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The Big Pond #47: How to Walk in the City
From: Goethe-Institut
Series: The Big Ponder – A Transatlantic Podcast
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After moving from Cologne, Germany, to New York City, our producer Thomas Reintjes had trouble adjusting to walking in the bustling metropolis. Tra...

Bought by KICI Iowa City and WNYO


  • Added: Sep 25, 2019
  • Length: 24:08
  • Purchases: 2
The Big Pond #44: Germans in New Orleans
From: Goethe-Institut
Series: The Big Ponder – A Transatlantic Podcast
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Historically, New Orleans is a cultural, spiritual and ethnic melting pot. In the streets, you immediately come across signs of French, Caribbean, ...

Bought by KICI Iowa City and WNYO


  • Added: Sep 04, 2019
  • Length: 13:32
  • Purchases: 2
The Big Pond #43: Under the Skin – Tattoo Artists
From: Goethe-Institut
Series: The Big Ponder – A Transatlantic Podcast
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It seems like there are more people nowadays with tattoos than there used to be – of the body art is hidden, but most are quite visible. Men and wo...

Bought by KICI Iowa City and WOUB


  • Added: Aug 28, 2019
  • Length: 09:56
  • Purchases: 2
The Big Pond #32: Getting to Know the Gateau
From: Goethe-Institut
Series: The Big Ponder – A Transatlantic Podcast
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Although it’s not certain who first wrote the recipe, the Black Forest cake has been fully embraced by the Black Forest community as an essential a...

Bought by KICI Iowa City and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Jun 12, 2019
  • Length: 19:15
  • Purchases: 2
The Big Pond #30: Milwaukee’s German Heritage
From: Goethe-Institut
Series: The Big Ponder – A Transatlantic Podcast
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Milwaukee has been called the most German city in America – already in the 1840s, large numbers of Germans who were fleeing wars in Europe began se...

Bought by KICI Iowa City and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: May 29, 2019
  • Length: 17:28
  • Purchases: 2
The Big Pond #26: No Restraint – Berger Cookies and the City of Baltimore
From: Goethe-Institut
Series: The Big Ponder – A Transatlantic Podcast
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Over 200 years ago, German immigrant Henry Berger opened a bakery in East Baltimore – and since that day, Berger Cookies have been handmade in the ...

  • Added: May 01, 2019
  • Length: 17:02
The Big Pond #22: The Story of the Brezn
From: Goethe-Institut
Series: The Big Ponder – A Transatlantic Podcast
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The pretzel, known as a “Brezel” or “Brezn” in German, is not an ordinary pastry. It has a century-old history full of myths and stories. Where did...

Bought by KICI Iowa City and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Apr 03, 2019
  • Length: 33:17
  • Purchases: 2
The Big Pond #21: What’s a Sister City Really?
From: Goethe-Institut
Series: The Big Ponder – A Transatlantic Podcast
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In the historic city of Magdeburg, Germany, there is a Johnny Cash themed country music festival called Nashville Days – complete with corndogs and...

Bought by KICI Iowa City and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Mar 27, 2019
  • Length: 28:01
  • Purchases: 2
The Big Pond #19: German Bread – A Nourishing Craft
From: Goethe-Institut
Series: The Big Ponder – A Transatlantic Podcast
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Germany is internationally renowned for its bread. With its diversity of more than 3,000 varieties the Germans are world champions of bread. Since ...

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  • Added: Mar 13, 2019
  • Length: 24:27
  • Purchases: 2
The Big Pond #18: German-Texan Heritage Societies
From: Goethe-Institut
Series: The Big Ponder – A Transatlantic Podcast
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Between 1820 and World War I, nearly six million Germans immigrated to the US – in 2017, only about 5,000 made the trip. If Germans aren’t coming t...

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Mar 06, 2019
  • Length: 19:17
  • Purchases: 1
The Big Pond #16: Culture of Coffee
From: Goethe-Institut
Series: The Big Ponder – A Transatlantic Podcast
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Coffee is more than just a beverage – it can be a jumpstart to a day at work or a relaxing afternoon with friends. This episode explores the meanin...

Bought by KICI Iowa City and KWMR


  • Added: Feb 20, 2019
  • Length: 15:56
  • Purchases: 2
The Big Pond #13: German-style Wines in the US
From: Goethe-Institut
Series: The Big Ponder – A Transatlantic Podcast
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German entrepreneurs and winemakers have shaped the manufacturing of wine in the US for over a century. Join our producer Gary Lee on a tour of thr...

