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Shelf Discovery: How to Walk Yourself Healthy and Happy by Russ Williams
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Shelf Discovery
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin takes a deep dive into her favorite form of exercise with the audio edition of How to Walk Yourself Healthy...

Bought by WUTC, WCNY, KLCC, WRMU, GCR (Global Community Radio) and more


  • Added: Dec 25, 2023
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 6
The Indianapolis Clowns
From: Fil Corbitt
Series: Postcards from The Wind
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A postcard about America's last barnstorming baseball team.

  • Added: Feb 13, 2023
  • Length: 02:00
MN Reads: “Break Point” by Sheri Brenden
From: WDSE
Series: MN Reads
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Author Sheri Brenden talks about her new book “Break Point”

  • Added: Jan 12, 2023
  • Length: 13:30
The Write Question - Eloisa Amezcua
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Poet Eloisa Amezcua discusses her second collection of poetry, "Fighting Is Like A Wife."

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


  • Added: May 03, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
Seasons, Sierra Nevada
From: Fil Corbitt
Series: Postcards from The Wind
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A postcard about the changing seasons in Sierra Nevada near Lake Tahoe.

Bought by KTNA


  • Added: Dec 13, 2021
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Write Question - Kristin Knight Pace RERUN
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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This is a rerun of Sarah Aronson's interview with Kristin Knight Pace, one of thirty-one women in the world to have completed both the Iditarod and...

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


  • Added: Apr 06, 2021
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 3
Campbell Corner Updates from NW Minnesota
From: KSRQ
Series: Community Voices
Caption: Campbell Public Library of East Grand Forks, MN
Football and Book talk from the Campbell Public Library of East Grand Forks, MN!

  • Added: Jan 21, 2021
  • Length: 10:18
From the National Endowment for the Arts--Art Works
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Poet Adrian Mateka talks about The Big Smoke a collection of 52 poems about Jack Johnson--the first African-American heavyweight world champion.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, KMUN, KGNU Community Radio, KZUM, and Harford Community Radio


  • Added: Jul 06, 2020
  • Length: 29:27
  • Purchases: 5
The Write Question - Kristin Knight Pace - 435
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Kristin Knight Pace is one of thirty-one women in the world to have completed both the Iditarod and Yukon Quest dogsled races. In this interview, s...

Bought by Prairie Public, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., Spokane Public Radio, Yellowstone Public Radio and more


  • Added: Jun 22, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 6
The Write Question - Chad Dundas - 365
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Award-winning author, Chad Dundas discusses his childhood fascination with professional wrestling and how he came to write the graphic novel, "Unde...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 14, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Poet and Guggenheim Fellow Charles Harper Webb
From: New Letters on the Air
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Guggenheim Fellow Charles Harper Webb reads from his collection of essays, A MILLION MFAS ARE NOT ENOUGH and shares poetry from his earlier books, ...

  • Added: Jan 02, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
Driving While Black (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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-Poet Kiki Petrosino reflects on tragic outcomes during traffic stops between police and African American drivers. -David Wiggins shares how Africa...

Bought by WJCT, Harford Community Radio, WUGA (part of GPB), WVAS, KRZA and more


  • Added: Feb 16, 2018
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 7
Karen Crouse
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Realgoodwords
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Heidi Holtan and John Bauer talk with author Karen Crouse about her book "Norwich: One Tiny Vermont Town's Secret to Happiness and Excellence", a s...

  • Added: Jan 31, 2018
  • Length: 16:41
GPV14 Book Review - BMW 5-Series M Car
From: Gerald Jones
Series: GetPublished! Radio Book Review Featurettes
Caption: GetPublished! Radio Host Gerald Everett Jones, Credit: La Puerta Productions
Here's Gerald's audio book review of BMW 5-Series M Car by Robert P. Hall

  • Added: Jan 15, 2017
  • Length: 03:07
Extreme rock climber who thrives on risky behavior might have different brain than most
From: WTIP
Series: The Roadhouse
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We ran across a fascinating article about a famous free solo (unroped) rock climber, Alex Honnold, and how his brain works. WTIP's Dave TerSteeg ch...

  • Added: Oct 18, 2016
  • Length: 16:08
Onaje Woodbine: Black Gods of the Asphalt Parts One & Two
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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Radio Curious visits with Onaje Woodbine, author of “Black Gods of the Asphalt: Religion, Hip-Hop, and Street Basketball,” a memoir that explores t...

  • Added: Aug 30, 2016
  • Length: 58:02
Shelf Discovery: Die Like an Eagle by Donna Andrews
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Shelf Discovery
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On this week's Shelf Discovery, Kristin steps up to bat with Meg Langslow in Die Like an Eagle by Donna Andrews.

Bought by WTIP, KKRN, WMUU-LP, and WLPR


  • Added: Aug 23, 2016
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 4
Episode 2 - LA Laker Tarik Black reads from Kwame Alexander's Newbery Award winning novel "The Crossover"
From: Kitty Felde
Series: Book Club for Kids
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5th graders from DC's Watkins Elementary discuss - and sing about - Kwame Alexander's poetic story of brothers and basketball "The Crossover." LA L...

  • Added: Sep 13, 2015
  • Length: 22:44
The Write Question - Brian D'Ambrosio - 235
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Brian D'Ambrosio talks about his book Warrior in the Ring: The life of Marvin Camel, Native American world champion boxer

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


  • Added: Mar 31, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
"Baaga'adowe: The Creator's Game" by Art Coulson
From: WDSE
Series: MN Reads
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We will talk with author Art Coulson about his book, The Creator's Game, a children's book focusing on the game of lacrosse. For more information o...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Aug 22, 2014
  • Length: 06:37
  • Purchases: 1
First Black National League Umpire
From: Peter Johnson
Series: The Author's Corner on Public Radio daily show: JULY 2014
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From the book, "For The Love Of Baseball: A Celebration Of The Game That Connects Us All," co-editor Lee Gutkind reads from his chapter. Just one o...

Bought by WSLR


  • Added: Jul 03, 2014
  • Length: 01:40
  • Purchases: 1
Fascinating facts & stories about nature in three-minute bites
From: WTIP
Series: The Roadhouse
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Robert Zink's new book, "The Three-Minute Outdoorsman," distills the latest news from the world of science & nature into three-minute tidbits of in...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: May 13, 2014
  • Length: 16:35
  • Purchases: 1
Mixed Martial Arts and Writing
From: NPR Illinois
Series: Quiddity
Caption: Quiddity International Literary Journal and Public-Radio Program
An interview with MMA fighter and poet Carlo Matos, plus work from issue 7.1

  • Added: May 08, 2014
  • Length: 17:17
Brow Anxiety (Hour Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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During the 1910s and 1920s, the question of whether one was “highbrow” or “lowbrow” became a concern in the minds of modernist Americans. Brooks He...

Bought by WCNY and WTJU


  • Added: Feb 12, 2014
  • Length: 53:54
  • Purchases: 2
"A Hard Water World: Ice Fishing and Why We Do It" by Greg Breining with photography by Layne Kennedy
From: WDSE
Series: MN Reads
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A picturesque manual on how to enjoy the beauty, wonder, and, yes, insanity of ice-fishing all year round. Breining's book, “A Hard Water World: I...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jan 02, 2014
  • Length: 09:59
  • Purchases: 1