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Novel-Writing Marathon (NaNoWriMo)
From: Janis Jaquith
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I have one month in which to write a 50,000-word novel--and this is the month.

Bought by WSCS-FM


  • Added: Nov 15, 2005
  • Length: 03:24
  • Purchases: 1
Testing the Alarms
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Documentaries
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Post 9/11 fear divides communities.

Bought by WGBH Radio Boston


  • Added: Nov 14, 2005
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
The House with A Clock In Its Walls by John Bellairs
From: Vermont Public
Series: Camel's Hump Radio
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Ten-year-old Lewis has unleashed a force that threatens not only himself and his Uncle Jonathan, but the entire world. The turn of events are both ...

Bought by KZYX and KTNA


  • Added: Nov 04, 2005
  • Length: 29:32
  • Purchases: 2
GVR 453 What Happened Here: Bush Chronicles
From: Paul Nelson
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Interview with Eliot Weinberger

  • Added: Nov 02, 2005
  • Length: 43:30
RN Documentary: Becoming Rebecca West
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Documentaries
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A portrait of journalist/writer Rebecca West whose life spanned most of the 20th century, with memories from her great-niece and thoughts from an a...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Nov 01, 2005
  • Length: 29:31
  • Purchases: 1
How Mulien Saves His Mother from Hades
From: KCUR
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Taiwanese story that is the basis for Ghost Month in Buddhist Culture.

Bought by KZYX and PRX Administrator


  • Added: Oct 30, 2005
  • Length: 06:11
  • Purchases: 2
"The Woodpecker"
From: KCUR
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Muskogee Creek Indian story called "The Woodpecker."

Bought by PRX Remix, KZYX, and KSUT


  • Added: Oct 30, 2005
  • Length: 03:12
  • Purchases: 3
La Llorona
From: KCUR
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The Story of La Llarona

Bought by KZYX, KDNK, WXLV-FM, and PRX Administrator


  • Added: Oct 30, 2005
  • Length: 05:38
  • Purchases: 4
Ilya Kutik
From: Michael Kraskin
Series: Catalogue of Ships
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A Great Russian Poet assigns his students the impossible

  • Added: Oct 30, 2005
  • Length: 09:45
Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli
From: Vermont Public
Series: Camel's Hump Radio
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Maniac Magee’s legendary - he’s incredible at basketball, running and untying knots. All he wants is a home. But sometimes finding where you belong...

Bought by KTNA


  • Added: Oct 21, 2005
  • Length: 29:17
  • Purchases: 1
Missing May by Cynthia Rylant
From: Vermont Public
Series: Camel's Hump Radio
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Twelve-year old Summer’s only support is her Great Uncle Ob and he’s lost his will to live. But don’t give up hope – help’s on the way.

Bought by KTNA


  • Added: Oct 19, 2005
  • Length: 28:31
  • Purchases: 1
A Character Vault in Bangkok
From: Susan Johnston
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Christopher G. Moore redraws the line between fact and fiction

  • Added: Oct 18, 2005
  • Length: 15:37
Until the Pen Runs out of Ink
From: Susan Johnston
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Kevin Matthews' short social commentary, with a tongue-in-cheek look at spoken word

  • Added: Oct 18, 2005
  • Length: 02:09
RN Documentary: Verbal Fireworks
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Documentaries
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A profile of Alix Olson - award winning spoken word performance artist/activist considered by some “one of the ten most dangerous women in America.”

Bought by KUER, KUT, KZYX, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., Marfa Public Radio and more


  • Added: Oct 18, 2005
  • Length: 27:30
  • Purchases: 11
THE BFG by Roald Dahl
From: Vermont Public
Series: Camel's Hump Radio
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Sophie discovers giants are planning to eat the children of England. How do you free the world of guzzle-swallomping, kid-eating giants? You cook u...

Bought by KZYX, KWCW, and KTNA


  • Added: Oct 17, 2005
  • Length: 28:48
  • Purchases: 3
Cotopaxi Jewish Colony
From: KRCC-FM
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A look at a community of Jewish immigrants

  • Added: Oct 07, 2005
  • Length: 07:30
Twilight's Breaking Dawn
From: Jacob C. Norman
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Poetry by Jacob C. Norman set to music.

  • Added: Sep 17, 2005
  • Length: 09:48
Book Review: The San Luis Valley
From: KRCC-FM
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Book review of new book

  • Added: Sep 14, 2005
  • Length: 03:41
History's Greatest Love Affairs: Abelard and Heloise
From: Ed Kliman
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The timeless love story of Abelard and Heloise, complete with period music.

Bought by KZUM and Public Interactive


  • Added: Sep 12, 2005
  • Length: 20:49
  • Purchases: 2
RN Documentary: Imagination is the Instrument of Compassion
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Documentaries
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Of the many books which have appeared in new genre which has been called “post-9/11 fiction” one of the most striking is Jonathan Safran Foer’s “Ex...

Bought by Public Interactive


  • Added: Sep 01, 2005
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
Slam: Literary Fad or Movement
From: Don McIver
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In the 80's Marc Smith invented the Poetry Slam, which has swept the country and created a spoken word revolution.

Bought by KRZA, Marfa Public Radio, KUT-HD, KUHB, WEKU and more


  • Added: Aug 29, 2005
  • Length: 58:54
  • Purchases: 7
Fire on the Prairie #19
From: Emily Udell
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Interviews with Marjane Satrapi & Howard Zinn; comments on Chicago's Mayor Richard M. Daley

  • Added: Aug 18, 2005
  • Length: 29:30
Book Review; First Chuch of the Higher Elevations
From: KRCC-FM
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Review of hiking book

  • Added: Aug 10, 2005
  • Length: 03:42
Allen Ginsberg - Drugs
From: WGBH Radio Boston
Series: Moments of America
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Author Allen Ginsberg advises that mind-altering drugs have their place in society.

Bought by WRVO Public Media


  • Added: Jul 20, 2005
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 1
Until the Fat Lady Sings
From: Chrysti M. Smith
Series: Chrysti the Wordsmith
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The expression "the opera ain't over until the fat lady sings" gained national attention in 1978.

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and WUAL


  • Added: Jul 19, 2005
  • Length: 02:03
  • Purchases: 2

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