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As we close Season One of America the Bilingual, we are filled with gratitude for the hundreds of interviewees—teachers, scholars, and bilinguals o...
- Added: Jan 02, 2018
- Length: 08:13
Midnimo, which means “unity” in Somali, is a multi-partner project anchored with the Cedar Cultural Center that was bringing world renowned Aar Maa...
- Added: Oct 16, 2017
- Length: 29:41
He was rich, persuasive — and wrong. But Ron Unz succeeded in leading our most populous state down a dark path in the history of language education...
- Added: Oct 11, 2017
- Length: 30:16
In his junior year of high school, Doug Renfield-Miller was flunking out. It didn’t help to also get ejected from school for passing out anti-war p...
- Added: Sep 27, 2017
- Length: 25:58
Learning lessons on immigration in one of the nation's largest detention centers -- Tracking poachers in Appalachia
Bought by WJCT, WUGA (part of GPB), WVAS, KMUN, KRDP and more
- Added: Sep 15, 2017
- Length: 28:59
- Purchases: 8
With the immigration debate heating up once again, two Virginia professors are taking their students to ICE detention centers in an effort to bust ...
Bought by KENW, KRZA, WOUB, and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio
- Added: Sep 15, 2017
- Length: 03:39
- Purchases: 4
America has been called the place where languages go to die. But not always. In episode 8 of America the Bilingual we hear the story of two America...
- Added: Sep 03, 2017
- Length: 20:02
How hard can it be to go up to the counter at McDonald’s and ask for ketchup? The answer might depend on how confident you are in English.
Michelle...
- Added: Sep 03, 2017
- Length: 14:38
We hear it before we are born. Before the first air rushes into our tiny lungs, before the first light refracts into our blinking, baby eyes, our m...
- Added: Sep 03, 2017
- Length: 15:21
Nick Staffa was meant to become a rock star — but the kind who works on a somewhat smaller stage. This kid from Long Island of Italian heritage, wo...
- Added: Sep 03, 2017
- Length: 27:17
Linguists call it “shift.” The rest of us would call it “loss.” It’s what happens to the languages spoken by immigrants, and it happens fast. By th...
- Added: Sep 02, 2017
- Length: 19:12
With millions of Latinos wanting to improve their English and millions of Anglos wanting to improve their Spanish, you’d think there would be lots ...
Bought by KVSC
- Added: Aug 18, 2017
- Length: 22:06
- Purchases: 1
There has been a lot of confusing talk in America since our new president took office this year. One of the confusing opinions is centered on how w...
- Added: Jul 29, 2017
- Length: 32:02
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Purpose-driven and consciously prepared brain food from the beaches of Malibu, California. Join us on this week’s show focusing on social action an...
- Added: Jul 21, 2017
- Length: 48:09
The Kepler Space Telescope has discovered more than 50 habitable Earth sized planets orbiting distant stars.
Bought by KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, KENW, KUPR low power FM, WOUB, KKRN and more
- Added: Jul 13, 2017
- Length: 02:00
- Purchases: 6
The Egoscue Method is a Postural & Lifestyle Pain Relief Therapy Re-Shaping the way we move, sit, play and work. Its a series of movement and postu...
- Added: Jun 07, 2017
- Length: 25:52
Sarah Hassan puts the Islamic Hijri calendar under the microscope, as there are generations that have have no clue what its months are except for R...
- Added: Jun 07, 2017
- Length: 03:31
“Ramadan: The Global Experience” by Safaa Magdy.
This audio feature focuses on one person's experience of Ramadan in a non-Muslim country.
- Added: Jun 06, 2017
- Length: 03:30
“The Time Capsule of Ramadan” by Kanzy Mahmoud
This audio feature compares Ramadan in Egypt from the past to today.
- Added: Jun 05, 2017
- Length: 03:30
College applications can be stressful and challenging for any student. International students, however, have to make an extra effort to understand ...
- Added: May 09, 2017
- Length: 03:35
College applications can be challenging and stressful for every student. However, international students have to make an extra effort to understand...
- Added: May 07, 2017
- Length: 03:35
What is craft chocolate? The short answer is: It’s complicated. This episode might not give you all the answers, but you will most definitely learn...
- Added: Apr 17, 2017
- Length: 24:00
We travel to China and find ourselves dancing in between the communist government and religion, outsiders and Christianity, parents and the next ge...
- Added: Apr 09, 2017
- Length: 30:53
The 10th Anniversary special edition episode is here. Hosted by LTR's own Susi, this episode covers a wide range of international & cultural topics...
- Added: Apr 03, 2017
- Length: 58:32
Episode 5 — Sensory overload! We explore how taste, touch, sight, smell and sound influence how we experience chocolate. With a soundtrack designed...
Bought by Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
- Added: Mar 22, 2017
- Length: 24:00
- Purchases: 1
