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Dispatch 344 - Olivia's Rakhi Purnima
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
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With the news of Olivia de Havilland’s death this week coinciding with the Indian celebration of Rakhi Purnima, Sandip reflects on how the holiday ...

  • Added: Jul 27, 2020
  • Length: 06:00
The Creation of Jimmi Langemo’s Blues Song Inspired by the George Floyd Killing
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: Jimmi and the Band of Souls, Credit: Gary Eckhart
Jimmi Langemo leads a Minneapolis blues band called Jimmi and the Band of Souls. The band performs songs that complain of everything from broken he...

Bought by KZYX and Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota


  • Added: Jun 13, 2020
  • Length: 08:00
  • Purchases: 2
The Best of Right Between the Ears #2
From: Darrell Brogdon
Series: The Best of Right Between the Ears
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High energy sketch comedy from the award-winning series Right Between the Ears.

  • Added: Jun 03, 2020
  • Length: 59:29
Steve Martin welcomes singer/ songwriter Valerie Smith to Unreal Bluegrass
From: Steve Martin
Series: Steve Martin's Unreal Bluegrass
Caption: Unreal Bluegrass , outside the flattop box, Credit: Steve Martin
Valerie Smith is an acclaimed singer/songwriter . New songs with a new CD to launch later .

  • Added: May 15, 2020
  • Length: 57:56
Sid & Marty Krofft Hollywood Walk of Fame Ceremony – Under The Puppet #38
From: Grant Baciocco
Series: Under The Puppet
Caption: Sid & Marty Krofft, Credit: Grant Baciocco
On February 13, 2020, Sid & Marty Krofft received their, long overdue, star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The ceremony featured tremendous praise...

  • Added: Feb 21, 2020
  • Length: 46:39
MN Native News: 'Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker' Movie Review & Winter Homeless Initiative
From: Ampers
Series: Minnesota Native News
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This week, we hear about the homeless initiative recently announced by Governor Tim Walz and Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan aimed at getting pe...

Bought by WDSE, Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota, KMSU, KQAL, KKWE Niijii Radio and more


  • Added: Jan 07, 2020
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 8
Goodbye Chewbacca
From: KALW
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Sandip Roy says goodbye to Peter Mayhew. Also known as Chewbacca.

  • Added: May 07, 2019
  • Length: 06:00
RDD: Pledge Special 2019
From: WGTE Public Media
Series: The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor
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Support your public radio station at 866-380-4664 or https://www.wgte.org/.

  • Added: Mar 25, 2019
  • Length: 04:07
The Ghosts of Satire
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
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When people get spooked, even ghosts can disappear.

  • Added: Mar 12, 2019
  • Length: 06:00
Remembering Hal Blaine - Session Drumming Sensation
From: Paul Ingles
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America's top session drummer for over 50 years is honored in a music-filled hour from music historian Paul Ingles.

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, WRGY, KSRQ, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio, KGLT and more


  • Added: Mar 12, 2019
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
Capitol Steps New Year's 2018 Edition of "Politics Takes a Holiday"
From: Capitol Steps
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Has it been a rough year? Did you buy stock in Sears? Or invest in Ivanka’s clothing line? Did you take a job as a public relations spokesperson...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, KSFR, KGOU, KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio, KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA and more


  • Added: Dec 21, 2018
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 7
The 2018 Musician Memorial Special
From: Paul Ingles
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The 2018 MUSICIAN MEMORIAL SPECIAL honoring Aretha Franklin, Tony Joe White, Dolores O'Riordan, Roy Hargrove, Mac Miller, Roy Clark, Marty Balin an...

Bought by 90.1 WFYI Public Radio, KAZU Seaside, Calif., WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WRGY, KSRQ and more


  • Added: Dec 11, 2018
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 30
Is Pixar In Decline?
From: Jon Negroni
Series: Cinemaholics
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Jon Negroni and T.J. Wolsos discuss the state of Pixar, and if the quality of their films has taken a change for the worse.

  • Added: Dec 06, 2018
  • Length: 17:58
Ellinger, Jim- What is Community Radio
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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Community Radio is one of the most personal forms of radio.  It exists world-wide and provides basic information in times of crises and normalcy.  ...

  • Added: Nov 27, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
Mueller Time: Episode 30 (Kavanaugh Hearings)
From: Eric Levai
Series: Mueller Time
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Kavanaugh Hearings.

  • Added: Oct 03, 2018
  • Length: 53:58
Spectrum 10/02/2018
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW
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This week on the show: Tapping into the science of Oktoberfest - Just why DO so many people go to Oktoberfest? And how does nearly 8 million li...

  • Added: Oct 02, 2018
  • Length: 30:00
New York Auto Show 2018 Part 1
From: Tom Howell
Series: The 2018 New York Auto Show
Caption: Altima Presentation, Credit: Tom Howell | NYIAS 2018
Tom and Conrad take on the New York Auto Show and visit some of the more interesting new cars of 2018.

  • Added: Sep 28, 2018
  • Length: 40:01
GN_4.47_SwingBomb
From: Good News Good Planet
Series: Good News Good Planet - Season 4
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A renegade California group creates pop-up swings throughout the city.

  • Added: Aug 26, 2018
  • Length: 02:30
Meeting Equatorial Guinea's President (1997 BBC Focus on Africa)
From: Hechtech
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Sample BBC Reporting from the 1990s

  • Added: Aug 01, 2018
  • Length: 02:37
Walk Away Movement Commentary
From: Rasean Blyden
Series: Excerpts of Political Bomb Show
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This piece talks about the growing walk away movement.

  • Added: Jul 29, 2018
  • Length: 27:37
Spectrum 06/26/2018
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW
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Spectrum: Duh, duh duh-duh-duh duh, duh ---- On this week’s show we’re going to be analyzing the song Seven Nation Army, the omnipresent anthem o...

Bought by KRZA


  • Added: Jun 26, 2018
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
Swipe Right for Hookup Culture!
From: Syracuse University Broadcast Journalism
Caption: College student using Tinder as a way to keep busy during the day., Credit: © 2018 Morgan Trau
"Hookup culture" is seen as just a part of society for college students. But could dating apps be what is harming relationships? Click play to hear...

  • Added: Apr 11, 2018
  • Length: 04:04
How News Media Portrays Science and Scientific Events
From: KISU
Series: Know Your Media
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Know Your Media, hosted by Dr. Zac Gershberg, is joined this month by Dr. Shannon Kobs Nawotniak, an assistant professor of volcanology in the Depa...

  • Added: Mar 19, 2018
  • Length: 32:26
Remembering Sridevi
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: English Vinglish movie poster
Sandip Roy remembers the iconic Indian actress Sridevi.

  • Added: Feb 26, 2018
  • Length: 06:00
“Catch Colt Draws A Coffin Cart”: Remembering John Perry Barlow
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: John Perry Barlow
John Perry Barlow, Grateful Dead lyricist, co-founder of the Electronic Frontier Foundation and environmentalist, died in his sleep this past week ...

  • Added: Feb 14, 2018
  • Length: 29:00

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