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"I escaped because of my friend. The three of us started planning while we were in south Sudan." Beatrice Ocwee
Reporter Gladys Oroma continues ...
- Added: Apr 09, 2018
- Length: 44:12
"If I did not reveal that I was formerly abducted, nobody would know. If I did not tell that these children were born from captivity, nobody would ...
- Added: Apr 09, 2018
- Length: 36:25
In episode 14 Farrah returns with Houda to talk about her family’s harrowing experience in their home in Homs, Syria early in the war. After the ev...
- Added: Aug 02, 2017
- Length: 05:20
In episode 13 of Mn Huna: Finding Refuge in Friendship, it’s Melanie’s turn to take you to Small Syria. To sit by the pool with a group of Syrian w...
- Added: Aug 02, 2017
- Length: 05:41
During the night of November 13th, 2015, a series of terrorist attacks claimed by ISIL killed 130 people and injured 368 in Paris, France. Kansas C...
- Added: Apr 01, 2016
- Length: 10:05
This ancient, raw soup is easier than you think.
- Added: Feb 22, 2016
- Length: 03:58
This Minorcan gin tells us quite a bit about the island's history and culture.
- Added: Feb 07, 2016
- Length: 05:57
This seasoned pork sausage has a flavor as rich as its history.
- Added: Jan 08, 2016
- Length: 04:44
For years Danna Harman had been reporting the same old political stories for The Jerusalem Post. She wanted out. That’s how she found herself in Ke...
- Added: Oct 28, 2015
- Length: 20:05
Two journeys - in very different directions, and taken for very different reasons - out of, and then into, Africa.
- Added: Oct 21, 2015
- Length: 44:14
Belinda Cai knew only the outline of her father’s childhood in China's Cultural Revolution. Recently, when she asked her father for details, she wa...
Bought by XRAY.fm
- Added: Jul 01, 2015
- Length: 05:41
- Purchases: 1
Ben Weisz investigates what can be learned about changes in Tunisian society since the Arab Spring, from the music which shapes its cultural landsc...
- Added: Jul 09, 2014
- Length: 01:00:04
How is raising a little girl in the United States different from raising her in India? What happens when you move to America where expectations fo...
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- Added: Feb 25, 2014
- Length: 05:01
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From the 19th century freak show to the East African black market in body parts to the modern cinema, the image of the albino has seized the popula...
- Added: Feb 01, 2014
- Length: 54:00
How does travel overseas change your view of yourself? Can one person’s comment change your perspective on your life at home - and overseas
- Added: Nov 07, 2013
- Length: 04:33
- Added: Oct 15, 2013
- Length: 04:30
- Purchases: 1
How difficult is it to pick up and move your family overseas for a year ?
- Added: Sep 09, 2013
- Length: 05:33
When you visit the West African nation of Togo, you're likely to hear the "yovo song" -- a song chanted by many Togolese youth that goes: "White pe...
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- Added: Sep 26, 2012
- Length: 04:14
- Purchases: 1
Sometimes it's a blessing to have noisy neighbours.
- Added: Jul 24, 2012
- Length: 02:58
- Purchases: 3
I'm sitting in a landrover with 46 year old Soila Sayialel - the car is surrounded by over 50 docile elephants grazing in Amboseli National Park. I...
- Added: Jun 15, 2012
- Length: 14:44
A true story told live in London. David goes scuba diving off the coast of Sicily, and gets into troubled waters - involving an airport runway, uns...
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- Added: Apr 23, 2012
- Length: 11:05
- Purchases: 1
Israeli United World College student, Nofar Hamrani, shares her moving story about growing up in the Gaza Strip. She begins her story with a famil...
Bought by Radijojo World Children's Radio Network and PRX Remix
- Added: Apr 06, 2011
- Length: 04:00
- Purchases: 2
Writer and radio commentator Carol Spindel visited the Ivory Coast last November as the country took a step towards democracy with a historic elect...
- Added: Feb 08, 2011
- Length: 59:01
In Colombia, where evidence is marred by politics, emotion and time, conclusions are hard to come by.
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Nov 29, 2010
- Length: 10:56
- Purchases: 1
Shekaiba Wakili's aunt was en route to New York, September 11, 2001, when her plane turned around and flew back to Peshawar, Pakistan. Shekaiba str...
Bought by WMNF
- Added: May 30, 2009
- Length: 07:37
- Purchases: 1
