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Sonnet for What Will Be Well
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
Caption: 'shipwrecked, lost everything, all's well...", Credit: Edgar Cook
Poems are solace in times of not knowing. Today, a Sonnet for What Will Be Well. "There are events that narrowly avoid crossing our paths, eve...

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Apr 01, 2024
  • Length: 01:01
  • Purchases: 1
Lost in Immigration
From: Mateo Schimpf
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Some things are temporary.

Bought by Classic107.3, WMUU-LP, GCR (Global Community Radio), RADIOLEX, WHCP-LP Cambridge and more


  • Added: Feb 08, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
Of Course, Fortification
From: Jonathan Nellermoe
Caption: WHA75 "Walk the Talk", Field Recording, Credit: Kate, Partners in Health
An audio producer falls into step with a global advocacy campaign at the very moment it rises to call for mandatory action to fortify staple foods ...

  • Added: Apr 20, 2023
  • Length: 04:00
A "Zionist" Pig
From: Israel Story
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Yoshi Fields doesn’t eat pigs, but he traveled across Israel tracing the history of pork in the Holy Land. Along the way, he learned how, over the ...

  • Added: Jun 20, 2022
  • Length: 35:26
The Big Ponder #37: Street Names
From: Goethe-Institut
Series: The Big Ponder – A Transatlantic Podcast
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Why is a Nazi resistance fighter famous in Brazil yet unheard of in Germany? How did an African American musician become a hero in East Germany? Di...

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: May 26, 2022
  • Length: 29:35
  • Purchases: 1
Syrians Reflect on Ten Years of War
From: Mateo Schimpf
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The Syrian people are caught in the crossfire and have essentially lost their country. A decade of war has killed an estimated 600,000 people and d...

Bought by Classic107.3 and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Mar 24, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
The Big Ponder #5: Little America Revisited
From: Goethe-Institut
Series: The Big Ponder – A Transatlantic Podcast
Caption: The Big Ponder, Credit: © Goethe-institut
Since World War II, there have been countless American GIs stationed at military bases all over Germany. Sylvia Cunningham and Monika Müller-Kroll ...

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Mar 10, 2021
  • Length: 28:52
  • Purchases: 1
Iron and Gold
From: Israel Story
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The story of a song that began the music careers of two Israelis each representing vastly different versions of what the future of Israel may hold

  • Added: Dec 13, 2018
  • Length: 32:43
Snap 929: Overrirde, 10/11/2018
From: Snap Judgment
Series: Snap Judgment Weekly
Caption: Snap Judgment
On the next all-NEW Snap..."Override." You think you have your plan all laid out, until someone or something comes along and messes everything up.

  • Added: Oct 10, 2018
  • Length: 53:57
RDD: La Conexión
From: WGTE Public Media
Series: The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor
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This week on The Rough Draft Diaries we're headed to BG to meet Beatrice Maya of La Conexión, a resource of representation for the Latino and Immig...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Mar 12, 2018
  • Length: 06:05
  • Purchases: 1
A Citizen's Guide to Immigration Policy: Emotional Courage, Freedom and Saying Goodbye to Those You Love
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
Caption: His profession was listed as "farmer's son". They never saw their family again., Credit: Susan Cook
The US Senate bill to limit immigration by educational status ignores that opportunity is exactly what oppressive regimes deny. Opportunity -as ev...

  • Added: Aug 04, 2017
  • Length: 05:59
Sonnet for Gorbachev
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
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The vision of Gorbachev now is destroyed by Vladimir Putin. A sonnet will remind us of what Gorbachev made possible and what is now lost by Putin's...

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Jul 07, 2014
  • Length: :57
  • Purchases: 1
The Mikie Show #65, Paul
From: Michael Carroll
Series: The Mikie Show
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It’s the sixty-fifth time we’ve gotten together for a half-hour of top-notch entertainment! Need we say more? Okay, if you insist. This episode we ...

  • Added: Oct 22, 2013
  • Length: 28:02
Episode 1: Occupy London
From: James Shield
Series: What's the Big idea?
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December 2011: a hundred Occupy protesters have been camping out in the centre of London's financial district for 2 months. Who are they? Do they a...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago


  • Added: Mar 28, 2012
  • Length: 29:04
  • Purchases: 1
Building Police--and Nations--in Micronesia
From: Amanda Loder
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As the US government has found in Iraq and Afghanistan, an essential part of nation-building is creating a strong, well-trained police force that c...

  • Added: Mar 08, 2010
  • Length: 20:00
The State We're In: Labor Day Special 2008
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: The State We're In: 2008 Specials Series
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Labor Day: The Right to Work

Bought by KVNF


  • Added: Sep 06, 2009
  • Length: 53:29
  • Purchases: 1
The State We're In Special: Human rights defenders
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: The State We're In: 2008 Specials Series
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In this special edition of The State Were In, we speak to human rights defenders from across the globe, including Uzbekistan, Burma, Congo Brazil a...

Bought by KQED and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Dec 18, 2008
  • Length: 53:29
  • Purchases: 2
The State We're In: Columbus Day Special
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
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Columbus Day special on the rights of indigenous peoples

Bought by KVMR, KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, KHEN-LP, KHNS, NPR Illinois and more


  • Added: Oct 10, 2008
  • Length: 53:29
  • Purchases: 8
The State We're In: Olympic Special, August 9th 2008
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: The State We're In: 2008 Specials Series
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Olympic Special

Bought by WGBH Radio Boston, KWMR, KMUN, KWIT, and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 06, 2008
  • Length: 53:29
  • Purchases: 5
Riding out the Storm
From: War News Radio
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We hear from Iraqi refugees in Syria and Jordan and look at how their lives are changing.

Bought by KXOT Public Radio and KGOU


  • Added: Mar 07, 2008
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
In the Name of Service
From: War News Radio
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This week on War News Radio, we hear the voices of U.S. forces and the individual stories of the people serving in Iraq.

Bought by KXOT Public Radio and KGOU


  • Added: Feb 29, 2008
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Police in Training
From: War News Radio
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This week on War News Radio, Police in Training. We find out about the slow progress that has been made towards assembling Iraq's security forces.

Bought by KXOT Public Radio and KGOU


  • Added: Feb 08, 2008
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2