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Leslie Sainz: A New Voice in Contemporary Poetry

From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works

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 KECG

The Musician as Philosopher

From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library

On this episode, we talked about the book "The Musician as Philosopher," which explores several important musicians who worked in the New York City...

Shelf Discovery: Bride and Groom by Rona Halsall

From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Shelf Discovery

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 RadioStPete Florida

An American Sonnet: "I see Trees Standing in Deep Water" From The Department of Poetic Justice (and Poetic Reckoning)

From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide

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

893: Giving up / 894: Hope: How do you make it?, 4/27/2024

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

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 ...

891: Deep Time: How Earth keeps time / 892: Hope: Where does it come from?, 4/20/2024

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

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...

Shakespeare: He Made Up a Lot of Words

From: KMUW
Series: You're Saying It Wrong

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 KECG and KRPS

An Hour of Storytelling - Parents Come in Strange Packages and Curse of the Storm

From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: The Apple Seed

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 Robin Hood Radio/ WHDD AM 1020/FM 91.9-WLHV FM 88.1 /WGHQ AM 920 and Angelica Community Radio

MN Reads: "Lessons on the Road to Peace" by John Noltner

From: WDSE
Series: MN Reads

Author and photographer John Noltner talks about the Minnesota Book Award nominated "Lessons on the Road to Peace"

609: Emily Flake, Tessa Hulls, and Pure Bathing Culture, 4/19/2024

From: Live Wire! Radio
Series: Live Wire

This episode features New Yorker cartoonist Emily Flake, writer and artist Tessa Hulls, and music from Pure Bathing Culture.

The Grapes of Wrath

From: L.A. Theatre Works
Series: L.A. Theatre Works

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

Shelf Discovery: The Suite Life by Portia MacIntosh

From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Shelf Discovery

On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin travels to Hawaii with a single girl who’s desperate to find an impressive date for her sister’s wedding in...

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

Kinship, Community, and Consciousness, an interview with Richard Powers

From: KALW
Series: Emergence Magazine Listening Hour

Why are stories that remind us of how deeply humans are connected to the living world so important? In this conversation, author Richard Powers dis...

2024-04-14 Shakespeare's Outsiders

From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk

Do Shakespearean dramas have more in common with modern-day soap operas than we think?

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), KSKQ, KTSW 89.9, and KICI Iowa City

An Hour of Storytelling - Lost Time and Troll Trouble

From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: The Apple Seed

Stories by Motoko and Andy Offutt Irwin, and a babysitting job gone terribly wrong.

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

The Write Question - Tessa Hulls

From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question

Artist and writer Tessa Hulls discusses her graphic memoir, "Feeding Ghosts."

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., GCR (Global Community Radio), Yellowstone Public Radio, and Spokane Public Radio

British-isms

From: KMUW
Series: You're Saying It Wrong

We look at why Americans love to talk like our friends from across the pond-- or like to *think* that's what we're doing.

Bought by KECG

608: Gary Gulman, Anis Mojgani, and Olive Klug, 4/12/2024

From: Live Wire! Radio
Series: Live Wire

This episode feature comedian Gary Gulman, Oregon Poet Laureate Anis Mojgani, and music from singer-songwriter Olive Klug.

A Rumpus at a Public Library?

From: KSRQ
Series: Community Voices

Caption: Campbell Public Library of East Grand Forks, MN

What can possibly happen at a "rumpus" in a public library? Charlotte Helgeson knows........

Shelf Discovery: Bless Your Heart by Lindy Ryan

From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Shelf Discovery

On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin follows a family of women as they fight to protect their small town from the undead in the audio edition of...

Bought by WUTC, WCNY, RADIOLEX, and RadioStPete Florida

Rock Guitar Virtuosos

From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library

On this episode, we talked about the new book "Rock Guitar Virtuosos," an academic book that acts as a study of old and new guitar shredders, what ...

887: Total eclipse and other wonders / 888: Eye-to-eye with animals, 4/6/2024

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

HOUR ONE: "Total eclipse and other wonders" - Millions of people are traveling to see the total solar eclipse. Meanwhile, the exact nature of the u...