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Oppenheimer
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
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One of the most memorable lines from Oppenheimer the film comes from the Hindu sacred text the Bhagavad Gita. Sandip explains our abiding cultural ...

  • Added: Jul 31, 2023
  • Length: 06:00
The Apple Seed - Reaching for the Moon
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: The Apple Seed
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On this episode, we hear a story from Australian storyteller Jenni Cargill Strong, about a king who orders the royal carpenters to build him a towe...

Bought by KSJE, KKRN, KTXK, Robin Hood Radio/ WHDD AM 1020/FM 91.9-WLHV FM 88.1 /WGHQ AM 920, and WVPE


  • Added: Aug 17, 2021
  • Length: 54:59
  • Purchases: 5
The Big Ponder #15: Record Booth
From: Goethe-Institut
Series: The Big Ponder – A Transatlantic Podcast
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By the 1920s, people had begun using coin-operated record booths to create audio souvenirs — immortalizing their thoughts and feelings on a disc. C...

Bought by HowSound and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Jul 15, 2021
  • Length: 28:54
  • Purchases: 2
Reel Discovery: The Human Factor
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Reel Discovery
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On the latest Reel Discovery, Kristin examines the involvement of US negotiators in Middle East peace talks in the 1990s with The Human Factor.

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, RadioStPete Florida, GCR (Global Community Radio), Harford Community Radio, and KKRN


  • Added: May 07, 2021
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 5
Ep. 7: Napoléon
From: Todd Melby
Series: The Drunk Projectionist
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Georges Mourier describes Napoléon as “not just a masterpiece." The Cinémathèque Française restoration expert says the 1927 silent film "is also a ...

  • Added: May 14, 2018
  • Length: 43:30
Pulitzer100 – Moving the Spotlight (Hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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A Pulitzer-winning playwright talks about putting the taboo on stage; a film expert discusses the changing scene in Cuban films post-2016; and we d...

Bought by WCNY, WTJU, KEDT, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WMUU-LP and more


  • Added: May 05, 2017
  • Length: 53:55
  • Purchases: 9
CAMERAPERSON -- Kirsten Johnson Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: Kristen Johnson, San Francisco, CA 9/30/16, Credit: Andrea Chase
Kirsten Johnson talks bearing witness, tricks of memory, and the tension of the unseen.

  • Added: Oct 08, 2016
  • Length: 23:04
Kubrick: The Exhibition -- Curator Tim Heptner Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: Tim Heptner, San Francisco, CA 7/1/16, Credit: Andrea Chase
Tim Heptner talks aesthetics, creating narrative, and how A CLOCKWORK ORANGE affected him.

  • Added: Jul 24, 2016
  • Length: 16:33
MAMELE -- Lisa Rivo Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: Lisa Rivo, San Francisco, CA 8/5/14, Credit: Andrea Chase
Lisa Rivo of The National Center for Jewish Film talks crossovers, treasure hunts, and preserving history.

  • Added: Dec 23, 2014
  • Length: 35:52
Full Moon Hacksaw # 1451 (Hour 1 & 2) - 11/20/2014
From: KRDP
Series: Full Moon Hacksaw
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November 13, 1974 was first day on the air. A few months later was jazz radio show # 1. It has taken 40 years to get to this edition #. These ho...

Bought by WVBI-LP, WOUB, and WYAP


  • Added: Nov 18, 2014
  • Length: 01:59:55
  • Purchases: 3
THE GREEN PRINCE -- Nadav Schirman, Mossab Hassan Yousef, and Gonen Ben Yitzak Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: Nadav Schirman, Gonen Ben Yitzak, and Mossab Hassan Yousef, San Francisco, CA 7/25/14, Credit: Andrea Chase
Nadav Schirman, Mossab Hassan Yousef, and Gonen Ben Yitzak talk hope, perspective, and first meetings.

  • Added: Sep 18, 2014
  • Length: 24:34
When America Took to the Air (Hour Long Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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In the years after World War I, stunt pilots in small airplanes would fly throughout the country, performing tricks and selling rides to locals—int...

Bought by WCNY, Accessible Media Inc., WTJU, Accessible Media Inc. Station Account, and KKRN


  • Added: Aug 29, 2014
  • Length: 53:56
  • Purchases: 5
When America Took to the Air (Half Hour Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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In the years after World War I, stunt pilots in small airplanes would fly throughout the country, performing tricks and selling rides to locals—int...

Bought by WJCT, WXDU, WEZU, WLIW, KVSC and more


  • Added: Aug 29, 2014
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 7
THE GALAPAGOS AFFAIR: SATAN CAME TO EDEN -- Dayna Goldfine and Dan Geller Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: Dayna Goldfine & Dan Geller, San Francisco, CA 3/19/14, Credit: Andrea Chase
Dayna Goldfine and Dan Geller talk revealing human nature, looking a Galapagos tortoise in the eye, and babysitting Cate Blanchett.

  • Added: Apr 14, 2014
  • Length: 21:31
"Tea and Wireless"
From: Margaret Evans
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Before the Internet, before television, there was the radio. That's how people heard the news and enjoyed their favorite shows. This story is part ...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Feb 16, 2014
  • Length: 28:01
  • Purchases: 1
The Dave Holland Interview
From: Jake Feinberg
Series: In The Land of Giants
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Bassist Dave Holland started his performing career in London. One night, he received word that a visiting musician from the states wanted to hire ...

  • Added: Dec 18, 2013
  • Length: 09:46
2013 San Francisco Silent Film Festval -- Artistic Director Anita Monga Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: Anita Monga, San Francisco, CA 7/12/13, Credit: Andrea Chase
San Francisco Silent Film Festival Artistic Director Anita Monga talks the Weimar Republic, the paramount importance of music, and what Orson Welle...

  • Added: Jul 18, 2013
  • Length: 20:55
Frank T. Hopkins (Hidalgo), November 11, 1951
From: Jonathan Thomas Stratman
Series: Who Died Today
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His father was the only one of Custer's men to survive at Little Big Horn and his mother was the daughter of a Sioux chief. Viggo Mortensen played ...

  • Added: May 04, 2011
  • Length: 03:00