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The Negotiators: Confronting Conflict
From: Rob Sachs
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In this episode, we learn about two historic negotiations – one failed and one successful – from the negotiators themselves. We begin with a peace...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, KUHF, WXXI Rochester, WLPR , Oregon Public Broadcasting and more


  • Added: Dec 07, 2023
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 20
The End of Smallpox
From: Radio Diaries
Caption: Rahima Banu and her mother in 1975, Credit: Daniel Tarantola/WHO
Only one human disease has ever been completely eradicated: Smallpox. Rahima Banu, a woman from rural Bangladesh, was the last person in the world ...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago


  • Added: May 19, 2023
  • Length: 09:37
  • Purchases: 1
The First Cut is the Deepest
From: Israel Story
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When Tamir Levy’s brother asked him whether he planned to circumcise his soon-to-be-born son, the answer was obvious. After all, roughly 99% of Jew...

  • Added: Jul 13, 2022
  • Length: 32:57
Shanna Marie Wallace: Faith Chooses What We Experience in Every Moment
From: Shefik Macauley
Series: Shefik presents Invocation: The Journey Continues
Caption: Shanna Marie Wallace, Credit: Shefik
Faith - Shanna Marie Wallace is a Spiritual Interfaith Minister, who inspires in her classes, workshops, and guest speaking appearances. Her passio...

  • Added: Mar 22, 2022
  • Length: 03:06
Re:Work Radio: Stranded
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Indian migrant workers flee during the 2020 national lockdown., Credit: Re:Work Radio, a project of the UCLA Labor Center.
When India went into lockdown in 2020, millions of jobs disappeared and tens of millions of migrant workers struggled to get home, often on foot. M...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio]


  • Added: Dec 29, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Part One: Iryiel Cochran
From: Jason Klarl
Series: Guatemalan Connections
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Iryiel Cochran shares her story about growing up as a Guatemalan adoptee in northern Colorado and searching for biological family in Quetzaltenango...

  • Added: Sep 03, 2021
  • Length: 18:21
Episode 164: Sanctuary
From: Criminal
Series: Criminal
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After 32 years in the United States, José Chicas was told he had to leave. He bought a plane ticket to El Salvador, but then a local church offered...

  • Added: Aug 13, 2021
  • Length: 36:54
Tell Saki - Part II
From: Israel Story
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In Part II of this tale, Yochai Maital brings the kind of war story we rarely hear – that which begins once the fighting ends. On October 8, 1973, ...

  • Added: Mar 01, 2021
  • Length: 47:57
Permission to Land
From: Israel Story
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In an ambitious “extra-planetary” project, six Israelis entered a small container in the middle of the Negev Desert, and pretended they were on Mar...

  • Added: Feb 17, 2021
  • Length: 21:07
Flights
From: Israel Story
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Mishy Harman and Marie Röder visit an empty arrivals hall at Ben Gurion Airport, where they shadow the duo behind one of Israel’s most popular news...

  • Added: Feb 17, 2021
  • Length: 17:56
Episode 29: The Dancer
From: Criminal
Series: This is Love
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When Carlos Acosta was a kid, he wanted to be the next Michael Jackson. He spent all his time break-dancing in the streets of Havana. Until one day...

  • Added: Jan 05, 2021
  • Length: 23:02
End of Year Special: Part 2
From: Katie Semro
Series: Transmission Times: Radio Diaries During COVID-19
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2020 was a year like no other. Throughout the pandemic, Transmission Times captured the fears, hopes, worries, and joys of ordinary people during t...

Bought by WFHB, KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA, KWMR, KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, RadioStPete Florida and more


  • Added: Dec 19, 2020
  • Length: 28:03
  • Purchases: 6
End of Year Special: Part 1
From: Katie Semro
Series: Transmission Times: Radio Diaries During COVID-19
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2020 was a year like no other. Throughout the pandemic, Transmission Times captured the fears, hopes, worries, and joys of ordinary people during t...

Bought by KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA, KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, RadioStPete Florida, WFHB, KWMR and more


  • Added: Dec 19, 2020
  • Length: 28:46
  • Purchases: 7
Transmission Times End of Year Special: Pandemic in Review
From: Katie Semro
Series: Transmission Times: Radio Diaries During COVID-19
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2020 was a year like no other. Throughout the pandemic, Transmission Times captured the fears, hopes, worries, and joys of ordinary people during t...

