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The Big Pond #33: Texas German – Auf Wiedersehen to a Dialect
From: Goethe-Institut
Series: The Big Ponder – A Transatlantic Podcast
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America is a country of immigrants. Most people know that Spanish is the most widely spoken language in the US besides English, but there’s more th...

  • Added: Jun 18, 2019
  • Length: 42:29
The Big Pond #27: Welcome to Motherland
From: Goethe-Institut
Series: The Big Ponder – A Transatlantic Podcast
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Three women, two countries, one shared experience: Motherhood. From giving birth to receiving support – our producer Melissa Gerr looks at the role...

Bought by KICI Iowa City, KICI Iowa City, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: May 09, 2019
  • Length: 24:46
  • Purchases: 3
The Big Pond #22: The Story of the Brezn
From: Goethe-Institut
Series: The Big Ponder – A Transatlantic Podcast
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The pretzel, known as a “Brezel” or “Brezn” in German, is not an ordinary pastry. It has a century-old history full of myths and stories. Where did...

Bought by KICI Iowa City and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Apr 03, 2019
  • Length: 33:17
  • Purchases: 2
Folktale of Toyland
From: Northeast Indiana Public Radio
Series: Folktales
Caption: Folktale of Toyland, Credit: Julia Meek
This edition of Folktales, it's 'game on' as it tracks treasured toys, play songs and play time traditions around the musical globe!

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


  • Added: Dec 19, 2018
  • Length: 59:59
  • Purchases: 5
Canada's Music Scene
From: Youth Spin - KOOP 91.7 FM
Series: Local Music & Local Politics: A Series by Connor
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In this piece, Connor interviews Doug about his experience in Canadian music and radio, and the ways in which it differs from his experience in Ame...

  • Added: Mar 01, 2018
  • Length: 12:24
Folktale of Fire & Brimstone
From: Northeast Indiana Public Radio
Series: Folktales
Caption: WBOI's Folktale of Fire & Brimstone, Credit: Julia Meek
Marlowe's Dr. Faust noticed "Fools that will laugh on earth, most weep in hell," and that's the direction our Folktale of Fire & Brimstone is taking.

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


  • Added: Oct 24, 2017
  • Length: 59:59
  • Purchases: 4
Saving the Last Ocean
From: Generation Anthropocene
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We hear a lot in the news about the Antarctic ice sheet melting – but what else threatens a place so cold, so remote, and so seemingly barren? In t...

  • Added: Jul 05, 2017
  • Length: 21:32
Polish Music
From: WBAA
Series: What's New
Caption: Penderecki and host John Clare, Credit: Luis Catan
We'll hear music with Polish masters Krzysztof Penderecki, Henryk Gorecki, Andrzej Panufnik and Witold Lutoslawski. Don't miss new releases on Warn...

Bought by KMUN, WETS, KMUN, KVNO, WETS and more


  • Added: Jun 22, 2017
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 6
Letters to The Dead
From: Terence Mickey
Series: Memory Motel
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In the United States, the obituary article is reserved for the famous, to remember their greatest achievements and notable struggles.

  • Added: Feb 01, 2017
  • Length: 30:47
Photographer reveals "ghosts" of Lake Erie
From: Great Lakes Today
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Lakes are often portrayed as calm and serene environments, but Dave Sanford knows better. The Canadian photographer uses his pictures to reveal a m...

Bought by WCPN, WCMU Michigan, WXXI Rochester, North Country Public Radio, and WBFO


  • Added: Jan 10, 2017
  • Length: 01:13
  • Purchases: 5
Happy Birthday Mother Teresa
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
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Last week Kolkata was busy celebrating a birthday with flowers, candles, cards and songs. It was Mother Teresa’s 106th birthday/ By the time the n...

  • Added: Aug 30, 2016
  • Length: 06:00
Folktale of Recreation
From: Northeast Indiana Public Radio
Series: Folktales
Caption: WBOI's Folktale of Recreation, Credit: Julia Meek
As most folks know, play time is serious business! For a musical assessment of maximizing the fun in YOUR life, please join us for the Folktale of ...

