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Year of the Dragon
From: KALW
Caption: Scenes from Year of the Dragon celebrations in Kolkata
Kolkata has India's only Chinatown. The Chinese community is dwindling but they still put up a good show for the Chinese New Year. Sandip got  a ta...

  • Added: Feb 12, 2024
  • Length: 06:00
Kali and Diwali
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Chinna Masta Kali, Credit: Sandip Roy
While the festival of Diwali is well known across the world as the festival of light another festival at the same time, the festival of the Goddess...

  • Added: Nov 13, 2023
  • Length: 06:00
Fistfull of Joy
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Stalls set up to sell Holi colors in Kolkata. , Credit: Sandip Roy
It’s time to play Holi in India and Sandip Roy grabs a fistful of joy!

  • Added: Mar 07, 2023
  • Length: 06:00
Happy (Indian) Christmas
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: A Kolkata Christmas scene, Credit: Sandip Roy
In Bethlehem there was no room at the inn for baby Jesus. But in India there’s always room at the Christmas party.

  • Added: Dec 22, 2022
  • Length: 06:00
For Lease
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: The Christmas tree in San Francisco's Union Square, Credit: Sandip Roy
Returning for the first time since COVID, Sandip Roy finds a different San Francisco, one seemingly for lease.

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  • Added: Dec 05, 2022
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 1
Sweet Diwali
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: An array of Diwali sweets., Credit: Sandip Roy
Diwali is not just the Indian festival of lights. It's also a festival of sweets!

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  • Added: Oct 18, 2022
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 1
22-51 Christmas Music: Tchaikovsky’s “Nutcracker Suite,” Otmar Macha’s “Christmas Concertino,” and more
From: Tony Morris
Series: Classical Guitar Alive!
Caption: White House Christmas Concert 2004, Credit: Tony Morris
This week’s edition of Classical Guitar Alive! features music for Christmas, from traditional Christmas carols to contemporary works.

Bought by Ohm Radio , KXIQ , Boise State Public Radio, BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM, WMRA and more


  • Added: Sep 01, 2022
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 59
22-47 Thanksgiving Music, Interviews: Film Composer Mark Mancina, David Russell
From: Tony Morris
Series: Classical Guitar Alive!
Caption: Mark Mancina, Credit: Tony Morris
This week’s edition of CLASSICAL GUITAR ALIVE! features music by Bach, Giuliani, Torroba, Frederic Hand, and interviews with 3-time Grammy-winning ...

Bought by Ohm Radio , KXIQ , KMUN, WUAL, Classic107.3 and more


  • Added: Sep 01, 2022
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 53
World Bridges 21 - 16A Holiday Special! (BONUS Episode)
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: World Bridges
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It's Holiday music from around the world! Coming to you from Michael Marsolek and Tom Berich of Montana Public Radio. Happy Holidays!

  • Added: Dec 21, 2021
  • Length: 58:51
Remembering Thanksgiving
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
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In a post-pandemic-still-in-a-pandemic world Sandip remembers a homey thanksgiving, even if it was in a land foreign to the concept.

Bought by RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Nov 23, 2021
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 1
Bhoot Chaturdashi
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Bugarik, a serpent with a human head part of "Ghosts, Monsters and Demons of India.", Credit: Courtesy of the artist, Samita.
First comes Halloween, and a few days later is Diwali (the Festival of Lights) and in between is Bhoot Chaturdashi! When the doors between this wor...

  • Added: Nov 02, 2021
  • Length: 06:00
The Masked Puja
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: A guard keeps visitors out of a Pandal during Durga Puja in Kolkata, India., Credit: Sandip Roy
It's Durga Puja time in India and if last year the theme was the disease and the virus this year it’s more about ways to emerge from the pandemic.

  • Added: Oct 19, 2021
  • Length: 06:00
21-50 Christmas Music, interviews: Liona Boyd, Mark Cruz
From: Tony Morris
Series: Classical Guitar Alive!
Caption: Tony Morris & Friends 2004 White House Christmas sign, Credit: Tony Morris
This week’s program features music for Christmas and interviews with American guitarist-composer Mark Cruz and Canadian guitarist Liona Boyd.

