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Namibia Road Trip
From: Jake Warga
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Come on a self-drive road-trip through Namibia and learn how tourism is helping to conserve wildlife, habitat, and culture. PRX exclusive, slated f...

Bought by KUOW, KUT, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 03, 2012
  • Length: 04:49
  • Purchases: 3
London Calling
From: Francesca Panetta
Series: The Hackney Podcast
Caption: London Calling, Credit: Francesca Panetta
Can a city retain a memory, and if so what does it sound like?

Bought by KBRP Community Radio and KUT


  • Added: Jul 08, 2012
  • Length: 25:40
  • Purchases: 2
Egypt: Animals feeling the decline in tourism
From: Jake Warga
Caption: bored camels, Credit: jake warga
Talking, in Arabic, with the animals in Egypt. Specifically animals out of work because their country had a revolution and their main clients, tour...

Bought by WABE, Listenwise, KUT, New Hampshire Public Radio, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 08, 2012
  • Length: 04:33
  • Purchases: 5
Starting Over at Sea-Tac
From: Seattle Globalist
Series: Refugees in Puget Sound
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New refugees have to juggle a lot. There's finding housing, getting kids enrolled in school; often there's learning English. And there's finding a ...

  • Added: May 23, 2012
  • Length: 08:10
Blue Holes
From: Andrew Bales
Series: Into It
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Exploring the secrets of these ancient flooded caves from Australia to Egypt to Belize.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 11, 2012
  • Length: 01:50
  • Purchases: 1
Arab Winter into Spring
From: Muriel Murch
Series: Letter From A. Broad
Caption: Kheops PYramid, Credit: Wikipedia
While remembering the women of Egypt in 1980 we pay homage to the women in 2011

Bought by KWMR


  • Added: Dec 31, 2011
  • Length: 09:57
  • Purchases: 1
A Few Good Men
From: Muriel Murch
Series: Letter From A. Broad
Caption: Jacaranda is Spring time
Daily living in Buenos Aires is made better with the meeting of A Few Good Men

Bought by KWMR


  • Added: Nov 18, 2011
  • Length: 10:29
  • Purchases: 1
Film Festval Cities
From: Muriel Murch
Series: Letter From A. Broad
Caption: Canal Bridge at night, Credit: Walter Murch
La Roche sur Yon and Ghent are two of the international film festivals that love the fall

Bought by KWMR


  • Added: Oct 22, 2011
  • Length: 09:53
  • Purchases: 1
Kentucky Bourbon Gains Wider Appeal
From: Louisville Public Media
Caption: Wild Turkey's Jimmy Russell, Credit: Rick Howlett
Kentucky's signature distilled spirit--bourbon--is surging in popularity in the U.S. and abroad.

  • Added: Sep 20, 2011
  • Length: 03:21
London Walks: Coffee House Tour
From: Francesca Panetta
Series: Guardian London Walks
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Coffee connoisseur Matt Green walks us through the coffee houses of London, from the atmospheric 17th-century to the present day, from Covent Garde...

Bought by XRAY.fm, PRX Remix, and KUT


  • Added: Apr 06, 2011
  • Length: 31:11
  • Purchases: 3
London Walks: A Walk Down the Thames with writer Iain Sinclair
From: Francesca Panetta
Series: Guardian London Walks
Caption: The Thames
Author Iain Sinclair reveals to us his Thames by walking from the Millennium Dome to the Thames barrier. The river to him is a landscape of reclama...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 06, 2011
  • Length: 34:32
  • Purchases: 1
January's End
From: Muriel Murch
Series: Letter From A. Broad
Caption: Harrods' at Night
The end of January in London sees the Harrods' sale end, the world news and a new Taxi Driver on the road

Bought by KWMR


  • Added: Jan 28, 2011
  • Length: 09:28
  • Purchases: 1
England: What do bell ringers and astronauts have in common?
From: Rachel Louise Snyder
Series: Global Guru Radio
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This week, the Global Guru ventures waaaaaayyyy up into the bell towers of an English church to learn just how mathematical -- and dangerous -- bel...

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


  • Added: Jan 09, 2011
  • Length: 02:59
  • Purchases: 5
Modern Kenya Safari (4:37 or 3:45 versions)
From: Jake Warga
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Safari tourism in Africa is changing. Tracking down big game is still central, but more and more tourists are also involved with conservation and h...

Bought by KUT and KUT


  • Added: Dec 04, 2010
  • Length: 08:22
  • Purchases: 2
East Timor's Umaluliks
From: Rachel Louise Snyder
Series: Global Guru Radio
Caption: Umalulik in Timor Leste
This week the Global Guru learns how to negotiate land deals, family disputes, wedding arrangements, cattle sales and other deals in Timor Leste.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 05, 2010
  • Length: 02:59
  • Purchases: 1
Minnie's Uptown Restaurant
From: Stephen Shealy
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Southern hospitality and down-home Southern cuisine meet to create a dining experience that can only be found on the corner of 1st Ave. and 8th St....

  • Added: Mar 29, 2010
  • Length: 07:13
Marketing the Irish Brand
From: Stephanie Hughes
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Ireland is one of the first countries to successfully promote itself abroad as a brand. But on St. Patrick's Day, a holiday famous in the US for i...

Bought by WTJU, WRST-FM Oshkosh, and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 23, 2010
  • Length: 05:02
  • Purchases: 3
A California Commute
From: Muriel Murch
Series: Letter From A. Broad
Caption: The Starlite Express stops for a breather, Credit: Muriel Murch
Taking the Train through California past and presentAmtracknow

Bought by KALW and KVMR


  • Added: Sep 30, 2009
  • Length: 08:59
  • Purchases: 2
Economic Storm Hits Norfolk Island
From: Jake Warga
Caption: Lisle Snell at Island Fish Fry, Credit: jake Warga
Norfolk Island, Australia, is a small rock in the middle of the South Pacific, but not immune to the global financial crisis.

  • Added: Sep 14, 2009
  • Length: 04:31
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
Celebration in Buenos Aires
From: Muriel Murch
Series: Letter From A. Broad
Caption: Horacio y Maribel, Credit: Beatrice Murch
A peek at a civic ceremony wedding in Buenos Aires

Bought by KWMR


  • Added: Dec 04, 2008
  • Length: 09:31
  • Purchases: 1
La Noche de Los Museos
From: Muriel Murch
Series: Letter From A. Broad
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One night a year Buenos Aires opens the city museums for free

Bought by KWMR


  • Added: Nov 21, 2008
  • Length: 10:49
  • Purchases: 1
The Coast Starlight Train
From: Muriel Murch
Series: Letter From A. Broad
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A train ride from Northern California to Portland Oregon

Bought by XRAY.fm


  • Added: Oct 06, 2008
  • Length: 09:39
  • Purchases: 1
Taking the Stage to Buenos Aries
From: Muriel Murch
Series: Letter From A. Broad
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Traveling from the farm to Buenos Aries

Bought by KWMR


  • Added: May 23, 2008
  • Length: 10:13
  • Purchases: 1
Blue Highways #1: Iraq's Forgotten Home Front
From: Eric Mack
Series: Blue Highways
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This on-the-road magazine special looks at the affects of the war on health care and families at home, plus a feature on the flight of artists from...

Bought by KUT-HD, 90.5 WSNC, and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Feb 19, 2008
  • Length: 28:57
  • Purchases: 3