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Ramadan-The History of the Fanous
From: kim fox
Series: Ehky Ya Masr Podcast - Ramadan Series
Caption: Ehky Ya Masr logo, Credit: Heba Fouad
During Ramadan in Egypt, people will hang a lantern, but what does it mean? Learn about the history of the Ramadan lantern, the fanous.

  • Added: Jun 05, 2017
  • Length: 03:31
Riffs, Rhythm, Rhyme, and Ramadan
From: John Shuck
Series: Progressive Spirit
Caption: Ramadan Tent Project 2016, Beaverton, Oregon
Xavier theologian brings theology down to earth and university students bring Ramadan to their community.

Bought by KWIT, KUNM, KPIP-LP, and WETS


  • Added: Apr 28, 2017
  • Length: 58:01
  • Purchases: 4
Ladino Chorus Commemorates Passover by Keeping Endangered Language Alive
From: Rhonda J. Miller
Series: Ladino: The Endangered Language of the Spanish Jews
Caption: Kantigas Muestras is a Ladino chorus based in Los Angeles., Credit: Rhonda J. Miller
As Jews around the globe celebrate Passover to commemorate the exodus from slavery in Egypt, a community chorus in Los Angeles is keeping alive the...

Bought by KZYX, KUER, Prairie Public, and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Mar 26, 2017
  • Length: 04:46
  • Purchases: 4
Passover: People of the Cookbook: Jewish Cooking with Claudia Roden
From: Nahanni Rous
Series: Can We Talk?
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A visit, a cooking lesson and lunch with the celebrated chef Claudia Roden. Claudia discussed lost Jewish communities through their cuisines. Inc...

Bought by KWMR and PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 22, 2017
  • Length: 14:46
  • Purchases: 2
StoryCorps: Jess Buzzutto, Eileen Logiudice, and Tori Medina
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Jess Buzzutto explains to his sister and niece how he became known as the Leprechaun of Yonkers, New York.

Bought by Public Radio for All, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, WEZU, and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Mar 20, 2017
  • Length: 03:13
  • Purchases: 4
New Year's Day In Provence
From: Francesca Rheannon
Caption: Ruined sheepcote, Credit: F. Rheannon
Radio producer and writer Francesca Rheannon tells a story about one New Year’s Day in a tiny village in Provence, where past, present and future c...

  • Added: Dec 26, 2016
  • Length: 10:41
Solving the Klezmer Mystery (feature)
From: With Good Reason
Series: Holiday Specials
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After nearly a decade of sleuthing to find the pieces, a groundbreaking album of previously unknown recordings of Jewish klezmer music has been rel...

  • Added: Dec 19, 2016
  • Length: 03:38
Scottie Miller Rocks in the New Year at Crooner's
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: Scottie Miller Band, Credit: Jim Vazquez
The Scottie Miller Band. The group has been around a long time, and it has always been a creative and evolving unit playing original music. And the...

  • Added: Dec 16, 2016
  • Length: 04:59
A Soulful Christmas Comes to the Black Dog in St Paul
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: Jazz 88 logo, Credit: Tim Nyberg (Octane Creative)
It’ll be familiar Christmas songs, but not the same old way as Cedric Fuller leads Global Sound into the Black Dog in Saint Paul. Cedric told Phil ...

  • Added: Dec 14, 2016
  • Length: 05:00
Degrees in Decorating: Students Deck the Halls While at School
From: Syracuse University Broadcast Journalism
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College students manage to get into the holiday spirit through extravagant decorations in their dorms.

  • Added: Dec 10, 2016
  • Length: 03:35
Reel Discovery: Office Christmas Party
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Reel Discovery
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On the latest Reel Discovery, Kristin lets loose with an office full of misfits in Office Christmas Party.

Bought by WSGE and GCR (Global Community Radio)


  • Added: Dec 08, 2016
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 2
Shelf Discovery: A Very Merry Hockey Holiday by Toni Aleo
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
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On this week's Shelf Discovery, Kristin takes to the ice with author Toni Aleo's A Very Merry Hockey Holiday.

