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Lockdown Olympics
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Chewie makes Dalonga coffee, Credit: Sandip Roy
I had assumed the lockdown was a time when the frenetic world would finally slow down, But on my social media timeline no one has gotten the messag...

  • Added: Apr 20, 2020
  • Length: 06:00
Folktale of Father Christmas
From: Northeast Indiana Public Radio
Series: Folktales
Caption: WBOI's Folktale of Father Christmas, Credit: Julia Meek
Ho Ho Ho! “Perhaps the best Yuletide decoration is being wreathed in smiles”--and this edition of Folktales, it’s everyone’s favorite ‘jolly old el...

Bought by WFIU, KLCC, KUPR low power FM, WFIU, WYAP and more


  • Added: Dec 19, 2018
  • Length: 59:59
  • Purchases: 12
#18-48 Fandango!
From: All Classical Public Media
Series: Played In Oregon
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Fandango! plays music by Manuel de Falla, Carlos Rafael Rivera and more.

Bought by WCNY, Rhythm & News Service, KWAX, and KMXT


  • Added: Nov 27, 2018
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 4
Folktale of Time
From: Northeast Indiana Public Radio
Series: Folktales
Caption: WBOI's Folktale of Time, Credit: Julia Meek
Tennessee Williams said “Time is the longest distance between two places.” Take an hour to close that gap this week with the Folktale of Time.

Bought by WFIU, WFIU, GCR (Global Community Radio), 'The Sea', 90.1 WFYI Public Radio and more


  • Added: Jun 18, 2017
  • Length: 59:59
  • Purchases: 8
Multi-cuisine Madness
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: A sample menu, Credit: Sandip Roy
In a world where consumer choice is deified, multi-cuisine’s stock keeps going up, no matter its quality.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Sep 13, 2016
  • Length: 05:59
  • Purchases: 1
Folktale of Financial Affairs
From: Northeast Indiana Public Radio
Series: Folktales
Caption: WBOI's Folkale of Financial Affairs, Credit: Julia Meek
This week on Folktales, it's a world of finance we're investing in, through a most musical rate of exchange--you can bank on it!

Bought by WFIU, GCR (Global Community Radio), WLPR , and WFIU


  • Added: Apr 19, 2016
  • Length: 59:58
  • Purchases: 4
Dhaka Facebook Fest.?
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
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Sandip Roy gets virtually stranded in Bangladesh at the Dhaka Lit. Fest.

  • Added: Nov 23, 2015
  • Length: 06:00
The Tropes of Fiction
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
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A funny blog on the site Publishing Perspectives came up with a checklist for the must have ingredients of a bad South Asian diasporan novel. Arran...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 24, 2015
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 1
Folktale of Joy
From: Northeast Indiana Public Radio
Series: Folktales
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This week's show is a literally lighthearted tour around the musical globe--so put on a happy face, let a smile be your umbrella, and tune in for t...

Bought by WFIU, WFIU, 'The Sea', WFIU, WLPR and more


  • Added: Aug 28, 2014
  • Length: 59:59
  • Purchases: 10
A telegram for you...
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Central Telegraph Office in Kolkata, Credit: Sandip Roy
The telegram was 163 years old in India, and only recently has the reliable old machine been put away.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 16, 2013
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 1
Get Behind Me, Now Stay There - Episode 25
From: Get Behind Me , Now Stay There
Series: Get Behind Me, Now Stay There
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The Art and Entertainment News That You Want To Know! Featuring Musician Claes Cem and and Author Sergio Magana.

  • Added: May 02, 2013
  • Length: 58:01
TFTS-065 Tin Roof Project #14 Featuring Vic Fleming
From: Paula Morell
Series: Tales from the South 2012 Spring Season
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Tin Roof Project #14, featuring crossword constructor Vic Fleming telling his tale about being lost in Moscow in the mid 1980's.

  • Added: Jan 28, 2012
  • Length: 29:00
Reading Russian Fortunes
From: Rachel Louise Snyder
Series: Global Guru Radio
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You're Russian and your son's about to get married. But what if the girl can't be trusted? What if your son's marriage is doomed? Or worse, what if...

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


  • Added: Jun 01, 2010
  • Length: 03:03
  • Purchases: 4
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
03 - 'The more ye know, the less, the better!'
From: Raymond McCullough
Series: Celtic Roots Radio
Caption: Celtic Roots Radio - logo, Credit: Raymond McCullough
Hosted by Raymond McCullough, in Belfast, Northern Ireland, Celtic 'n' roots music 'n' craic from Northern Ireland, with music from: Shantalla, (...

  • Added: Mar 29, 2009
  • Length: 29:47
02 - 'There is NO 'north Ireland!'
From: Raymond McCullough
Series: Celtic Roots Radio
Caption: Celtic Roots Radio - logo, Credit: Raymond McCullough
Hosted by Raymond McCullough, in Belfast, Northern Ireland, Celtic 'n' roots music 'n' craic from Northern Ireland, with music from: Eden Burning...

Bought by Marfa Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 29, 2009
  • Length: 29:34
  • Purchases: 1