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Eyesore Opulence - Peter Hessler & Christian Wiman

From: Open Source

New Yorker correspondent Peter Hessler reports from the road in China on the human side of miracle growth and epic migration. Then, we meet poet Ch...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., and KXOT Public Radio

Added: Mar 10, 2011
Length: 58:59
Purchases: 3

New Sounds of China Episode 5: Ethnicity and Music

From: Peter Vautier
Series: New Sounds of China

Tibetan hip hop sits awkwardly next to Kazakh folk, and a Beijing rap metal band converts to Mongolian throat-singing. Um...is this Chinese music?

Bought by WLRH and WNJR

Added: Mar 09, 2011
Length: 59:01
Purchases: 2

Bayunga Kialeuka on Little Haiti Anniversary Mural for Mosaic of Art

From: George Fishman
Series: LITTLE HAITI MURAL

Artist BAYUNGA KIALEUKA describes painting Haiti Earthquake Commemorative mural.

Added: Mar 04, 2011
Length: 05:39

A Jewish Reflection on the Arab Revolt - Philip Weiss

From: Open Source

Journalist Philip Weiss reflects on the links and gaps between European anti-semitism, the neoconservative movement, the modern idea of Zionism, an...

Bought by KXOT Public Radio

Added: Mar 03, 2011
Length: 58:59
Purchases: 1

From Pakistan to Tanglewood - Vazira Zamindar & Composers

From: Open Source

Historian Vazira Zamindar talks about the "wound of partition" in today's Pakistan. Then, we meet three young composers - Cynthia Lee Wong, Jacob B...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WRST-FM Oshkosh, and KXOT Public Radio

Added: Feb 24, 2011
Length: 58:59
Purchases: 3

Poets of the Moment - Elliott Colla & Jaimy Gordon

From: Open Source

Elliott Colla talks about the poetry of revolution and its role for transformation in Egypt. Then, we're with Jaimy Gordon, whose novel The Lord of...

Bought by WLPR , KWMR, KUNM, and KXOT Public Radio

Added: Feb 18, 2011
Length: 58:59
Purchases: 4

In Global Culture Space - Rana Dasgupta & Hung-Kuan Chen

From: Open Source

We're with two artists--musical and literary--working that busy space high above the old boundaries of East and West. Rana Dasgupta is the English-...

Added: Feb 10, 2011
Length: 58:59

Human Textures - Nir Rosen & Marianne Leone Cooper

From: Open Source

Even as we watched transfixed as the protests in Egypt and Tunisia pushed the region's political scene into new waters, Nir Rosen stayed (will stay...

Added: Feb 03, 2011
Length: 58:59

Africa in a Chinese Century, Firecracker Prose - Howard French & Lydia Davis

From: Open Source

This hour we sit with Lydia Davis as she reads her beautifully honed, firecracker prose. She writes in the company of Montaigne, Emerson, Proust, B...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.

Added: Jan 27, 2011
Length: 58:59
Purchases: 1

Pakistan Pulse-Takers - Daniyal Mueenuddin & Najam Sethi

From: Open Source

We're talking with the Pakistani journalist Najam Sethi and the fictionist Daniyal Mueenuddin. With both the underlying supposition is that it's Pa...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and KXOT Public Radio

Added: Jan 20, 2011
Length: 58:56
Purchases: 2

The Quander Quality

From: Rebecca Sheir

Caption: Nellie Mae Quander (1880-1961), 1st international president of Alpha Kappa Alpha, the 1st Greek-lettered sorority established/incorporated by African-American college women., Credit: Quander Historical Society, Inc.

Meet the oldest African-American family in Washington, D.C. - and, perhaps, the United States.

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, Radio Catskill, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WABE, WAMC Northeast Public Radio and more

Added: Jan 19, 2011
Length: 05:17
Purchases: 6

A Drum Is Always With Me

From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies

In Portland, a small community exists around the public performance of Middle Eastern music and dance. Portland is also home to an Iraqi community ...

