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Carving Mount Rushmore
From: Matt Hill
Series: Today In History - with The Retrospectors
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Sculptor Gutzon Borglum began chiseling the rockface of Mount Rushmore on 4th October, 1927 - the start of a 14 year project to carve Presidents Wa...

  • Added: Oct 24, 2023
  • Length: :03
Playboy’s Identity Crisis
From: Matt Hill
Series: Today In History - with The Retrospectors
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The world’s most famous adult magazine went ‘SFW’ on 12th October, 2015 – when Scott Flanders, then Playboy’s chief executive, announced that futur...

  • Added: Oct 24, 2023
  • Length: 09:59
Governing Outer Space
From: Matt Hill
Series: Today In History - with The Retrospectors
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On 10th October, 1967 a treaty went into force that has gone on to become the backbone for all international space law – a United Nations-approved ...

  • Added: Oct 23, 2023
  • Length: 11:20
Let's Buy Alaska
From: Matt Hill
Series: Today In History - with The Retrospectors
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On October 18th, 1867, the United States formally took possession of Alaska, after purchasing the territory from Russia for $7.2 million, or less t...

  • Added: Oct 16, 2023
  • Length: 10:04
Folktale of Brighter Days
From: Northeast Indiana Public Radio
Caption: Folktale of Brighter Days, Credit: Julia Meek
No matter your mood, this week on Folktales things are looking up!

Bought by WFIU


  • Added: Feb 21, 2023
  • Length: 59:59
  • Purchases: 1
Folktale of Regrets
From: Northeast Indiana Public Radio
Series: Folktales
Caption: Folktale of Regrets, Credit: Julia Meek
Some folks say that regretting the past is like chasing the wind, and this week on Folktales, we have a world of music to prove it!

Bought by WFIU, WFIU, GCR (Global Community Radio), GCR (Global Community Radio), 90.1 WFYI Public Radio and more


  • Added: Feb 03, 2023
  • Length: 59:59
  • Purchases: 8
Folktale of Murder & Mayhem
From: Northeast Indiana Public Radio
Series: Folktales
Caption: WBOI's Folktale of Murder & Mayhem, Credit: Julia Meek
Musically speaking--It's gunna be a wild one!

Bought by WFIU and GCR (Global Community Radio)


  • Added: Jan 25, 2023
  • Length: 59:59
  • Purchases: 2
The Chicken from Glasgow
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: A Google search for chicken tikka masala, Credit: Sandip Roy
Unlike many of the people we lost in 2022 - Queen Elizabeth II, Lata Mangeshkar, Pele - Ahmed Ali Aslam might not have been a household name. But...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 09, 2023
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 1
Ladino Day
From: Mississippi Public Broadcasting
Series: Sounds Jewish
Caption: Sounds Jewish, Credit: Mississippi Public Broadcasting
"Sounds Jewish" celebrates Ladino Day with an hour of new and classic Judeo-Spanish songs from around the globe.

Bought by WLPR


  • Added: Dec 02, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Folktale of Days Gone By
From: Northeast Indiana Public Radio
Series: Folktales
Caption: WBOI's Folktale of Days Gone By, Credit: Julia Meek
A world of music for moments that are here today & gone tomorrow.

Bought by Angelica Community Radio, GCR (Global Community Radio), WFIU, and KJZX-Austin


  • Added: Oct 25, 2022
  • Length: 59:59
  • Purchases: 4
Forbidden Threads
From: Israel Story
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Mishy spent the day at the municipal shatnez laboratory in ultra-Orthodox Bnei Brak, where he learned more than he ever thought he’d know about the...

  • Added: Jul 26, 2022
  • Length: 07:36
The Recycling Mecca
From: Israel Story
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Mishy Harman returns to a place he loved as a kid: the Israel Museum’s recycling workshop. There he meets Telma Schultz, who – for the past thirty ...

