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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
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...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 09, 2023
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 1
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
Fourth of July Sonic ID
From: Redmond Grybauskas
Caption: An 1887 Autophone Concert Roller barrel organ from a private collection on Nantucket., Credit: Isa Fritsch
On Nantucket, a grinder organ built in 1887 plays the Star-Spangled Banner.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 02, 2019
  • Length: :51
  • Purchases: 1
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
As Slow As Possible
From: The World According to Sound
Series: The World According to Sound
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This song will finish in about another 600 years.

Bought by KALW, KVNF, KALW, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 16, 2015
  • Length: 01:34
  • Purchases: 4
Day Job 1: Bitter Barista
From: Joshua McNichols
Series: Day Job: How Musicians Pay The Rent (2014 Series)
Caption: Matt "Spek" Watson at The Station, Credit: Joshua McNichols
Seattle's Matt Watson performs as a rapper and producer under the name Spekulation. He used to hate his day job serving espresso. After being outed...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, XRAY.fm, Delmarva Public Media, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 30, 2014
  • Length: 13:13
  • Purchases: 4
Politics 101 BC: Voter fraud in the ancient world
From: Oregon Public Broadcasting
Caption: Ellen Millender, Professor of Classics and Humanities at Reed College in Portland, Oregon, Credit: Michael Clapp, OPB
How do we know that there was voter fraud in ancient Athens? Pottery shards tell the tale.

Bought by Listenwise


  • Added: Nov 01, 2012
  • Length: 04:03
  • Purchases: 1
Kazakhstan -- With this horse, I thee wed...
From: Rachel Louise Snyder
Series: Global Guru Radio
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A girl. A boy. A horse. A chase. Listen as this week's Global Guru takes you inside the world of courtship in Kazakhstan...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio, KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA, PRX Remix, KZYX, Prairie Public and more


  • Added: Jan 26, 2011
  • Length: 02:56
  • Purchases: 7
Malian Griot
From: Rachel Louise Snyder
Series: Global Guru Radio
Caption: Papa Susso
This week the Global Guru goes to Mali to learn the art of a griot, where storyteller, historian, political advisor, detective and genealogist are ...

Bought by WABE, WTIP, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 16, 2010
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 3
Making or Breaking a Business Deal in China -- with cigarettes
From: Rachel Louise Snyder
Series: Global Guru Radio
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The writer Peter Hessler decodes the hidden messages of Chinese cigarettes in business deals.

Bought by HCC Radio The Dragon, WBEZ, and WTIP


  • Added: Dec 16, 2010
  • Length: 03:02
  • Purchases: 3
Global Guru-Tasmanian Devils
From: Rachel Louise Snyder
Series: Global Guru Radio
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This week the Global Guru risks life and limb to learn how to track Tasmanian devils in the wild.

Bought by HCC Radio The Dragon, WTIP, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 08, 2010
  • Length: 02:32
  • Purchases: 3
A Musician's Life: G. Love
From: WXPN
Series: A Musician's Life
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Meet Garrett Dutton III, AKA G. Love. He was 19 and busking on the streets of Philadelphia when he hit on his signature style--what he's termed "T...

Bought by WGDR and KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Oct 13, 2008
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 2
A Musician's Life: Tegan and Sara
From: WXPN
Series: A Musician's Life
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Tegan and Sara are identical twin sisters. Now in their twenties they've been performing their own brand of indie rock since they were teens.

Bought by KMXT, KXOT Public Radio, and WMNF


  • Added: May 07, 2008
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 3
36 Meatballs
From: David Greenberger
Series: The Duplex Planet
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A meatball-eating contest story retold in a noisy restaurant.

  • Added: Jun 19, 2006
  • Length: 01:19
Two-Minute Danger Theater 18: Blake Diamond, Jungle Adventurer "King
From: M.J. Butler
Series: Two-Minute Danger Theater
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Two-Minute Danger Theater is a daily comedy module chronicling the adventures of The Voice, Blake Diamond, and Commander Ranger and Cadet Nancy of ...

