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OUR BEST SUMMER READING LIST EVER. (AND A SURPRISE.)
From: Peter Tannen
Series: Tannen Weekly Humor Show
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Everybody's recommending books for summer reading -- so we will too. But, we're sure you won't find these books on anybody else's reading list! Y...

  • Added: Jul 07, 2011
  • Length: 02:27
Author Sharon Chmielarz on "Calling" and "The Sky is Great the Sky is Blue"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE
Series: Real Good Words
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Sharon Chmielarz has had poems published in several literary magazines including The Laurel Review, The Iowa Review, Water~Stone, Kalliope, Ascent,...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jun 16, 2011
  • Length: 23:45
  • Purchases: 1
The Importance of Work
From: The Drucker Institute
Series: Drucker on the Dial
Caption: Author Richard Ford, Credit: Sahlan Hayes
Host Phalana Tiller interviews Geoffrey Brewer of the Gallup Press and novelist Richard Ford. And Bloomberg Businessweek online columnist Rick Wart...

Bought by KFOK-LP


  • Added: Jun 10, 2011
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 1
Jim Proebstle on Fatal Incident
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE
Series: Real Good Words
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Every Wednesday night on Real Good Words, Heidi talks with authors about their writings. Heard that phrase before? Want to take it on as your own?...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jun 09, 2011
  • Length: 23:43
  • Purchases: 1
Design Thinking, Collective Action and Peter Drucker
From: The Drucker Institute
Series: Drucker on the Dial
Caption: Roger Martin, Credit: rogerlmartin.com
Host Phalana Tiller interviews authors Roger Martin and James Quigley. And Bloomberg Businessweek online columnist Rick Wartzman delivers a piece ...

Bought by KFOK-LP


  • Added: May 12, 2011
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 1
The Amazing True Story of Paul Revere
From: Jonathan Thomas Stratman
Caption: Paul Revere by Copley
On the 237th anniversary of Paul Revere's famous ride, re-visiting the Longfellow poem. What did Longfellow get right or wrong? Who rode that night...

Bought by KUT and Prairie Public


  • Added: Mar 21, 2011
  • Length: 10:18
  • Purchases: 2
The Last Word on Libraries
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE
Series: Between You and Me
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The particular and universal state of mind of libraries is one of random discovery.

Bought by WTIP


  • Added: Feb 08, 2011
  • Length: 03:33
  • Purchases: 1
Commentator Guido on Libraries
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE
Series: Between You and Me
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Guido has always been overly interested in books, and he tells about some of his favorite libraries.

Bought by WTIP


  • Added: Feb 08, 2011
  • Length: 05:06
  • Purchases: 1
Commentator Aaron Brown on Libraries
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE
Series: Between You and Me
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Last week, Aaron's oldest son signed up for his first Library card... to them, the library is spoken about like a mythical place.

  • Added: Feb 08, 2011
  • Length: 02:41
Best Science Writing 2010 -- Groks Science Show 2010-10-13
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Jesse Cohen discussed the best American science writing in 2010.

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Oct 14, 2010
  • Length: 25:23
  • Purchases: 1
CHICKEN A LA STEINBECK
From: Leet and Litwin
Series: HUNGRY: The Literary Julia Child
Caption: John Steinbeck, Credit: FANPIX.net
A gift from the Julia Child Foundation. In "Cannery Row" the hobos poach a chicken over a campfire, in a 5-gallon coffee can. What they don't know,...

Bought by KRCB-FM, KZYX, and KUT


  • Added: Sep 17, 2010
  • Length: 26:55
  • Purchases: 3
"CULTURE IN BITE-SIZED PIECES"
From: Peter Tannen
Series: Tannen Weekly Humor Show
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Americans are always busy, busy busy. And we constantly complain that we never have enough time for anything. Well, here's a new way to enjoy all ...

  • Added: Jul 26, 2010
  • Length: 02:48
HowTo Write For Newspapers
From: The humble Farmer
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
Mail off your article as soon as you write it.

  • Added: Jun 21, 2010
  • Length: 01:51
Bonifant Books
From: Andrew Hiller
Series: Andrew Hiller's Commentaries
Caption: Andrew Hiller
A sentimental look at the closing of Andrew Hiller's favorite used book store.

Bought by WAMC


  • Added: Jun 07, 2010
  • Length: 02:09
  • Purchases: 1
Lauren Kessler, journalist and author of Finding Life in the Land of Alzheimer's
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Lauren Kessler worked for minimum wage as an RA (resident assistant) while writing FINDING LIFE IN THE LAND OF ALZHEIMER'S (formerly titled, Dancin...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 16, 2010
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 1
Adipose Rex Had a Strange Complex
From: The humble Farmer
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
Adipose Rex was the fattest king in Thebes

  • Added: Apr 02, 2010
  • Length: :23
A Culture of Viagra and Plastic Toys From China
From: The humble Farmer
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
Can a contemporary bard achieve immortality?

  • Added: Mar 30, 2010
  • Length: :44
Portrait of an Artist: a semi-regular series
From: KUT
Series: Portrait of an Artist-a semi-regular series
Caption: Tomas Q. Morin
Poet, Scholar and Artist Tomas Q. Morin talks about his life and career, and reads a few of his own works.

  • Added: Mar 17, 2010
  • Length: 10:59
Is Ain't
From: The humble Farmer
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
Playing With Words

  • Added: Feb 27, 2010
  • Length: 01:43
Told and Retold: Spring
From: Gioia Timpanelli & Co.
Caption: Gioia Timpanelli
This program is an evergreen. Through the tradition of storytelling and interspersed with music, Gioia Timpanelli hosts this compelling hour radio ...

Bought by WEKU, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, WYSO, and North Country Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 05, 2010
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
Acute Bibliophobia
From: WNPR
Series: Colin McEnroe Show: Fresh Voices
Caption: There's too many books!, Credit: Flickr Creative Commons, chrisrobinsonphotography
How does a lifelong passion for books transform itself into an acute fear?

  • Added: Jan 18, 2010
  • Length: 06:30
Homer's Iliad
From: The humble Farmer
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
Simple storytelling has become complicated.

  • Added: Dec 20, 2009
  • Length: 01:43
Worn Out Wisdom
From: The humble Farmer
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
There are people who scrape together and repackage scraps of tired old worn out wisdom, but when it’s encapsulated they call it an aphorism, becaus...

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Dec 10, 2009
  • Length: :41
  • Purchases: 1
Sex, Evolution And Consumer Behaviour
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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Why do you buy what you buy? What do you hope to gain from it and will it make you a happier, sexier and more successful person? In these days of e...

  • Added: Dec 07, 2009
  • Length: 29:00
Fahrenheit 451
From: William S. Hammack
Series: Stories of Technology
Caption: PRX default Piece image
The message of Fahrenheit 451 in the age of DVD and electronic books: We run the risk that the literary and intellectual canon of the coming centur...

  • Added: Nov 02, 2009
  • Length: 03:34

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