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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
Docupoetry
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: Docupoetry
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Have you ever wished there was a different way to read – or hear - the news? For generations, through wars and political upheaval, poets have been ...

Bought by WRKF, Boise State Public Radio, KUOW, WKSU, and KECG


  • Added: Jan 18, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
863: Docupoetry / 864: Discovering America's Black DNA, 1/13/2024
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "Docupoetry" - Have you ever wished there was a different way to read – or hear - the news? For generations, through wars and political u...

  • Added: Jan 12, 2024
  • Length: 01:59:00
Fiction Writer Amina Gautier
From: New Letters on the Air
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Multi-award winning short story writer, Amina Gautier, shares excerpts from her 2018 PEN/Malamud Award-winning, THE LOSS OF ALL LOST THINGS, as par...

  • Added: Feb 10, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
Nina Burleigh, VIRUS & Celia Jeffries, BLUE DESERT
From: Francesca Rheannon
Series: Writer's Voice
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We talk with journalist Nina Burleigh about Trump’s failure on Covid and what that says about our public health system—and capitalism. Her book is ...

  • Added: Jul 16, 2021
  • Length: 58:59
Judging Enid
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: A sampling of books by Enid Blyton, Credit: Sandip Roy
Though Americans don’t know her like they do Dr. Seuss, Enid Blyton wrote some 700 books for kids and teens. But now she, like Seuss, is coming und...

  • Added: Jul 06, 2021
  • Length: 06:00
MN Native News: Books Books Books
From: Ampers
Series: Minnesota Native News
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Diane Wilson’s new book The Seed Keeper has now been released… And The Minnesota Native American Lives Series is celebrating its launch as well.

Bought by KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota, KVSC, WDSE, KFAI Minneapolis and more


  • Added: Mar 10, 2021
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 11
Dispatch #374 - An Ode for Lawrence Ferlinghetti
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: A photo of Lawrence Ferlinghetti at City Lights Bookstore in San Francisco, Credit: Sandip Roy
Over a decade ago Sandip Roy was called to service…. By Lawrence Ferlinghetti.

  • Added: Mar 02, 2021
  • Length: 06:00
Remembering We Have Already Said Farewell: "Epilogue: To a Fire Gone" from "Breathing: American Sonnets"
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
Caption: "Breathing: American Sonnets" Bookshop.org, Credit: Susan Cook
An American Sonnet to those to whom we have said "Farewell".

  • Added: Jan 19, 2021
  • Length: 01:42
Dr. Synnika's Topical Poem of the Week
From: Synnika Lofton
Series: Dr. Synnika's Topical Poem of the Week
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Dr. Synnika's Topical Poem of the Week is a weekly show that uses poetry to explore the social, political, and racial conditions in America. Each e...

  • Added: Jan 05, 2021
  • Length: 03:30
Dreams for a Better Future
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Yann Martel at the Tata Steel Kolkata Literary Meet in pre-COVID times, Credit: Tata Steel Kolkata Literary Meet
How can we possibly dream of a better future in the middle of a pandemic? One way is with the help of literature.

  • Added: Jul 13, 2020
  • Length: 06:00
Campbell Corner Updates from NW Minnesota
From: KSRQ
Series: Arts and Culture from Northwest Minnesota
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Update on the COVID-19 pandemic and its effects on the Campbell Public Library of East Grand Forks, MN

  • Added: Jun 29, 2020
  • Length: 13:52
The Write Question - David Quammen & Humanities Montana - 423
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Samantha Dwyer from Humanities Montana interviews acclaimed science journalist David Quammen about his book, "Spillover: Animal Infections and the ...

  • Added: Apr 13, 2020
  • Length: 23:00
Reflections in Defiance: Kites From Florida, Indiana, and Greece
From: WFHB
Series: Kite Line
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This week is focused on words from prisoners sent or smuggled from inside. From the jail in Evansville, Indiana, to letters from participants in Op...

