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Should non-state armed groups be excluded from the formal realm of international humanitarian law? Should they be held to the same standards as sta...

  • Added: Feb 28, 2011
  • Length: 02:00
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Western support of Israel demonstrates a clash of interests and values. Israel is a key U.S. ally, yet its policies towards Gaza and the West Bank ...

  • Added: Feb 24, 2011
  • Length: 02:00
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The UN Charter states that human rights is the responsibility of international society. It also prohibits forceful interference against the territo...

  • Added: Feb 24, 2011
  • Length: 02:01
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With the rise in power of emerging markets and developing economies should the architecture of global economics change to reflect their market appr...

  • Added: Feb 24, 2011
  • Length: 02:00
Caption: Bjorn Lomborg, San Francisco, CA 10/18/10, Credit: Andrea Chase
The author of The Skeptical Environmentalist on a more efficient way to solve the environmental crisis.

  • Added: Nov 14, 2010
  • Length: 18:20
Caption: Ryan Reynolds, San Francisco, CA, September 20, 2010, Credit: Andrea Chase
Ryan Reynolds on sense memory, staying calm, and working solo.

  • Added: Sep 25, 2010
  • Length: 09:11
Caption: David Michod, June 18, 2010, San Francisco, Credit: Andrea Chase
David Michod talks crime, drama, and the silence of 17-year-old boys.

  • Added: Aug 19, 2010
  • Length: 18:15
Caption: Buzkashi in Kabul
In this moment of World Cup frenzy, the Global Guru takes us to Afghanistan, where we learn about buzkashi -- the country's favorite sport.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 19, 2010
  • Length: 02:53
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Laura Poitras, San Francisco, April 27, 2010, Credit: Andrea Chase
Laura Poitras on talking to Bin Laden's former bodyguard, filmmaking in Yemen, and the American justice system.

  • Added: May 29, 2010
  • Length: 16:20
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dialogue is an award-winning television and radio program that explores the world of ideas through weekly, half-hour conversations with renowned pu...

  • Added: Mar 17, 2010
  • Length: 29:01
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dialogue is an award-winning television and radio program that explores the world of ideas through weekly, half-hour conversations with renowned pu...

  • Added: Mar 17, 2010
  • Length: 30:00
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Syrian vocalist working at the intersection of Arab, Jazz and Improvised Music.

  • Added: Nov 27, 2009
  • Length: 17:54
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Alex Meixner: Acclaimed accordionist playing jazz, Bulgarian dance music, Cleveland-style polkas and more.

  • Added: Nov 27, 2009
  • Length: 19:49
Caption: Moroccan musicians performing with double-ended rattles in Rabat
Musicians from across the Arab World join Georges Collinet to demonstrate musical culture of diverse Arabic nations.

Bought by WSLR, WSLR, and Remix Radio


  • Added: Nov 07, 2009
  • Length: 14:42
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: An Arab musician demonstrates traditional upright fiddle-playing
Georges Collinet on the instruments and rhythms of the Arab World

Bought by WSLR


  • Added: Nov 07, 2009
  • Length: 13:31
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Qatari men perform a traditional Ardha (warriors' dance)
Georges Collinet on the unique elements of Arabic musical culture

  • Added: Nov 07, 2009
  • Length: 12:07
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Should the opinion of the world be important in American elections? This is a crucial question in applied ethics as we choose a President.

  • Added: Aug 21, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
Caption: poster in Havana, Cuba, Credit: (c) 2008 Julia Adame
Most people think the Buena Vista musicians were impoverished and forgotten prior to the release of their CD. In this 54:00 documentary, Reese Erli...

Bought by KAZU Seaside, Calif., Radio New Zealand, and KGLT


  • Added: Apr 28, 2009
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 3
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Josimene is ten years old. She is one of Haiti's 300,000 restavecs, or child slaves. While her parents were promised she'd be educated if they sen...

  • Added: Apr 23, 2009
  • Length: 12:57
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From the Darfur Radio Project: we explore how a small radio studio in the Netherlands is connecting Darfuris to each other--and to the rest of the ...

  • Added: Apr 05, 2009
  • Length: 07:55
Caption: Laundry day in Dharavi, Credit: Kristin McHugh for the Stanley Foundation
Kristin McHugh visits Mumbai's sprawling Dharavi neighborhood, Asia's largest slum featured in the Oscar winning film "Slumdog Millionaire."

Bought by CKMO


  • Added: Mar 25, 2009
  • Length: 08:59
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Tractor travels past modern building in Gurgoan, India, Credit: Kristin McHugh for the Stanley Foundation
David Brown explores the tension between the urban economic boom and the under developed rural areas of modern day India.

Bought by KUT and CKMO


  • Added: Mar 25, 2009
  • Length: 11:56
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: India Gate, Credit: Kristin McHugh for the Stanley Foundation
Keith Porter reports on the global ambitions of the world's largest democracy.

  • Added: Mar 25, 2009
  • Length: 08:49
Caption: Mumbai's Taj Hotel - March 2009, Credit: Kristin McHugh for the Stanley Foundation
Simon Marks examines the aftermath of "26/11," India's equivalent to America’s 9/11.

  • Added: Mar 25, 2009
  • Length: 07:52
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A special documentary program from the Stanley Foundation, KQED Public Radio and KUT Austin.

Bought by KWIT, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WGBH Radio Boston, WYSO, WBEZ and more


  • Added: Mar 16, 2009
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 15