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Goodnight sisters and Brothers
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: A billboard in Kolkata uses his own catchphrase to bid farewell to India's first radio superstar Ameen Sayani., Credit: Sandip Roy
Sandip Roy remembers his childhood radio guru. Amen Sayani died last week at the age of 91.

Bought by WTJU


  • Added: Feb 26, 2024
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 1
Just Looking Like a Wow!
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Jasmeen Kaur “Just looking like a wow”, Credit: Instagram/@designmachinesuitslive
“Looking like a wow" is the hot new viral craze in India. Sandip brings us the story and what it means for a boutique owner from New Delhi to sudde...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 27, 2023
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 1
Celluloid Politics
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Bollywood composer Bappi Lahiri on the campaign trail with Narendra Modi in the 2014 Indian general election.
While at first film and cinema seemed the ideal way to promote peace between all of the different Indian religious factions, now the relationship s...

  • Added: Dec 27, 2021
  • Length: 06:00
Rush to Kinship
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: A Bengali newspaper in Kolkata is excited about Sameer Banerjee's Wimbledon victory., Credit: Sandip Roy
A little reflected glory is probably innocuous enough, but DNA is not sufficient evidence of belonging to a particular culture.

  • Added: Jul 13, 2021
  • Length: 06:00
21-25 Joby Talbot Guitar Concerto Premiere, Stephen Funk Pearson Interview, music by Mangoré, Gismonti
From: Tony Morris
Series: Classical Guitar Alive!
Caption: Moon and Forest CD by Milos Karadagalic, Credit: Decca Records
This week’s edition of Classical Guitar Alive! features the world premiere of a new guitar concerto by British film and BBC Television score compos...

Bought by WBAA, KXIQ , WVIA, WHQR, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting and more


  • Added: Apr 23, 2021
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 62
Dispatch #375 - Implicitly Explicit
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Joe Pugliese/Harpo Productions
The casual racism of starchy royals was never particularly secret, but in all the debates about whether the Royals are racist or whether Harry and ...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 08, 2021
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 1
Dispatch 343 - What's That Ticking Noise?
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: The TikTok logo
The social media app TikTok has taken India by storm, but a political storm may mean that time has run out for its users.

  • Added: Jul 20, 2020
  • Length: 06:00
Kacha Lo Bonim Choma
From: Israel Story
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How do famous sayings originate? Are there philosophers who grasp society enough to condense common experiences into a perfect phrase? Sometimes, a...

  • Added: Jan 23, 2020
  • Length: 10:19
Sounding Angola: Radio’s Electrifying Effects
From: WFHB
Series: Interchange
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Today’s show focuses on the history of radio in Angola – as an instrument for Portuguese settlers, the colonial state, African nationalists, and th...

  • Added: Oct 24, 2019
  • Length: 58:15
The Big Pond #39: Quietude – In Search of Radio Silence
From: Goethe-Institut
Series: The Big Ponder – A Transatlantic Podcast
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In this radio travelogue, culture writer and journalist Bilal Qureshi explores Germany’s capital Berlin to find out about local origins, regulation...

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Jul 31, 2019
  • Length: 28:44
  • Purchases: 1
Shujaat Bukhari
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Shujaat Bukhari, Credit: photo courtesy of Facebook
Shujaat Bukhari spoke to all sides and stayed true to his journalistic calling. He was gunned down in Kashmir on June 14th.

  • Added: Jun 19, 2018
  • Length: 06:00
Ep.07: Going Undercover for the Arctic 30 & What is a RHIB?
From: Greenpeace Podcast
Series: Greenpeace Podcast Episodes
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The amazing story of a photographer who went undercover in Russia to get the shot. Captain Peter Wilcox tells us about a RHIB. (Boaty thing!)

  • Added: Mar 13, 2016
  • Length: 14:14
A fan of the frequency
From: Veronica Simmonds
Series: Visual Arts News podcast
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An artist revives the beauty of shortwave radio

  • Added: May 03, 2014
  • Length: 05:47
Fresh Talk: A Futurist Evening at Vizcaya
From: Cathy Byrd
Series: Fresh Art International
Caption: Antonia Wright, Suddenly We Jumped, 2013
Recorded in situ at Vizcaya Museum and Gardens, Miami, this Fresh Talk episode features 3 of 8 projects presented at A Futurist Evening during Art ...

  • Added: Dec 19, 2013
  • Length: 08:36
January's End
From: Muriel Murch
Series: Letter From A. Broad
Caption: Harrods' at Night
The end of January in London sees the Harrods' sale end, the world news and a new Taxi Driver on the road

Bought by KWMR


  • Added: Jan 28, 2011
  • Length: 09:28
  • Purchases: 1
Probando
From: Jesse Ricke
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This piece is made wholly of interviews and field recordings I captured while in Peru in the summer of 2010. The recordings are blended and produc...

  • Added: Aug 06, 2010
  • Length: 10:00
Ripple Rock meets its doom (short version)
From: John Ryan
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The greatest hazard to navigation on Canada's west coast, then and now.

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Jul 16, 2007
  • Length: 04:35
  • Purchases: 1
The Perfect Photo
From: Jake Warga
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An attempt to take a photo just like in the Nationa Geographic

Bought by PRX Remix, PRX to iTunes, and The Nature Podcast


  • Added: May 29, 2007
  • Length: 07:07
  • Purchases: 3
The Namesake
From: Bilal Qureshi
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Mira Nair's Adaptation of The Namesake

  • Added: Mar 15, 2007
  • Length: 05:00
The Transdiffusion Story
From: Miranda Diboll
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A nostalgic trip through British television's idents and theme tunes.

  • Added: Feb 20, 2007
  • Length: 14:48
Revolutionary Community Radio, Venezuelan Style
From: Emily Howard
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Voices of people involved in community radio in Venezuela

Bought by KZSC


  • Added: Feb 08, 2007
  • Length: 14:40
  • Purchases: 1
24/7: The Rise and Influence of Arab Media - A Documentary Special
From: The Stanley Foundation
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The dramatic expansion of open media in the Arab world is changing the political landscape of the region. How does this rapidly changing spectrum i...

Bought by WRVO Public Media, WMUB, WETA, KCPW Salt Lake City, AIFM and more


  • Added: Apr 06, 2006
  • Length: 58:55
  • Purchases: 20
PREVIEW: "24/7: The Rise and Influence of Arab Media"
From: The Stanley Foundation
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The dramatic expansion of open media in the Arab world is changing the political landscape of the region. How does this rapidly changing spectrum i...

Bought by WGUC/ WVXU and WMNF


  • Added: Feb 06, 2006
  • Length: 09:52
  • Purchases: 2
Jerry Springer aria
From: Peter Crimmins
Caption: PRX default Piece image
"Jerry Springer-The Opera" challenges British indecency laws.

  • Added: Nov 21, 2005
  • Length: 07:02
Mira Nair in Uganda
From: WFUV
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A report on Mira Nair's efforts to develop independent film in East Africa.

Bought by Marfa Public Radio, KUCB, WGVU, WAER Syracuse, NY, WCOM and more


  • Added: Apr 14, 2005
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 7