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Folktale of Sacred Ground
From: Northeast Indiana Public Radio
Series: Folktales
Caption: WBOI's Folktale of Sacred Ground, Credit: Julia Meek
A highly spritual journey through a world of 'musical belief'--hope you can join us for this uplifing tour.

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


  • Added: Apr 29, 2014
  • Length: 01:00:00
  • Purchases: 11
Folktale of Peace Signs
From: Northeast Indiana Public Radio
Series: Folktales
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"An eye for an eye will only make the whole world blind"--that's Gandhi's wise signal for a peaceable world, and points us in the direction of this...

Bought by WFIU, 'The Sea', WFIU, GCR (Global Community Radio), WLPR and more


  • Added: Jan 17, 2014
  • Length: 01:00:00
  • Purchases: 8
The Gyuto Monks: No Ordinary Experience
From: Sallie Bodie
Caption: A young apprentice tries his hand at making a mandala.
The Gyuto monks, followers of the Dalai Llama, live in cultural exile in India. They teach love, wisdom and kindness by performing programs of thei...

  • Added: Dec 31, 2013
  • Length: 05:00
Folktale of Compassion
From: Northeast Indiana Public Radio
Series: Folktales
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As they say in many a folk world, "Kindness, like a boomerang, always returns"--and on this week's edition, you'll find out that caring and sharing...

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


  • Added: Mar 08, 2013
  • Length: 01:00:00
  • Purchases: 10
Ulysses Syndrome: Recordings from the Mediterranean Sea
From: Soundwalk Collective
Series: Soundwalk Collective 10 Year Anniversary
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Following the ancient path of Ulysses, Soundwalk Collective continuously scanned and recorded all possible radio interceptions over a range of 40 m...

  • Added: Dec 03, 2012
  • Length: 58:00
Folktale of Ballads
From: Northeast Indiana Public Radio
Series: Folktales
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Longfellow called them the 'gypsy children of song', and we call them the stuff this edition of Folktale of Ballads is made on--hope you'll join us!

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), WFIU, GCR (Global Community Radio), KLCC, GCR (Global Community Radio) and more


  • Added: Nov 21, 2012
  • Length: 59:59
  • Purchases: 9
Folktale of Jealousy
From: Northeast Indiana Public Radio
Series: Folktales
Caption: WBOI's Folktale of Jealousy, Credit: Julia Meek
As they say in Danish folktales, if envy were a fever, all the world would be ill. That's the medical malady we're tracking on this week's folktale...

Bought by WFIU, GCR (Global Community Radio), KLCC, WFIU, GCR (Global Community Radio) and more


  • Added: Nov 01, 2012
  • Length: 01:00:00
  • Purchases: 9
Folktale of Confusion
From: Northeast Indiana Public Radio
Series: Folktales
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Ever suffer a 'brain cloud' as"Joe vs. the Volcano" did? Fear not--you're in good company--and on this week's show, you'll learn how to turn the cl...

Bought by WFIU, GCR (Global Community Radio), KLCC, GCR (Global Community Radio), GCR (Global Community Radio) and more


  • Added: Oct 24, 2012
  • Length: 01:00:01
  • Purchases: 11
Folktale of Brave Journeys
From: Northeast Indiana Public Radio
Series: Folktales
Caption: WBOI's Folktale of Brave Journeys, Credit: Julia Meek
This episode of Folktales paves the way to enlightenment with musical offerings of encouragement from around the world. Hope you can join us for th...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), WFIU, GCR (Global Community Radio), GCR (Global Community Radio), KLCC and more


  • Added: Oct 03, 2012
  • Length: 59:59
  • Purchases: 12
Folktale of Peak Experience
From: Northeast Indiana Public Radio
Series: Folktales
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This week on Folktales, we're headed to the top--with a mountain of good music to conquer. Hope you're up for joining us on the Folktale of Peak Ex...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), WFIU, KLCC, GCR (Global Community Radio), GCR (Global Community Radio) and more


  • Added: Sep 25, 2012
  • Length: 01:00:00
  • Purchases: 10
Folktale of Friendship
From: Northeast Indiana Public Radio
Series: Folktales
Caption: WBOI's Folktale of Friendship, Credit: Julia Meek
A bit of Aristotelian advice, good buddy: "The antidote for fifty enemies is one friend." That's what this week's Folktale is all about.

