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Ready to be Completely Wrong? Conjectural Genomics.
From: Robert Frederick
Series: The Conjectural
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"Ultraconserved elements" could be the most important parts of our genome, but scientists have no idea what they're for. And after a decade of stud...

  • Added: Nov 09, 2015
  • Length: 04:28
Food Fight!
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
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In an India bristling with news about beef raids, vegetarian only housing societies and animal slaughter bans, being vegetarian has started soundin...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Nov 03, 2015
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 1
Two Jewish Men In Their Seventies: A short play by Alexandra Gersten-Vassilaros
From: Playing on Air
Series: Playing on Air Singles [8-35 minute short plays, plus interviews]
Caption: Jerry Stiller
Two Jewish Men In Their Seventies by Pulitzer Prize finalist Alexandra Gersten-Vassilaros features the hilarous Bob Dishy (Along Came Polly) and Je...

  • Added: Oct 29, 2015
  • Length: 15:10
The Beat: Julie Gard - "Processions"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Beat
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Julie Gard is a prose poet that lives in Duluth and teaches writing at the University of Wisconsin-Superior. She writes about art, travel, family, ...

  • Added: Oct 22, 2015
  • Length: 01:38
Intolerance Comes to the Party
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
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When Narendra Modi came by last week to the Bay Area the titans of tech pulled out all stops to give him a red carpet welcome. Amidst all this jub...

  • Added: Sep 30, 2015
  • Length: 06:00
The Clock Struck Prejudice
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Ahmed Muhamed
Mahesh Sharma, India’s Culture minister, and a high school in Irving, Texas have more in common than they realize.

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: Sep 22, 2015
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Republican Debate -- Who Loses?
From: KSFR
Series: Equal Time with Martha Burk
Caption: Host Martha Burk
The first Republican debate is this week, so it’s time to take a peek at how the candidates feel about the majority of voters – women.

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Aug 02, 2015
  • Length: 02:30
  • Purchases: 1
Kashish (Mumbai LGBT Film Fest)
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
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In India the Supreme Court did not realize that when it recriminalized gay sex, society had come a long way. Like toothpaste it just cannot be pus...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 23, 2015
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 2
Gems of Bluegrass #1528. Patriotism, Bluegrass and the Fourth of July.
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
Caption: Phil w/ 2012 Zeitfunk , Credit: Karen Van Norman
What’s patriotic about bluegrass music. Some of it is obvious. And some is just a little under the surface.

  • Added: Jun 11, 2015
  • Length: 06:52
5 Songs We Can't STop Listening To with My Morning Jacket
From: RadioMilwaukee
Series: 5 Songs We Can't Stop Listening To
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5 Songs We Can't Stop Listening To with My Morning Jacket from 88Nine Radio Milwaukee

  • Added: May 19, 2015
  • Length: 23:56
Managing the System
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Salman Khan
One hot muggy afternoon last week I understood first hand a fact of life in India – the system never works for you unless you know someone with con...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: May 11, 2015
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 1
Nepal's Lost Inheritance
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
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The world will need to remember that Nepal is not just a home for temples and palaces and Everest expeditions. It is a country that millions call h...

  • Added: Apr 27, 2015
  • Length: 06:00
Confronting Hatred: 70 Years After the Holocaust
From: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
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This hour-long radio special, narrated by Morgan Freeman, brings together a broad range of voices to talk about racism, antisemitism, and the ways ...

Bought by WVTF, KSQD Santa Cruz, WKSU, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), C89.5 - KNHC Seattle and more


  • Added: Mar 09, 2015
  • Length: 54:27
  • Purchases: 72
Selma Slights More than LBJ
From: KSFR
Series: Equal Time with Martha Burk
Caption: Host Martha Burk
There’s been a lot of controversy over the movie Selma and the Academy Awards. Selma is rightfully centered on Dr. King, and has been rightfully cr...

Bought by KPVL


  • Added: Feb 20, 2015
  • Length: 02:30
  • Purchases: 1
Oscar is Still a Man
From: KSFR
Series: Equal Time with Martha Burk
Caption: Host Martha Burk
The red carpet rolls out next Sunday – and hopefuls, hacks, and superstars alike will be chasing the most coveted prize in show business. But are w...

  • Added: Feb 14, 2015
  • Length: 02:30
Beethoven at the Piano
From: Open Source
Series: Open Source with Christopher Lydon
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"As volcanic was the man’s painful life and descent into deafness, so his musical production was miraculously steady, virtually flawless, endlessly...

Bought by WMUU-LP, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., and WABE


  • Added: Dec 26, 2014
  • Length: 58:37
  • Purchases: 3
Episode One - Fan Mail
From: Binnie Klein
Series: The Thread: Conversations with Arts and Culture Makers
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In the age of texts, twitter and email, do people still write fan letters? What compels us to do so?

  • Added: Dec 24, 2014
  • Length: 29:40
December is for Celebrating -- and Remembering
From: KSFR
Series: Equal Time with Martha Burk
Caption: Host Martha Burk
We celebrate a lot during the holiday season – family, faith, giving, shopping. But since 2012 in the U.S. the season is not all about celebrating.

  • Added: Dec 05, 2014
  • Length: 02:30
Right on Target, So Direct: Bob Dylan's "Blood on the Tracks" (2 hour and 1 hour NEWCAST FRIENDLY versions)
From: Paul Ingles
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A celebration and exploration of "Blood on the Tracks," the Bob Dylan album voted his best in a Rolling Stone magazine fan survey. Music writers, ...

Bought by Radio Catskill, KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA, WYSO, NPR Illinois, KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA and more


  • Added: Nov 30, 2014
  • Length: 01:52:55
  • Purchases: 9
Obama: Say No to This "Partnership"
From: KSFR
Series: Equal Time with Martha Burk
Caption: Host Martha Burk
After a drubbing in the elections President Obama says he wants to work with the new Majority Leader, Mitch McConnell.

  • Added: Nov 08, 2014
  • Length: 02:30
Cannabis Radio News #14
From: Cannabis Radio News
Series: Cannabis Radio News - weekly show
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In this edition of Cannabis Radio News, Jax Finkel, Deputy Director for Texas NORML and originator of the ambitious 2014 Texas NORML Voters’ Guide ...

Bought by KVMR and KFCF FM


  • Added: Oct 16, 2014
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 2
Cannabis Radio News #12
From: Cannabis Radio News
Series: Cannabis Radio News - weekly show
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In this edition of the Cannabis Radio News - Les Stark is Executive Director of Keystone Cannabis Coalition and details a beehive of marijuana acti...

Bought by KFCF FM and KVMR


  • Added: Oct 02, 2014
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 2
The Beat: Doris Stengel - " Lost Birthright"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Beat
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Doris Stengel grew up on the North Dakota prairie, and then moved to the woods and lakes of Minnesota. She's been a high school teacher and has men...

  • Added: Sep 04, 2014
  • Length: 02:20
Cannabis Radio News #6
From: Cannabis Radio News
Series: Cannabis Radio News - weekly show
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Dale Gieringer, Executive Director of California NORML describes the death of the latest effort to reform California’s medical marijuana system. I...

Bought by KFCF FM


  • Added: Aug 21, 2014
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 1
William Fox
From: Brian Bahouth
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Brian Bahouth chats with William Fox, writer and Director of the Center for Art and Environment at the Nevada Museum of Art in Reno … words and mus...

  • Added: Mar 16, 2014
  • Length: 14:47

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