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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
Earth, Wind & Fire
From: Will Duchon
Series: Words & Music
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Poetry and music imbued with Earth, wind, and fire, in actuality or metaphorically.

  • Added: Feb 03, 2024
  • Length: 59:19
Spaceships Over Glasgow
From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library
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On this episode, we looked at the autobiography of Stuart Braithwaite, founder of the long-running post-rock band Mogwai. We listened to some of th...

Bought by Raven Radio


  • Added: Feb 03, 2024
  • Length: 28:29
  • Purchases: 1
"Feng Menglong's Judge Bao traces the footsteps of a spirit", interpreted by Michael Henrik Wynn
From: Michael Henrik Wynn
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The emergence of the crime fiction genre is linked to the growth of the modern legal system. In Germany, there were the true crime stories of Augus...

  • Added: Feb 02, 2024
  • Length: 39:50
Hyperforeignisms Are Our Forte
From: KMUW
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We look at what happens when we approach non-English words with a little too much gusto, and how, exactly, we should be saying foreign words so tha...

  • Added: Feb 01, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
598: Tracy K. Smith, Saeed Hones, and Meklit, 2/2/2024
From: Live Wire! Radio
Series: Live Wire
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This Black History Month Special features 22nd Poet Laureate Tracy K. Smith, writer and poet Saeed Jones, and music from singer-songwriter Meklit.

  • Added: Feb 01, 2024
  • Length: 59:01
An Hour of Storytelling - Creating Community and Summer Camp: An Intergalatic Report
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: The Apple Seed
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Stories by Sheila Arnold and Paul Strickland and an alien infiltrates a summer camp looking for nefarious human plots

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


  • Added: Feb 01, 2024
  • Length: 52:49
  • Purchases: 7
MN Reads: "Gunflint Falling" by Cary J. Griffith
From: WDSE
Series: MN Reads
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Author Cary J. Griffith talks about his new book "Gunflint Falling: Blowdown in the Boundary Waters"

  • Added: Feb 01, 2024
  • Length: 10:13
On the Beach - in January - for Campbell Corner??
From: KSRQ
Series: Community Voices
Caption: Campbell Public Library of East Grand Forks, MN
Warm winter weather brings out the "goofy" on this edition of Campbell Corner....featuring the Campbell Public Library of east Grand Forks, MN!

  • Added: Jan 31, 2024
  • Length: 13:19
Doublespeak!
From: KMUW
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Doublespeak! We look at unconscious ways we follow the rules of English by doubling sounds and words, and how meanings of words can change when we ...

Bought by KBBI Alaska, KRPS, and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Jan 30, 2024
  • Length: 28:57
  • Purchases: 3
You're Saying It Wrong: An Introduction
From: KMUW
Series: You're Saying It Wrong
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Who are we? What are we doing here? This episode will introduce listeners to host Fletcher Powell and language experts Kathy Petras and Ross Petras...

Bought by KECG and KRPS


  • Added: Jan 30, 2024
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 2
The Winter of Content
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: A queue on a rainy evening for author autographs and books at the Kolkata Literary Meet. , Credit: Sandip Roy
As lit fest’s, lit meets, literary carnivals pop up all over India, 3 in Kolkata alone in a month, some wonder whether whether this is about books ...

  • Added: Jan 30, 2024
  • Length: 06:00
The Clinic by Cate Quinn
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Shelf Discovery
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin checks into rehab to search for answers with a grieving sister in The Clinic by Cate Quinn.

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


  • Added: Jan 29, 2024
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 6
20240129: Read And Ride, 1/29/2024
From: The Children's Hour Inc.
Series: The Children's Hour (Subscribable)
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The Children's Hour Kids Crew meets Ms. Caitlyn Gooch from Saddle Up And Read, a North Carolina based organization encouraging literacy through rea...

  • Added: Jan 29, 2024
  • Length: 58:00
Read And Ride
From: The Children's Hour Inc.
Series: The Children's Hour
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The Children's Hour Kids Crew meets Ms. Caitlyn Gooch from Saddle Up And Read, a North Carolina based organization encouraging literacy through rea...

Bought by KRSC, KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio), RadioFreePalmer, KECG, KDLG and more


  • Added: Jan 29, 2024
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 10
597: J. Wortham, Curtis Sittenfeld, and Margo Cilker , 1/26/2024
From: Live Wire! Radio
Series: Live Wire
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This episode features journalist J. Wortham of The New York Times Magazine, author Curtis Sittenfeld, and singer-songwriter Margo Cilker.

  • Added: Jan 26, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
Dawn Powell
From: Radio Diaries
Series: The Unmarked Graveyard: Stories from Hart Island
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Dawn Powell wrote novels about people like herself: outsiders who’d come to New York City in the early twentieth century to make a name for themsel...

Bought by KALW


  • Added: Jan 25, 2024
  • Length: 22:02
  • Purchases: 1
The Write Question - Josh Slotnick, Part Two
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Poet, farmer, and Missoula, Montana, county commissioner Josh Slotnick discusses his second collection of poetry, "If Only." This is part two of a ...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 25, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
An Hour of Storytelling - Unexpected Journeys and Domestic Droid Disaster
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: The Apple Seed
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Stories by Bil Lepp and Shonaleigh. Plus, Dad won a new cleaning robot. What could go wrong?

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), KSJE, KECG, KTXK, Robin Hood Radio/ WHDD AM 1020/FM 91.9-WLHV FM 88.1 /WGHQ AM 920 and more


  • Added: Jan 25, 2024
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 7
Whit Stillman, Episode 1: I'm Not Entirely Joking
From: KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio
Series: The Entertainment
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This is the first of five episode charting the life, career and influence of filmmaker Whit Stillman during the rise of a new American auteur movem...

  • Added: Jan 25, 2024
  • Length: 54:00
MN Reads: "Spirits Dancing" with Photographer Travis Novitsky
From: WDSE
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Photographer Travis Novitsky talks about his new book "Spirits Dancing"

  • Added: Jan 25, 2024
  • Length: 07:14
Winter Fun in NW Minnesota!
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 stops by to share more "fun" news at Campbell!

  • Added: Jan 24, 2024
  • Length: 13:58
"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
100 Years of Nonsense
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: A building in the Hatibagan neighborhood in North Kolkata, Credit: Sandip Roy
Sukumar Ray is sometimes called the Edward Lear of Bengal. Abol Tabol his book of nonsense rhymes was part of my growing up. And I dare say every B...

Bought by WTJU


  • Added: Jan 23, 2024
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 1
On the Road: Jack Kerouac’s Masterpiece
From: Adam Scull
Series: WPRN Public Radio
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Jack Kerouac’s influence on American literature cannot be overstated, particularly as a leader of the Beat movement and his connection to the post...

  • Added: Jan 23, 2024
  • Length: 10:26

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