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The Apple Seed - Everything Is Going To Be Alright
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: The Apple Seed
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On the next episode, our relationships are sometimes filled with highs and lows, love and frustration, and everything in between. We're not just ta...

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


  • Added: Feb 22, 2024
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 8
Watching TV on the Radio
From: melodically challenged
Series: WELCOME TO SPRING 2024!
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In 1939 at the New York World’s Fair, television was introduced to the public for the first time. We’ve been hooked ever since! Welcome to this wee...

  • Added: Feb 22, 2024
  • Length: 01:00:06
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
Shelf Discovery: Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Shelf Discovery
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin joins a writer on a ski trip with his estranged family in the audio edition of Everyone in My Family Has Ki...

Bought by WUTC, RADIOLEX, KKRN, RadioStPete Florida, and GCR (Global Community Radio)


  • Added: Feb 19, 2024
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 5
Justice Isn’t for All, Legacy of Slavery in America’s Prison System
From: KRCL
Caption: Book Cover, "Of Greed and Glory In Pursuit of Freedom for All"
Two-way interview with author Deborah G. Plant about her new book, Of Greed & Glory: In Pursuit of Freedom for All

  • Added: Feb 17, 2024
  • Length: 17:22
873: Luminous: What Can Psychedelics Teach Us About Dying? / 874: Traveling By Book, 2/17/2024
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "Luminous: What Can Psychedelics Teach Us About Dying?" - Could psychedelics change the way we approach death and dying? We'll explore th...

  • Added: Feb 16, 2024
  • Length: 01:59:00
601: Dave Hill and No-No Boy, 2/23/2024
From: Live Wire! Radio
Series: Live Wire
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This episode features comedian and writer Dave Hill and music from singer-songwriter No-No Boy.

  • Added: Feb 15, 2024
  • Length: 59:01
600: Ken Jennings, Erica Berry, and Making Movies, 2/16/2024
From: Live Wire! Radio
Series: Live Wire
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This episode features author and Jeopardy co-host Ken Jennings, writer Erica Berry, and music from rock group Making Movies.

  • Added: Feb 15, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
The Latin Craze
From: KMUW
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We dig into why certain words are spelled ridiculously, thanks to a bunch of scholars a few hundred years ago who got a little too nutso about maki...

Bought by KRPS


  • Added: Feb 15, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Apple Seed - Chili Cookoff
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: The Apple Seed
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Some communities build stories together through the traditions they maintain. Today, we'll visit a community and it's chili cookoff.

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


  • Added: Feb 15, 2024
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 8
Constant Wonder - Fleeing Iran and Finding His Way in America
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder
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An Iranian refugee comes of age in Oklahoma, and he shares with us how his Christian faith informs his writing in unexpected ways.

  • Added: Feb 15, 2024
  • Length: 52:50
The Write Question - Elise Atchison
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Elise Atchison discusses her award-winning debut novel, "Crazy Mountain."

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), Yellowstone Public Radio, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 15, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
MN Reads: "Sure, I'll Join Your Cult" by Maria Bamford
From: WDSE
Series: MN Reads
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Comedian Maria Bamford talks about her new book "Sure, I'll Join Your Cult"

  • Added: Feb 15, 2024
  • Length: 10:19
Cooking, Playdough And More At Campbell!
From: KSRQ
Series: Community Voices
Caption: Campbell Public Library of East Grand Forks, MN
Charlotte Helgeson, Director of the Campbell Public Library of East Grand Forks, MN has the yummy details of what's going on at Campbell!

  • Added: Feb 14, 2024
  • Length: 19:58
Shelf Discovery: The Fortune Seller by Rachel Kapelke-Dale
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Shelf Discovery
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin follows a young woman’s struggle to fit in with her ultra-rich friends in The Fortune Seller by Rachel Kape...

Bought by KKRN, WUTC, RADIOLEX, WCNY, and RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Feb 12, 2024
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 5
871: To All The Dogs We've Loved / 872: Rewriting The Romance Script, 2/10/2024
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: Feb 09, 2024
  • Length: 01:59:01
599: Avery Trufelman, Camille Dungy, and Olive Klug, 2/9/2024
From: Live Wire! Radio
Series: Live Wire
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This episode features podcaster Avery Trufelman, author Camille Dungy, and singer-songwriter Olive Klug.

  • Added: Feb 08, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
Sneaky Rules We Don't Know We Follow
From: KMUW
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Some of us like to be rule breakers, but here are a few rules of the English language we can’t help but follow. And we probably don’t even know the...

Bought by KRPS


  • Added: Feb 08, 2024
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 1
The Write Question - Kathleen McLaughlin
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Journalist Kathleen McLaughlin discusses "Blood Money: The Story of Life, Death, and Profit Inside America's Blood Industry," recently released in ...

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


  • Added: Feb 08, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
The Apple Seed - The Story Tree
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: The Apple Seed
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On the next episode of the show, stories about stories. Stories about the telling of stories, why they're important and why people love to tell the...

Bought by Robin Hood Radio/ WHDD AM 1020/FM 91.9-WLHV FM 88.1 /WGHQ AM 920, Angelica Community Radio, WVPE, KCNP, KTXK and more


  • Added: Feb 08, 2024
  • Length: 52:51
  • Purchases: 9
Talkin' Trash
From: melodically challenged
Series: WELCOME TO SPRING 2024!
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According to the Keep America Beautiful website, Americans generate 251.3 million tons of garbage per year and since 1960, the amount of waste gene...

  • Added: Feb 08, 2024
  • Length: 01:00:06
MN Reads: "Dreaming Our Futures" with Brenda J. Child
From: WDSE
Series: MN Reads
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Author Brenda J. Child talks about the new book (and new art exhibit) "Dreaming Our Futures"

  • Added: Feb 08, 2024
  • Length: 08:34
From HAM Radio to a Book of Guinness Records!
From: KSRQ
Series: Community Voices
Caption: HAM Radio at Campbell
Charlotte Helgeson, Director of the Campbell Public Library of East Grand Forks MN, shares the latest in events, activities and books!

  • Added: Feb 07, 2024
  • Length: 18:35
Shelf Discovery: Hollywood Hustle by Jon Lindstrom
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Shelf Discovery
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin follows an aging actor on a mission to save his daughter from kidnappers in Hollywood Hustle by Jon Lindstrom.

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), WUTC, WCNY, RADIOLEX, and RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Feb 05, 2024
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 5
Found in Translation
From: KALW
Caption: Tamil writer Perumal Murugan (center) conversed with his moderator at the Kolkata Literary Meet via an interpreter, Credit: Sandip Roy
Lit fests in India have historically been rather Anglophone affairs but now translated works of Indian literature are finding a much bigger place i...

  • Added: Feb 05, 2024
  • Length: 06:00

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