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Caption: Hussein Aladdin and Iman Ali arrived in the US in 2010 as refugees.  Aladdin has been living with lung cancer since 2009 but is unsure if it was caused by the environmental degradation from the recent wars in his home country., Credit: Photo: Ashley Murray
Hussein Aladdin is an Iraqi refugee who settled in Pittsburgh with his wife Iman Ali and their three sons. He is now managing lung cancer and memor...

  • Added: Mar 22, 2013
  • Length: 04:18
Caption: Former Political Prisoner Win Maw plays a guitar he made in prison
As Burma transitions from dictatorship to democracy, hundreds of political prisoners have been freed after decades behind bars. In this story, eigh...

Bought by KCPW Salt Lake City, KALW, KUNM, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Mar 13, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 4
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We look back at the 2003 invasion of Iraq, 10 years later. For Iraqis, for the US military, and for the anti-war movement: how have things changed,...

Bought by WXDU


  • Added: Mar 06, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Paola Gueli is one of a dwindling number of tailors in Italy, a country renowned for its tailoring tradition. , Credit: Luigi Fraboni
Skilled tailoring is a dying art. Many of the best tailors hail from Italy where the tradition is unraveling due to a lack of training opportuniti...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 25, 2013
  • Length: 08:20
  • Purchases: 2
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Inspired by the campaign to end South African apartheid, Palestinians are leading an international campaign to put economic and political pressure ...

  • Added: Feb 21, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
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Six Francophone artists born respectively in Senegal, Canada, the Réunion Island, France and Algeria interpret beautiful French language songs. W...

Bought by 90.1 WFYI Public Radio, KUT, and 90.1 WFYI Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 15, 2013
  • Length: 28:07
  • Purchases: 3
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Gaetane Abrial unabashedly declares her love, passion and desires in the song "Unknown Flavors" co-written with André Manoukian.

  • Added: Feb 08, 2013
  • Length: 04:50
Caption: Genozid Mermorial, Credit: A. Peltner
The Rwandan genocide of 1994 still haunts an entire country

  • Added: Jan 27, 2013
  • Length: 20:15
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18-year-old Radio Rookie Reporter, Danielle came from the Congo when she was 13 years old, leaving her mother and the life that she knew behind in ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 16, 2013
  • Length: 07:27
  • Purchases: 3
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We'll listen to "My Freedom" (Ma Liberté) one of the great songs of the French repertoire about two kinds of love. The Love of our freedom, that a...

  • Added: Jan 04, 2013
  • Length: 04:31
Caption: Canal de la Robine, Narbonne
6 Francophone Artists are introduced with one of their songs to English speaking audiences. They will dazzle with their charisma.

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Jan 03, 2013
  • Length: 28:09
  • Purchases: 1
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La Grande Sophie (Tall Sophie) asks her lover to keep writing and open up to her.

  • Added: Dec 14, 2012
  • Length: 04:40
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
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
Caption: Paul Carter
A conversation with author Paul Carter, who tells stories about his years as an oil rig worker in some of the world's most insane places.

  • Added: Nov 15, 2012
  • Length: 53:20
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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
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As part of the 10th anniversary of one of CBC's premier current affairs programs, The Current, one of their best interviews. It's with Shin Dong-hy...

  • Added: Nov 01, 2012
  • Length: 37:54
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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
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
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
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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
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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
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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

  • Added: Jul 24, 2012
  • Length: 02:59
  • Purchases: 2
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