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Jump in your estate car and head to the chemist; this week, we're looking at some British equivalents of American English words.
- Added: Sep 11, 2024
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 5
Just as his music career was heating up, Decio Rubano discovered he was not a U.S. citizen and was deported to Canada as a young man. He came to St...
- Added: Nov 15, 2022
- Length: 02:15
Join Montana Public Radio's Tom Berich for an hour of fun and uplifting music from around the world.
Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio
- Added: Nov 18, 2021
- Length: 59:18
- Purchases: 1
On this episode of the Apple Seed, you'll hear the wonderful storyteller Heather Forest with a story from Hans Christian Anderson, the Danish maker...
- Added: Jul 28, 2021
- Length: 55:00
- Purchases: 4
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
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
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
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
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
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
Inez Mosture creates whimsical characters from Norwegian folklore.
- Added: Jan 12, 2013
- Length: 23:09
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
Fernwood mixes Americana sounds with Appalachian strings, along with bouzoukis from the Middle East and Ireland and sitars from India.
- Added: Oct 24, 2008
- Length: 03:30
Part Two of Lex Pelger's adventures on the road with Tibetan monks
- Added: Mar 30, 2008
- Length: 06:35
An interview about courage, international friendship, and how to break INTO an Indian jail
- Added: Mar 13, 2008
- Length: 06:20
The story of three outdoor swimming pools, known as 'lidos' in London.
- Added: Feb 20, 2007
- Length: 19:04