  • Added: Feb 17, 2020
  • Length: 30:04
National Writers Series: Benjamin Percy
From: Interlochen Public Radio
Series: National Writers Series
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Author Benjamin Percy talks about his writing and his novel "Red Moon" with friend and fellow writer Jeremy Chamberlin.

Bought by WKAR and WDET Detroit Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 09, 2018
  • Length: 54:30
  • Purchases: 2
Sonnet for Donald Hall (after reading his essay on growing old)
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
Caption: "Breathing: American Sonnets", Credit: Susan Cook
Donald Hall died on June 23rd. A sonnet written after reading his essay on growing old.

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Jun 24, 2018
  • Length: 01:07
  • Purchases: 1
Big Talk! w/ Michael Glab: Adrian Matejka pt. II
From: WFHB
Series: Daily Local News
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On today's special edition of Big Talk!, Michael Glab speaks with Indiana State Poet Laureate Adrian Matejka about his poetry and the inspiration h...

  • Added: Jan 08, 2018
  • Length: 08:23
Author travels over 100 miles along Maumee River
From: Great Lakes Today
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The Maumee River runs more than 100 miles before emptying into Lake Erie in Ohio. And it carries a lot of the farm runoff that triggers algae bloom...

Bought by WBFO, WCPN, and WKSU


  • Added: Oct 31, 2017
  • Length: :45
  • Purchases: 3
Newzad Brifki chronicles refugee journey from Kurdistan to Minnesota in new book
From: KSRQ
Series: Community Voices
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Newzad Brifki's journey to America began in Kurdistan, from which his family fled in 1988 when he was seven years old, due to the oppressive govern...

  • Added: Oct 26, 2017
  • Length: 08:44
Minnesota Native News: Black Bears Eating Blueberries
From: Ampers
Series: Minnesota Native News
Caption: Black Bears Eating Blueberries is a new Native focused publishing company based in the Great Lakes region., Credit: Blackbearsandblueberries.com
Two well-respected Anishinaabe writers and educators have started a new publishing company focused on Native stories. Tom and Betsy Peacock plan to...

Bought by KMSU, WDSE, WTIP, KVSC, Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota and more


  • Added: Jun 09, 2017
  • Length: 04:59
  • Purchases: 10
Cokie Roberts / Lawrence Wright
From: Colleen Nelson
Series: Overheard with Evan Smith
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On this episode of Overheard, two authors. First Cokie Roberts tells us about her book Capital Dames. Later, Lawrence Wright on his book Thirteen D...

Bought by Radio Catskill, WLPR , and KUT


  • Added: Feb 21, 2017
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 3
Claudia Rowe discusses "The Spider and the Fly"
From: Steven Nester
Series: Poets of the Tabloid Murder
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Claudia’s writing has been published in The New York Times, Mother Jones, Women’s Day, the Huffington Post and The Stranger, among other magazines ...

  • Added: Feb 07, 2017
  • Length: 13:03
Everybody Knows Leonard Cohen: An Appreciation
From: Paul Ingles
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A tribute to singer/songwriting legend Leonard Cohen who passed away November 7, 2016 at the age of 82.

Bought by Wyoming Public Radio, WUTC, KRCB 104.9, KVMR, KMSU and more


  • Added: Nov 11, 2016
  • Length: 58:52
  • Purchases: 21
Poet Takes the Pole: The Reemergence of an Official Poet at the Indy 500
From: WFHB
Series: Daily Local News
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When you think of the Indianapolis 500, poetry probably isn’t the first thing to come to mind. The race hasn’t had an official poet since 1920, whe...

  • Added: Jun 28, 2016
  • Length: 09:48
Safe as Houses, Part One: ‘The House of Cobwebs’ by George Gissing
From: WFHB
Series: Books Unbound
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A struggling writer finds unexpected kindness and friendship from his poor landlord in this short story by George Gissing, whom George Orwell ranke...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio) and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Mar 07, 2016
  • Length: 57:55
  • Purchases: 2