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


  • Added: Aug 17, 2016
  • Length: 59:59
  • Purchases: 10
Folktale of Transportation
From: Northeast Indiana Public Radio
Series: Folktales
Caption: WBOI's Folktale of Transportation, Credit: Julia Meek
On this week's episode, we're on the go, and test-driving a world of good music, so buckle up and get moving! We're ready to roll, with the Folktal...

Bought by WFIU, GCR (Global Community Radio), 90.1 WFYI Public Radio, WLPR , GCR (Global Community Radio) and more


  • Added: Jun 24, 2016
  • Length: 59:59
  • Purchases: 6
Over and Out
From: Israel Story
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Stories of relationships that have ended, and the things (the often slightly nutty things) that people do in the aftermath.

  • Added: Mar 10, 2016
  • Length: 01:11:19
Folktale of the Road to Perdition
From: Northeast Indiana Public Radio
Series: Folktales
Caption: Folktale of The Road to Perdition, Credit: Julia Meek
It's fire and brimstone lighting our way this week on Folktales, with a Stygian batch of netherworldly music to share--hope you can join us for an ...

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


  • Added: Sep 08, 2015
  • Length: 59:59
  • Purchases: 7
RootsWorld Radio #163
From: Cliff Furnald
Series: RootsWorld Radio
Caption: Checkpoint 303
The 163rd edition of RootsWorld radio will feature a number of tracks from the Palestinian collective called Checkpoint 303 . The Iqrit Files is an...

  • Added: Sep 03, 2015
  • Length: 58:45
Banksey Painted on my Wall
From: terry mechan
Series: Interesting interview Clips
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Split into three clips for your own programming schedules A Banksy mural has been the source of a considerable amount of drama since it first appe...

  • Added: Jul 25, 2015
  • Length: 12:15
Bonjour Chanson Series 17, Episode 82
From: Charles Spira
Series: Bonjour Chanson Series 17
Caption: By Courtesy of Lili Cros and Thierry Chazelle, Credit: Arno Lame
A kaleidoscope of French Language Songs Introduced to English Speakers. No need to understand French to enjoy the show.. The songs range from joyfu...

Bought by 90.1 WFYI Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 24, 2015
  • Length: 27:46
  • Purchases: 1
Got a Place To Go Tonight?
From: Israel Story
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Visitors to Jerusalem's Old City can reasonably expect to bump into a missionary or two. Mishy Harman and Nava Winkler introduce us to a couple of ...

  • Added: Mar 11, 2015
  • Length: 05:18
Yung Yiddish
From: Israel Story
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In a remote corner of Tel Aviv's grimy, labyrinthine central bus station, Mendy Cahan has built a home for Israel's rejected Yiddish books, and it'...

  • Added: Mar 09, 2015
  • Length: 16:05
The Most Beautiful Book Ever Written
From: Israel Story
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Chaya Gilboa falls deeply in love with a library book, and becomes convinced that her soulmate will have felt the same connection to the text. She ...

  • Added: Mar 09, 2015
  • Length: 12:51
"Even As A Baby You Were Selfish"
From: Peter Johnson
Series: The Author's Corner on Public Radio daily show: FEBRUARY 2015
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An amusing passage from one of 2014's Ten Best Books (New York Times Book Review), Family Life is a novel by Akhil Sharma who grew up in Delhi, Ind...

  • Added: Feb 13, 2015
  • Length: 01:40
GUEST: Dustin O'Halloran (A Winged Victory for the Sullen) + 3D AUDIO Insight Treks (chapter 1)
From: Don Hill
Series: Cafe Acousmatic
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CAFÉ ACOUSMATIC: the finest blend of electroacoustic music, sound art, and 3D binaural audio.

  • Added: Feb 12, 2015
  • Length: 58:01
Behind The Thread 18
From: Russell Jowell
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In Episode 18 of Behind The Thread, we look at wages around the world. Sokny Say of the Free Trade Union of the Workers of the Kingdom of Cambodia ...

  • Added: Nov 21, 2014
  • Length: 40:07
An Application For Naturalization Advisory
From: Nathan Callahan
Series: The SoCal Byte
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Questions for Insecurity — the US Department of Homeland Security’s Application For Naturalization

  • Added: Aug 01, 2014
  • Length: 08:32