Episodes

  • This Afterlife with Poet A.E. Stallings
    Dec 13 2025
    Does poetic constraint empower creativity? Known for her received forms like sonnets and sestinas, American poet A.E. Stallings joins us in the studio to discuss her book of selected poems, This Afterlife.
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    53 mins
  • From Dora-Mittelbau to the Moon
    Nov 17 2025
    What is the connection between a secret concentration camp built deep inside a German mountain and NASA's race to the moon in the 1960s? Novelist Patrick Hicks takes us on a journey from humanity's deepest despair to our greatest heights.
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    53 mins
  • She Calf and Other Quechua Folk Tales
    Jul 13 2025
    Travel with us to the high Andes of Cusco, Peru searching for folk tales with author Johnny Payne. Many know of Machu Picchu, but few Americans have heard the oral stories of the indigenous people who reside in the shadows of the 15th-century Inca citadel.
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    52 mins
  • Pedagogy of the Depressed
    Apr 27 2025
    Join us for an exploration of how and why higher education is evolving with Distinguished Professor, Christopher Schaberg.
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    53 mins
  • All the See You Tomorrows
    Feb 17 2025
    Can we every truly 'go home again?' Can we ever revisit or recapture 'who we were' as kids? Join us for a conversation with author, William Lychack and his novel, Cargill Falls.
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    51 mins
  • Still No Word from You
    Dec 16 2024
    What makes a good reader? What are the actual notes in the margin worth remembering? What perspective does life on the margins bring? Will Peter Orner have answers for us?
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    29 mins
  • AR Poetica with Sandy Longhorn
    Dec 16 2024
    Share time with Central Arkansas poet Sandy Longhorn as we follow her poetic tale of severe illness in America and "the industrial medical complex." Join us as we hear Longhorn's poetry and discuss complex issues surrounding women and commercial healthcare.
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    29 mins
  • AR Poetica with Sandy Longhorn
    Nov 18 2024
    Share time with Central Arkansas poet Sandy Longhorn as we follow her poetic tale of severe illness in America and "the industrial medical complex." Join us as we hear Longhorn's poetry and discuss complex issues surrounding women and commercial healthcare.
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    29 mins