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Schach
From: Israel Story
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Mishy Harman follows schach, or the palm branches used to cover Jewish temporary houses called Sukot, all the way from a Jordan Valley date farm to...

  • Added: Mar 07, 2022
  • Length: 06:54
The Cook-Off
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Holiday Specials
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CBC Radio's "The Doc Project" presents a heart-warming documentary about food, family and giving back.

Bought by Iowa Public Radio, WCMU Michigan, KOSU, KCPW Salt Lake City, WXXI Rochester and more


  • Added: Nov 05, 2021
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 13
New Year's Day in South Philly with the Mummers
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
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The Mummers Day Parade is as quintessentially South Philadelphia as Ben Franklin or Willy Penn, a Philly cheese steak or Italian water ice. It’s u...

  • Added: Dec 29, 2015
  • Length: 08:35
Merry Christmas Miracle Maker!
From: Rob MacClanahan
Series: The Time Traveler
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This year's Christmas special is entirely devoted to the one but for whom there would be no Christmas...

  • Added: Dec 23, 2015
  • Length: 02:58:41
Julian's Dinosaurs
From: Homefront Chronicles
Series: Homefront Chronicles
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How does a family function when living out of a hospital during a young child's illness?

  • Added: Jan 14, 2014
  • Length: 14:26
Making old traditions new again
From: Homefront Chronicles
Series: Homefront Chronicles
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How do you slow down your life to spend more quality time with your family? Can family traditions and religious beliefs help to ground you and your...

  • Added: Dec 17, 2013
  • Length: 04:54
The Scariest House on the Block
From: Homefront Chronicles
Series: Homefront Chronicles
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Holidays often pull families closer– even communities. But Halloween? Can zombies, ghosts, gory vampires and sugary treats bring your crew together?

  • Added: Oct 23, 2013
  • Length: 05:49
All Mixed Up-Thanksgiving
From: Peter Bochan
Series: All Mixed Up
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The Holiday classic: "A Shortcut Back Home" plus music from Charlie Chaplin, Neil Young, the Avett Brothers, Laura Nyro, Ray Davies, Kronos Quartet...

Bought by KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA, KUCB, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KRCB 104.9 and more


  • Added: Nov 20, 2012
  • Length: 58:19
  • Purchases: 41
Slovakian Easter Traditions
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Our History
Caption: Slovak Women
Jan (Yahn) Gadzo (God-zoh) left his home in Slovakia in 1969 and landed in the Iron Range town of Chisholm. Every year Jan and his family observe ...

Bought by WGZS and KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Apr 12, 2012
  • Length: 20:53
  • Purchases: 2
My Christmas Tale
From: Kai McMurtry
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A story of growing up and into the true spirit of Christmas.

  • Added: Jan 17, 2011
  • Length: 17:04
All Around Giving
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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The Trinity Jubilee Center in Lewiston, Maine is located in one of the poorest Neighborhoods in the state. It doubles as a soup kitchen and refugee...

Bought by Raven Radio, WRGY, WRIR, Raven Radio, PRX Remix and more


  • Added: Jan 06, 2010
  • Length: 05:59
  • Purchases: 11
It's Always Christmas When You're Santa Claus
From: Jason Sear
Series: Christmas as a Career: Being Santa
Caption: Chicago Thanksgiving Day Parade, Credit: Erik Sear
My uncle - Chicago's Santa Claus - finds inspiration in the memory of his father; Santa Claus.

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, KUER, KRZA, WETD, WLPR and more


  • Added: Nov 28, 2009
  • Length: 09:00
  • Purchases: 12
The Bike Ride of '76
From: Hugh Duncan
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Two young children and their dad try to bike across the country before the Fourth of July.

Bought by KMUN, KUAF Public Radio, KRZA, RadioFreePalmer, KUER and more


  • Added: Jun 10, 2009
  • Length: 27:45
  • Purchases: 16
Postcard from Guatemala: No matter where you go...
From: Jake Warga
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No matter where you go, the past goes with you

Bought by PRX Remix, KUT, HCC Radio The Dragon, and KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: May 15, 2008
  • Length: 06:40
  • Purchases: 4
Rheb's Candies: A Charm City Holiday Tradition
From: Aaron Henkin
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a VERY sweet holiday story...

  • Added: Dec 07, 2007
  • Length: 10:55
An Open Gate
From: Claire Schoen
Series: ILLUMINATIONS: Jewish Culture in the Light of the World
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"An Open Gate" is an hour-long audio documentary exploring the repercussions of a Jewish/Christian intermarriage on faith, identity and the family....

Bought by KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., WRKF, KUAF Public Radio, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., KTOO and more


  • Added: Nov 12, 2007
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 20
Gold, Frankenstein and Myrrh: A Six-Year-Old's Christmas Story
From: Erica Heilman
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From the Saviour's conception to offerings of gold, frankenstein and myrrh, six year old Erin Magill of Moretown, Vermont tells her version of the ...

Bought by KZYX, Yellowstone Public Radio, KZYX, KZYX, KMXT and more


  • Added: Dec 11, 2006
  • Length: 04:29
  • Purchases: 12
Thanksgiving in Athens
From: amara hark-weber
Caption: PRX default Piece image
This is a narrative piece about living in a foreign country during Thanksgiving.

Bought by WHCP-LP Cambridge and Prairie Public


  • Added: Nov 21, 2006
  • Length: 04:12
  • Purchases: 2
RN Documentary: Family Mystery, Family Myth
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Documentaries
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In Family Mystery, Family Myth, Jonathan Groubert travels from Holland to the US, England and Poland in search of the truth behind his family?s emi...

Bought by KICI Iowa City, KUER, KXOT Public Radio, and Internet Partnership Radio


  • Added: Mar 22, 2006
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 4
RN Valentine's Day Special
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Documentaries
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Radio Netherlands the Dutch international series presents Long Distance Love ? two tales of transatlantic romance to warm up your Valentines day.

Bought by Troy Public Radio, KMXT, KUT, KUNM, KWIT and more


  • Added: Jan 12, 2006
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 21
First Christmas on Candy Cane Lane
From: Liz Jones
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Portrait of a neighborhood's holiday traditions.

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Dec 27, 2005
  • Length: 23:52
  • Purchases: 1
Schnartzenholler
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
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It's not Christmas. It's not Hannukah. It's Schnartzenholler! When Emily Pearlman was a child her Jewish father and Christian mother created thei...

Bought by KISU, KUER, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WTJU, KSJD and more


  • Added: Dec 13, 2005
  • Length: 13:20
  • Purchases: 18
Sad Happy Birthday
From: Pete Mills
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Sad Happy Birthday Voicemail

  • Added: Jun 07, 2005
  • Length: :32
Vows
From: Catherine Girardeau
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An exploration of wedding vows that combines personal essay with documentary form.

Bought by KXOT Public Radio and KPFA


  • Added: May 04, 2005
  • Length: 10:20
  • Purchases: 2
"Why This Night?" A Passover Special
From: RadioArt(r)
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Larry Josephson, a secular Jew who now wants to know more about the religion of his grandparents, asks Rabbi Ismar Schorsch, Chancellor of the Jewi...

Bought by Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), WRGY, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and more


  • Added: Mar 18, 2005
  • Length: 58:13
  • Purchases: 24