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Distillations Episode 154: Fast and Slow
From: Distillations
Series: Distillations
Caption: Professor John Mainstone and the pitch drop experiment.
Good science takes time... or not? On today's show we explore the extremes. First the longest-running experiment in the world; then the near-instan...

Bought by WTJU


  • Added: Aug 29, 2012
  • Length: 14:12
  • Purchases: 1
The Shed #26 Mice On Sticks
From: Mark Coles
Series: The Shed: A Whole New World Of Music
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From the shed at the bottom of his garden, the award winning BBC broadcaster Mark Coles (Today/The Strand) brings you his pick of the best new musi...

  • Added: Jun 28, 2012
  • Length: 53:56
Thomas Burns and Azerbaijani Film, Photography, annd Teaching
From: Joshua Noonan
Caption: Karaba
Thomas Burns discusses film, photography, teaching, and life in Azerbaijan and the Caucasus.

  • Added: Mar 22, 2012
  • Length: 36:01
Distillations Episode 111: A Distillations Carol
From: Distillations
Series: Distillations
Caption: Scrooge and his third visitor. Illustration by John Leech, 1843.
In this episode we are visited by the ghosts of chemistry's past, present, and future, who teach us about Greek fire, red sludge, and the future of...

Bought by WTJU


  • Added: Jan 16, 2012
  • Length: 13:46
  • Purchases: 1
Distillations Episode 132: Harvest
From: Distillations
Series: Distillations
Caption: here the world's seeds stay safe., Credit: Image courtesy of Mary Tefre/Svalbard Globale Seed Vault.
This episode explores two very different ways people hope to protect future harvests. First, follow us to the Doomsday Vault, which protects 700,00...

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio


  • Added: Jan 16, 2012
  • Length: 12:06
  • Purchases: 1
Squeezebox Stories
From: Julie Caine
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Squeezebox Stories, a sound-rich, narrative-driven public radio documentary hosted by Marco Werman of PRI's The World, explores the rich musical wo...

Bought by WCNY, WWNO, KZUM, KLCC, Marfa Public Radio and more


  • Added: Sep 06, 2011
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 20
A Conversation with Writer, Unai Elloriaga
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Basque writer Unai Elorriaga and Amaia Gabantxo, translator of Elorriaga's novel Plants Don’t Drink Coffee, discuss the book as well as the art of ...

  • Added: Jul 28, 2011
  • Length: 25:51
"Please Call Stella": Capturing English, from Afrikaans to Zulu
From: Rebecca Sheir
Caption: The Speech Accent Archive is the brainchild of GMU's Steven Weinberger, Credit: Rebecca Sheir
A look -- and listen -- inside the world's largest online database of English accents.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, PRX Remix, KUOW, New Hampshire Public Radio, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 24, 2011
  • Length: 05:19
  • Purchases: 5
Bare As You Dare!
From: Vaska Trajkovska
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Every year, in cities across the world, cyclists throw off their clothes and ride naked as part of the World Naked Bike Ride - a global protest mov...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Jun 15, 2011
  • Length: 18:13
  • Purchases: 1
Global News Partnership Show #04 on Coffee to air week of June 4, 2011
From: World Vision Report
Series: World Vision Report - Weekly One Hour
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On this week’s show we look at efforts to contain the Mafia in Sicily. We also explore who makes the big money off of coffee, and how coffee growi...

Bought by WDSE and WBEZ


  • Added: Jun 03, 2011
  • Length: 01:50:22
  • Purchases: 2
The Black Swan of Cairo - Mark Blyth
From: Open Source
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Open Source "Shorties" are 7-8 minute cuts of our best evergreen material. Today: Mark Blyth on the political economy of uncertainty in Japan, Egyp...

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Mar 25, 2011
  • Length: 07:47
  • Purchases: 1
From Pakistan to Tanglewood - Vazira Zamindar & Composers
From: Open Source
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Historian Vazira Zamindar talks about the "wound of partition" in today's Pakistan. Then, we meet three young composers - Cynthia Lee Wong, Jacob B...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WRST-FM Oshkosh, and KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 24, 2011
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 3
Museum of Broken Relationships
From: Shannon Service
Caption: Prosthetic leg donated by broken hearted soldier, Credit: The Museum of Broken Relationships
When Paul Simon outlined "50 Ways to Leave Your Lover" 35 years ago, it turns out he missed a few. There are well over 400, in fact, as bagged, tag...