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), GCR (Global Community Radio), KLCC, GCR (Global Community Radio), 'The Sea' and more


  • Added: Sep 05, 2012
  • Length: 59:58
  • Purchases: 11
99% Invisible #54- The Colour of Money (Standard 4:30 version)
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)
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Australia made its money better. Why can't the US?

Bought by Rhythm & News Service, Spokane Public Radio, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, Rhythm & News Service and more


  • Added: Aug 28, 2012
  • Length: 04:29
  • Purchases: 18
Folktale of Rainfall
From: Northeast Indiana Public Radio
Series: Folktales
Caption: WBOI's Folktale of Rainfall, Credit: Julia Meek
From drought, to drizzle, to deluge precipitation is an ancient key--or curse--to a folkworld's prosperity. That's the chart this week's Folktale i...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), WFIU, KLCC, 'The Sea', GCR (Global Community Radio) and more


  • Added: Aug 01, 2012
  • Length: 59:58
  • Purchases: 11
Hilary Hahn in her own words ... on improvisation
From: David Schulman
Series: Musicians in their own words
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One of the world's elite concert violinists talks about improvising with Hauschka, who plays a piano doctored with duct tape and ping-pong balls. ...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 31, 2012
  • Length: 11:07
  • Purchases: 1
“Solveig”: MN filmmaker documents Duluth-based Arctic indigenous painter
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Culturology
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The indigenous people from the far north of Scandinavia have endured years of abuse. Governments in the region tried their best to eliminate their...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KSRQ


  • Added: Apr 17, 2012
  • Length: 08:36
  • Purchases: 2
In Global Culture Space - Rana Dasgupta & Hung-Kuan Chen
From: Open Source
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We're with two artists--musical and literary--working that busy space high above the old boundaries of East and West. Rana Dasgupta is the English-...

  • Added: Feb 10, 2011
  • Length: 58:59
Shovelling the Rain Away
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Award Winning Radio Programs
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The image of old men shovelling rain off the roads in Afghanistan sets up a grim picture of the frustration of Afghans who sincerely want to make t...

  • Added: Sep 29, 2010
  • Length: 14:30
Basque Radio
From: Addie Goss
Caption: Jean Cinquambre feeding his cows, Credit: Addie Goss
Through much of the last century, French and Spanish Basques herded sheep, alone, in northern Wyoming's mountains. For company, they listened to a...

Bought by WMMT and KVNF


  • Added: Apr 05, 2010
  • Length: 06:44
  • Purchases: 2
Schools: Ancient and Modern
From: Muriel Murch
Series: Letter From A. Broad
Caption: Villa La Pietra, Credit: Walter Murch
It is time for an Old Girls reunion at St. Catherine's School before heading to Villa La Pietra and New York University, Abroad

Bought by KWMR


  • Added: Jun 19, 2009
  • Length: 10:58
  • Purchases: 1
Names
From: Judith Sloan
Series: Crossing the BLVD: strangers, neighbors, aliens in a new America
Caption: Crossing the BLVD, Credit: Judith Sloan, Warren Lehrer, Scott Johnson
Seven people from six different countries tell stories about their names. Produced by Judith Sloan

  • Added: May 29, 2009
  • Length: 04:07
International Women's Day, Los Angeles
From: Leslie Griffin
Series: Los Angeles features
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Hundreds rallied in West Los Angeles in support of International Women's Day.

  • Added: Mar 11, 2009
  • Length: 03:42
Crossing East - First Contact - Program One
From: Dmae Lo Roberts
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Asian sailors and adventurers helped to form the new country of America.

Bought by WCPN, KQED, WGBH Radio Boston, and KQED


  • Added: Feb 12, 2009
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 4
El Ciclo (The Cycle)
From: Megan Martin
Series: Llegando de los Pueblos (Arriving from the Villages)
Caption: San Andrés Chicahuaxtla
A farmer's story; a mix of poetry, sound and interviews.

  • Added: Dec 01, 2008
  • Length: 09:30
President Kennedy's legacy in Berlin
From: Dan Tritle
Caption: PRX default Piece image
President Kennedy remembered in Berlin 45 years after assassination.

Bought by KCPW Salt Lake City


  • Added: Nov 10, 2008
  • Length: 04:45
  • Purchases: 1
Audio Postcard from Azerbaijan
From: Carla Seidl
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Sound collage from a small village in the north of Azerbaijan

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis and Connecticut Public (WNPR)


  • Added: Nov 04, 2008
  • Length: 04:25
  • Purchases: 2