Podcasts, Video, Audio
Podcasts [P], videos [V], and audio programs [A] of interest from literary magazines, book publishers, alternative magazines, universities and bloggers. Includes poetry readings, lectures, author interviews, academic forums and news casts. This is a new page under development. If you know of sites that would be relevant for our readers, please e-mail info to: newpagesdenise@hotmail.com
ALSC [P]
Association of Literary Scholars and Critics
An organization for enthusiastic students, professors, and readers of literature, wherever they come from and however they define themselves—supported by The Bradley Foundation, The Carthage Foundation, and Boston University.
Apostrophe Cast [P]
A bi-weekly online reading series delivered as a podcast.
AWP [P]
AWP's podcasts will feature recordings related to literature. These will include recordings from select events at our annual conference.
Bibliocracy Radio [A]
Hosted by Santa Monica Review editor Andrew Tonkovich, Bibliocracy is a weekly literary arts program featuring readings and discussions with writers. Recent guests include: Al Young, Judith Freeman, Daniel Olivas, Reyna Grande, Michael Jaime-Becerra, Toni Mirosevich, Terese Svoboda, Katha Pollitt, Diane Lefer.
Books on the Nightstand [P]
Books on the Nightstand is the blog and podcast of Michael Kindness and Ann Kingman.
Bound Off [P]
Bound Off is a monthly literary audio magazine from Boston University, broadcasting literary short fiction with the new podcasting technology. "We aspire to showcase work that is compelling and driven by narrative, with a force that keeps the listener listening. We are dedicated to publishing stories by both the established and emerging writer.
The Chattahoochee Review [P]
Readings by Shelia Moses, Judson Mitcham, Luis Alberto Urrea, Alistair MacLeod, Nino Ricci, Elizabeth Cox, and several open mic readings with Georgia Perimeter College faculty. Interviews with Judson Mitcham, Mark Bixler, Luis Alberto Urrea, Maryn McKenna, Patti Callahan Henry, Jack Pendarvis, Jill McCorkle. Lectures by Mark Bixler, Donald Bogle, William Julius Wilson, Hampton Sides, Leonard Susskind. And more...
Chiasmus Press
[P]
Interviews
from the Edge
Conversations with Chiasmus authors and artists.
Chicago Amplified [P]
Chicago Amplified was created in 2006 to bring wider distribution to some of the most exciting and informative public programming happening throughout the Chicago region.
The Continental Review [V]
The web's first forum devoted exclusively to poets and writers on video. It's a continuously updated journal of video-readings and video-interviews with interesting and well-known members of the literary community, such as Linh Dinh, Noah Eli Gordon, Joshua Marie Wilkinson, Allyssa Wolf, Tom Beckett, and Cole Swenson.
First Book [P]
Audio podcasts with a number of best-selling children’s authors, including Kate DiCamillo author of Because of Winn Dixie; the author of the If You Give series, Laura Numeroff; pop-up book masters Robert Sabuda and Matthew Reinhart; and Natalie Babbitt, author of Tuck Everlasting.
From the Fishouse [A]
Free online audio archive showcases emerging poets (defined for this purpose as poets with fewer than two published books of poetry at the time of submission) reading their own poems, as well as answering questions about poetry and the writing process.
Grammar Girl [P]
Mignon Fogarty's "Grammar Girl" series of five-minute grammar tips hosted by QD Now: Quick and Dirty Tips 4 Doing Things Better. Classroom use encouraged!
i-outlaw [A] [V]
A poetry show hosted by Bob Marcacci and produced by Josh Hinck. Their mission: To bring you the best poetic audio and video entertainment from the internet. Each show highlights ten poets from the blogsphere as well as one featured poet. Submission of audio or video accepted year-round.
IndieFeed Performance Poetry Channel [P]
The channel promises to uncover the best of today's cutting edge spoken poetry artists, delivering their work through both studio and live recordings, directly to your computer or other personal music device.
Joe Milford Blog Radio [A]
Joe Milford hosts poets and poetry shows once a week.
John Cleese Podcast [P]
What can I say? I'm an old Monty Python fan.
Kid-Cast [P]
This site invites kids to create their own podcasts as well as allowing adults to post kid-appropriate casts (and no doubt, the kids helped with the process). Each podcast is "age-rated" and reviewed before being posted. Some of the casts are adults reading stories or "lessons" for kids, while others created by kids include discussions of discrimination, global warming, and book reviews.
Lapham's Quarterly [A] [V]
Editor Lewis H. Lapham hosts The World In Time, a program airing Sundays on Bloomberg Radio, featuring scholars and historians such as The New School’s Karl E. Meyer or Columbia’s Eric Foner discussing the events of fifty or 500 years ago, not Meet the Press politicos or This Week pundits grappling with the events of last week.
