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Melanie Burnett or How to Make Changes in Life that Matter
From: Anton Foek
Caption: Melanie, Credit: MB
Melanie is a young woman of Suriname in South America who now lives in Holland and is becoming an icon and inspiration for those who want to change...

  • Added: Dec 09, 2012
  • Length: 07:54
Bonjour Chanson Series 12 Episode 56
From: Charles Spira
Series: Bonjour Chanson Series 12
Caption: Rennes
The six Francophone songs in this episode form a colorful palette of very different emotions. You'll hear about the artists and their songs in Engl...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Nov 29, 2012
  • Length: 25:45
  • Purchases: 1
Love the French Way 12 - Know that I
From: Charles Spira
Series: Love the French Way
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"I love you", three short words, full of sweetness, but there are undercurrents and a darker side, as Jean-Jacques Goldman tells us in his song "Kn...

  • Added: Nov 09, 2012
  • Length: 04:56
Love the French Way 11 - To Dare
From: Charles Spira
Series: Love the French Way
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We have crossed swords, we have suffered sleepless nights. Do we dare reach out to each other with open arms?

  • Added: Oct 17, 2012
  • Length: 05:02
Love the French Way 9 - Early September
From: Charles Spira
Series: Love the French Way
Caption: Et Maxence, aka Carole Nortier
The singer/songwriter 'Et Maxence' found her audience through the internet. Her song "Early September", about a relationship full of doubts, is in ...

  • Added: Oct 01, 2012
  • Length: 05:23
Love the French Way 8 - Mathilde
From: Charles Spira
Series: Love the French Way
Caption: Mathilde is back! What now?
Following a traumatic breakup, Mathilde is back in town, leaving her ex-partner in a state of panic.

  • Added: Sep 06, 2012
  • Length: 04:08
Bonjour Chanson Series 11 Episode 54
From: Charles Spira
Series: Bonjour Chanson Series 11
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We introduce 6 Francophone artists in English and listen to one of their songs. You'll hear recent songs and older ones. They are equally addictive!

Bought by KUT and 90.1 WFYI Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 01, 2012
  • Length: 26:31
  • Purchases: 2
Love the French Way 5 - Simple as "Good Morning"
From: Charles Spira
Series: Love the French Way
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A poem by Jacques Prévert, "As Simple as 'Good Morning'" has become a song that celebrates a serene and contented love. Vanina Michel interprets...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Jul 26, 2012
  • Length: 04:10
  • Purchases: 1
Love the French Way 4 - Aicha
From: Charles Spira
Series: Love the French Way
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A man promises pearls, diamonds and riches to a woman. She responds: I have no need for these treasures. Bars on the window are bars even if they ...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Jul 24, 2012
  • Length: 05:29
  • Purchases: 1
Oh, Where Have You Been, My Blue-Eyed Son?
From: Third Coast International Audio Festival
Series: 2012 ShortDocs: Neighbor Stories
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Liza introduces her new love, Jonah.

Bought by KUT and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 24, 2012
  • Length: 02:59
  • Purchases: 2
The Great Limerick Run Fundraisers
From: Alison Turner
Caption: Runners line up at the start of the Great Limerick Run 2012
In May 2012, over 8000 people took part in the Great Limerick Run in south west Ireland. Alison Turner ran the 6 mile race to raise funds for char...

  • Added: Jul 20, 2012
  • Length: 13:31
Love the French Way 3 - Bluer Than Your Eyes
From: Charles Spira
Series: Love the French Way
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Edith Piaf in an upbeat mood, interprets a beautiful love song written especially for her by Charles Aznavour.

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  • Added: Jul 19, 2012
  • Length: 04:43
  • Purchases: 1
Love the French Way 2 - The Dress and the Ladder
From: Charles Spira
Series: Love the French Way
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A young man takes his girlfriend to a cherry orchard. They ascend a ladder together. Thus starts a magnificent love song about young love, writte...

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  • Added: Jul 15, 2012
  • Length: 05:18
  • Purchases: 1
Love the French Way 1 - Hotel of the Caravelles
From: Charles Spira
Series: Love the French Way
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A beautiful spring day, a small city, a man and a woman cross paths. They may have encountered each other before..., thus starts the beautiful love...

