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Remembering Harry
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: An old Harry Belafonte album cover in Kolkata., Credit: Photo by Bishan Samaddar
Harry Belafonte's death provoked an outpouring of mourning in India though many learned about his civil rights activism only through his obituaries.

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: May 16, 2023
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 1
Snub or Flub
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: A tribute to Lata Mangeshkar from Amul Dairy
The “In Memoriam” segment of the 2022 Grammy awards failed to remember one very important icon, Lata Mangeshkar. While many fans of Indian music an...

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  • Added: Apr 11, 2022
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Journey of Vinayakram
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Mahesh Vinayakram
Sandip Roy shares the journey of Mahesh Vinayakram, from the verse of Carnatic music to the world stage of Cirque du Soleil.

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  • Added: Mar 15, 2022
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 1
Ode to Lata
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
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For Indians Lata Mangeskhar was like Edith Piaf to French or Barbara Streisand to Americans.

  • Added: Feb 15, 2022
  • Length: 06:00
Remembering Lata Mangeshkar
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: A Saraswati festival in Kolkata bids farewell to her human incarnation Lata Mangeshkar, Credit: Bishan Samaddar
Lata Mangeshkar was the story of independent India. Most Indians had never known an India without her.

  • Added: Feb 08, 2022
  • Length: 06:00
Cuzco, Peru
From: Fil Corbitt
Series: Postcards from The Wind
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A postcard from Cuzco, Peru.

Bought by KTNA


  • Added: Dec 13, 2021
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 1
Dispatch 289 - Manna Dey at 100
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
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Manna Dey’s birthday is May 1. He would have been 100 years old.

  • Added: Apr 29, 2019
  • 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
What the World Needs Now. A Heart Felt Discussion to the tune of Life with the angelic and sultry Jazz Great Christie Dashiell
From: Ken Grey
Series: Maximum Health Radio "Quality Living" with Dr Ken Grey Holistic Physician
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What the World Needs Now. A Heart Felt Discussion to the tune of Life with Jazz Great Christie Dashiell amidst the angelic and sultry voice of this...

Bought by WCNY


  • Added: Apr 09, 2018
  • Length: 27:57
  • Purchases: 1
Monsoon on Stage
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: The ensemble cast of Monsoon Wedding, Credit: Photo courtesy Kevin Berne/Berkeley Repertory Theatre
Monsoon Wedding by Mira Nair was an unlikely hit in 2001. A movie set in India but not a British Raj nostalgia film. Nor a Passage to spiritual Ind...

  • Added: May 25, 2017
  • Length: 06:00
Just Shoot Me
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
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It’s the great Western discovery of India all over again.

  • Added: Feb 02, 2016
  • Length: 06:00
Get Behind Me, Now Stay There - Episode 68
From: Get Behind Me , Now Stay There
Series: Get Behind Me, Now Stay There
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The Art and Entertainment News That You Want To Know!!! Featuring Grammy Winner Ricky Kej, Canadian Super Group Dream Aria, and The Art of Asking ...

  • Added: Dec 03, 2015
  • Length: 58:04
Happy Birthday Burman
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: RD Burman
R.D. Burman would have turned 75 last week and Bollywood threw a great birthday bash. Sandip Roy and Kronos Quartet violinist David Harrington rem...

  • Added: Jun 30, 2014
  • Length: 04:30
Get Behind Me, Now Stay There - Episode 41
From: Get Behind Me , Now Stay There
Series: Get Behind Me, Now Stay There
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The Art and Entertainment News That You Want To Know!!! Featuring Epic Metal Band Suncrown, Musician Davey Copeland, and After the Fall in our aud...

  • Added: Jan 22, 2014
  • Length: 58:08
Remembering the Magnetic Manna Dey
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
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Sandip Roy listens back to the music of Manna Dey.

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  • Added: Nov 19, 2013
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 2
Purple bag nostalgia
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Music World closes, Credit: Sandip Roy
Sandip finds himself oddly nostalgic, for a noisy purple bag.

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  • Added: Aug 06, 2013
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 1
GNP 007 (Half Hour) Emmanuel Jal and Spleen Sandwiches
From: World Vision Report
Series: World Vision Report - Weekly Half Hour
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Violence against women is commonplace in Afghanistan. It takes all forms: domestic abuse, forced marriage, rape, even honor killings. This week, w...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and KKRN


  • Added: Jun 23, 2011
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 2
GNP 007 (Full Hour) Emmanuel Jal and Spleen Sandwiches
From: World Vision Report
Series: World Vision Report - Weekly One Hour
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Violence against women is commonplace in Afghanistan. It takes all forms: domestic abuse, forced marriage, rape, even honor killings. This week, ...

Bought by WDSE


  • Added: Jun 23, 2011
  • Length: 01:50:25
  • Purchases: 1
WVR Show 380 World Music Half Hour
From: World Vision Report
Series: World Vision Report - Weekly Half Hour
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Crank up your ipod. We’re going on a musical journey around the world on this week’s edition of the World Vision Report. In Iran, Isla...

Bought by WSLR, KRZA, and WPTC


  • Added: Apr 21, 2011
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 3
WVR Show 380 World Music
From: World Vision Report
Series: World Vision Report - Weekly One Hour
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Even poor people can be rich in music. It can calm your nerves, please your passions, and spur people to action. This week the World Vision Rep...

Bought by WDSE


  • Added: Apr 21, 2011
  • Length: 01:50:25
  • Purchases: 1
WVR - Show 372 (One Hour) - Libya and Foreign Aid
From: World Vision Report
Series: World Vision Report - Weekly One Hour
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The fires of revolution continue to spread across North Africa. First Tunisia, then Egypt, and now Libya deals with demands from its people for c...

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  • Added: Feb 25, 2011
  • Length: 01:50:25
  • Purchases: 1
WVR - Show 368 (One Hour) - Rising Food Prices and Chiwoniso
From: World Vision Report
Series: World Vision Report - Weekly One Hour
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The rising cost of food is the focus of this week’s World Vision Report. A sharp increase in food prices already has sparked riots in Algeria and E...

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  • Added: Jan 28, 2011
  • Length: 01:50:25
  • Purchases: 1
WVR - Show 367 (Half Hour) - Sudan and Kinobe
From: World Vision Report
Series: World Vision Report - Weekly Half Hour
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Families separated by war are being reunited in southern Sudan. Brothers and sisters, children and parents, see each other for the first time in y...

  • Added: Jan 21, 2011
  • Length: 27:56
WVR - Show 346 (One Hour) - Pakistan Floods
From: World Vision Report
Series: World Vision Report - Weekly One Hour
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Floods in Pakistan have destroyed more than a million homes in the country. And aid has been slow to reach the 8 million people who need it. This w...

  • Added: Aug 27, 2010
  • Length: 01:50:22
WVR - Show 343 (Half Hour) - Immigration and Untouchable Music
From: World Vision Report
Series: World Vision Report - Weekly Half Hour
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Many illegal immigrants in the U.S. have gone back to their home countries after being thrown out of work in the U.S. But some can’t leave. They’...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 06, 2010
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1