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Hiking the Andes
From: Cynthia Graber
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Reflections with sound of hiking the Inca Trail, poor Peruvian porters carrying our belongings.

  • Added: Feb 24, 2006
  • Length: 04:26
Paul Lovestrand, Village Baker
From: Terin Mayer
Series: Carleton Audio Portraits
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The rhythms and philosophy of Paul Lovestrand, the Carleton College baker.

  • Added: Feb 06, 2006
  • Length: 04:57
Photojournalist Sebastiao Salgado
From: KUER
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Acclaimed Brazilian photographer Sebastiao Salgado documents the migration of millions of people around the world.

Bought by KZSC


  • Added: Dec 16, 2005
  • Length: 08:54
  • Purchases: 1
The Beach Boys' Pet Sounds
From: Peter Crimmins
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The Beach Boys regain hip cred with Pet Sounds.

  • Added: Nov 21, 2005
  • Length: 08:20
Here a Cult, There a Cult
From: Derek John
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Rocky's heirs...the cult films of a DVD generation.

Bought by KVNF and KZSC


  • Added: Oct 29, 2005
  • Length: 07:07
  • Purchases: 2
Yesterday and Forever December Special
From: Helen Engelhardt
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Documentary composition featuring six widows in remembrance of Lockerbie tragedy - on 17th anniversary

Bought by KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA, KRPS, Connecticut Public (WNPR), and KUOW


  • Added: Oct 17, 2005
  • Length: 24:31
  • Purchases: 4
Inuit
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Focus: Worlds Apart
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Inuit communities return to their traditions to bridge their past and present

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio, KMXT, XRAY.fm, KWIS 88.3 FM, WUFT and more


  • Added: Oct 04, 2005
  • Length: 59:32
  • Purchases: 17
RN Documentary: The Essence of Escher
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Documentaries
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The programme looks at the life and work of Dutch graphic artist M.C.Escher

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis and KRZA


  • Added: Oct 04, 2005
  • Length: 29:31
  • Purchases: 2
Worlds of Difference: A Home in the World
From: Homelands Productions
Series: Worlds of Difference
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An exploration of the changing relationship between culture and place, with stories from Ireland, Chile and the Middle East.

Bought by KTNA, Yellowstone Public Radio, WKSU, KUHB, WPSU and more


  • Added: Oct 03, 2005
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 8
Worlds of Difference: Choosing a Path
From: Homelands Productions
Series: Worlds of Difference
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A sound-rich hour featuring people facing moments of decision about identity and the future, with stories from Hungary, Kenya, Hawaii, Bhutan and S...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio, WGBH Radio Boston, KUOW, WFIU, WPSU and more


  • Added: Oct 03, 2005
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 7
Worlds of Difference: Coming to Terms
From: Homelands Productions
Series: Worlds of Difference
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A look at cultures that must look to the past in order to move forward, with stories from Burundi, Spain, Canada and Turkey.

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio, WPSU, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., and WUMB


  • Added: Oct 03, 2005
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 4
Worlds of Difference: The Spirit Calls
From: Homelands Productions
Series: Worlds of Difference
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An exploration of the relationship between religion and cultural identity, with stories from France, Greece, Korea and the American southwest.

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio, WPSU, WUMB, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Oct 03, 2005
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 4
Worlds of Difference: Finding a Voice
From: Homelands Productions
Series: Worlds of Difference
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A look at the connections between language and identity, with stories from Bulgaria, Wales, France, New Zealand and Mexico.

Bought by CI Dolphin Radio, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., Yellowstone Public Radio, WPSU, WUMB and more


  • Added: Oct 03, 2005
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
Volunteer Trail Crew
From: Steve Sergeant
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A day on a wilderness trail maintenance crew.

Bought by KVNF


  • Added: Sep 20, 2005
  • Length: 07:56
  • Purchases: 1
South Africa's Kwaito Generation: Inside Out
From: Inside Out Documentaries
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Sean Cole travels to South Africa to meet the people who make kwaito, a genre of music mixing American hip-hop and South African pop styles, reflec...

Bought by CBC Inside the Music, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WXXI Rochester, WFUV, WYSO and more


  • Added: Aug 08, 2005
  • Length: 01:37:42
  • Purchases: 6
Hypnosis
From: Nathanael Johnson
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Comedy hypnotists at county fairs have come to fill the space once occupied by the freak-show tent.

Bought by KTNA and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 21, 2005
  • Length: 05:32
  • Purchases: 2
Bioprospecting in Chiapas
From: Round Earth Media
Series: Here Where We Live: Mexico and NAFTA
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Traditional Mexican healers have stopped "bioprospecting projects of foreign pharmaceutical companies.

Bought by KSUT, KFAI Minneapolis, KUNM, WAER Syracuse, NY, Here and Now and more


  • Added: Apr 20, 2005
  • Length: 07:56
  • Purchases: 6
Roads on the Isthmus
From: Round Earth Media
Series: Here Where We Live: Mexico and NAFTA
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Improved roads were supposed to be a side-benefit of NAFTA, but some poor Mexicans are convinced that highways won't improve their lives.

Bought by KUNM and Here and Now


  • Added: Apr 20, 2005
  • Length: 07:39
  • Purchases: 2
Corn in Oaxaca
From: Round Earth Media
Series: Here Where We Live: Mexico and NAFTA
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US corn imports in Mexico are making it hard for traditional farmers to maintain precious biodiversity.

Bought by KSUT, KFAI Minneapolis, KUNM, and Here and Now


  • Added: Apr 20, 2005
  • Length: 07:44
  • Purchases: 4
Timber in Durango
From: Round Earth Media
Series: Here Where We Live: Mexico and NAFTA
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Community-owned forests in Mexico are tapping into the demand for eco-friendly wood -- at least for now.

Bought by KUNM, Here and Now, and WAER Syracuse, NY


  • Added: Apr 20, 2005
  • Length: 07:03
  • Purchases: 3
Mangroves on the Yucatan
From: Round Earth Media
Series: Here Where We Live: Mexico and NAFTA
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Mexico is trying to balance its lucrative tourism industry with the need to protect fragile coastal ecosystems.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, KUNM, Here and Now, and WYSO


  • Added: Apr 20, 2005
  • Length: 07:24
  • Purchases: 4
Worlds of Difference: Finding a Niche
From: Homelands Productions
Series: Worlds of Difference
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A sound-rich documentary about the efforts of traditional societies to find a niche in the global marketplace, with stories from Peru, Canada, Scot...

Bought by KUNM, KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio, Yellowstone Public Radio, WPSU, WUMB and more


  • Added: Apr 12, 2005
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 27
Time in Film
From: Jonathan Mitchell
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it is precise to say that events take time

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, PRX Remix, Marfa Public Radio, WBHM, KZSC and more


  • Added: Feb 22, 2005
  • Length: 06:45
  • Purchases: 7
With God On Our Side: From Rivalry To Reconciliation
From: Richard Paul
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How people of faith view people of other faiths -- PROMOS ARE AVAILABLE FOR THIS PIECE

Bought by Interfaith Voices, PRX to iTunes, Spokane Public Radio, Audible, KUOW and more


  • Added: Feb 11, 2005
  • Length: 54:18
  • Purchases: 6
Jews & Blues: Inside Out
From: Inside Out Documentaries
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The story of how Jewish and African-American music came to be mingled is the story of how the soundtrack of the American Century came to be written

Bought by WCPN, 90.5 WSNC, KSFR, WNIJ, Connecticut Public (WNPR) and more


  • Added: Feb 04, 2005
  • Length: 01:02:30
  • Purchases: 13

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