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vix Vacare
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
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The very word vacation has its roots in vacare or to be unoccupied. But in reality vacations are anything but unoccupied. Sandip recounts the woes ...

  • Added: Apr 15, 2024
  • Length: 06:00
Buzzing at the Bee
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
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The New York Times “Spelling Bee” word game really took off during the pandemic lockdown. But Sandip finds the Bee to be a bit exiguous.

  • Added: Nov 16, 2021
  • Length: 06:00
Episode 3: Keep on rollin'
From: Margaret Poethig
Series: Keeping Dad Alive
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Richard and his grandson Sam sing old favorites together while daughter Erika explores her father’s influence on Sam.

  • Added: Oct 24, 2020
  • Length: 10:03
The Sad Samosa
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Cauliflower samosas for Sandip's lunch, Credit: Sandip Roy
I am a samosa and I was meant to play a small but key role in India US diplomacy. This is my sad sad story.

  • Added: Mar 02, 2020
  • Length: 06:00
Turkey for Dinner
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
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It was admittedly a moment of sheer American holiday nostalgia. Cooking a turkey in India. I thought it could be a fun adventure. I just didn’t rea...

  • Added: Jan 09, 2017
  • Length: 06:00
Purple Angel
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Taher Shah
India and Pakistan have much in common but, lately an angel in purple has united the prickly neighbors in gobsmacked amazement.

  • Added: Apr 18, 2016
  • Length: 06:00
Hunter S. Thompson
From: Facts About Fiction
Caption: Hunter S. Thompson, Long Beach, California, May 1989, Credit: Rs79
Hunter S. Thompson had his first run-in with federal agents as a young boy during the Louisville summer of 1946

  • Added: Feb 03, 2016
  • Length: 01:00
Language Bites!
From: Colette Kinsella
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Have you ever wondered where the phrase "to be on the wagon" comes from or even what it means to "get off on the wrong foot"? This series of one-mi...

Bought by WABE


  • Added: Feb 21, 2013
  • Length: 01:31:03
  • Purchases: 1
Politics 101 BC: Voter fraud in the ancient world
From: Oregon Public Broadcasting
Caption: Ellen Millender, Professor of Classics and Humanities at Reed College in Portland, Oregon, Credit: Michael Clapp, OPB
How do we know that there was voter fraud in ancient Athens? Pottery shards tell the tale.

Bought by Listenwise


  • Added: Nov 01, 2012
  • Length: 04:03
  • Purchases: 1
Best Craigslist Ad Ever?
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
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A humorous reading of a looking-for-work ad posted by a copywriter on Craigslist in Atlanta.

Bought by WABE and Vocalo.org


  • Added: Feb 09, 2011
  • Length: 03:28
  • Purchases: 2
India's Karni Mata Temple
From: Rachel Louise Snyder
Series: Global Guru Radio
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This week's Global Guru visits a temple in India where an unlikely rodent reigns supreme

Bought by HCC Radio The Dragon and WTIP


  • Added: Dec 16, 2010
  • Length: 02:59
  • Purchases: 2
Inner Skin
From: Ed Herrmann
Series: Wake Up and Hear the Roses
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Imagine your skin as a giant ear. What does your skin hear while you're sleeping?

Bought by PRX to iTunes


  • Added: Jul 22, 2010
  • Length: 02:20
  • Purchases: 1
Sweden's Curious Christmas
From: Rachel Louise Snyder
Series: Global Guru Radio
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What's Donald Duck got to do with a Swedish Christmas?

Bought by KMXT, KRZA, KUER, KCMJ Community Radio, KZYX and more


  • Added: May 05, 2010
  • Length: 02:56
  • Purchases: 14
Iceland-What IS that smell?
From: Rachel Louise Snyder
Series: Global Guru Radio
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Today, the Global Guru ventures into the Viking's culinary history by looking at the delicacy known as hakarl -- or rotten shark.

Bought by WABE, HCC Radio The Dragon, WTIP, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 13, 2010
  • Length: 02:50
  • Purchases: 4
Global Guru-Tasmanian Devils
From: Rachel Louise Snyder
Series: Global Guru Radio
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This week the Global Guru risks life and limb to learn how to track Tasmanian devils in the wild.