  • Added: Feb 01, 2019
  • Length: 20:24
The Big Pond #11: Germans on Harleys
From: Goethe-Institut
Series: The Big Ponder – A Transatlantic Podcast
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Every year, tourists from around the world flock to Southern Utah to take in the scenic landscape. Most travel by car, but some opt for a less trad...

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Jan 17, 2019
  • Length: 14:54
  • Purchases: 1
The Big Pond #07: Klinsmann in California
From: Goethe-Institut
Series: The Big Ponder – A Transatlantic Podcast
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He is a soccer legend in Germany as player and as coach: Jürgen Klinsmann. After leading the German national team to a third-place finish in the 20...

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Nov 28, 2018
  • Length: 20:49
  • Purchases: 1
60 Watts Interviews Billy Mason Wood of Blacklisters
From: Brian Babinec
Series: 60 Watts
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(For release week of 21 May 2018) 60 Watts is joined on the phone by Billy Mason Wood of the UK noise rock band Blacklisters, to discuss humor in n...

  • Added: May 22, 2018
  • Length: 14:03
Meet Hans Hendley of Hendley Perfumes out of Beautiful Brooklyn NYC leading the Micro Perfume charge.
From: Ken Grey
Series: Maximum Health Radio "Quality Living" with Dr Ken Grey Holistic Physician
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Meet Hans Hendley of Hendley Perfumes out of Beautiful Brooklyn NYC leading the Micro Perfume charge. Learn how this sensual and thoughtful perfume...

Bought by WCNY and KFOI Radio


  • Added: Oct 04, 2017
  • Length: 27:32
  • Purchases: 2
Back Pain and the Egoscue Method is a Postural & Lifestyle Pain Relief Therapy Re-Shaping the way we move, sit, play and work.
From: Ken Grey
Series: Maximum Health Radio "Quality Living" with Dr Ken Grey Holistic Physician
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The Egoscue Method is a Postural & Lifestyle Pain Relief Therapy Re-Shaping the way we move, sit, play and work. Its a series of movement and postu...

  • Added: Jun 07, 2017
  • Length: 25:52
Road Dogs
From: Elias Schutzman
Caption: Laz & Elias, Credit: Aaron Henkin
Have you ever heard the expression, ‘Road Dogs’? It’s what they call long-haul truckers. It’s also what they call touring musicians...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Jul 20, 2015
  • Length: 09:11
  • Purchases: 1
Island Musical Interlude
From: Paul Messing
Series: Paul Messing's Audio Producer's Grab Bag
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A relaxing interstitial piece that may put you in a brief tropical state-of-mind.

  • Added: Oct 14, 2014
  • Length: 01:24
The Taj Mahal Interview
From: Jake Feinberg
Series: In The Land of Giants
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Interview conducted by radio journalist Jake Feinberg with Roots Music Icon Taj Mahal. A discussion about the genesis of roots music and the music ...

  • Added: Dec 18, 2013
  • Length: 11:13
Ghana From The Tree Tops
From: Podcast Kelly
Caption: Africa's first canopy ropewalk at Kakum National Park, Credit: Kelly Ramundo
Ghana has long been a special place for the African American diaspora. For many, "roots tourism" is a rite of passage. But in the early 90s, the We...

Bought by XRAY.fm


  • Added: Dec 14, 2013
  • Length: 11:13
  • Purchases: 1
VoiceBox: Vocal Music from the Indian Subcontinent
From: VoiceBox
Caption: Richard Michos, Riffat Sultana, and Sukhawat Ali Khan., Credit: Chloe Veltman
Vocalists Riffat Sultana and Sukhawat Ali Khan, siblings who come from a lauded lineage of Pakistani singers (their father is the Pakistani musical...

  • Added: Mar 16, 2013
  • Length: 58:58
A Basement in Queens
From: Anne Noyes Saini
Caption: Arkadiy Aronov., Credit: Photo courtesy of Spartak Sports Club, Rego Park, Queens.
Judo olympians train in humble surroundings at Spartak Sport Club in Rego Park, Queens.

  • Added: Jan 18, 2013
  • Length: 02:34
Escape from hippo attack in the Okovango Delta
From: Paula Kahumbu
Caption: David Coulson at a rock art site in Nairobi Park (sitting), Credit: Paula Kahumbu
Have you ever stared a charging hippo in the face? David Coulson did! Reputed to be Africa's most dangerous animal the hippo is known to be able to...

  • Added: Jul 24, 2012
  • Length: 04:26
Bare As You Dare!
From: Vaska Trajkovska
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Every year, in cities across the world, cyclists throw off their clothes and ride naked as part of the World Naked Bike Ride - a global protest mov...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Jun 15, 2011
  • Length: 18:13
  • Purchases: 1