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Host Bob Kustra talks with Hoffman about his nonfiction story of Cold War espionage and betrayal.
Bought by KMUD
- Added: Jul 08, 2016
- Length: 30:31
- Purchases: 1
In "The White Elephant,” Yochai Maital walks us through the history of Tel Aviv’s ‘New’ Central Bus Station — a derelict eight-story behemoth and m...
- Added: Mar 27, 2016
- Length: 32:00
Detoxing kids toys. Which toxin to watch out for in the bathroom. We celebrate "Talk Like William Shatner Day."
- Added: Mar 13, 2016
- Length: 12:46
Cultural anthropologist Dredge Kang explains how political economics and other societal influences sometimes play as Cupid's arrows.
- Added: Mar 10, 2016
- Length: 15:57
Ontario's reliance on nuclear energy means renewable energy is happening on a community level. Suing environmentalists Suing environmentalists to s...
- Added: Mar 03, 2016
- Length: 06:42
I visited (ahem...broke into) Buzludzha. An abandoned communist building in Bulgaria. I describe my adventure going through it- but my microphone p...
- Added: Oct 25, 2015
- Length: 08:09
A tiny Australian bird sets off false alarms to fool predators.
- Added: Jun 05, 2015
- Length: 01:00
- Purchases: 2
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
Series: BackStory with the American History Guys: Favorites
Series: BackStory with the American History Guys: Favorites
From BackStory's episode on reconciliation in American history. Brian Balogh speaks with Shigeko Sasamori, a survivor of the Hiroshima bombing, and...
Bought by KUAF Public Radio, KPIK-LP, and PRX Remix
- Added: Nov 11, 2014
- Length: 09:31
- Purchases: 3
A historian raises questions about the morality of the archival process and reveals how the NSA may change the future of history research.
- Added: Oct 29, 2014
- Length: 12:39
Winner of a Silver Trophy at the New York Festival 'World's Best Radio Awards' 2014, this startling but ultimately uplifting documentary is about t...
- Added: Sep 01, 2014
- Length: 27:55
Political journalist Peter Geoghegan looks at the state of reconciliation and peace-making in Northern Ireland over a series of five short reports ...
- Added: Aug 05, 2014
- Length: 07:47
Political journalist Peter Geoghegan looks at the state of reconciliation and peace-making in Northern Ireland over a series of five short reports ...
Bought by KRZA
- Added: Aug 05, 2014
- Length: 06:00
- Purchases: 1
Only uncovered recently: a famous general commits a crime... but world events overshadow it. Author Nigel Hamilton reads from his book, The Mantle ...
- Added: Jul 30, 2014
- Length: 01:40
A lot of people die on Russian roads. But things are getting better thanks to better enforcement and a clever public service ad campaign.
- Added: Jun 23, 2014
- Length: 04:48
A free, weekly, hour-long program, The International Americana Music Show features the best Americana music made solely by non-American artists. Th...
Bought by WUGA (part of GPB), WLPR , GCR (Global Community Radio), Spokane Public Radio, KPSQ-LP and more
- Added: Jan 27, 2014
- Length: :30
- Purchases: 19
When President Obama promised to scale back U.S. drone strikes targeting militants in Yemen, they stopped for a full seven weeks - only to start ag...
- Added: Sep 06, 2013
- Length: 03:31
It takes great courage to rescue orphaned baby chimpanzees from a country in the middle of a deadly war. But Annie Olivecrona flew from Kenya into ...
- Added: Jul 22, 2012
- Length: 28:54
In part 2 of our conversation with Andy Statman, we follow his musical path as he blends klezmer, jazz, blues, and bluegrass into a distinctive mu...
Bought by Prairie Public, Prairie Public, Prairie Public, and KPIP-LP
- Added: Jun 29, 2012
- Length: 37:49
- Purchases: 4
Engineer and brickmason Dr. Elizabeth Hausler saves lives by making houses more earthquake resistant for little or no extra money. It just requires...
Bought by XRAY.fm
- Added: Feb 25, 2012
- Length: 18:40
- Purchases: 1
Iraqi Kurdistan, once known for its rich soil, is rapidly becoming identified with its rich oil. War News Radio’s Amy DiPierro explains how these t...
Bought by KBGA 89.9 FM, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and WRST-FM Oshkosh
- Added: Feb 08, 2012
- Length: 06:19
- Purchases: 3
Come winter, your neck of the woods may be cold. But guess how frigid the James Webb Space Telescope will be when it launches in 2018? 400 degrees ...
Bought by PRX Remix, KUOW, New Hampshire Public Radio, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio
- Added: Jan 20, 2012
- Length: 06:22
- Purchases: 4
Prof.Stavros Xanthopoylos is the Executive Director of the on line and distant learning project at the Getulio Vargas institute in Rio de Janeiro, ...
- Added: Dec 03, 2011
- Length: 15:53
Marine reservist Nina D’Amato used to teach in East Palo Alto as part of Teach for America and served as assistant principal at AP Giannini Middle ...
- Added: Jun 06, 2011
- Length: 08:38
The piece investigates the influence of inflation on spirit money in a Chinese temple.
- Added: May 03, 2011
- Length: 03:31
