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Pope Francis and the Ocean
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
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The Pope's recent visit to the United States sparked much conversation and debate about the environment. Pope Francis has been very clear in his vi...

  • Added: Oct 13, 2015
  • Length: 05:19
Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine for the week ending October 9, 2015
From: Scott Harris
Series: Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine
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This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: Activists Hoping the Pope's Climate Change Message Will Spur Action at UN ...

Bought by WMUU-LP and WRIR


  • Added: Sep 30, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Who's Dorothy Day?
From: Jennifer Szweda Jordan
Caption: Dorothy Day, 1934, Credit: New York World-Telegram & Sun Collection
Do you know who Dorothy Day is? This week in speaking to the U.S. Congress, Pope Francis heralded Dorothy Day alongside other better known American...

  • Added: Sep 28, 2015
  • Length: 14:16
Should Radical Religionists be President?
From: KSFR
Series: Equal Time with Martha Burk
Caption: Host Martha Burk
Lately we've been awash in a debate over whether a Muslim should serve as President, triggered by Republican candidate Ben Carson, who said Islam i...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Sep 28, 2015
  • Length: 02:30
  • Purchases: 1
President or Puppet?
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
Series: BackStory with the American History Guys: Favorites
Caption: Saint Kateri Tekakwitha, painted by Claude Chuchetiere c.1696., Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Presidential scholar Barbara Perry discusses Protestant fears that JFK would answer to the Pope, not the American people if elected president — and...

Bought by WGBH Radio Boston, WOUB, WETS, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., and PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 24, 2015
  • Length: 09:39
  • Purchases: 5
Nun But the Truth
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
Series: BackStory with the American History Guys: Favorites
Caption: Saint Kateri Tekakwitha, painted by Claude Chuchetiere c.1696., Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Host Brian Balogh heads to Our Lady of the Angels, a Trappist monastery in the Blue Ridge Mountains, to find out what life is really like behind th...

Bought by WETS, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., and PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 24, 2015
  • Length: 07:12
  • Purchases: 3
Native Ascetic
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
Series: BackStory with the American History Guys: Favorites
Caption: Saint Kateri Tekakwitha, painted by Claude Chuchetiere c.1696., Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Producer Bruce Wallace heads to the birthplace of Kateri Tekakwitha, the first indigenous saint from North America, to see how she is remembered to...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, WETS, and KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: Sep 24, 2015
  • Length: 08:22
  • Purchases: 3
Pope Francis Fails on One Huge Issue
From: KSFR
Series: Equal Time with Martha Burk
Caption: Host Martha Burk
Get ready for Pope, Pope, and more Pope 24-7 this week, as the pontiff makes his rounds in the nation’s capital. No doubt Pope Francis is kinder a...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Sep 14, 2015
  • Length: 02:30
  • Purchases: 1
Respect for East Boston's Muslim Community
From: ZUMIX Radio
Series: East Boston Stories
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East Boston has always been a home to immigrants. Today there is a growing Moroccan population - many of whom are Muslim. In this interview, 11 y...

  • Added: Sep 10, 2015
  • Length: 02:55
The People's Pope and the Changing Face of Catholicism
From: History Talk from Origins
Series: History Talk Shorts
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Listen to how Pope Francis - the "people's pope" - fits into the longer history of the papacy.

  • Added: Aug 27, 2015
  • Length: 05:00
Pope Francis & the Catholic Church: A Discussion with a Priest Parts One & Two
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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Radio Curious guest host Martha McCabe discusses Pope Francis and the future of the Catholic Church with Father Tom Reese, a member of the Society ...

  • Added: Aug 18, 2015
  • Length: 58:02
Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine for the week ending August 7, 2015
From: Scott Harris
Series: Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine
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This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: Will Congressional Rejection of the Iran Nuclear Agreement Lead to War?; R...

Bought by WRIR


  • Added: Jul 29, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Amina on Ramadan: Fasting
From: Katy Sewall
Series: Amina on Ramadan (2015)
Caption: Ramadan decorations at the Al-Sadi home, Credit: Amina Al-Sadi
Amina Al-Sadi is a 25-year-old American Muslim currently observing the holy month of Ramadan. This year in the west, Ramadan lines up with the summ...

