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Spooky Takes From a Rainy Land
From: Desert Oracle
Series: Desert Oracle Radio
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The pyramids of Guinness 12-packs at our High Desert grocery stores reminded us of St. Patrick’s Day coming up, but the grey cloudy skies and green...

  • Added: Mar 30, 2024
  • Length: 28:00
Shoot The Messenger
From: Exile Content
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Shoot the Messenger is a new serialized, investigative-reporting podcast where we do deep dives on international news stories that warrant a reexam...

Bought by KGOU, KFCF FM, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KUOW and more


  • Added: Jul 05, 2023
  • Length: 53:40
  • Purchases: 14
Saket Soni: How Trafficked Workers Pulled Off “The Great Escape”
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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“THE GREAT ESCAPE: A True Story of Forced Labor and Immigrant Dreams in America” tells the story of one of the largest human trafficking schemes in...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KWMR, RadioFreePalmer, RadioStPete Florida, KDNK and more


  • Added: Feb 08, 2023
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 6
The So-called Mystery of Rapa Nui (Easter Island)
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
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Three hundred years ago this Easter, Europeans landed on what they called "Easter Island," and ever since, the statues there have been a mystery. B...

Bought by WKSU, KWIT, WYAP, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KCPW Salt Lake City and more


  • Added: Mar 17, 2022
  • Length: 51:58
  • Purchases: 18
Episode 171: Sealand
From: Criminal
Series: Criminal
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Today’s episode begins with rock & roll and ends with royalty. When bands like the Rolling Stones and the Beatles were becoming popular, they weren...

  • Added: Sep 10, 2021
  • Length: 49:00
“A High-Class British Spy or a Veteran Investigative Journalist Hard at Work?”
From: Jed Alexander
Caption: Journalist and author Luke Harding, Credit: Photo provided by Luke Harding
Investigative journalist Luke Harding talks about his time in Russia, dealings with the FSB, and one of his most valued sources, ex-MI6 agent Chris...

  • Added: Sep 08, 2020
  • Length: 20:21
Back Home but the Nightmares Continue - Conclusion
From: World Footprints LLC
Series: Escaping from India during COVID-19
Caption: Night of April 10/11 catching the last evac flight out of India. , Credit: Anietra Hamper
The conclusion of Escape from India during COVID-19 continues with Anietra sharing more of the roller coaster ordeal that took her and Ian from hop...

  • Added: Jul 18, 2020
  • Length: 23:16
"All We Want To Do Is Leave" - Part 2
From: World Footprints LLC
Series: Escaping from India during COVID-19
Caption: Ian Henderson fishing on the Mahakali — in Champawat., Credit: Anietra Hamper
"All we want to do is leave." Anietra and Ian basically went into survival mode to find a way out of India. As the first episode mirrored a scen...

  • Added: Jul 09, 2020
  • Length: 24:00
I Spy: Spies Who Pushed Back
From: Rob Sachs
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On this hour-long special we hear from two former intelligence people who, like whistleblowers in the Trump administration, pushed back against per...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., WHYY, WAMU, WWNO and more


  • Added: Jul 09, 2020
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 10
The Beginning of the COVID-19 nightmare in India
From: World Footprints LLC
Series: Escaping from India during COVID-19
Caption: View from the fishing camp tucked between wheat terraces at the foothills of the Himilayan mountains with Nepal across the river. — in Champawat ., Credit: Anietra Hamper
This episode is the first part of a three-part series about Anietra’s harrowing escape from India.

  • Added: Jul 02, 2020
  • Length: 20:11
I Spy: Real Life Spy Stories
From: Rob Sachs
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Espionage was once a mostly male pursuit but these days the top three officials at the CIA are women. On this program we hear from Jonna Mendez, th...

Bought by WWNO, KSPB Pebble Beach, WVTF, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KECG and more


  • Added: Jan 30, 2020
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 58
Lauren Wilkinson, author of "American Spy"
From: Boise State Public Radio
Series: Reader's Corner with Bob Kustra
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Bob Kustra interviews Lauren Wilkinson about her debut novel "American Spy"

  • Added: Nov 26, 2019
  • Length: 30:00
National Writers Series: Nelson and Alex DeMille
From: Interlochen Public Radio
Series: National Writers Series: Season Two
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Thriller writer Nelson DeMille and his son Alex talk with Ron Jolly.

