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Folktale of Springtime
From: Northeast Indiana Public Radio
Series: Folktales
Caption: WBOI's Folkale of Springtime, Credit: Julia Meek
We're definitely springing into the season, this edition of Folktales--with Mother Nature as our musical guide! Hope you are in the mood to be goin...

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


  • Added: Mar 24, 2017
  • Length: 59:58
  • Purchases: 10
Untold Story of What SCSU International Students Will “Bring Home”
From: KVSC
Series: Untold Stories of Central Minnesota
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In today’s installment of the Untold Stories of Central Minnesota, Arts & Cultural Heritage Producer Jeff Carmack talks with two international stud...

  • Added: Feb 09, 2017
  • Length: 29:45
Reel Discovery: Miss Hokusai
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Reel Discovery
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On the latest Reel Discovery, Kristin explores art and animation with the animated Japanese drama Miss Hokusai.

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Oct 20, 2016
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 1
Shelf Discovery: The Graveyard Apartment by Mariko Koike
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Shelf Discovery
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On this week's Shelf Discovery, Kristin moves into an eerie apartment with the Japanese thriller The Graveyard Apartment by author Mariko Koike.

Bought by WMUU-LP and WLPR


  • Added: Oct 18, 2016
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 2
Folktale of the Dating Game
From: Northeast Indiana Public Radio
Series: Folktales
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This week on Folktales, we're courting the do's & don'ts of the dating game--in the finest of musical traditions!

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


  • Added: Oct 04, 2016
  • Length: 59:59
  • Purchases: 8
Multi-cuisine Madness
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: A sample menu, Credit: Sandip Roy
In a world where consumer choice is deified, multi-cuisine’s stock keeps going up, no matter its quality.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Sep 13, 2016
  • Length: 05:59
  • Purchases: 1
Finding Center
From: Hebah Fisher
Series: Kerning Cultures
Caption: Teeba Alkhudairi, hooping in Dubai desert
Horse whisperers, Muslim astronomers, hula hoopers find their spiritual and physical centers.

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: Aug 25, 2016
  • Length: 27:10
  • Purchases: 1
Folktale of Recreation
From: Northeast Indiana Public Radio
Series: Folktales
Caption: WBOI's Folktale of Recreation, Credit: Julia Meek
As most folks know, play time is serious business! For a musical assessment of maximizing the fun in YOUR life, please join us for the Folktale of ...

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


  • Added: Aug 17, 2016
  • Length: 59:59
  • Purchases: 10
Folktale of Golden Slumbers
From: Northeast Indiana Public Radio
Series: Folktales
Caption: WBOI'S Folktale of Golden Slumbers, Credit: Julia Meek
According to Elizabethan poet, Thomas Dekker, "Sleep is the golden chain that ties our health and our bodies together"...we're following the sandma...

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


  • Added: Jul 05, 2016
  • Length: 59:58
  • Purchases: 7
65: Cold War Kids
From: The Mortified Podcast
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The Russians are coming! The Russians are coming! In honor of independence day, stories of kids who experienced both sides of the cold war.

  • Added: Jul 03, 2016
  • Length: 27:01
Straddling Borders
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Rafael Contreras business card., Credit: Image provided by Ingrid Rojas Contreras.
Whether it’s understanding a shaman grandfather, or deepening love via another tongue. These stories from around the world are about personal histo...

Bought by KQED, KSFR, and KUNM


  • Added: Jun 26, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Goodbye Mr. Universe
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Manohar Aich, Credit: Bishan Samaddar
While the world was marking the passing of Muhammad Ali, another giant in the world of sports in India died in Kolkata to far less notice.

  • Added: Jun 07, 2016
  • Length: 06:00
EuroVision Song Contest
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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The EuroVision Song Contest is the biggest performance contest in the world, and is barely known in the US. Here's a full hour of background, info...

Bought by 89.1 Trapper Radio KNWT, WOUB, KSKQ, and KSRQ


  • Added: May 24, 2016
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 4
Folktale of Financial Affairs
From: Northeast Indiana Public Radio
Series: Folktales
Caption: WBOI's Folkale of Financial Affairs, Credit: Julia Meek
This week on Folktales, it's a world of finance we're investing in, through a most musical rate of exchange--you can bank on it!

Bought by WFIU, GCR (Global Community Radio), WLPR , and WFIU


  • Added: Apr 19, 2016
  • Length: 59:58
  • Purchases: 4
Darling Darjeeling
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
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There’s tea... and there’s Darjeeling tea.

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 11, 2016
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 1
Merry Montoos
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Montoo at the oven, Credit: Sandip Roy
It’s hardly Santaland but as Christmas approaches Montoo’s bakery, in a dingy lane in central Kolkata, is one of the city's hottest addresses.

  • Added: Dec 16, 2015
  • Length: 06:00
Sanjay's Super Team
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Sanjay's Super Team, Credit: Pixar
Sanjay’s Super Team -- the first Pixar film directed by a person of Indian heritage. The first Pixar film with a central character who is a person ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Nov 30, 2015
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 1
Dhaka Facebook Fest.?
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
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Sandip Roy gets virtually stranded in Bangladesh at the Dhaka Lit. Fest.

  • Added: Nov 23, 2015
  • Length: 06:00
Diwali Bang Bang!
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Diwali Sweets
It’s like saying "I don’t like Christmas." But Sandip Roy has never been particularly fond of Diwali.

  • Added: Nov 11, 2015
  • Length: 06:00
S-k-o-p-j-e! The capital of Macedonia!
From: LN Lurie
Series: Where in the World is LN?
Caption: Alexander the Great
What would you do if you had 100Million Euros (or more!) to spend on a country? What would you spend it on? The leaders of Macedonia chose statues...

  • Added: Oct 13, 2015
  • Length: 14:58
Falling Apart
From: LN Lurie
Series: Where in the World is LN?
Caption: Beer as cold as your ex's heart
Stuff always falls apart while traveling. Plans change, health declines. Items disintegrate… Relationships fade… It doesn’t always happen, but it’s...

  • Added: Oct 13, 2015
  • Length: 14:44
Let's Go Fly a Kite
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
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Sandip Roy never learned how to fly a kite, and he regrets it every September.

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: Sep 15, 2015
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 1
Allusionist 18: Fix part II
From: The Allusionist
Series: The Allusionist
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The messiness of English is the price of its success. It is the most widely spoken language in the world, geographically, being an official languag...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 14, 2015
  • Length: 28:03
  • Purchases: 1
Kilimanjaro - Before the climb
From: LN Lurie
Series: Where in the World is LN?
Caption: roof of africa, Credit: LN Lurie
All the things going through my head before I climbed Kilimanjaro

  • Added: Sep 13, 2015
  • Length: 13:15
Worries
From: LN Lurie
Series: Where in the World is LN?
Caption: Love Baltimore, Credit: LN Lurie
Whenever I travel, I always hear heaps of worries/warnings. Are they actually valid? That’s what we find out.

  • Added: Sep 13, 2015
  • Length: 13:01