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WVR Show 382 - Mexico special (One hour to air week of May 7, 2011)
From: World Vision Report
Series: World Vision Report - Weekly One Hour
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You can spend an hour in Mexico this week without ever leaving home. It's all on The World Vision Report. From immigration issues to a plate full ...

Bought by WDSE and WBEZ


  • Added: Apr 26, 2011
  • Length: 01:50:25
  • Purchases: 2
Erin go Bragh (1 hr.)
From: Loyola Productions, Inc.
Series: Kaleidoscope
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Celebrating St. Patrick's Day with this edition of Kaleidoscope. From Mose the Firefighter to terminology and Irish practices, here is a look at th...

Bought by KREV-LP


  • Added: Feb 14, 2011
  • Length: 47:56
  • Purchases: 1
Erin go Bragh: St. Patrick's Day
From: Loyola Productions, Inc.
Series: Kaleidoscope
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Dedicated to the late broadcaster, J.P. McCarthy—Detroit's #1 Irishman—here is a two-hour celebration for St. Patrick's Day. In song, poetry, and p...

Bought by KHEN-LP and KREV-LP


  • Added: Feb 11, 2011
  • Length: 01:33:41
  • Purchases: 2
WVR Show 363 Holiday Special Half Hour
From: World Vision Report
Series: World Vision Report - Weekly Half Hour
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It's all about giving this week on the World Vision Report: giving time, talents, and resources to help others around the world. From dolls going t...

  • Added: Dec 20, 2010
  • Length: 28:00
WVR Show 363 Holiday Special
From: World Vision Report
Series: World Vision Report - Weekly One Hour
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It's all about giving this week on the World Vision Report – giving time, talents, and resources to help others around the world. From dolls going ...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio, KUOW, Connecticut Public (WNPR), and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Dec 17, 2010
  • Length: 01:50:25
  • Purchases: 4
Eid Nowruz
From: War News Radio
Caption: Men dance during the celebration of the Nowruz holiday in Kabul., Credit: Associated Press
From Out With the Old, March 26, 2010: War News Radio reports on Eid Nouruz, the Persian New York.

  • Added: Mar 26, 2010
  • Length: 06:06
Mexican Christmas Tradition Celebrated Amid Poverty and Drug War
From: Monica Ortiz
Caption: A teenager dances during a traditional ceremony for Mexico's patron Saint, the Virgen de Guadalupe., Credit: Monica Ortiz Uribe
The marginalized community of Lomas de Poleo in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico celebrated their tenth anniversary posada this year. A posada is a Mexican Ch...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Dec 24, 2009
  • Length: 04:12
  • Purchases: 1
Life and Hope
From: World Vision Report
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Author William Powers spent two years in Liberia during that country’s civil war. He directed relief programs for an aid group operating there. P...

  • Added: Dec 18, 2009
  • Length: 03:03
OUR CASTLE IN SPAIN
From: Dick Meister
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We found our castle in Spain -- and celebrated Thanksgiving there.

  • Added: Nov 17, 2009
  • Length: 02:54
SRP: Ramadan Away From Home
From: Sudan Radio Project
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From the Sudan Radio Project: we hear about the bond that’s grown between two Sudanese men living in Norway who had to spend Ramadan far from their...

Bought by KZYX


  • Added: Oct 04, 2009
  • Length: 06:26
  • Purchases: 1
Timkat in Addis Ababa
From: Seattle Globalist
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A visit to Addis Ababa's celebration of TImkat - Epiphany - January 20 2008

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 21, 2008
  • Length: 02:36
  • Purchases: 1
December in New York City
From: Muriel Murch
Series: Letter From A. Broad
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Visiting New York City in the snow

  • Added: Dec 07, 2007
  • Length: 09:23
Celebrating the Fourth with the Enemy
From: Dick Meister
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It's a most peculiuar experience, spending the Fourth of July in that Canadian territory settled by pro-British "Loyalists" who fled the U.S. afte...

Bought by KFOK-LPFM, RadioFreePalmer, Marfa Public Radio, and KUNV


  • Added: Jun 11, 2007
  • Length: 03:14
  • Purchases: 4
Bastille Day Commentary: "Mercy Buckets"
From: Diana Epstein
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Commentary on growing up with a French mother. Very funny

Bought by KUT and WXLV-FM


  • Added: May 16, 2007
  • Length: 02:53
  • Purchases: 2
Songs of the Troubles
From: Charles Lane
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Perfect for St. Pat's or any Celtic music hour.

Bought by WNMU-FM, WRVO Public Media, WTIP, WGBH Radio Boston, KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA and more


  • Added: Feb 11, 2007
  • Length: 58:27
  • Purchases: 10
La Nona Kanta ("The Grandmother Sings")
From: Julie Subrin
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Profile of Flory Jagoda, an 83-year old Sephardic folk singer from Sarajevo

Bought by KZYX, KZYX, KRCB 104.9, KZYX, KSFR and more


  • Added: Jan 10, 2007
  • Length: 14:22
  • Purchases: 11
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
Foreign Priests in America (59 and 54 minute versions)
From: Charles Lane
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The Problems with importing priests as a stop gap to the priest shortage (59, 54, 29 minute versions)

Bought by KUNM and KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 27, 2006
  • Length: 01:02:38
  • Purchases: 2
Peace Talks Radio: Taken Too Soon-The Cost of War (A Memorial)[59:00/54:00/29:00 or Modules]
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Nearly 40 public radio producers from around the world lend their voices to a roll call of just some of the names of casualties from the wars in Ir...

Bought by WESM 91.3 FM, WAMU, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KBRP Community Radio, WSLR and more


  • Added: Mar 20, 2006
  • Length: 58:47
  • Purchases: 30
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
A Bosnian Christmas Carol
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN EuroQuest: Public Radio's Weekly European Journal
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Jonathan Groubert follows his Bosnian in laws up a mountain to take part in a Serbian Orthodox tradition and discovers the true mean of Christmas.

Bought by 'The Sea', KMXT, KZYX, WRNC-LP, KUT and more


  • Added: Dec 05, 2005
  • Length: 13:37
  • Purchases: 11
How Mulien Saves His Mother from Hades
From: KCUR
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Taiwanese story that is the basis for Ghost Month in Buddhist Culture.

Bought by KZYX and PRX Administrator


  • Added: Oct 30, 2005
  • Length: 06:11
  • Purchases: 2
Why Ahmad Never Got to Celebrate Halloween
From: KCUR
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Commentary by Afghani college student about how his parents would not allow him to participate in Halloween.

Bought by WDBM, YouthCast, WXLV-FM, and PRX Administrator


  • Added: Oct 30, 2005
  • Length: 03:25
  • Purchases: 4
The real Irish St. Patrick's Day
From: Maeve Conran
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How do the Irish celebrate St. Paddys Day?

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, RadioStPete Florida, WABE, New Hampshire Public Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio and more


  • Added: Mar 14, 2005
  • Length: 05:59
  • Purchases: 15
A Priest and a Barman in Dublin
From: Maeve Conran
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St. Patricks Day in Ireland, religous holiday or big party?

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, KTRL, KUT, KRUA and more


  • Added: Mar 14, 2005
  • Length: 03:31
  • Purchases: 13