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This episode touches on "Fresh Starts" with author Gary Shteyngart, comedian Hari Kondabolu, world champion fly caster Maxine McCormick, and Portla...
- Added: Nov 30, 2018
- Length: 59:00
This episode talks "Hitting the Road" with actor Abbi Jacobson from Broad City, writer Nicole Chung, and the host of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! Pe...
- Added: Nov 27, 2018
- Length: 58:59
This episode considers the "Guilty Pleasure" with New York Times columnist Lindy West, UnREAL co-creator Sarah Gertrude Shapiro, comedian Alex Falc...
- Added: Nov 27, 2018
- Length: 58:58
This episode interprets what it means to "Pay Your Dues" with comedian and podcaster Phoebe Robinson, writer Thomas Page McBee, goat yoga entrepren...
- Added: Nov 08, 2018
- Length: 59:00
This episode discusses what happens when you "Face Your Fears" with journalist Jose Antonio Vargas, comedian Marcella Arguello, writer and former L...
- Added: Oct 19, 2018
- Length: 59:00
Live Wire "Faces the Music" in Austin, TX with busker-turned-blues artist Charley Crockett, poet Roger Reeves, and BBQ masters LeAnn Mueller and Al...
- Added: Oct 19, 2018
- Length: 59:00
Bart Sutter is an award-winning author and a past Poet Laureate of Duluth. He recently published a new book titled, " Nordic Accordion: Poems in a...
- Added: Jun 21, 2018
- Length: 18:05
Author and musician Willy Vlautin discusses his book, Don't Skip Out on Me along with reading 2 short passages. This episode features the soundtrac...
Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio and Spokane Public Radio
- Added: Apr 05, 2018
- Length: 28:59
- Purchases: 2
In the second half of our conversation with former California Poet Laureate Al Young, he shares more from his book SOMETHING ABOUT THE BLUES: AN UN...
- Added: Jan 09, 2018
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 3
Music fuses with literature this Thursday at the Grand Rapids Area Library when Minnesota Book Award Winners Melanie Hoffert, Margi Preus, and Matt...
- Added: Sep 11, 2017
- Length: 14:25
Interview with TV game show host and Author Todd Newton
- Added: Jul 13, 2016
- Length: 59:36
In his memoir Soul Serenade, Rashod Ollison describes how music was a lifeline during a difficult upbringing.
Bought by WMUU-LP, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., and WNJR
- Added: Feb 16, 2016
- Length: 28:30
- Purchases: 3
Here's how a writer created the music magazine he wanted to read.
Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KPIP-LP, WNJR, KPVL, and WABE
- Added: Aug 14, 2015
- Length: 28:29
- Purchases: 5
In honor of Independence Day, a former radio DJ joins us to play a selection of patriotic songs sung by African Americans. (And more...)
- Added: Jun 03, 2015
- Length: 28:58
- Purchases: 11
This stirring hour show of American music and literature begins with
patriotic musical performances by the likes of Marian Anderson, Paul
Robeson, ...
Bought by WVTF, Mississippi Public Broadcasting, KHNS, WUTC, WVTF and more
- Added: Jun 03, 2015
- Length: 53:56
- Purchases: 38
Midnight In Mexico is Alfred Corchado’s reflections on his reporting from mexico for various US based newspapers, including a step by step retellin...
- Added: Oct 16, 2014
- Length: 28:58
- Purchases: 4
Why do books so often turn to music? Richard Powers, author of a new, music-filled novel Orfeo, speaks to the strength of songs and symphonies, inc...
Bought by KICI Iowa City, WABE, and PRX Remix
- Added: Aug 12, 2014
- Length: 12:57
- Purchases: 3
Richard Powers is indulging us in a runaway riff on music, in a little room in the Boston Athenaeum, on the top of Beacon Hill, overlooking the Old...
Bought by WABE
- Added: Apr 03, 2014
- Length: 47:52
- Purchases: 1
Renowned writers, singers, and poets, including Maya Angelou and Nikki Giovanni, paid tribute to Nobel Laureate Toni Morrison with an extravaganza ...
Bought by WTJU, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), WUFT, KCMJ Community Radio, WEMU and more
- Added: Feb 21, 2014
- Length: 53:52
- Purchases: 10
Prolific poet and winner of a 2013 Guggenheim Fellowship Award, Anne Waldman is younger than the Beat Generation, but she did know many of its pro...
- Added: Oct 25, 2013
- Length: 29:00
On this episode of Wordy Birds we interview author and filmmaker Carson Mell about his lastest book, The Blue Bourbon Orchestra, and its themes of ...
- Added: Jul 17, 2012
- Length: 26:39
Songwriter Tai Shan talks about her approach to writing songs inspired by Frank Miller's The Dark Knight Returns. Written and performed for the mo...
- Added: Apr 19, 2012
- Length: 05:00
KAREN KARBO - NY Times best-selling author. ARTHUR BRADFORD - Writer/Director/Producer. TU FAWNING - Indie Rock Band
- Added: Nov 17, 2011
- Length: 55:01
KAREN KARBO - NY Times best-selling author. ARTHUR BRADFORD - Writer/Director/Producer. TU FAWNING - Indie Rock Band
Bought by Rhythm & News Service, WNJR, and KUOW
- Added: Nov 17, 2011
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 3
During this program Rick Bass talks about the challenges of writing fiction about real, living people. He also reads from his novel 'Nashville Chro...
Bought by KREV-LP and Yellowstone Public Radio
- Added: Jun 16, 2011
- Length: 28:58
- Purchases: 2
