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American students are notoriously inept when it comes to knowing about the rest of the world. But the Asia Society is trying to change that.

  • Added: Apr 19, 2010
  • Length: 10:30
Caption: Dr. Mohammad Khan Kharoti
This time Peace Talks Radio considers two men – Greg Mortenson and Dr. Mohammad Khan Kharoti (Hah-ROH-Tay)- who firmly believe that the path to rel...

  • Added: Apr 09, 2010
  • Length: 29:03
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From the Sudan Radio Project: we visit a Sudanese Sunday school in San Leandro, California.

Bought by KALW


  • Added: Apr 04, 2010
  • Length: 07:38
  • Purchases: 1
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College students learn how to make corncobs into charcoal and how to spot bacteria in water using baby bottles. In January 50 students from the po...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 19, 2010
  • Length: 05:33
  • Purchases: 1
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dialogue is an award-winning television and radio program that explores the world of ideas through weekly, half-hour conversations with renowned pu...

  • Added: Mar 17, 2010
  • Length: 30:00
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This week the Global Guru wades through tourist kitsch to find authentic aboriginal boomerangs.

Bought by WABE, WTIP, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 08, 2010
  • Length: 02:43
  • Purchases: 3
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This week the Global Guru explores why there are so many barbershops -- sometimes a dozen in a single block -- in Tanzania.

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


  • Added: Mar 08, 2010
  • Length: 02:44
  • Purchases: 3
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International Women's Day podcast on education and gender equality

  • Added: Mar 05, 2010
  • Length: 15:45
Caption: Mairead Maguire
This time on Peace Talks Radio, a 2006 conversation with Northern Ireland Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Mairead Maguire. Also talk about middle school...

Bought by KWMR, KCNP, KUOW, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KUNM and more


  • Added: Mar 03, 2010
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 8
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Thousands of homeless children in Los Angeles often slip through the cracks as their families move from home, to street, to shelter. Keeping homel...

  • Added: Feb 19, 2010
  • Length: 28:00
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Thousands of homeless children in Los Angeles often slip through the cracks as their families move from home, to street, to shelter. Keeping homel...

  • Added: Feb 19, 2010
  • Length: 01:50:25
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Michael Lual, 17, reports on families struggling to pay school fees in Southern Sudan.

  • Added: Jan 14, 2010
  • Length: 05:46
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Whether you speak French or not, you might enjoy listening to a program where we discuss 6 French Language Musical Artists in English and then list...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Jan 08, 2010
  • Length: 26:46
  • Purchases: 1
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Emmanuel Woanyean, 16, from Monrovia, Liberia, was first in his class and wants to be an engineer -- but he can’t afford the university fees.

  • Added: Jan 04, 2010
  • Length: 07:02
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
John’s girlfriend tells him that he will have a headache if he drinks any more white wine. So John cries out, “Waiter, a bottle of red wine."

  • Added: Dec 23, 2009
  • Length: 01:32
Caption: Rick Steves in Iran, Credit: www.ricksteves.com
Travel writer Rick Steves and Servas International members Daryl and Phyllis Chinn talk about how international travel can be a catalyst for a more...

Bought by Radio Baha'i, WLGI and Radio Baha'i, WLGI


  • Added: Dec 20, 2009
  • Length: 29:03
  • Purchases: 2
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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
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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
Caption: Hannah
„Across the ocean“ , the first transatlantic radio bridge for kids by kids has joined with children in the southern part of Germany – Kronberg who ...

  • Added: Dec 12, 2009
  • Length: 30:00
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Beyond School Books Podcast #20: Protecting Rights through Child-Friendly Schools

  • Added: Dec 11, 2009
  • Length: 19:48
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Beyond School Books Podcast #19: The Right to Choose

  • Added: Dec 02, 2009
  • Length: 23:06
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Four major typhoons hit the Philippines in just under two months. Teachers and school administrators used alternative teaching strategies to cope ...

  • Added: Nov 30, 2009
  • Length: 07:41
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La cosntrucción de un Centro Cultural con caracteristicas piramidales será inaugurado este mes en el departamento de Quiché, Guatemala; la construc...

  • Added: Oct 14, 2009
  • Length: 01:31
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Beyond Schoolbooks Podcast #17: World Teachers' Day

Bought by WHCP-LP Cambridge


  • Added: Oct 09, 2009
  • Length: 19:54
  • Purchases: 1
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It’s difficult for children in rural China to get a good education. That’s because are few and far between. Many of them have been lured by the h...

Bought by WBEZ


  • Added: Sep 25, 2009
  • Length: 05:31
  • Purchases: 1