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Terrorists in Love: The Real Lives of Islamic Radicals
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Free Press, Credit: Cover design by Eric Fuentecilla
In his new book, former federal prosecutor Ken Ballen reveals the personal and emotional secrets of Islamic terrorists.

  • Added: Dec 18, 2011
  • Length: 28:58
Tricks and Treats
From: Muriel Murch
Series: Letter From A. Broad
Caption: Autumn comes gently
A look at the European tricks and treats of the last month, England in Autumn before leaving the UK

Bought by KWMR


  • Added: Nov 05, 2011
  • Length: 09:44
  • Purchases: 1
Pakistan Aslant (1) - "The country that could kill the world"
From: Open Source
Caption: “MOHAMED ALI JINNAH: His Moslem tiger wants to eat the Hindu cow” [April 1946]
Christopher Lydon on the road in South Asia, in a compilation of conversations and reflections on Pakistan's past and dynamic present. Featuring no...

Bought by WCPN, KUOW, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Oct 25, 2011
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
Pakistan Aslant (2) - Roots of Resilience
From: Open Source
Caption: Rashid Rana's "I Love Miniatures" (2002)
Christopher Lydon on the road in South Asia, in a compilation of conversations and reflections on Pakistan's past and dynamic present. Featuring fi...

Bought by WCPN and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Oct 25, 2011
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
Guatemala: Drug Trafficking and Violence
From: International Crisis Group
Series: Crisis Group Podcast
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Mark Schneider, Crisis Group’s Senior Vice President and Special Adviser on Latin America, discusses drug-related violence and corruption in newly ...

  • Added: Oct 14, 2011
  • Length: 06:52
Jay Ipson: The Original Survivor
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
Caption: Jay Ipson in front of the Virginia Holocaust Museum., Credit: John MacLellan
Jay Ipson, the youngest Holocaust survivor living in Virginia today, lived in an underground lair for six months during the Nazi occupation of his ...

  • Added: Oct 14, 2011
  • Length: 59:14
A $300 House: Fact or Fiction?
From: Housing Revolution
Caption: An early sketch of the $300 House concept, Credit: 300house.com
Vijay Govindarajan, co-creator of the $300 House Project, discusses the genesis of the idea, how it’s different from mere cheap housing, and his ho...

Bought by KUT and PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 25, 2011
  • Length: 15:12
  • Purchases: 2
Why I Really Like This Book
From: Kate Macdonald
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a weekly podcast for curious readers about forgotten books

  • Added: Aug 07, 2011
  • Length: 01:21:44
In Maine, Southern Sudanese Celebrate Independence
From: Alyce Ornella
Caption: Veterans of the Second Sudanese Civil War stand under the new flag of South Sudan., Credit: Alyce Ornella
Portland, Maine is home to one of the largest Southern Sudanese refugee communities in the United States, many of whom settled in the city after fl...

Bought by WMPG and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 10, 2011
  • Length: 02:24
  • Purchases: 2
"Please Call Stella": Capturing English, from Afrikaans to Zulu
From: Rebecca Sheir
Caption: The Speech Accent Archive is the brainchild of GMU's Steven Weinberger, Credit: Rebecca Sheir
A look -- and listen -- inside the world's largest online database of English accents.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, PRX Remix, KUOW, New Hampshire Public Radio, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 24, 2011
  • Length: 05:19
  • Purchases: 5
Vanishing Ice - Getting to the Core of Climate Change
From: SQRadio
Caption: Melting Away, Credit: Sheri Quinn
Glaciers around the world are melting at an unprecedented rate and glacier shrinkage is evidence of climate change. Paleoclimatologist Lonnie Thomp...

  • Added: Jun 04, 2011
  • Length: 30:02
Why They Call it "Going for Broke" with Mark Blyth
From: Open Source
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Sharp-talking political economist Mark Blyth is back in the Glasgow pub, so we say, and he's expounding on the melt-down that's still melting down ...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Jun 02, 2011
  • Length: 08:56
  • Purchases: 1
Kwan
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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From Sudan to Portland to Iraq and back.