Linebreak [A]
An online visual and audio poetry weekly.
Library of Congress
[V]
Poet Vision
Series
"Great poets reading and talking intimately about their work. Originally filmed and broadcast in Philadelphia from 1988-90, the 12 episodes capture for posterity insights from and about Lucille Clifton, Rita Dove, Allen Ginsberg, Louise Glück, Sam Hamill, Michael Harper, Stanley Kunitz, Denise Levertov, and Robert Penn Warren."
Library of Congress
[A]
The Poet and
the Poem
"an ongoing series of live poetry interviews at the Library of Congress with distinguished artists. Webcasts are now available of recent events, including the appearances of two U.S. Poets Laureate and several Witter Bynner fellows."
Missouri Review [A]
TMR provides their Winter 2007 issue online for free download. Other issues will be made available for a fee.
The Moth [P]
A not-for-profit storytelling organization that provides podcasts from several of its eight programs.
Moving Poetry [V]
A compendium of video poetry from around the web with a new video every weekday.
Bill Moyers Journal [P] [V]
Each week a one-hour PBS broadcast will feature analysis of vital issues, strong interviews with unique voices on politics, the arts and letters, science, religion, and the media, as well as debates on public issues and documentary specials. Video of most current program available on homepage with podcasts of archived programs.
New Letters on the Air [P]
Hosted by Angela Elam, this is a half-hour radio companion to the literary quarterly magazine New Letters. Past guests include U.S. Poet Laureates Ted Kooser, Rita Dove, Billy Collins; Pulitzer Prize winning playwrights August Wilson, Suzan-Lori Parks, Tony Kushner and novelists Jim Harrison, Jane Smiley, Richard Russo. The program, which also features emerging writers of poetry, fiction, drama and creative non-fiction, is produced by the University of Missouri-Kansas City and distributed via Public Radio’s Content Depot.
Podiobooks.com [P]
The term podiobooks was coined by Evo Terra to describe serialized audio books which are made available in podcast format. Listeners to Podiobooks.com can choose to receive the episodes of their books via an RSS feed or by listening to episodes by directly downloading episodes from this site. There is no fee for downloading books, though donations are encouraged throughout the site.
Poem Talk [P]
A poetry blog sponsored by The Poetry Foundation, The Kelly Writers House, and Penn Sound.
Poesy Planet [P]
A weekly mini-podcast that will feature one poet reading up to five poems, 15 minutes max.
Poetryvlog.com [V]
A weekly video reading of poetry by the poet. Currently, the site hosts over 90 video readings, George Wallace, poetry editor. Each poet has their own page feedback capability.
Poetry Foundation [P] [A]
Seriously, need I say more? Okay: readings and interviews with poets and critics.
Poets Weave [A]
A five minute weekly poetry program (podcast and stream), broadcast on the NPR station WFIU, Bloomington, Indiana, featuring guest poets reading their own poems as well as poetry read by the host, Christopher Citro. Online audio archives contain 100s of shows, dating back to 2006. Recent shows include live readings by poets such as Ross Gay, Debra Kang Dean, and Alyce Miller.
PBS News Hour [P] [A]
Podcasts including NewsHour, Shields and Brooks, World View, Insider Forums, Stories of the Week, Science, Health, Poetry, TeacherCast, and Supreme Court.
Prosody [A]
Pittsburgh Radio for Contemporary Literature produced by Jan Beatty.
Red Lion Square [P] [A]
Red Lion Square is a free, weekly podcast of contemporary poetry intended for a general audience. Each episode includes music and poetry with a segment called "the after party" which might be music, interviews, live readings, etc.
Red Room [P] [A]
The site offers a page for each of its author members with information about their books, events, video, and links. Visitors can search or browse authors, books, events, blogs, podcasts and more. Individuals can also sign up for membership to participate in the site.
A River & Sound Review [P]
A one-of-a-kind, live literary arts entertainment program intended to feature the work of writers and musicians from Puyallup and and the Puget Sound region. Also designed for the allowance for audience interaction -- via its two "literary game shows," Name That Book and Head to Head Shakespeare Trivia Challenge. Podcasts of live shows.
Rutgers University Press Podcast [P]
Not much here yet, but may be adding more content. Two interesting casts: An interview with Murray Pomerance, film scholar and author of Johnny Depp Starts Here; John T. Cunningham, who supplied the text for This Was New Jersey, a collection of photos by the late Harry Dorer.
Seal Press [P]
By Women.
For Women.
