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The Nigiri Mountain Railway
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: The Nigiri Mountain train, Credit: Sandip Roy
Sandip takes a ride back in time on the Nilgiri Mountain Railway, one of the oldest mountain railways in India and part of the UNESCO World Heritag...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 12, 2023
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 1
A Cat Named Lou
From: Shelly Williams
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A cozy interview segment with Cheney Cutler and zoologist Brian Dextor.

  • Added: Jun 16, 2023
  • Length: 07:24
The Chicken from Glasgow
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: A Google search for chicken tikka masala, Credit: Sandip Roy
Unlike many of the people we lost in 2022 - Queen Elizabeth II, Lata Mangeshkar, Pele - Ahmed Ali Aslam might not have been a household name. But...

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  • Added: Jan 09, 2023
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 1
Minnesota 'N Ice: Snowshoeing with the Winona Outdoor Collaborative
From: KQAL
Series: Culture Clique
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We’ve all heard of MN nice, well get ready for Minnesota ‘N Ice, a special Culture Clique series where we’ll take a look at the way Minnesotans and...

  • Added: Mar 30, 2022
  • Length: 30:53
Dispatch 378 - Happy Holi!
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Little Chewie and Nozy wish you a colourful happy and safe Holi, Credit: Sandip Roy
Holi is a festival of playfulness and color, lots of color.

  • Added: Mar 30, 2021
  • Length: 06:00
Lights, Camera, Author! - Sandra Niemi
From: Jim Junot
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An interview with Sandra Niemi, author of "Glamour Ghoul: The Passions and Pain of the Real Vampira, Maila Nurmi." Niemi is Nurmi's niece and she ...

  • Added: Jan 29, 2021
  • Length: 29:08
The Junot Files: Bill Cassara
From: Jim Junot
Series: Lights, Camera, Author!
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An interview with Bill Cassara, author of "Hollywood in Monterey: Chronicles of a Cop"

  • Added: Dec 10, 2020
  • Length: 28:26
The Junot Files: Peter David
From: Jim Junot
Series: Lights, Camera, Author!
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An interview with Peter David, author of "Mr. Sulu Grabbed My Ass, and Other Highlights from a Life in Comics, Novels, Television, Films and Video ...

  • Added: Dec 10, 2020
  • Length: 27:50
The Big Pond #17: The Detroit-Berlin-Connection
From: Goethe-Institut
Series: The Big Ponder – A Transatlantic Podcast
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Dimitri Hegemann, the mastermind behind the Berlin nightclub Tresor, has been nurturing an artistic connection between Berlin and Detroit since the...

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Feb 27, 2019
  • Length: 24:38
  • Purchases: 1
Sharon Mansur: ...in the space between
From: KQAL
Series: Art Beat
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On this episode of Art Beat we sit down with Sharon Mansur to discuss her new site specific dance film, "...in the space between". Featuring Mansur...

  • Added: Nov 27, 2018
  • Length: 12:33
Rosogolla
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
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It looks just like a little white table tennis ball, but spongy and sweet. The Rosogolla is Bengal’s most famous sweet but Sandip is overwhelmed by...

  • Added: Nov 26, 2018
  • Length: 06:00
Gaming Culture for Computer Science and Engineering Education
From: Pius Wong
Series: The K12 Engineering Education Podcast
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How can we harness the power of games for education? In Part 1 of the episode, the podcast explores how the PAX South 2017 gaming conference inspi...

  • Added: May 05, 2018
  • Length: 40:18
Boston’s Skippy White – A Vinyl Life
From: Brian Coleman
Caption: Skippy White and Marc Siegel
Physical record stores have made a comeback in recent years, but there's one in Boston that never went away. At Skippy White's CDs & Records, owner...

  • Added: Apr 13, 2018
  • Length: 21:17
Distillery along Great Lakes turns booze into food – fish food
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: New York distillery and fish farm turns waste into supper, Credit: by ANGELICA A. MORRISON
Two companies in the Great Lakes region are teaming up for an unusual experiment in sustainability. They’re starting an aquaculture business. And a...

