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Fresh Talk: Ballroom Marfa
From: Cathy Byrd
Series: Fresh Art International
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On a Spring 2012 road trip in the American Southwest, Cathy Byrd meets members of Ballroom Marfa’s creative team to talk about their vision for a D...

  • Added: Jan 06, 2013
  • Length: 16:09
Fresh Talk: Christopher Eamon
From: Cathy Byrd
Series: Fresh Art International
Caption: Christopher Eamon
Cathy Byrd meets independent curator Christopher Eamon at Lora Reynolds Gallery, Austin, to talk about "Manscape: Male as Subject and Object."

  • Added: Dec 17, 2012
  • Length: 16:03
Fresh Talk: Kate Moore
From: Cathy Byrd
Series: Fresh Art International
Caption: Kate Moore
In the Netherlands, Cathy Byrd meets Australian musician and composer Kate Moore in The Hague to talk about the new music she invents and performs.

  • Added: Dec 17, 2012
  • Length: 26:30
Folktale of the Market Place
From: Northeast Indiana Public Radio
Series: Folktales
Caption: WBOI's Folktale of the Market Place, Credit: Julia Meek
This week's edition of Folktales finds us "Shopping 'til we drop", in a wide variety of musical fashions-- and as J.C. Penney would say: It's all i...

Bought by WFIU, WFIU, GCR (Global Community Radio), WLPR , and WFIU


  • Added: Dec 12, 2012
  • Length: 59:59
  • Purchases: 5
Folktale of Curses!
From: Northeast Indiana Public Radio
Series: Folktales
Caption: WBOI's Folktale of Curses!, Credit: Julia Meek
Curses! THIS week's Folktale is 'doomed' to explore hexes, vexes, oaths & other forms of musical evil will, and a voo-doo or two, just for good (or...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), GCR (Global Community Radio), WFIU, KLCC, 'The Sea' and more


  • Added: Oct 29, 2012
  • Length: 01:00:00
  • Purchases: 10
Folktale of Brave Journeys
From: Northeast Indiana Public Radio
Series: Folktales
Caption: WBOI's Folktale of Brave Journeys, Credit: Julia Meek
This episode of Folktales paves the way to enlightenment with musical offerings of encouragement from around the world. Hope you can join us for th...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), WFIU, GCR (Global Community Radio), GCR (Global Community Radio), KLCC and more


  • Added: Oct 03, 2012
  • Length: 59:59
  • Purchases: 12
Folktale of Friendship
From: Northeast Indiana Public Radio
Series: Folktales
Caption: WBOI's Folktale of Friendship, Credit: Julia Meek
A bit of Aristotelian advice, good buddy: "The antidote for fifty enemies is one friend." That's what this week's Folktale is all about.

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), GCR (Global Community Radio), KLCC, GCR (Global Community Radio), 'The Sea' and more


  • Added: Sep 05, 2012
  • Length: 59:58
  • Purchases: 11
The Shed #3
From: Mark Coles
Series: The Shed: A Whole New World Of Music
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From his shed at the bottom of the garden, award winning broadcaster Mark Coles brings you Bulgarian choirs, Tuareg rock'n'roll, Brazilian indie an...

  • Added: Nov 07, 2011
  • Length: 53:56
A Conversation with Translator, Natasha Wimmer
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Natasha Wimmer was awarded an NEA Literature Fellowship in 2007 to translate Roberto Bolaño's epic novel 2666. In this interview, she discusses the...

Bought by WABE


  • Added: Jul 29, 2011
  • Length: 27:08
  • Purchases: 1
A Jewish Reflection on the Arab Revolt - Philip Weiss
From: Open Source
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Journalist Philip Weiss reflects on the links and gaps between European anti-semitism, the neoconservative movement, the modern idea of Zionism, an...

Bought by KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 03, 2011
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 1
Poets of the Moment - Elliott Colla & Jaimy Gordon
From: Open Source
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Elliott Colla talks about the poetry of revolution and its role for transformation in Egypt. Then, we're with Jaimy Gordon, whose novel The Lord of...

Bought by WLPR , KWMR, KUNM, and KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 18, 2011
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 4
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 - Holland's Peculiar Curses
From: Rachel Louise Snyder
Series: Global Guru Radio
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This week the Global Guru travels to Holland to learn how to insult someone... in Dutch. A surprising look at a secular society.

Bought by HCC Radio The Dragon and PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 08, 2010
  • Length: 02:18
  • Purchases: 2
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
Turnstyles 004 Hour 1: Gaby Kerpel
From: John Schaefer
Series: Turnstyles
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Sam explores the new sound of Argentina with Gaby Kerpel.

Bought by KGUA and WZBC


  • Added: May 12, 2004
  • Length: 57:07
  • Purchases: 2