These podcasts feature interviews with current Seal Press authors and the topics range from childbirth options to dealing with the death of a parent, from the issues facing transgender women today to training for a marathon.
Shoemaker & Hoard Publishers [P]
Though no longer publishing, this Shoemaker & Hoard Poetry series is still available via .xml feed link. Interviews and readings with three American poets/writers whose works have shaped and enhanced contemporary poetics: Gary Snyder, Robert Hass, and Wendell Berry. Interviews conducted by host Joanne Greene.
Skepticality [P]
The Official Podcast of Skeptic magazine. This audio talk show is dedicated to skeptical topics and interviews. Each episode, Skepticality hosts Derek & Swoopy enlighten listeners with interviews and information on science and skepticism. Previous episodes have included guests such as James Randi, Phil Plait, Marc Zimmer, Jennifer Michael Hecht, Michael Shermer, Seth Shostak, Benjamin Radford, Tom Flynn, Ann Druyan, Bob Carroll and Lawrence Krauss.
Stain of Poetry [V]
A reading series that takes place at the Stain Bar in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.
Student Press Law Center [P]
The SPLC produced a series of monthly updates on the conflicts and controversies affecting the legal rights of the student press. [offline Nov. 09 - check back]
TED
Technology,
Entertainment, Design
[V]
"Inspired talks by the world's greatest thinkers and doers."
textsound [A]
An online audio publication "interested in the fields and intersections of poetry, sound poetry/ art, and performance."
Two Words [A]
Audio from the Center for the Art of Translation
University of Pennsylvania
PennSound [P]
An ongoing project, committed to producing new audio recordings and preserving existing audio archives. We intend to provide as much documentation about individual recordings as possible; new bibliographic information will be added over time (please contact us if you can supplement the information already provided). Currently houses around 300 mp3 recordings with a few podcasts. Worth a look for downloads.
University of Pennsylvania
Kelly Writer House [P]
Founded in 1995 by a group of students, faculty, staff and alumni, the Kelly Writers House is an actual 13-room house at 3805 Locust Walk on Penn's campus that serves as a center for writers of all kinds from Penn and the Philadelphia region at large.
Utne Magazine [P]
UtneCast with host Leif Utne. Every two weeks, the UtneCast brings you interviews with visionary thinkers, authors, artists, and activists who are working for a greener and kinder world. Plus reviews of new music and movies from independent artists and filmmakers.
Virb [V]
A multi-genre community site - the YouTube of the arts.
Wired for Books [A]
"For many years, most of the best writers of the English language found their way to Don Swaim's CBS Radio studio in New York. The one-on-one interviews typically lasted 30 to 45 minutes and then had to be edited down to a two-minute radio show (Book Beat). Wired for Books is proud to make these important oral documents publicly available for the first time in their entirety. Listen to the voices of many of the greatest writers of the twentieth century." There are around 600 interviews posted as MP3, over ten years ('82-'93) of Swaim's work.
Words to Go [P]
Author Carole Giangrande hosts this showcase for up-and-coming writers, great reads and the spoken word as well as commentary of issues of interest to readers and writers.
Wordslingers [A]
Live radio for poetry and the conversations and culture it ignites, with a particular emphasis on Chicago. Twice each month, poets and writers convene in WLUW's studios to read their work aloud, and explore how poetry interacts with Chicago's broader literary culture.
WordSmitten [P]
"About the Books" features Pulitzer Prize-winning authors, emerging writers, literary agents, and editors. Recent guests include Jane Smiley, Edward P. Jones, NBF honoree Fiona Maazel, NBF executive director Harold Augenbraum, and best-selling author Francine Prose.
Write the Book [P]
An ongoing podcast of interviews with authors, editors, publishers, and others of interest in the world of reading and writing. Hosted by Shelagh C. Shapiro, Write The Book airs on WOMM-LP 105.9 FM “The Radiator,” in Burlington, Vermont, every Monday at 2:00 p.m.
Writers Almanac [P]
With Garrison Keillor on National Public Radio.
The Writers' Block [P]
KQED's weekly reading series featuring writers and performers of all stripes reading the latest short fiction, non-fiction, theater and poetry. Nearly 100 authors podcasts already archived on this site.
Writers on Writing [P]
Writers on Writing is a weekly radio program hosted by journalist and author Barbara DeMarco-Barrett. Each Thursday at 5pm Pacific, writers, poets and literary agents join her. Broadcast from the studios of KUCI-FM; on your radio in Orange County, CA, at 88.9 and simulcast worldwide at www.kuci.org.
Yale Press [P]
A new show about arts, letters, ideas, history, and just about everything else on our authors' minds. Featuring the latest Yale University Press authors and hosted by Chris Gondek.
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