  • Added: Jul 10, 2022
  • Length: 05:03
Three Is A Magic Number
From: Mississippi Public Broadcasting
Series: Sounds Jewish
Caption: Sounds Jewish, Credit: Mississippi Public Broadcasting
Next on "Sounds Jewish": the attack of the Jewish power trios.

Bought by WLPR


  • Added: Jul 08, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Candid Camera
From: Israel Story
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At the very end of Allenby Street in Tel Aviv, there’s a repair shop for film cameras – one of the last of its kind, like a fossil of a different e...

  • Added: Jul 03, 2022
  • Length: 12:56
Fire and Ice
From: Israel Story
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On the afternoon of August 15, 2021, the hills of Jerusalem were covered in smoke. It was, it would turn out after the fire was quelled five days l...

  • Added: Jun 29, 2022
  • Length: 12:05
Folktale of Safety
From: Northeast Indiana Public Radio
Series: Folktales
Caption: WBOI's Folktale of Safety, Credit: Julia Meek
Relax! This Folktale comes with a safety harness!

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), GCR (Global Community Radio), and WFIU


  • Added: May 24, 2022
  • Length: 59:59
  • Purchases: 3
Folktale of Trees
From: Northeast Indiana Public Radio
Series: Folktales
Caption: WBOI's Folktale of Trees, Credit: Julia Meek
What did one tree say to the other? "Leaf me be, I'm listening to Folktales!"

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), GCR (Global Community Radio), and WFIU


  • Added: Jan 25, 2022
  • Length: 59:59
  • Purchases: 3
The Big Ponder #23: Airlines
From: Goethe-Institut
Series: The Big Ponder – A Transatlantic Podcast
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A lot has changed since the first days of aviation, from beverage service to affordable plane tickets. Florenz Gilly and Leon Ginzel recap the hist...

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Nov 10, 2021
  • Length: 29:42
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 171: Sealand
From: Criminal
Series: Criminal
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Today’s episode begins with rock & roll and ends with royalty. When bands like the Rolling Stones and the Beatles were becoming popular, they weren...

  • Added: Sep 10, 2021
  • Length: 49:00
Folktale of Courtesy
From: Northeast Indiana Public Radio
Series: Folktales
Caption: WBOI's Folktale of Courtesy, Credit: Julia Meek
Out of our profound respect for you, this edition is courtesy of Folktales.

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), GCR (Global Community Radio), and WFIU


  • Added: Jul 27, 2021
  • Length: 59:59
  • Purchases: 3
The Paranormal Cafe with Dr. Bob Curran & The Green Man
From: Charlie Silvestri
Series: The Paranormal Cafe
Caption: Walking with the Green Man, Credit: Career Press
Dr. Bob Curran joins us from Ireland to discuss the legend of the Green Man. The Green Man turns up in many cultures, from the same eras, around th...

Bought by Raven Radio


  • Added: May 02, 2021
  • Length: 57:24
  • Purchases: 1
Dispatch 378 - Happy Holi!
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Little Chewie and Nozy wish you a colourful happy and safe Holi, Credit: Sandip Roy
Holi is a festival of playfulness and color, lots of color.

  • Added: Mar 30, 2021
  • Length: 06:00
GN_5.06_ManureCouture
From: Good News Good Planet
Series: Good News Good Planet - Season 5
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The movement itself is called biocouture - this poop to pants movement is raising eyebrows on both sides of the issue.

  • Added: Feb 25, 2021
  • Length: 02:30
GN_5.03_CountingOnCrows
From: Good News Good Planet
Series: Good News Good Planet - Season 5
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A theme park in Western France has come up with an unprecedented solution to deal with trash on their grounds. They’ve enlisted the help of a crew ...

  • Added: Feb 25, 2021
  • Length: 02:30
Folktale of Beacons
From: Northeast Indiana Public Radio
Series: Folktales
Caption: Folktale of Beacons, Credit: Julia Meek
We're shining a light on a world of musical storytelling this week.

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), GCR (Global Community Radio), and WFIU


  • Added: Feb 23, 2021
  • Length: 59:59
  • Purchases: 3