Bought by KFCF FM, WMMT, WERU, KKRN, KCPW Salt Lake City and more


  • Added: Dec 19, 2020
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 9
Abdel Nasser's Colts
From: Israel Story
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Documentary filmmaker Elise Coker and producer Joel Shupack introduce us to twenty-two-year-old Abdel Naser Musleh, from Kafr ‘Aqab, near Ramallah....

  • Added: Nov 30, 2020
  • Length: 28:07
"What COVID does to me."
From: Katie Semro
Series: Transmission Times: Radio Diaries During COVID-19
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This piece has two parts. In Part 1 we hear about husbands, conversations, and much more. In Part 2 we hear about the role of faith in the lives of...

Bought by WMMT, KGUA, WFHB, KWMR, WMPG and more


  • Added: Nov 21, 2020
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 6
"You ain't got no friend"
From: Katie Semro
Series: Transmission Times: Radio Diaries During COVID-19
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In this piece we hear about isolation, the greater good, taking risks, hugs, community, and much more.

Bought by KGUA, WFHB, KWMR, RadioStPete Florida, and WMPG


  • Added: Oct 24, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 5
"It could be us."
From: Katie Semro
Series: Transmission Times: Radio Diaries During COVID-19
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In this episode we hear about freezer trailers, freedom, what it would take to be united, how we measure time now, and much more.

Bought by KGUA, WFHB, KWMR, RadioStPete Florida, and WMPG


  • Added: Oct 07, 2020
  • Length: 28:51
  • Purchases: 5
"It feels so absurd."
From: Katie Semro
Series: Transmission Times: Radio Diaries During COVID-19
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In this episode we hear about forest fires, having Corona in the family, how we are getting through, what "this" means, and much, much more. This ...

Bought by KGUA, WFHB, KWMR, RadioStPete Florida, and WMPG


  • Added: Sep 12, 2020
  • Length: 26:40
  • Purchases: 5
"This is now part of our story."
From: Katie Semro
Series: Transmission Times: Radio Diaries During COVID-19
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In this episode we hear about the moment when we knew this pandemic was real, some silver linings, worries about when we will be able to see family...

Bought by KGUA, WFHB, RadioStPete Florida, WMPG, and KWMR


  • Added: Aug 30, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 5
"It's not just tragic."
From: Katie Semro
Series: Transmission Times: Radio Diaries During COVID-19
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In this episode we hear about going back to school, pandemic birthdays, the news, why we wish this hadn't happened, and much more.

Bought by KGUA, WFHB, RadioStPete Florida, and WMPG


  • Added: Aug 22, 2020
  • Length: 25:05
  • Purchases: 4
"It was heartbreaking."
From: Katie Semro
Series: Transmission Times: Radio Diaries During COVID-19
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In this episode we hear about libraries and lacrosse, domino effects and rising numbers, anxiety and surrender. We hear people pondering the questi...

Bought by KGUA, WFHB, KWMR, RadioStPete Florida, and WMPG


  • Added: Aug 15, 2020
  • Length: 26:59
  • Purchases: 5
"I come from the future."
From: Katie Semro
Series: Transmission Times: Radio Diaries During COVID-19
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In this episode we hear about taking a road trip during COVID, the eerie lack of gatherings, economic oddities, the wide range of reactions to rest...

Bought by KGUA, WFHB, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., RadioStPete Florida, and WMPG


  • Added: Aug 02, 2020
  • Length: 28:38
  • Purchases: 5
Neddy Smith: Harmonizing Cries of Excitement and Pain
From: Shefik Macauley
Series: Shefik presents Invocation: The Journey Continues
Caption: Neddy Smith, Credit: Shefik
Geography - Neddy Smith is a professional musician and CEO at NedGJean International. He composes and writes his music, not only in a traditional s...

  • Added: Jul 10, 2020
  • Length: 02:04
"There are some hidden blessings to be found."
From: Katie Semro
Series: Transmission Times: Radio Diaries During COVID-19
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This snapshot of life during the pandemic is told through the voices of people from all over the world. In this piece we hear about a forest fire, ...

Bought by KGUA, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., and WMPG


  • Added: Jul 05, 2020
  • Length: 26:14
  • Purchases: 3