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Radical Skeletons
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Anirvan & Barnali during a tour, Credit: Sandip Roy
It turns out that a community best known for winning spelling bees also has some radical skeletons in its closet.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 19, 2013
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 1
20,000 Crows in Tokyo
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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Radio Curious visits with filmmaker Kristine Samuelson, co-creator of the documentary, “Tokyo Waka: A City Poem” about the 20,000 crows that inhabi...

  • Added: May 06, 2013
  • Length: 29:01
Interview with Arthur Sze. Sunday, September 30, 2012.
From: Words On A Wire
Series: Words On A Wire (Best Of)
Caption: Arthur Sze
Arthur Sze and hosts discuss the Santa Fe and Chihuahuan desert and how vastness comes through in the pace of poems. Sze reads the Poem of the Wee...

  • Added: Feb 27, 2013
  • Length: 29:01
Vietnam Today
From: KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Ted Maloney, Director of Global Initiatives at Skagit Valley College talks with Dave about two recent trips to Vietnam; trips that included crawlin...

  • Added: Jan 22, 2013
  • Length: 28:12
WINGS #47-11 Muslim Divorce in India
From: WINGS Women's International News Gathering Service
Caption: Kalpana Pradhan, Kolkata, India
A chaotic system of divorce by folk beliefs and text messages may be nearing its end.

  • Added: Nov 18, 2012
  • Length: 28:44
Everyone's A Little Bit Racist
From: Janean Jorgensen
Series: Broadway Matinee - Songs from the Stage & Screen
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Vaudeville and Broadway songs that are incorrect in these times

Bought by 89.1 Trapper Radio KNWT, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KKRN, Spokane Public Radio, Robin Hood Radio/ WHDD AM 1020/FM 91.9-WLHV FM 88.1 /WGHQ AM 920 and more


  • Added: Oct 03, 2012
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 6
Lessons of Nagasaki
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Hope for peace in Nagasaki. Atomic bomb anniversary, 2004., Credit: creative common flickr user: Marufish
The US dropped the world’s first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan on August 6, 1945. Three days later, Nagasaki also fell victim. On this edition, w...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, KALW, KSFR, WVTF, RadioFreePalmer and more


  • Added: Jul 25, 2012
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 8
A Conversation with Clothing Designer, Yeohlee Teng
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Yeohlee Teng talks about her design philosophy and her work with Making Midtown, an initiative to reinvigorate creative production in NYC’s garment...

Bought by WNJR and KPIP-LP


  • Added: Jul 19, 2012
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 2
A Conversation with Filmmaker, Na'alehu Anthony
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Na'alehu Anthony discusses his documentary about traditional Polynesian open sea canoeing and its significance to the revitalization of Hawaiian cu...

Bought by KZYX and KPIP-LP


  • Added: Jun 11, 2012
  • Length: 29:48
  • Purchases: 2
Arundhati Roy: Jungles of Resistance
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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Renowned Indian author Arundhati Roy takes us deep into the revolutionary-filled jungles of India, as she reads excerpts from her new book ‘Walking...

  • Added: Jun 04, 2012
  • Length: 29:01
Tomorrow's Peacemakers
From: Voices of Our World
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On this edition, we visit Thailand and the Asian Muslim Action Network's School of Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution.

  • Added: May 17, 2012
  • Length: 28:00
A Conversation with Maxine Hong Kingston
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Maxine Hong Kingston discusses her path-breaking books. [22:55]

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: May 10, 2012
  • Length: 22:55
  • Purchases: 1
Tea Culture with Garret Sorenson and Sarah Crawford
From: KQAL
Series: Culture Clique
Caption: Garret Sorenson and Sarah Crawford from Mandala Center for Wellness
On this episode of Culture Clique, we sit down for tea in downtown Winona. The founders of Mandala Center for Wellness (Garret Sorenson and Sarah C...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Feb 09, 2012
  • Length: 41:09
  • Purchases: 1
A Conversation with Meejin Yoon.
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Meejin Yoon talks about creating work at the intersection of art, architecture, landscape, and technology. [27:29]

  • Added: Jan 20, 2012
  • Length: 27:29
Esera Tuaolo "America's Favorite Sport: Alone in the Trenches-My Life as a Gay Man in the NFL"
From: KQAL
Series: Culture Clique
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Back on Oct 11th, Esera Tuaolo presented his talk "America's Favorite Sport: Alone in the Trenches-My Life as a Gay Man in the NFL" at Winona State...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Dec 08, 2011
  • Length: 48:20
  • Purchases: 1
TABOO, An Artists Reflection on Hiroshima with Dan Eastman
From: KQAL
Series: Culture Clique
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In a related episode of Culture Clique, we heard from Dr. Shigeko Sasamori on her encounter with the atomic bomb which occurred in Hiroshima on Aug...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Dec 07, 2011
  • Length: 22:50
  • Purchases: 1
Dr. Shigeko Sasamori, An Account of Survival and Hope
From: KQAL
Series: Culture Clique
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On this episode of Culture Clique, we have the pleasure of hearing from Dr. Shigeko Sasamori. Dr. Sasamori visited Winona State University this fal...

Bought by KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA and KSRQ


  • Added: Dec 07, 2011
  • Length: 55:07
  • Purchases: 2
Riding the Tiger: Asia Ascending
From: A World of Possibilities
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A look into the complicated relationships between Nations in the Far East.

Bought by KQED, KPVL, KUOW, and KGNU Community Radio


  • Added: Aug 22, 2011
  • Length: 54:59
  • Purchases: 4
A Conversation with Amy Tan
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Author Amy Tan talks about her first novel, The Joy Luck Club, her relationship with her mother, and the art of writing.

  • Added: Jul 26, 2011
  • Length: 27:50
The Artist Speaks
From: Muriel Murch
Series: Letter From A. Broad
Caption: A Broad at Home, Credit: Walter Murch
The Conceptual artist Mr. Ai Wei Wei, was detained by the Chinese authorities on Sunday April 3. Where has he been taken and why?

  • Added: Apr 11, 2011
  • Length: 09:25
Eyesore Opulence - Peter Hessler & Christian Wiman
From: Open Source
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New Yorker correspondent Peter Hessler reports from the road in China on the human side of miracle growth and epic migration. Then, we meet poet Ch...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., and KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 10, 2011
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 3
In Global Culture Space - Rana Dasgupta & Hung-Kuan Chen
From: Open Source
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We're with two artists--musical and literary--working that busy space high above the old boundaries of East and West. Rana Dasgupta is the English-...

  • Added: Feb 10, 2011
  • Length: 58:59
Voices of India - Namita Gokhale & Ashis Nandy
From: Open Source
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Open Source is in New Delhi with two stars of the writing class. Namita Gokhale is a novelist, publisher, and sparkplug of the Indian literary boom...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 13, 2011
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 2
Making or Breaking a Business Deal in China -- with cigarettes
From: Rachel Louise Snyder
Series: Global Guru Radio
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The writer Peter Hessler decodes the hidden messages of Chinese cigarettes in business deals.

Bought by HCC Radio The Dragon, WBEZ, and WTIP


  • Added: Dec 16, 2010
  • Length: 03:02
  • Purchases: 3
Acupuncture with Jade Fang: Part 2
From: KQAL
Series: Culture Clique
Caption: Photo courtesy of www.acupuncturewinona.com/
On this edition of Culture Clique, we continue our coverage of Acupuncture with Jade Fang of Winona Minnesota. We will learn what acupuncture is li...

  • Added: Nov 23, 2010
  • Length: 22:22

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