  • Added: Dec 06, 2016
  • Length: 03:00
Fish House Parade, Aitken, MN
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Close to Home
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Grant Frashier attends the 26th Annual Fish House Parade in Aitken, Minnesota.

  • Added: Nov 30, 2016
  • Length: 06:52
StoryCorps: Saboor Sahely and Jessica Sahely
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Saboor Sahely and Jessica Sahely
The owner of a Logan, Utah, restaurant tells his daughter about lessons he learned growing up in Afghanistan, and how they inspire him today.

Bought by Public Radio for All, WGUC/ WVXU, WMUU-LP, and WEZU


  • Added: Nov 29, 2016
  • Length: 02:05
  • Purchases: 4
Shelf Discovery: The Fat Man by Ken Harmon
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Shelf Discovery
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On this week's Shelf Discovery, Kristin travels to Kringle Town for a hard-boiled holiday whodunit, Ken Harmon's The Fat Man.

Bought by KKRN, GCR (Global Community Radio), and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Nov 29, 2016
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 3
Sounds from the U Street Farmers Market
From: Deb Edattel
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Savoring the last day of the 2016 market season at the Whisked Pie stand.

  • Added: Nov 24, 2016
  • Length: 03:19
Decolonizing Dinner
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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There's a lot of talk about food these days, from farmer's markets to the local food movement. But in some communities, there's a whole different c...

Bought by KUAF Public Radio, WRGY, KZMU Moab Community Radio, and KENW


  • Added: Nov 18, 2016
  • Length: 32:45
  • Purchases: 4
Treaty Tribute (feature)
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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With Thanksgiving just around the corner, Americans are preparing to celebrate that first feast shared between Native Americans and European Pilgri...

Bought by KENW, WTIP, KRZA, New Hampshire Public Radio, and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Nov 09, 2016
  • Length: 03:34
  • Purchases: 5
Nature Is A Haunted House
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Outside/In
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Little Red Riding Hood, Hansel and Gretel, Friday the Thirteenth, Blair Witch. It seems the woods make a great backdrop for scary stories, but why?...

Bought by 'The Sea' and PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 28, 2016
  • Length: 21:48
  • Purchases: 2
Smashing Pumpkins: The Gourd That Changed A Town
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Outside/In
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In the early '90s Keene, New Hampshire created a pumpkin festival to bring the community together, but after 24 years the quaint festival tore the ...

  • Added: Oct 21, 2016
  • Length: 22:42
Shelf Discovery: Choose Your Own Misery: The Holidays by Mike MacDonald and Jilly Gagnon
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Shelf Discovery
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On this week's Shelf Discovery, Kristin makes some difficult choices in Choose Your Own Misery: The Holidays by Mike MacDonald and Jilly Gagnon.

Bought by KKRN, WMUU-LP, and WLPR


  • Added: Oct 11, 2016
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 3
Free Annual Bluegrass Festival in Minneapolis on Labor Day
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: Alan Jesperson, Credit: Craig Evans
To many, the Laughing Waters Bluegrass Festival at Minnehaha Falls in Minneapolis serves as the exclamation point at the end of a Twin Cities summe...

  • Added: Aug 17, 2016
  • Length: 05:00
Gems 1627: Bluegrass Music: A Great Tradition from Many Sources
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
Caption: Phil w/ 2013 Zeitfunk , Credit: Karen Van Norman
The piece shows that despite that bluegrass is considered a singular styles, it actually stems from a variety of cultural traditions.

  • Added: Jun 16, 2016
  • Length: 08:34
Reel Discovery: The Choice
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Reel Discovery
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On the latest Reel Discovery, Kristin travels to the coast for the latest Nicholas Sparks romance, The Choice.

Bought by KKRN


  • Added: Feb 05, 2016
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 1
New Year's Eve in Coleraine, MN
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Close to Home
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Grant Frashier spends New Year's Eve in Coleraine, MN.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Jan 12, 2016
  • Length: 07:05
  • Purchases: 1

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