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Sinner?
From: Mississippi Public Broadcasting
Series: Sounds Jewish
Caption: Sounds Jewish logo with star of David
With Yom Kippur (the Day of Atonement) approaching, “Sounds Jewish” features songs about sinning -- as a public service, mind you.

Bought by WLPR


  • Added: Sep 12, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Get Yourself Right
From: Mississippi Public Broadcasting
Series: Sounds Jewish
Caption: Sounds Jewish logo with star of David
“Sounds Jewish” welcomes Elul, the Hebrew month that bids Jews to seek teshuva (repentance), with eclectic and inspiring songs about getting yourse...

Bought by WLPR


  • Added: Sep 05, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
It's a Small World
From: Mississippi Public Broadcasting
Series: Sounds Jewish
Caption: Sounds Jewish logo with star of David
Sounds Jewish grooves to the Summer Olympics' vibe of global togetherness, however temporary, with Jewish music from 15 nations.

Bought by WLPR


  • Added: Aug 01, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Global Tobetherness
From: Mississippi Public Broadcasting
Series: Sounds Jewish
Caption: Sounds Jewish logo with star of David
"Sounds Jewish" celebrates the 2024 Summer Olympics' human togetherness, however temporary it may be, with an eclectic selection of great Jewish mu...

Bought by WLPR


  • Added: Jul 25, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Cassic Summertime Shtick
From: Mississippi Public Broadcasting
Caption: Sounds Jewish logo with star of David
"Sounds Jewish" offers relief from the summer heat with Jewish songs extolling cold food and beverages, Jewy surf guitar evoking a day at the beach...

  • Added: Jul 12, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
Songs made Yiddish
From: Mississippi Public Broadcasting
Series: Sounds Jewish
Caption: Sounds Jewish logo with star of David
An hour of Yiddish-fid tunes: meaning non Yiddish tunes translated into the mamaloshen or recasts into the klezmer style.

Bought by WLPR


  • Added: May 30, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Canadian Jewish Heritage Month
From: Mississippi Public Broadcasting
Series: Sounds Jewish
Caption: Sounds Jewish logo with star of David
“Sounds Jewish” celebrates Canadian Jewish Heritage Month -- May -- with Jewish tunes and shtick from across the dominion.

  • Added: May 23, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
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
Leap Year
From: Mississippi Public Broadcasting
Series: Sounds Jewish
Caption: Sounds Jewish logo with star of David
“Sounds Jewish” marks Leap Year – both on the Gregorian Calendar and the Hebrew Calendar -- with Jewish tunes about leaping and jumping, experienci...

Bought by WLPR


  • Added: Feb 23, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
New & Classic Chanukah Tunes
From: Mississippi Public Broadcasting
Caption: Sounds Jewish logo with star of David
"Sounds Jewish" celebrates Chanukah, the Festival of Lights, with a cheerfully curated hour of new and classic holiday tunes.

  • Added: Dec 08, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
GN_5.06_ManureCouture
From: Good News Good Planet
Series: Good News Good Planet - Season 5
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The movement itself is called biocouture - this poop to pants movement is raising eyebrows on both sides of the issue.

  • Added: Feb 25, 2021
  • Length: 02:30
Letters to The Dead
From: Terence Mickey
Series: Memory Motel
Caption: PRX default Piece image
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
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
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
Wiarton Willie, Canadian Groundhog
From: Bryan Ward
Caption: Fiberglass Wiarton Willie, Credit: Bryan Ward
Alta Blue Skies contributor Catherine Breese offers a brief look at Canada's version of Punxsutawney Phil and the town that created him, Wiarton, O...

  • Added: Jan 07, 2014
  • Length: 04:05
"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
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