Bought by WCOM


  • Added: Dec 17, 2003
  • Length: 02:06
  • Purchases: 1
Two-Minute Danger Theater 05: The Voice "Death Stalks at Midnight" Ch 5
From: M.J. Butler
Series: Two-Minute Danger Theater
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Two-Minute Danger Theater is a daily comedy module chronicling the adventures of The Voice, Blake Diamond, and Commander Ranger and Cadet Nancy of ...

Bought by WCOM


  • Added: Nov 30, 2003
  • Length: 02:06
  • Purchases: 1
Two-Minute Danger Theater 06: The Voice "Death Stalks at Midnight" Ch 6
From: M.J. Butler
Series: Two-Minute Danger Theater
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Two-Minute Danger Theater is a daily comedy module chronicling the adventures of The Voice, Blake Diamond, and Commander Ranger and Cadet Nancy of ...

Bought by WCOM


  • Added: Nov 30, 2003
  • Length: 02:06
  • Purchases: 1
Two-Minute Danger Theater 17: Blake Diamond, Jungle Adventurer "King Tetachi's Ruby" Ch 3
From: M.J. Butler
Series: Two-Minute Danger Theater
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Two-Minute Danger Theater is a daily comedy module chronicling the adventures of The Voice, Blake Diamond, and Commander Ranger and Cadet Nancy of ...

Bought by WCOM


  • Added: Nov 30, 2003
  • Length: 02:06
  • Purchases: 1
Two-Minute Danger Theater 07: The Voice "Death Stalks at Midnight" Ch 7
From: M.J. Butler
Series: Two-Minute Danger Theater
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Two-Minute Danger Theater is a daily comedy module chronicling the adventures of The Voice, Blake Diamond, and Commander Ranger and Cadet Nancy of ...

Bought by WCOM


  • Added: Nov 30, 2003
  • Length: 02:06
  • Purchases: 1
Two-Minute Danger Theater 15: Blake Diamond, Jungle Adventurer "King Tetachi's Ruby" Ch 1
From: M.J. Butler
Series: Two-Minute Danger Theater
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Two-Minute Danger Theater is a daily comedy module chronicling the adventures of The Voice, Blake Diamond, and Commander Ranger and Cadet Nancy of ...

Bought by WCOM


  • Added: Nov 30, 2003
  • Length: 02:06
  • Purchases: 1
Two-Minute Danger Theater 16: Blake Diamond, Jungle Adventurer "King Tetachi's Ruby" Ch 2
From: M.J. Butler
Series: Two-Minute Danger Theater
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Two-Minute Danger Theater is a daily comedy module chronicling the adventures of The Voice, Blake Diamond, and Commander Ranger and Cadet Nancy of ...

Bought by WCOM


  • Added: Nov 30, 2003
  • Length: 02:06
  • Purchases: 1
Two-Minute Danger Theater 03: The Voice "Death Stalks at Midnight" Ch 3
From: M.J. Butler
Series: Two-Minute Danger Theater
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Two-Minute Danger Theater is a daily comedy module chronicling the adventures of The Voice, Blake Diamond, and Commander Ranger and Cadet Nancy of ...

Bought by WCOM


  • Added: Sep 20, 2003
  • Length: 02:06
  • Purchases: 1
Two-Minute Danger Theater 04: The Voice "Death Stalks at Midnight" Ch 4
From: M.J. Butler
Series: Two-Minute Danger Theater
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Two-Minute Danger Theater is a daily comedy module chronicling the adventures of The Voice, Blake Diamond, and Commander Ranger and Cadet Nancy of ...

Bought by WCOM


  • Added: Sep 20, 2003
  • Length: 02:06
  • Purchases: 1
Two-Minute Danger Theater 02: The Voice "Death Stalks at Midnight" Ch 2
From: M.J. Butler
Series: Two-Minute Danger Theater
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Two-Minute Danger Theater is a daily comedy module chronicling the adventures of The Voice, Blake Diamond, and Commander Ranger and Cadet Nancy of ...

Bought by WCOM


  • Added: Sep 20, 2003
  • Length: 02:06
  • Purchases: 1