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Why is darkness
From: Maria-Cristina Marras
Series: Exploration on darkness
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There are many questions related to dark-ness, so many that it is difficult choosing where to start from.

  • Added: Mar 28, 2022
  • Length: 03:37
Vax Fest India
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Screen shot from India Today
Apparently Indians pay attention to nothing unless it’s turned into a festival. Sandip Roy wonders if that may help stop COVID-19.

  • Added: Apr 13, 2021
  • Length: 06:00
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
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
Choose Your Own Adventure
From: Facts About Fiction
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Imagine you are children's literature publisher R. A. Montgomery...

  • Added: Feb 08, 2016
  • Length: 01:00
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
A Red State Gun Owner Who's Not so Red
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Matt Knox, Credit: Amy MArtin
We go to Montana, where Making Contact Producer Amy Martin spent some time with a guy that you might think of as the stereotypical American gun own...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, KFAI Minneapolis, and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Sep 30, 2015
  • Length: 09:24
  • Purchases: 3
NEA Jazz Moments with Saxophonist, George Coleman
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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2015 NEA Jazz Master George Coleman shares stories about playing with NEA Heritage Fellow, BB King, falling in love with Charlie Parker, and learni...

Bought by WKSU, Harford Community Radio, WRTI, KCSM, Harford Community Radio and more


  • Added: Apr 29, 2015
  • Length: 03:27
  • Purchases: 12
Braidio: the fire guy
From: Veronica Simmonds
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Having your hair braided can be a matter of life or death

  • Added: May 12, 2014
  • Length: 02:53
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
Sandip Roy is haunted by boots!
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Jewelry Box movie poster
"Ghosts" in India are different in more than just their name.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 28, 2013
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 2
The Umami of Customer Service
From: Veronica Simmonds
Caption: Customers
We all know how sweet it is when our appetites are satisfied, but what's it like to be a satiator?

  • Added: May 10, 2013
  • Length: 02:53
"The Mysterious Thieve of Thieves"
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: Joe Bev Shorts
Caption: Joe Bev reads "The Mysterious Thieve of Thieves", Credit: Lorie B. Kellogg
A short fiction by Pedro Pablo Sacristan, read by Joe Bevilacqua. Great for Christmas Day (Humphrey Bogart's birthday), a funny film noir or anyt...

  • Added: Mar 11, 2013
  • Length: 05:12
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
Simple Soup
From: Bishop Sand
Series: Sift
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Chef Gift gives us a simple soup. Strangely, it's similar to a primordial soup.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 19, 2012
  • Length: 04:25
  • Purchases: 2
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
Detroit's Floating Post Office
From: Zak Rosen
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On the banks of the Detroit River, sits the J.W. Westcott. The ship is only 45 feet long. But believe it or not, it has its own zip code. Since 1...

Bought by PRX Remix and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 14, 2011
  • Length: 02:52
  • Purchases: 2
NOVA Minute: How to Speak Walrus
From: NOVA
Series: NOVA Minute
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Marine biologist Colleen Reichmuth works with walruses. She says that, like dolphins, they can communicate using an amazing variety of sounds.

Bought by WEZU, Radio Newark, KRUA, KOSU, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 22, 2011
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 5
Making or Breaking a Business Deal in China -- with cigarettes
From: Rachel Louise Snyder
Series: Global Guru Radio
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The writer Peter Hessler decodes the hidden messages of Chinese cigarettes in business deals.

Bought by HCC Radio The Dragon, WBEZ, and WTIP


  • Added: Dec 16, 2010
  • Length: 03:02
  • Purchases: 3
How do you sabrage in France?
From: Rachel Louise Snyder
Series: Global Guru Radio
Caption: Champagne Bottles Post-Sabrage, Credit: Jane Alexander
This week we sharpen our swords in the Champagne region of France to learn how the French sabrage!

Bought by KMXT, WABE, HCC Radio The Dragon, New Hampshire Public Radio, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 23, 2010
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 5
Doors of New Orleans
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Caption: Typical French Quarter Door, Credit: Jamie Dell'Apa
An audio postcard mimicking the famous posters showing images of a city's famous doors.

Bought by PRX Remix and KUT


  • Added: Sep 14, 2010
  • Length: :33
  • Purchases: 2
The Curious Cooking Zones of an English Aga
From: Rachel Louise Snyder
Series: Global Guru Radio
Caption: How the heck do you cook on this thing?
The Global Guru production team got hardly any burns at all in the making of our latest episode. This week we travel to England to learn to cook th...

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


  • Added: Sep 06, 2010
  • Length: 02:58
  • Purchases: 4
Take Me Out to the Japanese Ballgame
From: Rachel Louise Snyder
Series: Global Guru Radio
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This week the Global Guru uncovers the rules behind Japanese baseball. Accidentally smack the matter with the ball? You better practice your bowing...

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


  • Added: Jun 07, 2010
  • Length: 02:58
  • Purchases: 4