73
The Write Question - Jamie Ford - 447
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Bestselling author Jamie Ford discusses his novel, Love and Other Consolation Prizes. He also reads short passages from the book.

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


  • Added: Dec 29, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
"The Glass Castle" author Jeannette Walls
From: New Letters on the Air
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Former celebrity journalist Jeannette Walls discusses her hardscrabble childhood which she depicted in her memoir THE GLASS CASTLE, now an August 2...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WMUU-LP, and WFIU


  • Added: Aug 18, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
The Write Question - Kevin Canty - 286
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
Caption: 'The Underworld' by Kevin Canty
Kevin Canty discusses his novel, 'The Underworld,' along with the nature of the human experience and Canty's own creative process. He also reads fr...

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


  • Added: Aug 03, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
RDD: Having Fun Isn't Hard When You've Got A Library Card
From: WGTE Public Media
Series: The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor
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This week on The Rough Draft Diaries you'll meet Jason Kucsma, the deputy director of the Toledo-Lucas County Public Library. We'll talk about Tole...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jun 05, 2017
  • Length: 06:28
  • Purchases: 1
Maureen Corrigan, author of "So We Read On"
From: Boise State Public Radio
Series: Reader's Corner with Bob Kustra
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NPR's Fresh Air book critic Maureen Corrigan discusses her book about the enduring appeal of "The Great Gatsby"

  • Added: Jun 07, 2016
  • Length: 30:50
RDD: New Town - Forgotten Records
From: WGTE Public Media
Series: The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor
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In this episode of The Rough Draft Diaries, Haley meets with Drew Coomer, a poet, author, musician, and creator of The Lost, Long Gone, Forgotten R...

  • Added: Mar 28, 2016
  • Length: 05:59
Conversations with Julian Bond
From: With Good Reason
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The late Julian Bond conducted 51 extensive interviews with prominent black leaders in America. Phyllis Leffler who led the project with Bond, has ...

Bought by WLPR , WNSB, KISA Digital Studios, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi) and more


  • Added: Jan 21, 2016
  • Length: 53:58
  • Purchases: 9
The Warmth of the Other Suns
From: New Jersey Radio Exchange Network
Series: American Black Male Leadership Institute Radio
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Alfred Bundy and Kevin Jenkins in conversation about this book.

  • Added: Nov 06, 2015
  • Length: 18:57
New book is comprehensive environmental history of Lake Superior's North Shore
From: WTIP
Series: The Roadhouse
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Chel Anderson is a botanist and plant ecologist who has lived and worked on the North Shoreof Lake Superior since 1974; you might know her as the N...

Bought by KVSC


  • Added: May 29, 2015
  • Length: 29:46
  • Purchases: 1
Bloodier Than Tarantino: The Real Slave Narrative and Its Complexities
From: WFHB
Series: Interchange
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The last few years in particular have seen a re-popularization of slave narratives: from Tarantino's fictional Django Unchained to the award-winnin...

  • Added: Feb 17, 2015
  • Length: 59:51
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
WWI: The Shock of the New
From: Open Source
Series: Open Source with Christopher Lydon
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Out of the mire and death of World War One, even before the shooting stops, comes the strangest thing: the novel of the century.

Bought by WABE and WRPI


  • Added: Sep 04, 2014
  • Length: 58:27
  • Purchases: 2