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The very word vacation has its roots in vacare or to be unoccupied. But in reality vacations are anything but unoccupied. Sandip recounts the woes ...

  • Added: Apr 15, 2024
  • Length: 06:00
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Sandip reflects on how literature festivals have mutated during the COVID pandemic.

  • Added: Jan 24, 2022
  • Length: 06:00
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Having unique passwords for every account is extremely frustrating but now, along comes the OTP and KYC.

  • Added: Dec 06, 2021
  • Length: 06:04
Caption: Curry, three ways, Credit: Sandip Roy
While “curry” may be a lazy umbrella term for the thousands of Indian dishes that go by that name, Sandip considers the difficulty in cancelling it.

  • Added: Aug 09, 2021
  • Length: 06:00
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An interview with John Barbour, former host of "Real People" and author of "Your Mother's Not a Virgin!: The Bumpy Life and Times of the Canadian D...

  • Added: Dec 10, 2020
  • Length: 35:47
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Emi Sunshine , recognized by Rolling Stone as one of the ten country performers you should know , guests on Steve Martin's Unreal Bluegrass.

  • Added: May 15, 2020
  • Length: 01:01:48
Caption: Steve Martin's Unreal Bluegrass
Becky Buller joins Steve on Unreal Bluegrass to discuss and share new music. Also discussed is the impact on music from COVID 19

  • Added: May 15, 2020
  • Length: 01:00:46
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A humorous essay: Interviews with the dogs I meet on my morning walk, most, I'm sure, with better stories than those of their owners. Some really t...

  • Added: May 13, 2020
  • Length: 03:41
Caption: Steve Martin's Unreal Bluegrass
Thomm Jutz, singer, songwriter, musician is my guest. New CD "To Live in Two Worlds Vol 1" is the occasion.

  • Added: Feb 01, 2020
  • Length: 58:52
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Red Henry is our guest on Steve Martin's Unreal Bluegrass

  • Added: Jan 09, 2020
  • Length: 57:16
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World Pieces host Jason Kladiva celebrates National Hot Dog Day with memories of dogs around the world and a few questions for Karen Maria about Ic...

  • Added: Jul 16, 2019
  • Length: 06:54
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Sandip reflects on the name game.

  • Added: Dec 17, 2018
  • Length: 06:00
Caption: No Kanchenjungha :-(, Credit: Sandip Roy
Sandip Roy finally… finally sees the mysterious Kanchenjungha with his own eyes! Finally!

  • Added: Oct 08, 2018
  • Length: 06:00
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Some extraordinary people sharing a bit of travel advice, insights and experiences from Moscow to the Camino de Santiago and destinations in betwee...

  • Added: Sep 24, 2018
  • Length: 59:50
Caption: Comics on the panel about comedy and politics, Credit: Sandip Roy
70 years after Independence it sometimes feels as if Indians are still to develop a funny bone. Especially when it comes to politicians.

  • Added: Oct 10, 2017
  • Length: 06:00
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At first he was funny. A bearded man with flowing hair dressed in his garish best, his forearms curly with knots of hair. But Ram Rahim is no ordi...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Sep 05, 2017
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: 1950s advertising. Vintage original magazine advertisement advert for MUM perspiration cream for women, Credit: f8 archive / Alamy Stock Photo
How deodorant became omnipresent in America.

Bought by WRIR


  • Added: Mar 15, 2017
  • Length: 15:47
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Book Cover, Credit: Michael Gurnow
Michael Gurnow--bestselling author of NATURE'S HOUSEKEEPER and THE EDWARD SNOWDEN AFFAIR--chats with Richard Solomon about university politics, how...

  • Added: Sep 06, 2016
  • Length: 54:00
Caption: Album Cover, Credit: Brother Mustard
Brother Mustard produced one of the the greatest rock albums of the 1990's. The band looks back at their success and the fans who still follow them.

  • Added: Aug 23, 2016
  • Length: 54:23
Caption: Jake Harper, 29, is Side Effects Public Media's resident hypochondriac. His newest health anxiety stems from the human papillomavirus, or HPV., Credit: Brian Paul/Side Effects
A generation of young men missed out on the HPV vaccine. Now, Side Effects Public Media's 29-year-old correspondent wonders if that’s putting him a...

  • Added: Aug 22, 2016
  • Length: 03:23
Caption: Famous taxidermist Carl Akeley posing with the leopard he killed with his bare hands
Taxidermy is back. This time, with glitter.

Bought by WXDU


  • Added: Jul 07, 2016
  • Length: 26:05
  • Purchases: 1
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Visit equine rock stars on your own! For the first time, anyone can purchase a ticket to visit their favorite racing stars at horse farms in Lexing...

  • Added: May 03, 2016
  • Length: 03:34
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Indians have no reason to feel left out anymore.  The Donald has noticed them and the Donald has mocked them.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: May 02, 2016
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 1
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The Art and Entertainment News That You Want To Know!!! Featuring the Ivy Blue band, Rapper 1G, and Black Wave read by Carrington MacDuffie, in ou...

  • Added: Mar 31, 2016
  • Length: 58:01
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The Art and Entertainment News That You Want To Know!!! Featuring Author Nicholas Stanton, Rapper Thraxxup, and The Revenant, now a major motion p...

  • Added: Mar 08, 2016
  • Length: 58:01