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Eddie Miles is one of a dying breed: a Windy City hack who knows every street and back alley of his beloved city and takes its recent descent into ...

  • Added: Apr 30, 2024
  • Length: 27:08
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Did you really want to eat that last piece of cake, or were you secretly thinking about your mother?

  • Added: Apr 30, 2024
  • Length: 53:58
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin two flower-selling sisters as they search for a killer in Chinatown in Kill Her Twice by Stacey Lee.

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio) and RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Apr 29, 2024
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 2
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The Wonderful World of Wine (WWW) Episode 262 The Wonderful World of Wine (WWW): Uncorking the truth about wine and health with Tony Edwards.

  • Added: Apr 27, 2024
  • Length: 34:53
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HOUR ONE: "Giving up" - Our lives are full of lists and responsibilities. Things to do, things to be. Maybe it's time to let go and give something ...

  • Added: Apr 26, 2024
  • Length: 01:58:59
Caption: Diana Abu-Jaber, Credit: Deborah Kerry Charles
Author Diana Abu-Jaber reflects on her Jordanian roots, the influence of family on her storytelling, and the inspirations informing her memoirs and...

Bought by KZUM, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., and KECG


  • Added: Apr 26, 2024
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 3

  • Added: Apr 25, 2024
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 3
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We look at some names of famous people that, when you pronounce them correctly, can let people know you're an expert... or a snob.

Bought by KECG and KRPS


  • Added: Apr 25, 2024
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 2

  • Added: Apr 25, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
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Author Emma Törzs talks about "Ink Blood Sister Scribe", a nominee for this year's Minnesota Book Award

  • Added: Apr 25, 2024
  • Length: 08:29
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Teenagers have long turned to books for a guide on how to live, but for kids of immigrant parents, those guides can be particularly important.

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KIYU-FM, Kansas Public Radio, RadioStPete Florida, WJCU and more


  • Added: Apr 25, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 9
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Teenagers have long turned to books for a guide on how to live, but for kids of immigrant parents, those guides can be particularly important.

Bought by KECG and Royalton Community Radio


  • Added: Apr 25, 2024
  • Length: 52:00
  • Purchases: 2
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Teenagers have long turned to books for a guide on how to live, but for kids of immigrant parents, those guides can be particularly important.

Bought by WMUU-LP, KEDT, and WRGY


  • Added: Apr 25, 2024
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 3
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Teenagers have long turned to books for a guide on how to live, but for kids of immigrant parents, those guides can be particularly important.

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KIYU-FM, and WNMU-FM


  • Added: Apr 25, 2024
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 3
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This episode features comedian and writer Aparna Nancherla, stand-up comedy from Gary Gulman, and music from singer-songwriter No-No Boy.

  • Added: Apr 24, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
Caption: Leslie Sainz, Credit: Hillary Dubie
Poet and 2021 NEA Literature Fellow Leslie Sainz discusses her creative process and how, as the daughter of Cuban immigrants, she uses poetry to na...

Bought by WRGY, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KZUM, and KECG


  • Added: Apr 23, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 5
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On this episode, we talked about the book "The Musician as Philosopher," which explores several important musicians who worked in the New York City...

  • Added: Apr 23, 2024
  • Length: 28:13
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin follows a new bride’s search for the truth in Bride and Groom by Rona Halsall.

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


  • Added: Apr 22, 2024
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 5
Caption: "Breathing: American Sonnets", Credit: Susan Cook
The town of Brunswick, Maine is set to remove 2/3 of the trees on Maine Street because it is too expensive to work around them as they install new ...

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Apr 19, 2024
  • Length: 01:49
  • Purchases: 1
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HOUR ONE: "Deep Time: How Earth keeps time" - No one understands time like a geologist. And with the climate convulsing and the future breathing do...

  • Added: Apr 19, 2024
  • Length: 01:59:00
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This week, Kathy and Ross quiz Fletcher on a list of words that may or may not have been coined by Shakespeare. You might be surprised by which one...

Bought by KMUN, KECG, and KRPS


  • Added: Apr 18, 2024
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 3
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Stories by Noa Baum and Dolores Hydock, and a boy on camping trip learns how to give and take with magical spirits in the forest--and more importan...

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


  • Added: Apr 18, 2024
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 5
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Author and photographer John Noltner talks about the Minnesota Book Award nominated "Lessons on the Road to Peace"

  • Added: Apr 18, 2024
  • Length: 07:21
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This episode features New Yorker cartoonist Emily Flake, writer and artist Tessa Hulls, and music from Pure Bathing Culture.

  • Added: Apr 18, 2024
  • Length: 59:01
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John Steinbeck's masterpiece of hard times and hope in 1930's America.

Bought by KCHW, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, Spokane Public Radio, KWMR, KMUN and more


  • Added: Apr 17, 2024
  • Length: 01:58:01
  • Purchases: 37