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  • Added: Jul 05, 2012
  • Length: 04:42
  • Purchases: 1
A history built on hearsay: Tales of the early Chinese settlers
From: KALW
Caption: Artistic director Rene Yung (right) gives instructions to the proxy storytellers during a rehearsal of the theater and oral history project “Chinese Whispers." Photo courtesy of Chinese Whispers
In the mid-1800s, the Gold Rush brought enthusiastic settlers westward, from across the United States. At the same time, another migration was flow...

Bought by KUOW and PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 22, 2012
  • Length: 06:16
  • Purchases: 2
Bonjour Chanson Series 10, Episode 49.
From: Charles Spira
Series: Bonjour Chanson Series 10
Caption: Rennes
A selection of six diverse French language artists are introduced in English with one of their songs. The genre may prove to be addictive!

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Mar 12, 2012
  • Length: 26:19
  • Purchases: 1
Bonjour Chanson Series 10, Episode 48.
From: Charles Spira
Series: Bonjour Chanson Series 10
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We introduce Six French Singer/Songwriters in English and invite you to listen when they interpret one of their songs in French. It may be habit-fo...

Bought by 90.1 WFYI Public Radio and KUT


  • Added: Dec 19, 2011
  • Length: 25:08
  • Purchases: 2
(Optional) Part 2: Corruption in International Adoption
From: Tiny Spark
Series: Tiny Spark
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This is an optional second segment, which can be added to Part 1, for a package nearing 26 mins in length. In the second segment, Tiny Spark host, ...

  • Added: Dec 06, 2011
  • Length: 06:55
Corruption in International Adoption
From: Tiny Spark
Series: Tiny Spark
Caption: Jennifer Hemsley with daughter, Pearl and Hazel (R), 2007, Credit: Jennifer Hemsley
Tiny Spark takes a look at a seemingly good idea - international adoption - and explores its unintended consequences: corruption, fraud and child t...

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  • Added: Dec 06, 2011
  • Length: 19:35
  • Purchases: 1
Jay Ipson: The Original Survivor
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
Caption: Jay Ipson in front of the Virginia Holocaust Museum., Credit: John MacLellan
Jay Ipson, the youngest Holocaust survivor living in Virginia today, lived in an underground lair for six months during the Nazi occupation of his ...

  • Added: Oct 14, 2011
  • Length: 59:14
Bonjour Chanson, Series 9, Episode 45
From: Charles Spira
Series: Bonjour Chanson Series 9
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An exciting mixture of French chansons that will lift your spirits. Extraordinary French rap, blues, a tender ballad. A wonderful compilation of gr...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Sep 27, 2011
  • Length: 29:05
  • Purchases: 1
Bonjour Chanson, Series 9, Episode 44.
From: Charles Spira
Series: Bonjour Chanson Series 9
Caption: Toulouse
From the famous rock song "Dare Josephine" by Alain Bashung to a song by the French film music composer Alex Beaupain, this episode of"Bonjour Ch...

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  • Added: Jul 09, 2011
  • Length: 27:04
  • Purchases: 1
Bonjour Chanson, Series 9, Episode 43.
From: Charles Spira
Series: Bonjour Chanson Series 9
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Each episode of "Bonjour Chanson" introduces an entertaining selection of French Language Popular Songs to English speaking audiences. No need to ...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Jul 09, 2011
  • Length: 24:31
  • Purchases: 1
Bonjour Chanson Series 9, Episode 41.
From: Charles Spira
Series: Bonjour Chanson Series 9
Caption: Versailles
Six very diverse Francophone artists perform in this musical program specially created for English Speaking Audiences. No need to understand French...

Bought by 90.1 WFYI Public Radio and KUT


  • Added: Apr 22, 2011
  • Length: 25:22
  • Purchases: 2
Bonjour Chanson, Series 8, Episode 38.
From: Charles Spira
Series: Bonjour Chanson Series 8
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We bring a wonderful mixture of French Language Music from Yesterday and Today. All human life is there and you do not need French Language skills ...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Aug 25, 2010
  • Length: 27:07
  • Purchases: 1