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A program of poems by Carl Sandburg on the mortality of things, civilizations, and men. A Native American story, and the tale of the last buffalos

  • Added: May 02, 2013
  • Length: 27:24
Caption:  2013 Team Finals stage at the Cadillac Palace Theater, Credit: (TimeOut/Jeff Kroll)
Over the past 13 years, Louder than a Bomb, Chicago’s youth poetry competition, has grown from humble roots in the basement of a Division Street th...

Bought by WUIS


  • Added: Apr 25, 2013
  • Length: 59:03
  • Purchases: 1
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ID Radio is a two-minute daily feature with interviews and insights from today’s most influential authors, musicians, artists, and creative minds. ...

  • Added: Mar 28, 2013
  • Length: 10:00
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In this episode we talk about a lesser known tale, The Armless Maiden. How does she get her arms chopped off you ask? Maybe her dad does it to save...

  • Added: Mar 04, 2013
  • Length: 19:56
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True (and humorous) story about Mark and Eric who find a stack of brand-new copies of Fifty Shades of Grey, just sitting on the sidewalk.

  • Added: Feb 08, 2013
  • Length: 06:48
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This podcast talks about the many versions of Cinderella told around the world and the different kinds of footwear she wore to the ball. My persona...

  • Added: Jan 26, 2013
  • Length: 21:08
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What a year was 1913! Many have called it the true beginning of 20th century culture. From New York, where the first large-scale show of modern ar...

Bought by WGCU, WXDU, KUNC, WNMU-FM, KQED and more


  • Added: Jan 11, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 21
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ID Radio is a two-minute daily feature with interviews and insights from today’s most influential authors, musicians, artists, and creative minds. ...

Bought by KSKQ


  • Added: Jan 02, 2013
  • Length: 10:00
  • Purchases: 1
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The oldest feminist bookstore in the country closes, after over 40 years in business.

  • Added: Dec 29, 2012
  • Length: 04:39
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A hundred years before Frank Kapra ever dreamed up a wonderful life, Charles Dickens had already penned the seminal Christmas classic. For the past...

  • Added: Dec 12, 2012
  • Length: 27:11
Caption: Author David Baldacci
ID Radio is a two-minute daily feature with interviews and insights from today’s most influential authors, musicians, artists, and creative minds. ...

Bought by KSKQ


  • Added: Dec 06, 2012
  • Length: 10:00
  • Purchases: 1
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ID Radio is a two-minute daily feature with interviews and insights from today’s most influential authors, musicians, artists, and creative minds. ...

Bought by KISU and KSKQ


  • Added: Dec 06, 2012
  • Length: 10:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Trooper Henry Dixon
As part of a series marking Armistice Day, the anniversary of the end of the First World War, reporter, Alison Turner, asked expat actors living in...

  • Added: Nov 01, 2012
  • Length: 06:49
Caption: Dr Kate Macdonald, Assistant Professor of English Literature at the University of Gent, Belgium
As part of a series marking Armistice Day, the anniversary of the end of the First World War, reporter, Alison Turner, talked to Dr Kate Macdonald ...

  • Added: Nov 01, 2012
  • Length: 54:00
Caption: Doc Stull, Credit: Danielle DeMartini
Homer's 23rd chapter in the 2800-year-old "Iliad" has no rival.

  • Added: Jul 02, 2012
  • Length: 02:43
Caption: Doc Stull, Credit: Danielle DeMartini
Famous author of Civil War classic "The Red Badge of Courage" uses sports metaphors/images to describe a war he never experienced.

  • Added: Jul 02, 2012
  • Length: 02:33
Caption: Judith Jones
Judith Jones, Julia Child's editor, discusses her favorite author with Canada's food sleuth, Marion Kane.

  • Added: Jun 25, 2012
  • Length: 09:12
Caption: The Sea
Homer's Odyssey re-imagined through my neighbors' experiences on the wine-dark sea.

Bought by Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Apr 30, 2012
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Poetry Out Loud Participants, Credit: Patty Polasky
A documentary piece featuring citation and commentary from high school students from Fosston, Clearbrook-Gonvick, and Trek North High Schools durin...

  • Added: Mar 22, 2012
  • Length: 11:09
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Chicks who dig comics, fighting the epic battle against sexism

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh, WRVO, and Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Feb 16, 2012
  • Length: 06:17
  • Purchases: 3
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Marks was a British code maker in World War II. While still in his early twenties, in charge of wireless communication codes to espionage agents an...

  • Added: Jan 04, 2012
  • Length: 04:00
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A must-have Halloween Special!!!! An entertaining hour-long exploration of the eerie yet elusive character of Dracula in films, literature, music a...

Bought by KHNS, KREV-LP, WNMU-FM, WRVO, KUT and more


  • Added: Sep 23, 2011
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 7
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Listeners will find Nature Dreaming: Rediscovering California’s Landscapes with David Mas Masumoto both entertaining and enlightening. Two one hour...

Bought by KZYX and KALW


  • Added: Sep 02, 2011
  • Length: 01:50:16
  • Purchases: 2
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It's not dark yet. Well, actually it is. But actor Alfred Molina makes a book with Death in the title an absolute thrill to listen to. The program ...

  • Added: Aug 18, 2011
  • Length: 28:39
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Actress Mary-Louise Parker said this is one her favorite novels of all time and so she jumped at the chance to read excerpts. There's commentary by...

Bought by Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Aug 18, 2011
  • Length: 29:07
  • Purchases: 1