Bought by KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA, New Hampshire Public Radio, WRVO Public Media, KFAI Minneapolis, KUT and more


  • Added: Dec 13, 2010
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 9
East Timor's Umaluliks
From: Rachel Louise Snyder
Series: Global Guru Radio
Caption: Umalulik in Timor Leste
This week the Global Guru learns how to negotiate land deals, family disputes, wedding arrangements, cattle sales and other deals in Timor Leste.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 05, 2010
  • Length: 02:59
  • Purchases: 1
The Pakistani Art of Truck Decoration
From: Seattle Globalist
Caption: Truck Grille, Credit: Sarah Stuteville
Shipping is a big business in Pakistan. With new paved highways offering a fast track to Afghanistan and northern Pakistan, trucking is an importa...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 20, 2010
  • Length: 03:21
  • Purchases: 1
Parrot Fortune Teller
From: Seattle Globalist
Caption: Khan's Parrot, Credit: Alex Stonehill
People come to fortunetellers for answers and entertainment, but not all fortunetellers use a crystal ball. In Karachi, Pakistan, one street vendor...

  • Added: Aug 20, 2010
  • Length: 05:49
Searching for GEES (spirit) in the townships - A White South African confronts his fears to enjoy the World Cup in Unity
From: YENZA
Series: WORLD CUP ROOTS
Caption: Guy with his vuvuzela at Mzolis, Credit: Photo by Czerina Patel - Copyright Czerina Patel 2010
This weekend, Nelson Mandela celebrates his 92nd birthday. South Africa will celebrate his legacy which includes his role in helping to bring the r...

  • Added: Jul 13, 2010
  • Length: 04:04
Winnipeg Folk Festival Day 2 Hour 2
From: KVSC
Series: KVSC at the Winnipeg Folk Festival
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For the first time in KVSC's 43-year history, a live international broadcast is coming to you from the Winnipeg Folk Festival. With help from the M...

  • Added: Jul 09, 2010
  • Length: 59:55
Take Me Out to the Japanese Ballgame
From: Rachel Louise Snyder
Series: Global Guru Radio
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This week the Global Guru uncovers the rules behind Japanese baseball. Accidentally smack the matter with the ball? You better practice your bowing...

Bought by WABE, HCC Radio The Dragon, WTIP, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 07, 2010
  • Length: 02:58
  • Purchases: 4
Global Guru - Holland's Peculiar Curses
From: Rachel Louise Snyder
Series: Global Guru Radio
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This week the Global Guru travels to Holland to learn how to insult someone... in Dutch. A surprising look at a secular society.

Bought by HCC Radio The Dragon and PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 08, 2010
  • Length: 02:18
  • Purchases: 2
Global Guru-Thailand's Hot and Cold Food
From: Rachel Louise Snyder
Series: Global Guru Radio
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This week the Global Guru learns how to avoid culinary death in Bangkok -- and just why Thais categorize their food.

Bought by WABE, HCC Radio The Dragon, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 08, 2010
  • Length: 02:19
  • Purchases: 3
Global Guru-Mexico's Murals
From: Rachel Louise Snyder
Series: Global Guru Radio
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This week the Global Guru learns about the mural movement in Ajijic, Mexico, two generations after Diego Rivera's vision.

Bought by HCC Radio The Dragon and PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 08, 2010
  • Length: 02:46
  • Purchases: 2
Global Guru - Aboriginal Boomerangs
From: Rachel Louise Snyder
Series: Global Guru Radio
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This week the Global Guru wades through tourist kitsch to find authentic aboriginal boomerangs.

Bought by WABE, WTIP, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 08, 2010
  • Length: 02:43
  • Purchases: 3
Global Guru-Tanzania's Barbershops
From: Rachel Louise Snyder
Series: Global Guru Radio
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This week the Global Guru explores why there are so many barbershops -- sometimes a dozen in a single block -- in Tanzania.

Bought by WABE, HCC Radio The Dragon, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 08, 2010
  • Length: 02:44
  • Purchases: 3
Global Guru - Latin America Bas Reliefs
From: Rachel Louise Snyder
Series: Global Guru Radio
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This week we go to Latin America where we learn what all bas reliefs have in common, and what that can tell us about our social order.

Bought by HCC Radio The Dragon and PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 07, 2010
  • Length: 02:43
  • Purchases: 2