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Trikone in a bottle (#GaySexNoCrime)
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: An issue of 'trikone'
After 157 years, the Indian Supreme court ruled rules that gay sex is not a crime.

  • Added: Sep 10, 2018
  • Length: 06:00
No serial!
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
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Sandip Roy addresses a major calamity in Kolkata.

  • Added: Sep 04, 2018
  • Length: 06:00
Musician's Spotlight - Amina Figarova- 680
From: John Floridis
Series: Musician's Spotlight
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Born in Azerbaijan and now based in New York, pianist and composer Amina Figarova brings her exotic and exquisitely written explorations in jazz to...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 04, 2018
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
Memories of a neem
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: A typical neem tree, Credit: exoticflora.in
Sandip remembers a bitter part of his childhood.

  • Added: Aug 27, 2018
  • Length: 06:00
Blues America 153 - Shemekia Copeland
From: Drew Verbis
Series: Blues America
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Shemekia Copeland is the Grammy-nominated reigning Queen of Chicago Blues who released her 8th studio effort on Alligator records, ‘America’s Child.’

Bought by Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota, GCR (Global Community Radio), WLPR , KMUW, Public Radio East and more


  • Added: Aug 26, 2018
  • Length: 58:21
  • Purchases: 12
Blues America 150 - R - Oscar Wilson
From: Drew Verbis
Series: Blues America
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He is best known as the downhome singer of the Cash Box Kings. The group’s latest album, Holding Court (Blind Pig Records) – has struck a favorable...

Bought by WLPR , KDLG, WLPR , Public Radio East, Spokane Public Radio and more


  • Added: Aug 03, 2018
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 9
Section 377 under review
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Pride celebrations in Delhi, Credit: Sandip Roy
The Indian Supreme Court began hearings on July 10 to decide whether Section 377 (which criminalizes homosexuality) of India's constitution violate...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 31, 2018
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 1
Blues America 149 - Walter Wolfman Washington
From: Drew Verbis
Series: Blues America
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Walter “Wolfman” Washington is a living blues legend from New Orleans who has been on the scene since the late 60’s including time spent with famed...

Bought by KMUW, GCR (Global Community Radio), KMUD, WLPR , WART FM and more


  • Added: Jul 20, 2018
  • Length: 58:06
  • Purchases: 12
Blues America 148 - Marcia Ball
From: Drew Verbis
Series: Blues America
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Marcia Ball has been inducted into the Austin City Limits Hall of Fame and her latest studio effort on Chicago’s famous Alligator records is called...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), Public Radio East, WLPR , KMUW, WART FM and more


  • Added: Jul 13, 2018
  • Length: 58:09
  • Purchases: 12
World Cup Kolkata
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Football fans in a Kolkata market, Credit: Sandip Roy
Sandip Roy takes in the World Cup festivities and reflects on Russia’s influence on Calcutta.

  • Added: Jul 09, 2018
  • Length: 06:00
Blues America 145 - Louisiana Red
From: Drew Verbis
Series: Blues America
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Louisiana Red is a downhome blues master who performed with an unabashed energy of raw emotion. In total, he recorded almost 50 albums during a car...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), Raven Radio, Public Radio East, WLPR , KDLG and more


  • Added: Jun 22, 2018
  • Length: 58:18
  • Purchases: 16
Blues America 144 - Eddy Clearwater
From: Drew Verbis
Series: Blues America
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Known as the "Chief", the legendary blues icon performed from 1950 to 2018. He cut over 17 albums which earned him a Grammy nomination and a handfu...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), Raven Radio, WLPR , KMUW, KDLG and more


  • Added: Jun 15, 2018
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 16
Blues America 141 - Johnny Rawls
From: Drew Verbis
Series: Blues America
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Johnny Rawls released his latest studio effort for Cat Food Records called "Waiting for the Train." Rawls carries on the soul-blues tradition of pe...

Bought by Raven Radio, KMUW, WLPR , WART FM, RadioFreePalmer and more


  • Added: May 25, 2018
  • Length: 58:05
  • Purchases: 14
Monday Music Special- Lyle Lovett and Robert Earl Keen Part Two
From: John Floridis
Series: Montana Public Radio Special Programs - Related to Musician's Spotlight
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Two of the most iconic Texas singer songwriters of the past 30 years, Lyle Lovett and Robert Earl Keen are featured in this one hour Musician’s Spo...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: May 18, 2018
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
Blues America 136 - Mojo Mark
From: Drew Verbis
Series: Blues America
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Mojo Mark Cihlar has been a fixture of the Chicago blues scene for over 30 years. From the well-known to the obscure, he’s played with so many grea...

Bought by WLPR , WART FM, WEAA, RadioFreePalmer, Spokane Public Radio and more


  • Added: Apr 27, 2018
  • Length: 58:02
  • Purchases: 11
Blues America 135 - Kenny Neal
From: Drew Verbis
Series: Blues America
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Kenny Neal stands tall among the younger generation of blues players. His trademark brand of blues, featuring a combination of Louisiana swamp blue...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), Public Radio East, WLPR , KMUW, WART FM and more


  • Added: Apr 20, 2018
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 12
Lit Fest Discoveries
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Jaipur Lit Fest panel, Credit: Sandip Roy
Writer Sandip Roy experiences a deeper meaning to the 'Lit fest’ circuit.

  • Added: Jan 23, 2018
  • Length: 06:00
Forget your feed
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
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Sandip forgets to feed his social media stream, and reconnects with the world.

  • Added: Jan 08, 2018
  • Length: 06:00
Blues America 108 - Mike Zito
From: Drew Verbis
Series: Blues America
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Mike Zito is one of the leading contemporary blues artists on the scene today. Mike continues his success with Ruf Records on his latest release, M...

Bought by Public Radio East, WTJU, GCR (Global Community Radio), Spokane Public Radio, WEAA and more


  • Added: Sep 22, 2017
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 9
Refugee Doctors
From: Distillations
Series: Distillations
Caption: Dr. Abdelwahhab Azzawi
Escape is only the first challenge.

  • Added: Sep 14, 2017
  • Length: 30:39
High-Tech and Amish
From: Distillations
Series: Distillations
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Using 21st-century medicine to maintain a 300-year-old way of life.

  • Added: Aug 16, 2017
  • Length: 27:16
Ep.21: Restoring Access to Local Farm Food
From: The Story Exchange
Series: Good on the Ground
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Tatiana Garcia Granados started The Common Market to bring farm food to her Philadelphia neighborhood. Now she's taking on the nation's broken food...

  • Added: Jun 20, 2017
  • Length: 14:55
Ramadan-The Economics of Ramadan
From: kim fox
Series: Ehky Ya Masr Podcast - Ramadan Series
Caption: Ehky Ya Masr Ramadan Series logo, Credit: Heba Fouad
"The Economics of Ramadan" is produced by Sarah El Safty looks into how Egyptians are coping financially this Ramadan following the devaluation of ...

  • Added: Jun 06, 2017
  • Length: 03:30
Blues America 95 - Selwyn Birchwood
From: Drew Verbis
Series: Blues America
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Selwyn Birchwood is celebrating his highly anticipated second studio effort for Alligator Records, ‘Pick Your Poison’ which crafts authentic tradit...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), Public Radio East, WLPR , GCR (Global Community Radio), KBBI Alaska and more


  • Added: Jun 02, 2017
  • Length: 01:56:05
  • Purchases: 12
Just Like Family
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
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Alex Tizon recently wrote about his family’s slave, Lola. Some praise Alex TIzon for his courage in confronting a dark chapter in his family’s hist...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: May 30, 2017
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 2