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This week on the show: Big Alcohol taps Africa - Big international alcohol companies are now targeting the African continent. With sales stagna...

  • Added: Aug 08, 2019
  • Length: 30:00
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Five generations have lived at the ‘Alexander Haus’ on Groß Glienicker See over the past century – enduring fascism, war, the division of Germany, ...

Bought by KICI Iowa City, KICI Iowa City, and KRZA


  • Added: Jan 23, 2019
  • Length: 19:45
  • Purchases: 3
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Mexico protects it's most valuable waters.

  • Added: Aug 26, 2018
  • Length: 02:30
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Sample BBC Reporting from the 1990s

  • Added: Aug 01, 2018
  • Length: 06:24
Caption: Houssam, Houda’s father, holds his newborn granddaughter Shooq in Jordan two days before the family left for America.
Episode 2: We begin to introduce you to Houda’s family.

  • Added: Mar 16, 2017
  • Length: 03:10
Caption: Houda and Melanie on KXCI’s front porch. , Credit:  Photo by episode 1 translator, Radwa Abdel-Barry.
Episode 1: In August of 2016, Melanie and Houda met at potluck for Arizona Welcomes Refugees. It was just a few weeks after Houda’s family arrived ...

  • Added: Mar 16, 2017
  • Length: 03:58
Caption: Pat Kennedy speaks with a patient, Al Ain. , Credit: Nancy Kennedy
The year is 1959, and one in every two babies are dying in childbirth.

Bought by WCPN


  • Added: Dec 08, 2016
  • Length: 26:32
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: The Seattle Republican viewing party of the first presidential debate in September - Washington, USA., Credit: Hebah Fisher
KC Short. A US election special: meet the Americans of Middle Eastern descent supporting Trump

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Oct 10, 2016
  • Length: 14:04
  • Purchases: 1
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Four years after Nelson Mandela was released from prison, he became president of South Africa. And yet, those 4 years were among the bloodiest and ...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., WDBM, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KHSU and more


  • Added: Jan 15, 2016
  • Length: 17:44
  • Purchases: 7
Caption: Frank Lenselink and Jeremy, Credit: Anton F.
Jeremy Olivier, a musician from the Southern African region and his songwriter wife Nicole introduce us to the inspiring and touching story behind ...

  • Added: Nov 22, 2014
  • Length: 17:31
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Left Forum Friday, May 30, 2014 Plenary with Cornel West, Immortal Technique, Marina Sitrin, and Stanley Aronowitz;

  • Added: Jun 14, 2014
  • Length: 01:39:12

  • Added: May 30, 2014
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 21
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Members of the group called 'The BRATS' (Brussels Retired Expats) joined Alison Turner to discuss their book, "Retiring in Belgium: A Guide for Ex...

  • Added: Mar 21, 2013
  • Length: 27:01
Caption: Melanie, Credit: MB
Melanie is a young woman of Suriname in South America who now lives in Holland and is becoming an icon and inspiration for those who want to change...

  • Added: Dec 09, 2012
  • Length: 07:54
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The Open World Foundation™ is about change, about you and the world. And there is a sense of urgency, an urgency for change. Almost everone on Eart...

  • Added: Dec 09, 2012
  • Length: 18:16
Caption: Soila Sayialel saves elephants , Credit: Soila Sayialel
George Adamson could think like a lion and be like a lion. David Coulson describes a terrifying experience with George and Maggie and Dennis? Maggi...

  • Added: Aug 14, 2012
  • Length: 05:19
Caption: David Coulson at a rock art site in Nairobi Park (sitting), Credit: Paula Kahumbu
Have you ever stared a charging hippo in the face? David Coulson did! Reputed to be Africa's most dangerous animal the hippo is known to be able to...

  • Added: Jul 24, 2012
  • Length: 04:26
Caption: Yasmine Gustafsson
Bullying isn't an American phenomenon. In Sweden, a federally-appointed bullying ombudsman will sue a school district for not sheltering students f...

Bought by Listenwise, New Hampshire Public Radio, and Connecticut Public (WNPR)


  • Added: Feb 21, 2012
  • Length: 04:44
  • Purchases: 3
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Husseyin Baybasin is een Koerdische zakenman die, naar zeggen van zijn advocaat Mr. Adele van der Plas, al veertien jaar lang onschuldig in de Nede...

  • Added: Apr 12, 2011
  • Length: 06:37
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For the first time in KVSC's 43-year history, a live international broadcast is coming to you from the Winnipeg Folk Festival. With help from the M...

  • Added: Jul 09, 2010
  • Length: 55:29
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For the first time in KVSC's 43-year history, a live international broadcast is coming to you from the Winnipeg Folk Festival. With help from the M...

  • Added: Jul 09, 2010
  • Length: 01:01:29
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Alex Meixner: Acclaimed accordionist playing jazz, Bulgarian dance music, Cleveland-style polkas and more.

  • Added: Nov 27, 2009
  • Length: 19:49
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Between 4 and 6 million of American do not live in the U.S.A. Voters among them can play a decisive role in the upcoming elections.

  • Added: Oct 24, 2008
  • Length: 15:47
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Leaving Suriname as a young boy with dreams and hope for another life.

  • Added: Aug 28, 2008
  • Length: 19:21
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How a fragile woman of Dutch descent became one of the most powerful women in U.S. business.

  • Added: Aug 26, 2008
  • Length: 11:18