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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
Caption: Trucks blasting political songs in Kolkata, Credit: Sandip Roy
American’s are no stranger to election songs, but in India election songs are a different ballgame. Though there are plenty of songs, Bollywood and...

  • Added: Apr 05, 2021
  • Length: 06:00
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A preview of Choreographers' Evening 2014 at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis with Kenna-Camara Cottman and the dancers of In New Company.

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Nov 21, 2014
  • Length: 03:15
  • Purchases: 1
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The Art and Entertainment News That You Want To Know!!! Featuring Nammy nominee Joseph Strider, Author Debra Borys, and Brown Dog by Jim Harrison ...

  • Added: Jan 02, 2014
  • Length: 58:00
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The Art and Entertainment News That You Want To Know!!! Featuring Comedian Jim Melis, Country Band Western Avenue, and The Cleansed in our audioboo...

  • Added: Nov 13, 2013
  • Length: 58:20
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The second pilot episode for the new show, Middle Ground, which focuses on news, politics and culture from middle America.

Bought by NPR Illinois


  • Added: Oct 08, 2013
  • Length: 56:30
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Music World closes, Credit: Sandip Roy
Sandip finds himself oddly nostalgic, for a noisy purple bag.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 06, 2013
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 1
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This year’s ACL festival lineup is out, and at least one major national music blog is calling it the best major festival of the year. We’ll explor...

  • Added: May 16, 2013
  • Length: 54:01
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Farewell to George Jones-- and hell-o again to Natalie Maines! This week's hour long musical mystery tour includes Jim James, Patty Smith and more.

  • Added: May 03, 2013
  • Length: 54:41
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Poet, Songwriter, DJ, and festival organizer-- Ray Wylie Hubbard stops by to play music and talk about Grit n’ Groove. Also, how musicians are batt...

Bought by KFOK-LPFM


  • Added: Mar 22, 2013
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 1
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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
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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
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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
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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...

Bought by WRNC-LP


  • Added: Jan 28, 2011
  • Length: 01:50:25
  • Purchases: 1
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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
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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
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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
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The World Vision Report goes this week to Boston Harbor where every few weeks a cargo ship sails into port to be loaded with a hundred or so used c...

  • Added: Jul 09, 2010
  • Length: 28:00
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The World Vision Report goes this week to Boston Harbor where every few weeks a cargo ship sails into port to be loaded with a hundred or so used c...

  • Added: Jul 09, 2010
  • Length: 01:50:25
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This week we head to Louisiana where fishermen are wondering whether they’ll survive the oil spill in the Gulf. Also we go inside a classroom in Gh...

Bought by KVSC


  • Added: May 14, 2010
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
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As Arizona tightens its grip on the illegal immigration problem, four undocumented high school graduates have walked from Florida to Washington, D....

  • Added: Apr 30, 2010
  • Length: 01:50:25
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Voters in Sudan went to the polls this week for the first time in 24-years. But officials say there have been some “technical problems.” We’ll fi...

  • Added: Apr 16, 2010
  • Length: 51:26
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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, ...

  • Added: Apr 09, 2010
  • Length: 28:00
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Expectant mothers have a one in 12 chance of dying in childbirth in Liberia. One way to improve those odds is with a midwife. But Liberia has a s...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 09, 2010
  • Length: 01:50:25
  • Purchases: 1
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The earthquake that ripped through Haiti has been a learning experience for students at the country’s only film school. Instead of shooting fictio...

  • Added: Mar 19, 2010
  • Length: 01:50:25