Bought by KUCO, Ohm Radio , KXIQ , WVIA, WETS and more


  • Added: Sep 07, 2021
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 62
21-46 Thanksgiving Music by Bach, Giuliani, Interviews: Mark Mancina, David Russell Interviews, and more
From: Tony Morris
Series: Classical Guitar Alive!
Caption: Christopher Parkening, Credit: EMI Records
This week’s edition of CLASSICAL GUITAR ALIVE! features music by Bach, Giuliani, Torroba, Frederic Hand, and a 2016 interview with 3-time Grammy-wi...

Bought by Ohm Radio , KXIQ , WVIA, KAAD-LP, KETR-FM and more


  • Added: Sep 07, 2021
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 63
La Fiesta del Cinco de Mayo
From: Wind & Rhythm
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Do you want a good way to celebrate Mexican culture this Cinco de Mayo? On this episode of Wind & Rhythm we feature pieces all written by Mexican c...

Bought by WRTI, KWAX, GCR (Global Community Radio), KVNO, WBAA and more


  • Added: Apr 27, 2021
  • Length: 59:30
  • Purchases: 8
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
Saraswati's Wisdom
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Worshipers with a figure of Saraswati, Credit: Sandip Roy
A childhood goddess that was once asked for help with math takes on a new significance in adulthood.

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  • Added: Feb 15, 2021
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 1
New NOT Normal
From: Eric Wayne
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The pandemic has exhausted all of us, but just as we’re letting our guard down it will come to town, just like Santa Claus.

  • Added: Jan 05, 2021
  • Length: 06:00
600 Years of Christmas Music
From: Wind & Rhythm
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How old do you like your Christmas music? On this episode of Wind & Rhythm, we celebrate our 600th episode with a survey of 600 years of Christmas...

Bought by WCNY, Capital Public Radio, WUAL, KSTK, WYAP and more


  • Added: Dec 16, 2020
  • Length: 59:30
  • Purchases: 12
Folktale of Fear
From: Northeast Indiana Public Radio
Series: Folktales
Caption: \\\\
Yikes! Beware the evil that lurks around this week's edition of Folktales. It's spooktacular!

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


  • Added: Oct 27, 2020
  • Length: 59:59
  • Purchases: 5
Dispatch #357 - Digital Durga
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Durga Puja in a pandemic
More than anything else the pandemic has forced us to reckon with what really lies at the heart and soul of Durga Puja.

  • Added: Oct 26, 2020
  • Length: 06:00
20-51 Christmas Music, Interviews: Liona Boyd, Mark Cruz
From: Tony Morris
Series: Classical Guitar Alive!
Caption: Liona Boyd & cat, Credit: Liona Boyd
This week’s Classical Guitar Alive! features traditional and new music for Christmas and interviews with Canadian guitarist Liona Boyd and American...

Bought by KXIQ , WVIA, KBIA, WETS, WKMS and more


  • Added: Oct 23, 2020
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 58
Little Durga
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Kids of Bhandarkhali and their Durga, Credit: Meghdutam Foundation
Durga Puja, the festival of the ten armed Goddess Durga, has always been a time of excess in Kolkata. But this is the story of the “Little Durga.”

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  • Added: Oct 19, 2020
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 1
Holocaust Memories (Hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Everyone remembers things differently. With Good Reason takes you to Washington D.C., Poland and Jerusalem to reveal the different ways people in ...

Bought by KECG, KWIT, WCNY, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WMUU-LP and more


  • Added: Sep 10, 2020
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 13
Sassolungo - From the Netherlands to Italy
From: Katz Laszlo
Series: The Chain - Love Letters From One European To Another
Caption: Sassolungo
An ode to an Italian mountain, from Thomas van Neerbos.

  • Added: Aug 30, 2020
  • Length: 04:40