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Holocaust Remembrance Day
From: Mississippi Public Broadcasting
Series: Sounds Jewish
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Sounds Jewish commemorates Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day, with solemn music, poignant storytelling and a bit of sardonic comedy.

Bought by WLPR


  • Added: May 03, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Passover Tunes and Schtick
From: Mississippi Public Broadcasting
Series: Sounds Jewish
Caption: Sounds Jewish logo with star of David
We're deep into Passover, the holiday celebrating the Israelites liberation from slavery as told in the book of Exodus. We hope that all peoples fi...

Bought by WLPR


  • Added: Apr 26, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
That It Will Never Come Again
From: Desert Oracle
Series: Desert Oracle Radio
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We are meditating upon some various facts and figures here in the Mojave High Desert this week, from the weather in Twentynine Palms to which apost...

Bought by KFCF FM


  • Added: Apr 29, 2022
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
146: Snail Knights
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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There are over 70 examples of knights fighting snails in illuminated manuscripts from the 1300s. But why? First meme? A silly inside joke? A weird ...

  • Added: Jan 20, 2021
  • Length: 04:47
End Days
From: L.A. Theatre Works
Series: L.A. Theatre Works
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A suburban family undergoes a post-9/11 spiritual crisis.

Bought by KKRN, KWMR, KUOW, Spokane Public Radio, WPCA-LP and more


  • Added: Dec 30, 2020
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 28
Audie Winner - Adele Park
From: Cyrus Emerson
Caption: Adele Park, Credit: http://www.jittersaudiobook.com/
What happens when a female shock jock from Hackensack, New Jersey finds herself working at a radio station near a polygamist enclave in Utah?

  • Added: Feb 21, 2013
  • Length: 14:22
A slice of life with the Church of Pie
From: KALW
Caption: Erin Shannon, “Queen of Pie.”, Credit: Rob Hoey
One San Francisco-based group is taking the worship of food to a whole new level. This past Saturday, about 100 people descended on 111 Minna Galle...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 06, 2011
  • Length: 02:56
  • Purchases: 1
Camels, Dirty Cookies, and No Sex in The City: An Interview With Elna Baker
From: SexReally
Series: SexReally Show
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If there’s one thing she’s learned, it’s how to be herself...

Bought by KBGA 89.9 FM


  • Added: Aug 09, 2010
  • Length: 11:59
  • Purchases: 1
Messiah Complex
From: Jodi Eichelberger
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Writer Jodi Eichelberger traces his Messiah Complex back to early childhood

  • Added: Feb 12, 2008
  • Length: 20:45
A Jew Grows in Rockland
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Amita Jarmon discusses what it's like to be Rockland's first rabbi since 1937.

Bought by SALTcast Podcast


  • Added: Feb 01, 2008
  • Length: 06:26
  • Purchases: 1
Six Degrees of Sacred Separation?
From: Merle Kessler
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Conflict in Israel? Stop presses!

  • Added: Mar 16, 2007
  • Length: 02:37
The St. Patrick's Day Parade, Dublin, 1965
From: Jackson Braider
Caption: PRX default Piece image
The Irish in 1965 felt differently about St. Patrick's Day

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, KSQM 91.5 FM, Spokane Public Radio, KUT, and WUAL


  • Added: Feb 11, 2005
  • Length: 05:51
  • Purchases: 5
Towards a bland Islam
From: Merle Kessler
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Islam needs Unitarianism

Bought by KRCC-FM


  • Added: Nov 29, 2004
  • Length: 01:41
  • Purchases: 1