Poetry

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The Coastal Observation and Seabird Survey Team

Airs at: Thu, 12/15/2022 at 9:30am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Beyond Your Front Door
  Finding a dead bird on the beach might not be pleasant, but tracking those birds can provide a wealth of important information about the health of our marine and coastal environment - and that information can lead to positive changes. You might be surprised to learn that... Read more

Talking Earth: December 12, 2022 with Walt Curtis

Airs at: Mon, 12/12/2022 at 10:00pm - 11:00pm
Produced for:  Talking Earth
On tonight's edition of spoken word show Talking Earth, Walt pontificates a little about the holidays, and board-op Patrick Bocarde reads a passage from Slaughterhouse-Five, as well as poems about snow and cats.  Mr. Bocarde also reveals his favorite holiday music, in a ver... Read more

Chris Abani, author of Smoking the Bible (part 2 of 2)

Airs at: Thu, 12/29/2022 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Between The Covers
Listen in to the second of our two-part interview with poet, essayist, novelist, Igbo priest, and humanitarian Chris Abani. We'll be talking about Chris's latest collection of poems Smoking The Bible, an elegy to his dear brother and an exploration of love, loss, exile, and... Read more

Buscando America on 11/29/22

Airs at: Tue, 11/29/2022 at 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Produced for:  Buscando America
En esta emisión conoce a Amenic Boom Bap y a Mafia Soul con su nuevo sencillo Somos Humanidad. Desde Oaxaca escuchamos una probadita de lo que sucedió en la presentación del libro Hacedoras de estrellas, la nueva publicación de Lluvia Obsidiana. Además vamos a estar esuchan... Read more

Bayo Akomolafe on Coming Alive to Other Senses

Airs at: Tue, 11/29/2022 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Produced for:  For The Wild
  We're taking a pause this week from our regular episodes to promote our first Slow Study with Bayo Akomolafe. In celebration, we are rebroadcasting our recent interview, "Bayo Akomolafe on Coming Alive to Other Senses."   In this encore, Bayo Akomolafe guides listeners o... Read more

Maya Khosla on What the Forest Holds

Airs at: Tue, 11/22/2022 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Produced for:  For The Wild
  What can the forest teach us of grief, of joy, of humanity? This week, poet and scientist Maya Khosla invites listeners into the forests of Northern California to find deep reverence for the power of biodiversity. Maya's expertise on wildfires shines through this deep an... Read more

Talking Earth: Gaines, Tolentino, Raphael: November 21, 2022

Airs at: Mon, 11/21/2022 at 10:00pm - 11:00pm
Produced for:  Talking Earth
This episode of The Talking Earth, hosted by dan raphael, will feature Josh Gaines,, dan raphael (last minute fill-in) and Armin Tolentino o (as first broadcast May of 21.) As usual I'll throw in poems by a couple other poets. Josh Gaines ditched a promising military career... Read more

Wider Window Poetry with Emmett Wheatfall

Airs at: Mon, 12/05/2022 at 10:00pm - 11:00pm
Produced for:  Wider Window Poetry
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Chris Abani, author of Smoking the Bible (part 1 of 2)

Airs at: Thu, 11/17/2022 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Between The Covers
From poet, essayist, novelist, Igbo priest and humanitarian Chris Abani, comes his latest collection of poems Smoking The Bible, an elegy to his dear brother and an exploration of love, loss, exile and rebirth. Part 1 of 2. Read more

Wider Window Poetry Celebrates Asian-American Poets

Airs at: Mon, 11/07/2022 at 10:00pm - 11:00pm
Produced for:  Wider Window Poetry
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