Bought by WDET Detroit Public Radio, WCPN, WBFO, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WXXI Rochester and more


  • Added: Feb 22, 2018
  • Length: 03:43
  • Purchases: 8
Durga Puja, Thai Style
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: A Thai temple replica for Durga Puja, Credit: Sandip Roy
It takes only a few hours to fly from Kolkata to Bangkok, and a weekend in Bangkok is quite common. But there’s very little of Thailand in Kolkata.

  • Added: Sep 25, 2017
  • Length: 06:00
Illegal Whiskey, G-Men and The Story of Minnesota 13
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
Caption: Men in Stearns County, Minnesota, showing off their goods., Credit: Melrose History Museum
After World War One, farmers in Stearns County, Minnesota, were losing their shirts–and sometimes their farms. But where the Great Depression clos...

  • Added: Jan 26, 2017
  • Length: 04:52
What's icy, metal and two miles long? A Great Lakes ice boom
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: NEW YORK POWER AUTHORITY PHOTO / Ice boom installation 2015, Credit: NEW YORK POWER AUTHORITY PHOTO / Ice boom installation 2015
As ice forms on Lake Erie, it creates problems for the huge power plants downstream. To keep electricity flowing to millions of residents in the No...

Bought by WBFO, WCPN, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and WCMU Michigan


  • Added: Dec 16, 2016
  • Length: 03:42
  • Purchases: 4
Viking ship Draken leaves Great Lakes, but hard feelings linger
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: Draken Harald Harfagre, Credit: courtesy of Draken Harald Harfagre
The replica Viking ship Draken Harald Hårfagre has sailed out of the Great Lakes, wrapping up a summer visit marred by a dispute over pilots fees. ...

Bought by WCPN, WXXI Rochester, WMUK, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WCMU Michigan and more


  • Added: Sep 07, 2016
  • Length: 03:16
  • Purchases: 7
Is Space the Place?
From: Distillations
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Trying to save humanity by mining asteroids.

Bought by WTIP


  • Added: Jan 06, 2016
  • Length: 22:24
  • Purchases: 1
The Ballad of Maggi
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
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India has tied itself in knots thanks to a noodle problem. The country has been in an uproar since tests alleged that some packets of Maggi instan...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: Jun 09, 2015
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 1
Giving up the ghost
From: Don Hill
Series: Xpressions
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XPRESSIONS is a series of short, light-hearted features about the origin of popular phrases & sayings of every sort.

Bought by Key Radio KEYK 89.3 FM


  • Added: Mar 30, 2015
  • Length: 01:44
  • Purchases: 1
Touch Of Grey: Lecturing to retired Deadheads
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
Caption: Peter Richardson lecturing about the legacy of the Grateful Dead., Credit: Jeremy Dalmas
Peter Richardson, a lecturer at San Francisco State, was teaching a course on the Grateful Dead at a school for adults over 50. A cultural history ...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 26, 2015
  • Length: 07:44
  • Purchases: 1
Interview with Bryan Dexter
From: Shelly Williams
Series: Cheney Cutler pieces
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Lions and ligers and lougars, oh my!

  • Added: Jan 19, 2015
  • Length: 08:08
Transportation startup aims to improve transit across the Bay, once it's allowed to start
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
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At about 1:30am, after a night out with friends, Kyle Nichols-Schmolze is waiting for the AC Transit 800 bus near Market and Van Ness in San Franci...

  • Added: Oct 27, 2014
  • Length: 08:49
Fashion and drama at San Francisco Opera's Costume Sale
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
Caption: Our tour guide: Christopher Verdosi, assistant costume director, Credit: David Boyer
San Francisco seems to jump at any excuse to throw off daily wear in favor of something more theatrical. That explains why around 2500 people showe...

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  • Added: Oct 21, 2014
  • Length: 07:58
  • Purchases: 1