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This week's Global Guru visits a temple in India where an unlikely rodent reigns supreme

Bought by HCC Radio The Dragon and WTIP


  • Added: Dec 16, 2010
  • Length: 02:59
  • Purchases: 2
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When he finally went home to Viet Nam, he began using a name from an I.D. card he had purchased: Ho Chi Minh ... which means "bringer of light." An...

  • Added: Dec 09, 2010
  • Length: 03:00
Caption: How the heck do you cook on this thing?
The Global Guru production team got hardly any burns at all in the making of our latest episode. This week we travel to England to learn to cook th...

Bought by WABE, WTIP, HCC Radio The Dragon, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 06, 2010
  • Length: 02:58
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: Drawings from the kids of the Liebfrauen school
40 million Americans have German ancestry, but none speak German-how come? Why did the Germans emigrate at all? And the amazing story of the treaty...

  • Added: Aug 20, 2010
  • Length: 37:35
Caption: Guy with his vuvuzela at Mzolis, Credit: Photo by Czerina Patel - Copyright Czerina Patel 2010
This weekend, Nelson Mandela celebrates his 92nd birthday. South Africa will celebrate his legacy which includes his role in helping to bring the r...

  • Added: Jul 13, 2010
  • Length: 04:04
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For the first time in KVSC's 43-year history, a live international broadcast is coming to you from the Winnipeg Folk Festival. With help from the M...

  • Added: Jul 09, 2010
  • Length: 55:29
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For the first time in KVSC's 43-year history, a live international broadcast is coming to you from the Winnipeg Folk Festival. With help from the M...

  • Added: Jul 09, 2010
  • Length: 01:01:29
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For the first time in KVSC's 43-year history, a live international broadcast is coming to you from the Winnipeg Folk Festival. With help from the M...

  • Added: Jul 09, 2010
  • Length: 59:41
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Join Wayne and Mike in the second hour as they explore this unique music festival and all it has to offer such as music from Bourne and MacLeod, Et...

  • Added: Jul 08, 2010
  • Length: 01:10:24
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For the first time in KVSC's 43-year history, a live international broadcast is coming to you from the Winnipeg Folk Festival. The festival taking ...

  • Added: Jul 08, 2010
  • Length: 01:00:13
Caption: Buzkashi in Kabul
In this moment of World Cup frenzy, the Global Guru takes us to Afghanistan, where we learn about buzkashi -- the country's favorite sport.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 19, 2010
  • Length: 02:53
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: A Zulu girl wears her beadwork, Credit: Hlengi We Dube
You're fourteen, and you're in love with a boy in the next village. How do you tell him? Well, you bead it of course. This week's Global Guru uncov...

Bought by HCC Radio The Dragon and PRX Remix


  • Added: May 26, 2010
  • Length: 03:08
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: The Mediaeval Baebes, Credit: Hayley Madden
The allure is undeniable. Six talented, attractive women breathe renewed life into the rich texts of medieval songs and poetry with their haunting...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 15, 2010
  • Length: 03:30
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Men dance during the celebration of the Nowruz holiday in Kabul., Credit: Associated Press
From Out With the Old, March 26, 2010: War News Radio reports on Eid Nouruz, the Persian New York.

  • Added: Mar 26, 2010
  • Length: 06:06
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We found our castle in Spain -- and celebrated Thanksgiving there.

  • Added: Nov 17, 2009
  • Length: 02:54
Caption: Carmen Rizzo
Huun Huur Tu is a band from Tuva specializing in the ancient style of harmonic singing that comes from that region. Their music is combined with th...

Bought by KTRL


  • Added: Nov 10, 2009
  • Length: 03:30
  • Purchases: 1
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It was 20 years ago this month the Berlin Wall finally fell. But I still recall the incredibly intense atmosphere I witnessed in the days just afte...

  • Added: Nov 01, 2009
  • Length: 03:50
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Malaysia is a country that does not distinguish between illegal migrants, refugees and asylum seekers. What's worse, refugees from Burma have recen...

  • Added: Aug 10, 2009
  • Length: 01:00:00
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How do you describe your own body?

  • Added: May 15, 2009
  • Length: 06:07
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Julie Adler, producer for The Tibet Connection talks to Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche about the Tibetan tradition of dream yoga. What is it and why is i...

  • Added: Apr 18, 2009
  • Length: 06:16
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A selection of 6 French Language Popular Music Songs presented in a manner that will appeal to English Speaking Audiences.

Bought by KUT-HD


  • Added: Feb 26, 2009
  • Length: 27:24
  • Purchases: 1

  • Added: Feb 21, 2009
  • Length: 01:18
Caption: Students watch as their teachers--former ping pong champions from China, demonstrate their skills, Credit: Heidi Chang
The Confucius Institute in Hawaii is attracting teachers and students nationwide to participate in a unique summer camp. It's the only camp that t...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 23, 2009
  • Length: 13:37
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Bowie at Takapuwahia Marae in Porirua NZ, Credit: Ngati Toa tribe
This documentary looks back at the 25th Anniversary of David Bowie's "Serious Moonlight" visit to New Zealand. It recounts Bowie being welcomed by ...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Jan 15, 2009
  • Length: 20:48
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: European School Berlin
Folk legend Joan Baez - answering questions by children from all five continents!

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Jan 05, 2009
  • Length: 01:00:01
  • Purchases: 1