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Public-Radio Program Episodes
Host - Joanna Beth Tweedy
Programming Director - Sinta Seiber-Lane
 Episode 3-9 |
Sex and the Desiderous Soul - For centuries, poets have written about the yearnings of the human heart and body. In his newest book, Heaven's Song: Sexual Love As It Was Meant To Be, theologian Christopher West discusses this longing through an examination of the Song of Songs. West discusses the erotic Biblical work in relation to the Theology of the Body and how society's Puritan tendencies have led to sexual dissatisfaction and disaffection. The program also features an original musical score by contributing artist Mike Mangione.
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Episode 3-8
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Conversations with Sena Jeter Naslund (Abundance) and Peter Ramos (Please Do Not Feed the Ghost) as well as poetry from Angie Macri
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Episode 3-7
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Featuring original works of poetry and prose by Suzanne Levine, Jim Bainbridge, Naomi Ruth Lowinski, and Lee Reilly, as well as a performance essay by Austin Bunn, winner of The Missouri Review’s 2009 Audio/Voice-Only Lit Contest.
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Episode 3-6
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A conversation with Robert Hellenga, whose fourth novel, Philosophy Made Simple, centers on retired widower Rudy Harrington who sets out to explore life’s profound mystery by way of avocados, elephants, and epiphany; the program also features poetry from Robert E. Wood and Wesley McNeese.
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Episode 3-5
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A conversation with legendary book maven Mary Gay Shipley, whose ability to not only predict but create sleeper hits has been widely lauded. Owner of That Bookstore in Blytheville, for over three decades, Mary Gay has been connecting readers with books. She’s been credited with propelling the best-selling careers of writers Rebecca Wells and John Grisham—and with predicting and propelling the success of books like Terry Kay’s To Dance with the White Dog, and David Guterson’s Snow Falling on Cedars.
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Episode 3-4
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Earth and Body—What we know and don't know about the intersection of environmental and human health, featuring conversations with Elizabeth Kolbert, author of Field Notes from a Catastrophe, and Barbara Italia Mendez, as well as commentary on works by Alan Weisman (The World Without Us) and Susan Casey ("Our Oceans Are Turning into Plastic...Are We?")
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Episode 3-3
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Featuring original works of poetry and prose by John M. Anderson, Lori Levy, Maureen McQuerry, Kevin Conder, and Janelle Garcia |
Episode 3-2
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A conversation with Scott Reynolds Nelson about his experience being plagiarized by a Dutch newspaper whose reporter lifted—without attribution—not only Nelson’s research, but also his grandmother.
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Episode 3-1
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A conversation with Nigerian poet, proverb scholar, and novelist J.O.J. Nwachukwu-Agbada (Prayer Beads of the Silent Supplicant) and new fiction from Lewis Schrager (“The Songbird of Sidi Bou Said”) (Originally broadcast May 2009)
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Features: Steven Wilson, Brock Clarke, Tortsten Caeners, Robert Olen Butler, Tamms Poetry Project, James A. Winn, Lincoln Legacy Bicentennial Celebration and more...
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Features: Sena Jeter Naslund, Maya Angelou, Peter Ramos, Robert Hellenga and more...
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