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A Modern Thanksgiving
From: Open Orchard Productions
Series: The Harvest by Open Orchard Productions
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While the American mythology of Thanksgiving is about peace, in Shanaya Pudumjee’s house, it’s anything but peaceful. Find out how one woman pulled...

Bought by Angelica Community Radio, WKSU, KSTK, 'The Sea', WHCP-LP Cambridge and more


  • Added: Jan 25, 2016
  • Length: 02:53
  • Purchases: 7
Take Care #2
From: WRVO Public Media
Series: Take Care
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Episode topics: Sensible approaches to eating during the holidays and an explanation on new health information technology and its accompanying term...

Bought by WNMU-FM


  • Added: Jun 12, 2015
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Bringing Back the Chestnut (Hour Long Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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Most of the chestnuts roasting on open fires this winter are from Europe or Asia, not America. In the early 1900s, American chestnut trees from Mai...

Bought by WJCT, KWMR, KKRN, and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Dec 19, 2014
  • Length: 53:57
  • Purchases: 4
Bringing Back the Chestnut (Half Hour Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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Most of the chestnuts roasting on open fires this winter are from Europe or Asia, not America. In the early 1900s, American chestnut trees from Mai...

Bought by WJCT, KVSC, and WLIW


  • Added: Dec 19, 2014
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 3
Gratitude: It's good for you
From: WTIP
Series: The Roadhouse
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This is a great time of year to reflect on gratitude. WTIP's Ann Possis spoke with Dr. Mary Jo Kreitzer, founder and director of the Center for Spi...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Nov 20, 2014
  • Length: 14:52
  • Purchases: 1
America the Beautiful (Hour Long Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
Caption: Marian Anderson Sings at Lincoln Memorial: 1939 # 3, Credit: Smithsonian Institution
A stirring collection of patriotic music performed throughout U.S. history by African Americans, sometimes in the face of public hostility. Also, s...

Bought by WILL, WCNY, WTJU, and KMXT


  • Added: Jun 21, 2014
  • Length: 53:55
  • Purchases: 4
America the Beautiful (Half Hour Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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A stirring collection of patriotic music performed throughout U.S. history by African Americans, sometimes in the face of public hostility. Also, s...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, WUFT, WJCT, WFHB, WLIW and more


  • Added: Jun 20, 2014
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 6
Christmas Music and Memories (Hour Long Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Whether it’s a traditional hymn or a holiday song from our childhood, many people say Christmas just wouldn’t be Christmas without the music that m...

Bought by KSFR, WCNY, WXXI Rochester, Prairie Public, KVNF and more


  • Added: Dec 18, 2013
  • Length: 53:51
  • Purchases: 34
The Art of Giving (Half Hour Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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As the holidays approach, the pressure’s on to find perfect gifts for your loved ones. But if you're planning to give your mom a cashmere sweater, ...

Bought by KMUN


  • Added: Dec 09, 2013
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 1
The Art of Giving (Hour Long Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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As the holidays approach, the pressure’s on to find perfect gifts for your loved ones. But if you're planning to give your mom a cashmere sweater, ...

Bought by WCNY


  • Added: Dec 09, 2013
  • Length: 53:54
  • Purchases: 1
Latkes & Turkey: A Holiday Special
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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Radio Curious discusses Hanukkah and Thanksgiving, two holidays which intersect this year. Our guests are Mark Binder, author of "A Hanukkah Presen...

Bought by KGNU Community Radio and KMUN


  • Added: Nov 19, 2013
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 2
Foraging for Holiday Cocktails
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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Making cordials, aperitifs, and digestifs from wild plants ...and, a multicultural holiday table.

Bought by KUHB, WJCT, WSGE, KQAL, Aspen Public Radio and more


  • Added: Dec 12, 2012
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 6
How to Spell Chanukah
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: Turning Pages: Authors and Their Words
Caption: Emily Franklin
Here’s a new book for Channuk, Hannukkah, Channukah, or however you happen to spell it.

  • Added: Dec 12, 2012
  • Length: 09:49
Food Memory Lane with Stephanie Plunkett
From: Carole Murko
Series: Heirloom Meals Radio
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Stephanie Plunkett, niece of Agnes Djaha, shares her part of the story of her syrian-lebanese food heritage.

  • Added: May 01, 2012
  • Length: 22:58
Food Memory Lane with Kathy Mangan
From: Carole Murko
Series: Heirloom Meals Radio
Caption: Kathy Mangan, Credit: Kathy Mangan
Imagine spending the summer of your youth on your grandparent's farm in the Catskills of Upstate New York. Kathy Mangan doesn't have to. She had ...

  • Added: Apr 12, 2012
  • Length: 27:48
Food Memory Lane with Agnes Djaha
From: Carole Murko
Series: Heirloom Meals Radio
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Agnes Djaha was a delightful guest. Her story begins when her Dad emigrated to the US from Aleppo, Syria in 1914, then married via an arranged marr...

  • Added: Jan 11, 2012
  • Length: 23:28
Why Is There So Much Crappy Wine?
From: Brad Dunn
Series: What's The Juice?
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Got someone who's hard to shop for? This holiday edition of What's The Juice? suggests the perfect bottle for family, friends, or any special event.

  • Added: Dec 09, 2011
  • Length: 55:21
Help for veterans returning home Part 2
From: Chuck Wolfe
Series: The Emotion Roadmap: Take the Wheel & Control How You Feel
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“One of the things that you can do for a member of the military who is currently serving is to help take care of their family. That happened for us...

  • Added: Oct 21, 2011
  • Length: 28:28
James Kaplan's Sinatra - "an almost operatic version of the blues"
From: Open Source
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James Kaplan has a fresh take on the life of Frank Sinatra, the iconic—maybe the greatest—performing artist of the American Century, with more and ...

Bought by NPR Illinois, KREV-LP, WCPN, KUOW, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and more


  • Added: Dec 02, 2010
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 6
The Gift of Thanks
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Caption: The Gift of Thanks
Cultural anthropologist Margaret Visser about her book The Gift of Thanks.

Bought by Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), KTXK, KWMR, and WRVO Public Media


  • Added: Nov 06, 2009
  • Length: 54:35
  • Purchases: 4
A '40s Radio Christmas
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
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A reminiscence of Christmas on the radio in the 1940's

Bought by KDUR, KUAT, KSLU, KRPS, WXPN and more


  • Added: Nov 04, 2008
  • Length: 58:31
  • Purchases: 89