Bought by WMPG


  • Added: May 31, 2011
  • Length: 06:51
  • Purchases: 1
History's Tragic Irony with Teju Cole and Simon Schama
From: Open Source
Caption: Teju Cole
Nigerian-American writer Teju Cole is our idea of a post-imperial global mind in motion. His celebrated first novel, "Open City," is about a solita...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: May 20, 2011
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 2
Late in the Arab Spring with Juan Cole and Steven Heydemann
From: Open Source
Caption: Steven Heydemann at Brown University's "Engaging Afghanistan" Conferece
With the news of Osama Bin Laden's death punctuating the reports from Libya, Syria, and Yemen, we're wondering: is this the beginning of the end, o...

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: May 12, 2011
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 1
The Decisions Project - 15 - A Month in Juárez
From: Aengus Anderson
Series: The Decisions Project
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A recent college graduate receives an unexpected job offer from his uncle: teach English in Ciudad Juárez.

  • Added: May 03, 2011
  • Length: 03:25
Generosity Water PSA
From: Kevin McCarthy
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Public Service Announcement for Generosity Water produced by Kennesaw State University Communication students.

  • Added: Apr 26, 2011
  • Length: :31
In Memory of Tim Hetherington
From: Sheri Quinn
Caption: Tim Hetherington, Credit: Sheri Quinn
Photojournalist and war correspondent Tim Hetherington was killed wednesday, April 20, 2011 along with two other journalists while covering the fig...

  • Added: Apr 22, 2011
  • Length: 14:01
Royal Wedding – the Dad's Wedding
From: Connor Walsh
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The last Royal Wedding was when Prince Charles married Camilla Parker Bowles. Members of the Great British public, loyal to the late Diana, Princes...

  • Added: Apr 18, 2011
  • Length: 12:01
Moral Maps and Geographies of Conflict - Melani McAlister & Téa Obreht
From: Open Source
Caption: Melani McAlister's book jacket for Epic Encounters: Culture, Media, and US Interests, 1945-2000
How do war stories work, and where do we find them? Our guests this week are mapping out terrains of conflict and confusion in our lifetimes, from ...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Apr 15, 2011
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 1
Danny Katz: Staying on the Job in Tokyo
From: Blunt Youth Radio Project
Series: Messages from Japan
Caption: Messages from Japan, Credit: Eleanor Graf
Danny Katz is a Japanese-American who grew up in the USA, but who now lives and works in Tokyo. After the big earthquake and tsunami, he made the d...

Bought by KZYX


  • Added: Apr 10, 2011
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 1
Miki Pyle: They Are Strong
From: Blunt Youth Radio Project
Series: Messages from Japan
Caption: Messages from Japan, Credit: Eleanor Graf
Miki Pyle lives in South Portland, Maine. Over 5,000 people in her hometown died during Japan's last major earthquake. Seeing how the Japanese peop...

Bought by KZYX and WMPG


  • Added: Apr 10, 2011
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 2
Cultural Capital - Hamid Dabashi & Andre Aciman
From: Open Source
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In the cultural crossroads of Manhattan's West Side, we found two standard-bearers for our most promising American tradition -- the literary and in...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Apr 07, 2011
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 1
The Black Swan of Cairo - Mark Blyth
From: Open Source
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Open Source "Shorties" are 7-8 minute cuts of our best evergreen material. Today: Mark Blyth on the political economy of uncertainty in Japan, Egyp...

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Mar 25, 2011
  • Length: 07:47
  • Purchases: 1
The "Curse" of the Hope Diamond
From: Rebecca Sheir
Caption: Does bad luck befall everyone who's owned the infamous Hope Diamond?, Credit: The Smithsonian
Is the world's most famous diamond... cursed?

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 17, 2011
  • Length: 05:50
  • Purchases: 2

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