Bought by KZYX, KREV-LP, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, PRX Remix, KZYX and more


  • Added: Jun 23, 2015
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 8
Shaped Note Singers Introduce a New Shaped Note Tradition Locally
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: Local Shaped Note Singers hold Copies of Shenandoah Harmony, Credit: Nathan Berry
Singing shaped notes is a long American tradition of singing, mostly based on Christian scriptures. As a folk tradition, it evolves with reference ...

Bought by KSRQ and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Jun 21, 2015
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 2
The Last Jews of Natchez (Gravy Ep. 14)
From: Southern Foodways Alliance
Series: Gravy Podcast
Caption: The reporter at age 12 with her mother, Mildred Amer, on the bimah of Temple B’Nai Israel. This photo was taken during the 1994 Natchez Jewish Homecoming, an event that celebrated the town’s Jewish history., Credit: Photo courtesy of Mildred Amer.
There has been a Jewish community in Natchez, Mississippi for 175 years—and Robin Amer’s family has been part of it for 160 of them. But now the nu...

Bought by WBHM


  • Added: May 21, 2015
  • Length: 35:01
  • Purchases: 1
How To Set a Guinness World Record...maybe
From: Syracuse University Broadcast Journalism
Caption: Syracuse University Passover in the Carrier Dome Breaks Their Record with 530 People in Attendance
Hillel at Syracuse University shows us how easy it just may be to set a Guinness World Record and be remembered by the world.

  • Added: Apr 23, 2015
  • Length: 02:33
Dark Karma
From: Benjamen Walker
Series: Benjamen Walker's Theory of Everything
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“G.S.” tells the story that still haunts me about how bad karma brought him to the C.U.T. bomb shelters in Montana. Then astronomer Chris Impey exp...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 03, 2015
  • Length: 31:04
  • Purchases: 2
Meditation For The Rest Of Us: Dan Harris, 10% Happier & Mark Epstein, The Trauma of Everyday Life
From: Francesca Rheannon
Series: Writer's Voice
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ABC anchorman and meditator Dan Harris talks about his book, 10% Happier:How I Tamed the Voice in My Head, Reduced Stress Without Losing My Edge, a...

  • Added: Apr 01, 2015
  • Length: 59:00
Everyday Facts 12 PASSOVER EDITION
From: Dan Moore
Series: Everyday Facts you Never Knew
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Passover facts

  • Added: Mar 26, 2015
  • Length: :32
St. Mary's Greek Orthodox Church
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
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The golden dome of St. Mary's Greek Orthodox Church has long been a part of the south Minneapolis skyline. KFAI producer Britt Aamodt visits the ch...

  • Added: Mar 11, 2015
  • Length: 05:17
Gabbard & the Gita
From: Victoria Davis
Series: Humanities Minutes
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Today’s episode explores the significance of a sacred Hindu text—the Bhagavad Gita.

Bought by KFOI Radio and KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Mar 02, 2015
  • Length: 03:25
  • Purchases: 2
Twin Cities Jewish Chorale Performs a Concert of Diverse Vocal Music
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: Twin Cities Jewish Chorale, Credit: Peter Eckert
The Twin Cities Jewish Chorale was formed six years ago to provide opportunities to sing types of Jewish music other than that which is sung in syn...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Feb 15, 2015
  • Length: 04:56
  • Purchases: 1
An Ethiopian coffee ceremony right here in the Twin Cities
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
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Ethiopia is said to be the birthplace of coffee, and this aromatic elixir continues to be an important part its culture. KFAI’s Allison Herrera met...

  • Added: Jan 28, 2015
  • Length: 05:29
Anarchism and Dissent in Medieval Islam
From: Hold That Thought
Series: Religion & Politics
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Professor Hayrettin Yucesoy explores the turbulent political and religious climate of the medieval Islamic world.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 18, 2014
  • Length: 09:29
  • Purchases: 1

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