Peter Johnson

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  • Username: Ecoessays
  • PRX Member
  • Role: Producer/Reporter: Independent

Recent Pieces from Peter Johnson

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Citizens United: Supreme Court's first time on YouTube (01:40)
From: Peter Johnson

Author Derek Cressman, who recently ran for Secretary of State in California, feels the Supreme Court got it terribly wrong with their decision in "Citizens United." Here he ...
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It was Only Meant as a Prank... (01:40)
From: Peter Johnson

Swapping places with your identical twin little sister wasn't intended for life, but.... Author Ann Morgan reads from her new novel, Besides Myself. Ann's other reading ...
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Is Restaurant Critiquing a Piece of Cake? (01:40)
From: Peter Johnson

Author Elizabeth LaBan reads from her new novel, The Restaurant Critic's Wife, serving up heaps of chuckles for you.... TAC, now with 400 authors recorded, by design has a ...
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Downton Abbey, kick yourself... (01:40)
From: Peter Johnson

...for not having produced this scene. Author Eloisa James reads from her new novel, My American Duchess, who here is the picture of... a pineapple of politeness (not). ...
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50+ Years In Captivity... (01:40)
From: Peter Johnson

...for "Packy" the Elephant at The Oregon Zoo. How do you feel about zoos? Nigel Rothfels reads from the book, Elephant House (with Dick Blau, photography). Rothfels as a ...
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"Into the Fish Pond!" (Downton Abbey-esque) (01:40)
From: Peter Johnson

So, remember to observe carefully when in greenhouses.... Author Sarah MacLean reads from her Victorian novel, The Rogue Not Taken. Here, Sophie catches her philandering ...
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Do You Believe Conspiracy Theories? (01:40)
From: Peter Johnson

Well, you might believe some, of course. "Watergate" was a conspiracy, indeed.... Touching on a more recent national trauma, author Rob Brotherton here reads a provocative ...
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Searching for One of Earth's Rarest Creatures (01:40)
From: Peter Johnson

Author William deBuys reads from his true account, The Last Unicorn: A Search For One Of Earth's Rarest Creatures (a sample of our 100-second daily shows of author-readings). ...
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An Everglades Chat... (01:40)
From: Peter Johnson

With a twinkle in her eye, author Amy Hill Hearth reads from Miss Dreamsville And The Lost Heiress Of Collier County, a novel about a book club composed of dreamers and ...
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Who Invented Modern Basketball? (01:40)
From: Peter Johnson

Teaser answer: He was a superb athlete but native to another country! Find out who as author Scott Ellsworth reads from The Secret Game: A Wartime Story Of Courage, Change, ...