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No one has an appetite for perfection and swearing like a Québécois in search of poutine.

Bought by KRPS, North Country Public Radio, WNIJ, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 17, 2013
  • Length: 02:58
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: WBOI's Folktale of Direction, Credit: Julia Meek
Hard to figure out where in the world you're going? Musical orientation abounds this week on Folktales!

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


  • Added: Aug 15, 2013
  • Length: 01:00:00
  • Purchases: 9
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Cuckoo Fayre Special: Punch and Judy Man, Marky Wild Independent State of Cuckfield, Martin Ingebretson Cuckfield Vintage Emporium, Darcy Shepher...

  • Added: Jun 11, 2013
  • Length: 26:09

  • Added: May 23, 2013
  • Length: 06:47
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Records From Around the World, Credit: Willis Arnold
Step into the world of Alan Lomax, his archives, and his legacy - The Association of Cultural Equity. Featuring interviews with his daughter Anna ...

  • Added: May 13, 2013
  • Length: 05:38
Caption: Samantha Powell and Billy Marohn on an innocent roadtrip. Or are they?
What if you were stuck at the border, having to answer probably *appropriate* questions? What if you maybe trusted the Canadian banking system to j...

  • Added: Apr 22, 2013
  • Length: 03:45
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A look at breakfast and its importance in our culture.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 18, 2013
  • Length: 07:33
  • Purchases: 1
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Most people know Sufism as the religion practiced by the whirling dervishes. But this mystical form of Islam has taken root in America, too.

  • Added: Mar 27, 2013
  • Length: 06:41
Caption: Artist Michael Sistig and Anti Ark
Michael Sistig Creates the Anti Ark at El Segundo Beach. The open air art installation consists of shipping containers, an emaciated polar bear and...

  • Added: Feb 19, 2013
  • Length: 07:48
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Norwegian filmmakers Kristian Balsrod & Anton Ligaarden stopped by WTIP's The Roadhouse Feb. 1 to update hosts Ann Possis & Buck Benson on their lo...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Feb 11, 2013
  • Length: 26:39
  • Purchases: 1
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LatinoAltROCK was created with the goal of sharing the music that is part of our cultural experience, with a wider audience.

Bought by WGBH Radio Boston, KZYX, KUOW, KRSC, and KPVL


  • Added: Feb 04, 2013
  • Length: 53:27
  • Purchases: 5
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A short, strange history of marijuana in the U.S., Mexico and everywhere else

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Feb 01, 2013
  • Length: 15:06
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: WBOI's Folktale of Thievery, Credit: Julia Meek
As they say in Cambodia: "Stealing may bring profits, but hanging costs far more", so lock the door & hang on to your wallets--this week, we're cha...

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


  • Added: Jan 31, 2013
  • Length: 01:00:00
  • Purchases: 8
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Inez Mosture creates whimsical characters from Norwegian folklore.

  • Added: Jan 12, 2013
  • Length: 23:09
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One woman's philanthropic mission comes full circle.

Bought by KMXT, KZMU Moab Community Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, Prairie Public, WOUB and more


  • Added: Dec 31, 2012
  • Length: 06:15
  • Purchases: 24
Caption: Sasha Dees
Cathy Byrd connects on Skype with independent curator/producer Sasha Dees to talk about the Open Ateliers residency program, Zuidoost Amsterdam and...

  • Added: Dec 17, 2012
  • Length: 11:02
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Longfellow called them the 'gypsy children of song', and we call them the stuff this edition of Folktale of Ballads is made on--hope you'll join us!

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


  • Added: Nov 21, 2012
  • Length: 59:59
  • Purchases: 9
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
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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
Caption: Karaba
Thomas Burns discusses film, photography, teaching, and life in Azerbaijan and the Caucasus.

  • Added: Mar 22, 2012
  • Length: 36:01
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
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
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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
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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
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