Bought by HCC Radio The Dragon, WTIP, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 08, 2010
  • Length: 02:32
  • Purchases: 3
Global Guru - Latin America Bas Reliefs
From: Rachel Louise Snyder
Series: Global Guru Radio
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This week we go to Latin America where we learn what all bas reliefs have in common, and what that can tell us about our social order.

Bought by HCC Radio The Dragon and PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 07, 2010
  • Length: 02:43
  • Purchases: 2
"Helpful the Dwarf"
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Caption: Illustration for "Helpful the Dwarf," published in the book UNCLE DUNKLE AND DONNIE, Credit: Joe Bevilacqua
A funny fable written by Daws Butler, performed by Joe Bevilacqua, published in the book and audio book: UNCLE DUNKLE AND DONNIE, by BearManor Medi...

Bought by PRX to iTunes


  • Added: Feb 18, 2010
  • Length: 08:37
  • Purchases: 1
"Britty the Starfish"
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Caption: Illustration for "Britty the Starfish," published in the book UNCLE DUNKLE AND DONNIE, Credit: Joe Bevilacqua
A funny fable written by Daws Butler, performed by Joe Bevilacqua, published in the book and audio book: UNCLE DUNKLE AND DONNIE, by BearManor Medi...

Bought by PRX to iTunes


  • Added: Feb 02, 2010
  • Length: :00
  • Purchases: 1
"Bigelow Bee and the Honey Factory"
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Caption: Illustration for "Bigelow Bee and the Honey Factory," published in the book UNCLE DUNKLE AND DONNIE, Credit: Joe Bevilacqua
A funny fable written and performed by Joe Bevilacqua, published in the book and audio book: UNCLE DUNKLE AND DONNIE, by BearManor Media and BearMa...

Bought by PRX to iTunes


  • Added: Feb 02, 2010
  • Length: :00
  • Purchases: 1
"Because Rapunzel Was There"
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Caption: Illustration for "Because Rapunzel Was There," published in the book UNCLE DUNKLE AND DONNIE, Credit: Joe Bevilacqua
A funny fable written by Daws Butler, performed by Joe Bevilacqua, published in the book and audio book: UNCLE DUNKLE AND DONNIE, by BearManor Medi...

Bought by PRX to iTunes


  • Added: Feb 01, 2010
  • Length: :00
  • Purchases: 1
"Alexander Remembers"
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Caption: Illustration for "Alexander Remembers," published in the book UNCLE DUNKLE AND DONNIE, Credit: Joe Bevilacqua
A funny fable written by Daws Butler, performed by Joe Bevilacqua, published in the book and audio book: UNCLE DUNKLE AND DONNIE, by BearManor Medi...

Bought by PRX to iTunes


  • Added: Feb 01, 2010
  • Length: :00
  • Purchases: 1
"A Little Bird Told Me"
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Caption: Illustration for "A Little Bird Told Me," published in the book UNCLE DUNKLE AND DONNIE, Credit: Joe Bevilacqua
A funny fable written by Daws Butler, performed by Joe Bevilacqua, published in the book and audio book: UNCLE DUNKLE AND DONNIE, by BearManor Medi...

Bought by PRX to iTunes


  • Added: Feb 01, 2010
  • Length: :00
  • Purchases: 1
The Origins of Rock -- on ThoughtCast!
From: Jenny Attiyeh
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Rock and Roll. A term we all know well. But what does the word rock mean? Simple enough question. But how did the term originate? Where -- and ...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and WMUB


  • Added: Jul 22, 2008
  • Length: 03:30
  • Purchases: 2
36 Meatballs
From: David Greenberger
Series: The Duplex Planet
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A meatball-eating contest story retold in a noisy restaurant.

  • Added: Jun 19, 2006
  • Length: 01:19
Take the 'A' Train
From: WFUV
Series: Subculture Series
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Take a ride on the A train - the subway's longest line

  • Added: Sep 24, 2004
  • Length: 04:27