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Christopher Bollen discusses "The Lost Americans"

From: Steven Nester
Series: Poets of the Tabloid Murder

When the lifeless body of Eric Castle, a weapons technician for a major American defense contractor, is found under his hotel balcony, both his emp...

A.M. Homes: “The Unfolding” of American Democracy

From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends

Salman Rushdie praised A.M. Homes’ latest novel, The Unfolding as, “A terrific black comedy, written almost entirely in pitch-perfect dialogue, tha...

Bought by KWMR, RadioStPete Florida, RadioFreePalmer, KMUN, KDNK and more

How To Save Diverse Democracies

From: Mateo Schimpf

On this week’s episode, Yascha Mounk joins Ray Suarez to discuss his new book, “The Great Experiment: Why Diverse Democracies Fall Apart And How Th...

Bought by WLPR , Classic107.3, RADIOLEX, WMUU-LP, GCR (Global Community Radio) and more

How Radical Self-Love Can Heal the World

From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends

It’s that time of year when we all need resilience: elections, holidays, the change of seasons. Many of us need fortitude to get through. Reverend ...

Bought by KWMR, RadioFreePalmer, KDNK, KMUN, and WNYE

David Hill discusses "The Vapors"

From: Steven Nester
Series: Poets of the Tabloid Murder

David Hill is a writer from Hot Springs, Arkansas. His work has appeared regularly in Grantland and The Ringer, and has been featured in The New Yo...

The Big Ponder #1: I Love You, I Hate You

From: Goethe-Institut
Series: The Big Ponder – A Transatlantic Podcast

Caption: The Big Ponder, Credit: © Goethe-institut

“We have the right to hate Germany because we love it,” German writer Kurt Tucholsky wrote. Listening to positions from both sides of the Atlantic ...

Bought by KICI Iowa City

On Just Being with Scott Russell Sanders

From: WFHB
Series: Interchange

The centerpiece in today’s program is our talk about the essay “The Suffering of Strangers” which details a visit Sanders took to Charleston, South...

Bought by RADIOLEX

Bent Toward Hope

From: Laura Joyce Davis
Series: Shelter in Place

In this very special Story Saturday edition, Laura talks with award-winning author Kirin Khan, who began this time of sheltering in place in a fire...

The late Puerto Rican Poet & Fiction Writer Judith Ortiz Cofer

From: New Letters on the Air

National Hispanic Heritage Month continues with a look at Puerto Rico’s culture and stories through the eyes of the late Judith Ortiz Cofer. In the...

Bought by New England Public Media

183: Roadtrippin' / 184: Do Protests Still Matter?, 7/8/2017

From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge

HOUR ONE: "Roadtrippin'" - What makes a road trip something special? It's not the destination. HOUR TWO: "Do Protests Still Matter?" - In the wa...

Missouri Poets of the Midwest Poets Series

From: New Letters on the Air

Discover the poetic variety of Missouri in this special program featuring readings from the Midwest Poets Series by three very different Missouri p...

Bought by WNJR and WJCU

Philip Weinstein, From Faulkner (and 'Race') to Franzen

From: Claudia Cragg

KGNU's Claudia Cragg speaks here with the delightful Philip Weinstein about his latest work Jonathan Franzen: The Comedy of Rage.

The Creation of Standard Time

From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious

Radio Curious discusses time, as we know it, with Clark Blaise, author of "Time Lord: Sir Sandford Fleming and the Creation of Standard Time."

Moral Maps and Geographies of Conflict - Melani McAlister & Téa Obreht

From: Open Source

Caption: Melani McAlister's book jacket for Epic Encounters: Culture, Media, and US Interests, 1945-2000

How do war stories work, and where do we find them? Our guests this week are mapping out terrains of conflict and confusion in our lifetimes, from ...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.

Have You Found Your Hidden Brain?

From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious

How do we make the big decisions in our lives? Who to vote for?-or who to choose as a life mate or form an opinion about politics or war? Most of ...

George R.R. Martin

From: Tony Tellado
Series: Best Of Sci-Fi Talk

A conversation with author George R. R. Martin. Mr Martin joined co-host Ernest Lilly and myself to discuss his first novel of a series, A Game Of ...

Bought by WABE

Lost in Wonderland

From: Noah Burbank

Would it surprise you to hear that Sleeping Beauty, a fire-breathing dragon, Prince Charming, and our president all have something in common? Stanf...