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As President Obama visits Ghana, the World Vision Report this week focuses on the age-old question of whether foreign aid really helps the poor in ...

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  • Added: Jul 10, 2009
  • Length: 01:50:25
  • Purchases: 1
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As President Obama pushes for health care reform in this country, it’s an even stiffer challenge in South Africa. Private health care is too expen...

Bought by KTNA


  • Added: Jun 12, 2009
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
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As President Obama pushes for health care reform in this country, it’s an even stiffer challenge in South Africa. Private health care is too expen...

  • Added: Jun 12, 2009
  • Length: 01:50:25
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Millions of people have left Burma to escape the harsh conditions imposed by a very repressive regime. Most end up in Thailand. This week the Wo...

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  • Added: May 29, 2009
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Ten thousand refugees a day stream out of Pakistan’s Swat Valley to escape the fighting between government troops and the Taliban. This week, the...

  • Added: May 15, 2009
  • Length: 01:50:25
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Ten thousand refugees a day stream out of Pakistan’s Swat Valley to escape the fighting between government troops and the Taliban. This week, the ...

Bought by KTNA


  • Added: May 15, 2009
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
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A half-million people are expected to flee the Swat Valley in northwest Pakistan as a peace agreement between the government and the Taliban contin...

  • Added: May 08, 2009
  • Length: 01:50:25
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Wendy Melvoin and Lisa Coleman came to renown in Prince's 1980s band, The Revolution, helping him compose the music of albums like Purple Rain. But...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: May 05, 2009
  • Length: 03:30
  • Purchases: 1
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Modern day piracy is costing companies millions of dollars while thousands of people on shore face starvation because their food shipments are bei...

Bought by KTNA


  • Added: Apr 24, 2009
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Modern day piracy is costing companies millions of dollars while thousands of people on shore face starvation because their food shipments are bein...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 24, 2009
  • Length: 01:50:25
  • Purchases: 1
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Pretend for a moment you’re five years old and your pastor has just accused you of being a witch. That leads to torture. Then you’re thrown out o...

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  • Added: Mar 20, 2009
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
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For the 5th week of September: Texas music scholar Gary Hartman tells the story of a Texas singer who earned the first gold album in country music ...

Bought by The Texan Radio Network


  • Added: Oct 09, 2008
  • Length: 01:35
  • Purchases: 1
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For the fourth week of September: Texas music scholar Gary Hartman tells the story of a Texan who performed in both churches and bordellos before b...

Bought by The Texan Radio Network


  • Added: Oct 09, 2008
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
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For the second week of October: Texas music scholar Gary Hartman recounts the story of a popular artist who stopped making records in order to prot...

Bought by The Texan Radio Network and Marfa Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 09, 2008
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
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For the fourth week of May: Texas music scholar Gary Hartman tells us about a musician who was turned down by numerous nightclubs and record compan...

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  • Added: Oct 08, 2008
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
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For the second week of September: Texas music scholar Gary Hartman introduces us to the 'other' King of Western Swing.

Bought by The Texan Radio Network


  • Added: Sep 08, 2008
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
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For the first week of September (8/31): Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at a singer who was born in a railroad boxcar but went on to ...

Bought by The Texan Radio Network and Marfa Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 03, 2008
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
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For the fourth week of August (8/24): Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at a woman who began her career singing radio jingles before be...

Bought by The Texan Radio Network


  • Added: Sep 03, 2008
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
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For the third week of August (8/17): Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at a Texan who may have been the first jazz musician ever to rec...

Bought by The Texan Radio Network and Marfa Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 03, 2008
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
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For the second week of August (8/10): Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at a sharecropper's son who became an international country sta...

Bought by The Texan Radio Network


  • Added: Sep 03, 2008
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
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For the first week of August (8/3): Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at a German Texan who became a world famous pianist and a pioneer...

Bought by The Texan Radio Network


  • Added: Sep 03, 2008
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
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For the last week of July (7/27): Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at a Texan who revolutionized the world of jazz before his death at...

Bought by KCSM, The Texan Radio Network, and Marfa Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 03, 2008
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 3
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For the third week of July (7/20): Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at a musician who used an obscure folk instrument to help redefine...

Bought by The Texan Radio Network


  • Added: Sep 03, 2008
  • Length: 01:59
  • Purchases: 1
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For the second week of July (7/13): Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at a nightclub that helped resurrect the careers of several blues...

Bought by The Texan Radio Network


  • Added: Sep 03, 2008
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
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For the first week of July (7/6): Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at a Texan who was a champion rodeo rider before she became a pione...

Bought by The Texan Radio Network


  • Added: Sep 03, 2008
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1