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Many rites of passage are a source of much joy and anticipation, but some – such as the one Tanya Huyard observed at Jerusalem’s “pacifier tree” –...

  • Added: Aug 21, 2022
  • Length: 08:14
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Shlomo and Sarah Adani were married for longer than most people are alive. They grew up together in the small village of Dalah in Yemen, and were p...

  • Added: Jul 06, 2022
  • Length: 09:35
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Growing up, Nathaniel Brimmer-Beller traveled the world with his family. On their trips, they always made time for a visit to the local zoo: in Ber...

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Feb 17, 2022
  • Length: 28:06
  • Purchases: 1
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In the U.S., Santa keeps tabs on who’s been naughty or nice, but there isn’t much follow through on the naughty list. In much of Europe, however, S...

Bought by WBEZ and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Dec 23, 2021
  • Length: 27:27
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: The Big Ponder, Credit: © Goethe-institut
As a kid, candy makes the world go round. As an adult, it has the power to bring back long-forgotten childhood memories. Carol McKinley talks about...

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Oct 28, 2021
  • Length: 29:06
  • Purchases: 1
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Is ‘home’ a place or more of a feeling? Jocelyn Robinson speaks with three American expats who unpack the relationship between self and place, draw...

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: May 06, 2021
  • Length: 27:58
  • Purchases: 1
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Inspired by a year of forced isolation, essayist Bilal Qureshi explores the history, landscape, and meaning of friendship across cultures. At the h...

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Apr 08, 2021
  • Length: 28:47
  • Purchases: 1
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Sedera feels light for the first time after her father's death.

  • Added: Aug 31, 2020
  • Length: 05:47
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The island of St. Maarten (Sint Maarten) is the common denominator in the stories of two different families whose lives were changed when they land...

  • Added: Jul 14, 2019
  • Length: 29:55
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In the wake of tragedy, Susi forms an unexpected bond with the woman who should have been her mother-in-law. It's a modern day version of the bibli...

  • Added: Jul 22, 2018
  • Length: 20:12
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An Ultra-Orthodox couple seems to have a fairy-tale love until one of them begins studies at a secular university. Exposure to the outside world st...

  • Added: Jul 17, 2018
  • Length: 22:17
Caption: ouda in front of KXCI–photo by her teacher Christina
In episode 25 of Mn Huna: Finding Refuge in Friendship, Houda interviews Christina, one of the English Language Development teachers from her schoo...

  • Added: May 02, 2018
  • Length: 05:10
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America has a long, long, long history of embracing immigrants one day, generally because it needed them for economic reasons, a variation of slave...

Bought by KVSC


  • Added: Jun 01, 2017
  • Length: 27:50
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Virginia's first historic marker to recognize immigrants.
Just as America is a nation of immigrants, Virginia is a commonwealth of immigrants. For the first time ever the state Department of Historic Res...

  • Added: May 22, 2017
  • Length: 08:45
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A Nation of Immigrants is what we are, always have been, and always will be, as long as we remain the United States of America. Bans on immigrants ...

Bought by KVSC


  • Added: May 18, 2017
  • Length: 27:58
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Avichai and Kirin Ben Baruch
Israel Story's Valentine's Day Special is the most unusual, unpredictable and touching love affair you've heard in a while. Full hour and promo are...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WCPN, KUER, KTSW 89.9, Troy Public Radio and more


  • Added: Jan 20, 2015
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 9
Caption: Alex chows down on a Bento box in Kyoto
An American father and young son spend a year living as expats in Asia, where they soon discover just the simple act of eating provides daily chal...

  • Added: Oct 13, 2014
  • Length: 14:29
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How difficult is it to pick up and move your family overseas for a year ?

  • Added: Sep 09, 2013
  • Length: 05:33
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Are there really that many differences between giving birth in the United States and Paris?

  • Added: Sep 09, 2013
  • Length: 04:43
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Interview with Polynesian Dance group from West Texas and their Hawaiian guests

  • Added: Aug 02, 2013
  • Length: 03:40
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A love story emerging from the Iranian revolution

  • Added: May 16, 2008
  • Length: 08:06
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Morning Stories expands on and samples from WGBH's popular Morning Stories podcasts, which contain stories from everyday people about a significant...

  • Added: Mar 02, 2007
  • Length: 28:59
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The story of a new comer to Athens, Greece, and what she finds in her life there.

  • Added: Nov 24, 2006
  • Length: 03:39
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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