Bought by WKAR


  • Added: Nov 12, 2019
  • Length: 54:30
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 113: Hostage
From: Criminal
Series: Criminal
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One summer in 1973, two men robbed a bank in Stockholm. They held four people hostage for six days. Swedish psychiatrist and criminologist Nils Bej...

Bought by ABC


  • Added: Sep 05, 2019
  • Length: 26:51
  • Purchases: 1
S1 E9 Too Important to Die
From: The Nocturnists
Series: Stories from the World of Medicine
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Cardiologist Dhruv Kazi recounts the heart-stopping tale of an emergency medical encounter in North Korea.

  • Added: Jun 06, 2019
  • Length: 36:33
Ben Macintyre, author of "The Spy and the Traitor"
From: Boise State Public Radio
Series: Reader's Corner with Bob Kustra
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Bob Kustra interviews Ben Macintyre about his book "The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War"

  • Added: May 20, 2019
  • Length: 30:10
Deborah Campbell, author of "A Disappearance in Damascus"
From: Boise State Public Radio
Series: Reader's Corner with Bob Kustra
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An Interview with Deborah Campbell about her Investigative Non-Fiction Book "A Disappearance in Damascus"

  • Added: Apr 29, 2019
  • Length: 30:01
National Writers Series: John U. Bacon
From: Interlochen Public Radio
Series: National Writers Series
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John U. Bacon talks about his latest book, "The Great Halifax Explosion."

Bought by Michigan Radio, WKAR, and WDET Detroit Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 08, 2018
  • Length: 54:30
  • Purchases: 3
Episode 96: On the Run
From: Criminal
Series: Criminal
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When Tyler Wetherall was a kid, her mother and father packed up the family car and drove through the night. They were on the run from the FBI. And ...

Bought by ABC and KSFR


  • Added: Nov 05, 2018
  • Length: 26:41
  • Purchases: 2
Peace Now. Almost.
From: Israel Story
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In the immediate aftermath of the Six-Day war, a Palestinian lawyer and two Israeli army reservists nearly brokered a peace agreement that could ha...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Aug 05, 2018
  • Length: 13:27
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 90: Sharks
From: Criminal
Series: Criminal
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The U.S. Navy attempted to develop a shark attack repellant after many sailors were attacked during WWII. The first step was the formation of a “Sh...

  • Added: Jul 19, 2018
  • Length: 24:15
Folktale of Mystery
From: Northeast Indiana Public Radio
Series: Folktales
Caption: WBOI's Folktale of Mystery, Credit: Julia Meek
This episode of Folktales, we're tracking fascination with the unknown around the musical globe. Hmmmmmm...Want to help us crack the case?

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


  • Added: May 15, 2018
  • Length: 59:59
  • Purchases: 5
Life of the Law #128 UGANDA: Pt 3 - Escape
From: Life of the Law
Series: Life of the Law
Caption: Beatrice Oswee with her daughter in Gulu, Uganda.
"If I did not reveal that I was formerly abducted, nobody would know. If I did not tell that these children were born from captivity, nobody would ...

  • Added: Apr 09, 2018
  • Length: 36:25
Why We Will Never Forget April 1994
From: WPLN - Nashville Public Radio
Series: Versify (shorts)
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Ebralie Mwizerwa is a survivor of the 1994 Rwandan genocide.

Bought by KICI Iowa City, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 26, 2018
  • Length: 05:37
  • Purchases: 4
Snap 819: Campfire Tales 4 - Primal, 9/7/2017
From: Snap Judgment
Series: Snap Judgment Weekly
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Have you ever happily wandered the woods? Not a care in the world. Then right after sunset felt a hot, oily breath breathing down your shoulder? ...

  • Added: Sep 07, 2017
  • Length: 53:57