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Stranger in a Strange Land
From: Let's Travel! Radio
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Let's Travel! Radio explores how living, studying, teaching, praying in other cultures can expand not only one's own horizons but may also lead to ...

  • Added: Jan 27, 2014
  • Length: 02:04:14
Ghana From The Tree Tops
From: Podcast Kelly
Caption: Africa's first canopy ropewalk at Kakum National Park, Credit: Kelly Ramundo
Ghana has long been a special place for the African American diaspora. For many, "roots tourism" is a rite of passage. But in the early 90s, the We...

Bought by XRAY.fm


  • Added: Dec 14, 2013
  • Length: 11:13
  • Purchases: 1
In India, Everyone Wants To Be An Engineer
From: Bianca Vazquez Toness
Caption: Students study math at a cramschool in Kota, Rajasthan, India, Credit: Bianca Vazquez Toness
Getting into the top engineering schools in India is statistically harder than breaking into Harvard. So hard that students study for two years in ...

Bought by Outer Voices, KUOW, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 20, 2013
  • Length: 06:22
  • Purchases: 3
Rote Learning Versus Critical Thinking
From: Dona Fernandes
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The Supreme Council of Education (SEC) wants to teach Qatari History as a mandatory subject in all the private schools in Qatar, starting from the ...

  • Added: Dec 15, 2012
  • Length: 08:33
The Yovo Song
From: Carla Seidl
Caption: friendly Togolese children, Kanté, Credit: Carla Seidl
When you visit the West African nation of Togo, you're likely to hear the "yovo song" -- a song chanted by many Togolese youth that goes: "White pe...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 26, 2012
  • Length: 04:14
  • Purchases: 1
Learning To Forgive, Longing To Forget
From: Voices of Our World
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How a documentary about Rwanda's genocide is being used as an educational tool for the youth around the world.

  • Added: Jun 28, 2012
  • Length: 27:59
Make It Count
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Language and songwriting are bringing teenagers together from all over the world. The Young Writers and Leaders Program is the latest project from ...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio, KUT, KUOW, WMPG, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 06, 2011
  • Length: 07:14
  • Purchases: 5
Ghost Schools
From: Seattle Globalist
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Primary education is compulsory in Pakistan, and the country has a large public school system. But many of these schools are just marginally functi...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and WBEZ


  • Added: Aug 20, 2010
  • Length: 06:45
  • Purchases: 2
Road of Insecurity: The Global Food Crisis
From: Cabrini ComDept
Caption: Caitlin Friel, Gillian Davis, Mallory Terrence
Food is a basic human right; everyone has the right to be free of hunger. Road of Insecurity: The Global Food Crisis takes an in-depth look at the ...

Bought by KVSC


  • Added: Jun 13, 2010
  • Length: 19:44
  • Purchases: 1
The Ju Montagnard
From: Jeff Chilcott
Series: New North Carolinian Voices
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Eugene Washington took a huge leap of faith by quitting his job in order to devote his life to helping Montagnard refugees adjust to life in the US.

  • Added: Dec 18, 2009
  • Length: 30:38
The Hmong: The Americanization of a SE Asian Hillside Tribe
From: Jeff Chilcott
Series: New North Carolinian Voices
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The Hmong fought a Secret War alongside US troops during the Vietnam War. Many were forced to flee communist Laos and take refuge in the United Sta...

  • Added: Dec 16, 2009
  • Length: 34:15
Say Wot?
From: Eddy Durnan
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A reflection on English language accents in Britain and elsewhere.

Bought by WGBH Radio Boston, CKMO, and KVSC


  • Added: Jul 21, 2009
  • Length: 29:58
  • Purchases: 3
"A PEOPLE'S HISTORY OF THE POOR"
From: Dred-Scott Keyes
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A modern look at the world's poor and the causes of poverty

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Feb 02, 2009
  • Length: 01:00:48
  • Purchases: 1
Gender in Azerbaijan
From: Carla Seidl
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Local perspectives on gender and the rights and role of women in Azerbaijan

  • Added: Nov 05, 2008
  • Length: 21:47
Audio Postcard from Azerbaijan
From: Carla Seidl
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Sound collage from a small village in the north of Azerbaijan

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis and Connecticut Public (WNPR)


  • Added: Nov 04, 2008
  • Length: 04:25
  • Purchases: 2
Billionaires are Everywhere
From: Anton Foek
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Maria is a woman who took to her heart some of the hundreds of thousands of orphans in Russia.

  • Added: Aug 08, 2008
  • Length: 26:03
Learning from Dakar's School of the Road
From: Emma Jacobs
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Amayatou Mbaye, unable to read or write French until age 14, has led a school for nearly 30 years to bring education to the street

Bought by WRVO Public Media and NPR Station Showcase with PRX


  • Added: Jul 04, 2008
  • Length: 06:43
  • Purchases: 2
A Dollar A Day, part 5, China
From: BBC
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Less than a dollar a day is a phrase we are all familiar with, but what does it really mean? Almost half the world's population lives on less than ...

  • Added: May 30, 2008
  • Length: 22:24
A Dollar A day, part 4, Ghana
From: BBC
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Less than a dollar a day is a phrase we are all familiar with, but what does it really mean? Almost half the world's population lives on less than ...

  • Added: May 30, 2008
  • Length: 22:30
A Dollar A Day, part 3, India
From: BBC
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Less than a dollar a day is a phrase we are all familiar with, but what does it really mean? Almost half the world's population lives on less than ...

  • Added: May 30, 2008
  • Length: 22:45
A Dollar A Day, part 2, Peru
From: BBC
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Less than a dollar a day is a phrase we are all familiar with, but what does it really mean? Almost half the world's population lives on less than ...

  • Added: May 30, 2008
  • Length: 22:35
A Dollar A Day, part 1, Kenya
From: BBC
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Less than a dollar a day is a phrase we are all familiar with, but what does it really mean? Almost half the world's population lives on less than ...

  • Added: May 30, 2008
  • Length: 22:28
Looted Art, part 2
From: BBC
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From 1933 to the wars end, Nazi Germany systematically looted millions of works of art from individuals and the nations they went on to conquer. BB...

  • Added: May 30, 2008
  • Length: 22:18
Americans investing in Africa
From: National Black Programming Consortium
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Investing in Africa, tips..

Bought by WCSU-FM


  • Added: Mar 31, 2008
  • Length: 09:22
  • Purchases: 1
Animals of Australia take a Hold
From: Ray Gard
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A Behind the scenes look at the Australian animals associated with the National Aquarium in Baltimore.

  • Added: Oct 08, 2007
  • Length: 09:55