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Internationally-renowned scholars on the Middle East and Arab world join host Joan Kjaer to explore "The Arab Spring in a Global Context."

  • Added: May 06, 2015
  • Length: 29:55
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Understanding gender and identity--what do we mean by these terms and how do they affect the ways in which we see ourselves and others?

  • Added: Dec 22, 2014
  • Length: 23:17
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Nights are getting brighter and most of us no longer experience true darkness.

Bought by WCNY, WXDU, KKRN, WTJU, CHSR-FM 97.9 and more


  • Added: Dec 19, 2014
  • Length: 53:57
  • Purchases: 6
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In the late 19th century, German medical practices were considered to be the best in the world. But by the start of World War II, German physicians...

Bought by WJCT, KBYS 88.3 FM, WFHB, WTJU, WLIW and more


  • Added: Mar 28, 2014
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 7
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This episode of Fresh Talk features Cathy Byrd in conversation with Janet Biggs, a video artist whose work takes her to the ends of the earth.

  • Added: Mar 27, 2014
  • Length: 30:14
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There are things you do that you know you would never do unless there was someone watching, someone urging you on, someone who was part of the plan...

  • Added: Feb 27, 2014
  • Length: 53:57
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An exploration of what we remember and why.

  • Added: Feb 04, 2014
  • Length: 25:02
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What’s the difference between free trade and fair trade? If you want to learn more about “food sovereignty,” and how global trade policies affect l...

  • Added: Oct 10, 2013
  • Length: 28:00
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A discussion of ways in which the arts--both the performing and creative arts--serve as critical communicators on issues of human rights and freedo...

  • Added: Sep 24, 2013
  • Length: 24:24
Caption: Said Dowlabani
This book is not your dry read about markets and stocks. It’s the “Next Big Think” according to the publisher, Select Books. Cultural Economist Sai...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Sep 05, 2013
  • Length: 28:57
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: child victims of sex trafficking in Pattaya, Credit: Phillip Martin
Thailand is considered an incubator for human trafficking…so WGBH Radio's Phillip Martin traveled to one town there to document the relationship be...

Bought by KUER, KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA, WRST-FM Oshkosh, KUOW, and WRPI


  • Added: May 20, 2013
  • Length: 07:49
  • Purchases: 5
Caption: Margaret and Mohammed discuss how Americans marginalize their religions. , Credit: Jesse Ellis
Islam and Mormonism — not exactly a perfect pair? Actually, these two religions have a striking similarity: both are marginalized in American socie...

  • Added: Nov 13, 2012
  • Length: 13:10
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Conversations and live musical performance based on international themes.

  • Added: Oct 03, 2012
  • Length: 01:55:41
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In spite of the current state of the economy, the next 25 years will see an unprecedented rise in human wellbeing.

  • Added: Sep 28, 2012
  • Length: 29:01
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New findings show that Palestinians are actually a species of plant.

  • Added: Aug 08, 2012
  • Length: 03:11
Caption: Coastal mega-city Mumbai. Mumbai lies on the Arabian Sea on the west coast of India and is the most populous city in the country and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million. Along, Credit: http://thegreatindian.tripod.com/mumbai.htm
In this episode of World Ocean Radio, host Peter Neill will discuss these places of development, industry, and manufacturing and will argue that we...

  • Added: Mar 26, 2012
  • Length: 06:18
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In this special anthology, we explore how women writers foster community across boundaries. Novelist Lisa See shares stories about Chinese women wr...

Bought by WRKF and WJCU


  • Added: Mar 21, 2012
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 2
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News and features from Afghanistan, Iraq, and Libya.

  • Added: Aug 19, 2011
  • Length: 04:23
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It's not dark yet. Well, actually it is. But actor Alfred Molina makes a book with Death in the title an absolute thrill to listen to. The program ...

Bought by KMUN, KPIP-LP, KQED, KRZA, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago and more


  • Added: Aug 18, 2011
  • Length: 28:39
  • Purchases: 6
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In the second of a two-part discussion on Palestine and Israel, Bloomingtonians Michael Grady and Dr. Lori Hoevner talk about their experiences -- ...

  • Added: Jun 22, 2011
  • Length: 59:19
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News and features on the wars in Libya, Iraq, Afghanistan and more.

  • Added: Jun 10, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
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Sharp-talking political economist Mark Blyth is back in the Glasgow pub, so we say, and he's expounding on the melt-down that's still melting down ...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Jun 02, 2011
  • Length: 08:56
  • Purchases: 1
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Tibetan hip hop sits awkwardly next to Kazakh folk, and a Beijing rap metal band converts to Mongolian throat-singing. Um...is this Chinese music?

Bought by WLRH and WNJR


  • Added: Mar 09, 2011
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Carmen in Mexico
In this 1999 essay, Carmen Delzell talks about smuggling toys and gifts across the US border into Mexico to give to the people in the village where...

Bought by KUT, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 18, 2010
  • Length: 04:08
  • Purchases: 3
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Ivy League Refugee is the pilot program in Ellis Cose's Against The Odds radio documentary series.

Bought by WUAL


  • Added: Jun 11, 2009
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 1