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Dispatch 379 - A Song of Democracy
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Trucks blasting political songs in Kolkata, Credit: Sandip Roy
American’s are no stranger to election songs, but in India election songs are a different ballgame. Though there are plenty of songs, Bollywood and...

  • Added: Apr 05, 2021
  • Length: 06:00
WRM44 - Will Pokes Fun at Congress...Again
From: KRSC
Series: The Will Rogers Minute
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Some of Will's greatest jokes about Congress

  • Added: Mar 02, 2021
  • Length: :59
WRM43 - Will & Presidents
From: KRSC
Series: The Will Rogers Minute
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The President is an obvious subject for Will's humor. He spoke about the office, and the men in that position, often.

  • Added: Feb 25, 2021
  • Length: :59
kaMAla, Kamala
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
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The furor over a Kamala seems much ado over very few syllables, but how one handles the mispronunciation can be telling.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 18, 2020
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 2
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
Trump's "Discovery of India" tour
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Trump as Baahubali
Sandip Roy looks at all the ways Trump’s recent visit to India has been a benefit to all concerned.

  • Added: Feb 24, 2020
  • Length: 06:00
TPV06 My Throwback - Where Have All the Commies Gone?
From: Gerald Jones
Series: GetPublished! Radio Book Review Featurettes
Caption: GetPublished! Radio Host Gerald Everett Jones, Credit: La Puerta Productions
GetPublished! Radio co-host and sci-fi author Thomas Page gives us an oddball history lesson about Communism as a quasi-religious faith that might ...

  • Added: Mar 06, 2017
  • Length: 03:27
The price tag of Democracy
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
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We enjoy many rights and privileges as citizens of a free and democratic society, and we we're asked to do is vote. Easy, right?

  • Added: Nov 08, 2016
  • Length: 06:00
Panics, depressions, recessions
From: Don Hill
Series: Xpressions
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XPRESSIONS is a series of short, light-hearted features about the origin of popular phrases & sayings of every sort.

Bought by Key Radio KEYK 89.3 FM and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 11, 2015
  • Length: 01:44
  • Purchases: 2
Dear Rahul
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Rahul Richard Verma
Rahul Richard Verma would be the first Indian American to be Ambassador to India. Sandip Roy channels the thoughts of ohh about a billion Indians.

  • Added: Nov 11, 2014
  • Length: 04:30
Rahul's Storm
From: KALW
Caption: Supporters use a Rahul Gandhi poster as an umbrella, Credit: Sandip Roy
Sandip Roy attended a recent rally for Indian National Congress Party leader Rahul Gandhi, but storm clouds were gathering.

  • Added: Mar 31, 2014
  • Length: 04:30
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
Politics 101-BC: How Democracy Worked
From: Oregon Public Broadcasting
Series: Politics 101-BC
Caption: Ellen Millender, Professor of Classics and Humanities at Reed College in Portland, Oregon, Credit: Michael Clapp, OPB
What kind of power did ancient Athenians have over elected officials? Eligible voters screened candidates for several positions before they took th...

Bought by Listenwise


  • Added: Oct 26, 2012
  • Length: 04:11
  • Purchases: 1
Briefly Patriotic - Is It Hot In Here Or Is It Just Newt?
From: Paul Day
Series: Briefly Patriotic
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Billy Bob Neck on Gingrich and Global warming

  • Added: May 21, 2007
  • Length: 01:02
Briefly Patriotic - Yeltsin: Another Dead Commie
From: Paul Day
Series: Briefly Patriotic
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Billy Bob Neck bids farwell to Boris Yeltsen

  • Added: May 21, 2007
  • Length: :59
Briefly Patriotic - Idol Gives Death
From: Paul Day
Series: Briefly Patriotic
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Billy Bob Neck on the Idol Gives Back charity drive

  • Added: May 21, 2007
  • Length: 01:06
Ethical Spies (#153)
From: Dean Ritz
Series: Ethically Speaking
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What makes some spying ethical, and other spying not.

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 18, 2006
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 2
A bribe is a bribe (es#148)
From: Dean Ritz
Series: Ethically Speaking
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When is a bribe not a bribe?

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, and KDNK


  • Added: Jan 18, 2006
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 3
The Appendage Police
From: Barrett Wolf
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Biker Poetry by J. Barrett Wolf, Highway Poet

  • Added: Nov 20, 2005
  • Length: 01:36
Talking Bumper Stickers (#137)
From: Dean Ritz
Series: Ethically Speaking
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Should license plates have messages?

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 02, 2005
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 2
Speak Up. Get Fired. (#116)
From: Dean Ritz
Series: Ethically Speaking
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In most states you lawfully can be fired for your political beliefs.

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Jun 08, 2005
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 1
1998 Amselm Hollo - Big Shoes
From: Naropa University
Series: Jack Kerouac Disembodied School of Poetics
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New American Poet Anselm Hollo reads his anti-Nike poem

Bought by KUNM


  • Added: Mar 23, 2005
  • Length: 01:41
  • Purchases: 1
The Sopranos in the West Wing
From: Jonathan Mitchell
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Tony Soprano stars as the President of the United States

Bought by PRX Remix, PRX, and WBEZ


  • Added: Jan 13, 2005
  • Length: 01:29
  • Purchases: 3
Nobody Expects the Spanish Inquisition - To Have Lawyers
From: Merle Kessler
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Lawyers weigh in on torture. Ian cringes.

  • Added: Jul 09, 2004
  • Length: 01:52
My Bi-(Partisan) Boyfriend**
From: Sharon Glassman
Series: Radio Essays On Demand
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Can you help me? Because my beau may be "you know," politically.

  • Added: Apr 05, 2004
  • Length: 03:48