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20 Years Falling
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: The view from Robert Clark's studio in Brooklyn, Credit: Robert Clark
After 20 years in Afghanistan Sandip is left with the tragic ghosts of memory.

  • Added: Sep 07, 2021
  • Length: 06:00
Dispatch 360 - Goodbye Soumitra
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
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A fond remembrance of Indian actor Soumitra Chatterjee, who died Sunday Nov. 15th after battling the COVID-19 virus.

  • Added: Nov 16, 2020
  • Length: 06:00
Ashe Bhosle's onions
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Ashe Bhosle in Kolkata, Credit: Sandip Roy
Once Asha effortlessly brought India to my kitchen in California. Now she transported me from a balmy night in a park in Kolkata to a foggy evening...

  • Added: Oct 26, 2017
  • Length: 06:00
What the Heck is Grog??
From: Free Epistemology with Mark Solomon
Series: The Wine Fellers Radio Program
Caption: The Wine Fellers
Learn About the History of Grog! Also Go Behind the Scenes of a Wine Party Cruise with Captain Jerry! The Wine Fellers is an upbeat, good chemist...

  • Added: Mar 20, 2017
  • Length: 01:00:00
GPV35 Book Review - The Belief in Angels
From: Gerald Jones
Series: GetPublished! Radio Book Review Featurettes
Caption: GetPublished! Radio Host Gerald Everett Jones, Credit: La Puerta Productions
Here's Gerald's audio book review of The Belief in Angels by J. Dylan Yates.

  • Added: Mar 06, 2017
  • Length: 02:36
The Mahisasur Mardini of Durga Puja
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
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I don’t know how many shoes this old radio program sells. But it can never feel the same as hearing those voices, most of them long dead, bring a c...

  • Added: Oct 04, 2016
  • Length: 05:59
Dipa Karmar, India's Pride and Shame
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Dipa Karmakar in Rio
On Sunday night, much of India was watching television with bated breath. All for one young woman at the Rio Olympics. Her name is Dipa Karmakar an...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 15, 2016
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 3
Homecoming
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: San Francisco skyline
Sometimes when I return to San Francisco from Calcutta it feels like I have two homes, the best of both worlds. But sometimes at night, jet-lagged ...

  • Added: Jun 28, 2016
  • Length: 05:57
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
Monica's Story
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Monica Liu
Most people who come to her restaurant and wash down golden fried prawn with cold beer have no inkling about her back story.

  • Added: Mar 21, 2016
  • Length: 06:00
Short List #6
From: David Green
Series: Short Lists
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A collaborative “Short List” poem which sheds light on the thoughts, secrets, senses of humor and lives of eight and nine-year-olds. Can you figure...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 04, 2016
  • Length: :44
  • Purchases: 1
Too Late for Suzette
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Suzette Jordan
Justice has finally come for Suzette Jordan.Though she was not there to witness it. In 2013 she became the face of rape in Kolkata, India. Her att...

  • Added: Dec 14, 2015
  • Length: 05:59
What's that poking at your conscience?
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Aylan and Galib Kurdi
We are inundated by a circus of gratuitous and salacious images in our media everyday, but one recent photograph has cut through the clutter.

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: Sep 08, 2015
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 1
Love the French Way 10 - Lost Beauty
From: Charles Spira
Series: Love the French Way
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I'll show courage, I'll channel my anger and let time go by, but it will take a lot more to cope with the loss of your beauty.

  • Added: Oct 13, 2012
  • Length: 04:33
Love the French Way 9 - Early September
From: Charles Spira
Series: Love the French Way
Caption: Et Maxence, aka Carole Nortier
The singer/songwriter 'Et Maxence' found her audience through the internet. Her song "Early September", about a relationship full of doubts, is in ...

  • Added: Oct 01, 2012
  • Length: 05:23
NOVA Minute: Loneliness in Space
From: NOVA
Series: NOVA Minute
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NASA psychologist Al Holland describes the mental challenges astronauts might face during a 3-year mission to Mars.

Bought by 91.7 WHUS Storrs, WEZU, WXDU, Radio Newark, KRUA and more


  • Added: Apr 22, 2011
  • Length: 01:28
  • Purchases: 6
Digging Up Bones
From: WHRV
Series: Halloween Haunts
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Digging Up Bones

Bought by 'The Sea', WPSU, WCBE, KKWE Niijii Radio, WLPR and more


  • Added: Jul 27, 2007
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
The Hammock House
From: WHRV
Series: Halloween Haunts
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The Hammock House

Bought by 'The Sea', WPSU, WCBE, KKWE Niijii Radio, WPSU and more


  • Added: Jul 27, 2007
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 8
The Rapping Ft. Eustis Ghost
From: WHRV
Series: Halloween Haunts
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The Rapping Ft. Eustis Ghost

Bought by 'The Sea', WPSU, WCBE, KKWE Niijii Radio, WLPR and more


  • Added: Jul 27, 2007
  • Length: 02:02
  • Purchases: 7
The Hay-Adams Hotel
From: WHRV
Series: Halloween Haunts
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The Hay-Adams Hotel

Bought by WPSU, 'The Sea', WPSU, WCBE, KKWE Niijii Radio and more


  • Added: Jul 27, 2007
  • Length: 02:01
  • Purchases: 9
Martha Washington Inn
From: WHRV
Series: Halloween Haunts
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Martha Washington Inn

Bought by 'The Sea', WPSU, WCBE, KKWE Niijii Radio, WLPR and more


  • Added: Jul 27, 2007
  • Length: 02:02
  • Purchases: 8
The Lady in White
From: WHRV
Series: Halloween Haunts
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The Lady in White

Bought by WPSU, WPSU, WCBE, KKWE Niijii Radio, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi) and more


  • Added: Jul 27, 2007
  • Length: 01:55
  • Purchases: 6
The Telephantom
From: WHRV
Series: Halloween Haunts
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The Telephantom

Bought by WPSU, WPSU, WCBE, KKWE Niijii Radio, KUT and more


  • Added: Jul 27, 2007
  • Length: 02:02
  • Purchases: 6
Abe Lincoln's Security Check
From: WHRV
Series: Halloween Haunts
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Abe Lincoln's Security Check

Bought by WPSU, WCBE, KKWE Niijii Radio, WPSU, KUT and more


  • Added: Jul 27, 2007
  • Length: 02:02
  • Purchases: 10
York County and the Ghost Coach
From: WHRV
Series: Halloween Haunts
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York County and the Ghost Coach

Bought by WPSU, WCBE, KKWE Niijii Radio, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), and KUT


  • Added: Jul 27, 2007
  • Length: 01:57
  • Purchases: 5