Bought by WMPG, KUOW, and PRX Remix

Added: Jan 11, 2011
Length: 08:26
Purchases: 3

Make It Count

From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies

Language and songwriting are bringing teenagers together from all over the world. The Young Writers and Leaders Program is the latest project from ...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio, KUT, KUOW, WMPG, and PRX Remix

Added: Jan 06, 2011
Length: 07:14
Purchases: 5

Museum of Broken Relationships

From: Shannon Service

When Paul Simon outlined "50 Ways to Leave Your Lover" 35 years ago, it turns out he missed a few. There are well over 400, in fact, as bagged, tag...

Bought by KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA, New Hampshire Public Radio, WRVO Public Media, KFAI Minneapolis, KUT and more

Added: Dec 13, 2010
Length: 04:30
Purchases: 9

Scene of the Crime

From: Paul Bieber

In Colombia, where evidence is marred by politics, emotion and time, conclusions are hard to come by.

Bought by PRX Remix

Added: Nov 29, 2010
Length: 10:56
Purchases: 1

In The Prime: Washington's Meridian

From: Rebecca Sheir

Caption: D.C.'s Meridian Hill Park got its name from the Prime Meridian Thomas Jefferson proposed along 16th Street NW., Credit: Rebecca Sheir

What if Washington, D.C., really were the middle of the world?

Bought by PRX Remix

Added: Nov 15, 2010
Length: 03:35
Purchases: 1

COOL IT -- Environmental Activist Bjorn Lomborg

From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes

Caption: Bjorn Lomborg, San Francisco, CA 10/18/10, Credit: Andrea Chase

The author of The Skeptical Environmentalist on a more efficient way to solve the environmental crisis.

Added: Nov 14, 2010
Length: 18:20

Sustaindinavia: Copenhagen's Integrated Approach to Energy

From: Denis Du Bois
Series: Energy Priorities

Caption: "Sustaindinavia!" is a miniseries about sustainability in Scandinavia, from Energy Priorities., Credit: Energy Priorities

Carbon policy is a big issue. It's a great time to examine how Copenhagen Denmark has solved multiple problems by integrating energy systems right ...

Bought by WSKG

Added: Nov 01, 2010
Length: 29:00
Purchases: 1

BIUTIFUL - Alejandro Gonzales Inrarritu Interview

From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes

Caption: Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, San Francisco, CA, 10/8/10, Credit: Andrea Chase

Alejandro Gonzales Inarritu on life, death, and altered perceptions.

Added: Oct 14, 2010
Length: 10:23

Kennedy and the Peace Corps: Idealism on the Ground

From: Lester Graham

Caption: Kennedy challenging university students to serve the Third World., Credit: University of Michigan

This compelling documentary explains how a John F. Kennedy challenge to college students ultimately became the Peace Corps. It explores Kennedy's...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., Interlochen Public Radio, Michigan Radio, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, WYSO and more

Added: Oct 12, 2010
Length: 53:25
Purchases: 14

Kabul to Paris with John Mearsheimer and Graham Robb

From: Open Source

This week the conversation moves from Kabul to Paris, as we talk with John Mearsheimer, the foreign policy "realist" from the University of Chicago...

Bought by WMNF, Yellowstone Public Radio, and KUOW

Added: Oct 07, 2010
Length: 58:59
Purchases: 3

BURIED -- Ryan Reynolds Interview

From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes

Caption: Ryan Reynolds, San Francisco, CA, September 20, 2010, Credit: Andrea Chase

Ryan Reynolds on sense memory, staying calm, and working solo.

Added: Sep 25, 2010
Length: 09:11

American Conversations with Andrew Bacevich & Vijay Iyer

From: Open Source

This week we're talking with the soldier-turned-author of Washington Rules, Andrew Bacevich. Then we sit down at the piano with the jazz improv sta...

Bought by KUOW