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Caption: Trucks blasting political songs in Kolkata, Credit: Sandip Roy
American’s are no stranger to election songs, but in India election songs are a different ballgame. Though there are plenty of songs, Bollywood and...

  • Added: Apr 05, 2021
  • Length: 06:00
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What makes a stand-up comedian wake up one day and decide comedy needs more science? A road comic for 13 years, Shane Mauss made this enlightened d...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Oct 13, 2020
  • Length: 26:33
  • Purchases: 1
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The furor over a Kamala seems much ado over very few syllables, but how one handles the mispronunciation can be telling.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 18, 2020
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 2
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By most measures, the US has over 40 million independent or unaffiliated voters representing a third or more of the electorate. Yet despite large a...

  • Added: Jul 29, 2020
  • Length: 24:05
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In Episode 2, our guests include a former Republican speechwriter, a former centrist Democratic congressional candidate, a former Economist Magazin...

  • Added: Jul 29, 2020
  • Length: 23:18
Caption: Cauliflower samosas for Sandip's lunch, Credit: Sandip Roy
I am a samosa and I was meant to play a small but key role in India US diplomacy. This is my sad sad story.

  • Added: Mar 02, 2020
  • Length: 06:00
Caption: Trump as Baahubali
Sandip Roy looks at all the ways Trump’s recent visit to India has been a benefit to all concerned.

  • Added: Feb 24, 2020
  • Length: 06:00
Caption: Rian Johnson, San Francisco, CA 11/11/19, Credit: Andrea Chase
Rian Johnson talks being human, toying with an audience, and how the late, great Ricky Jay makes a cameo.

  • Added: Nov 28, 2019
  • Length: 13:18
Caption: Michel Hazanavicius, San Francisco, CA 4/14/18, Credit: Andrea Chase
Michel Hazanavicius talks art, politics, and the comedic possibilities of extremism.

  • Added: May 05, 2018
  • Length: 19:44
Caption: Jamie Lee & Pete Holmes, San Francisco, CA 1/17/18, Credit: Andrea Chase
Pete Holmes and Jamie Lee talk emotional foreplay, alchemizing experience, and what’s offensive about Pascal’s Wager.

  • Added: Jan 19, 2018
  • Length: 28:21
Caption: Sara Weksler & Dr. Bassem Youssef, San Francisco, CA 10/13/17, Credit: Andrea Chase
Dr. Bassem Yousseff and Sara Taksler talk shooting from a moving car, the power of satire, and being airport certified.

  • Added: Oct 25, 2017
  • Length: 25:03
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Election Day eve, 2016...

  • Added: Feb 17, 2017
  • Length: 02:40:48
Caption: The official Flag of the President of the United States, Credit: Wiki, Creative Commons
Can a song sway a vote? Learn about the use of campaign music throughout the history of American Presidential campaigns since George Washington thr...

  • Added: Oct 05, 2016
  • Length: 19:19
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Lee Grant talks boundaries, fairness, and the roots of chutzpah.

  • Added: Jul 29, 2015
  • Length: 21:41
Caption: Bappi Lahiri at an election rally , Credit: Sandip Roy
The Times of India newspaper called this Indian election a "Dance of Democracy." But for Sandip Roy it's more of a 'Disco' Dance of Democracy.

  • Added: Apr 30, 2014
  • Length: 04:30
Caption: Drummers for the Congress Party, Credit: Sandip Roy
An Indian election campaign is not entirely unlike a Bollywood film. The heroes and villains might flip flop depending on your party preference. B...

  • Added: Apr 21, 2014
  • Length: 04:30
Caption: Supporters use a Rahul Gandhi poster as an umbrella, Credit: Sandip Roy
Sandip Roy attended a recent rally for Indian National Congress Party leader Rahul Gandhi, but storm clouds were gathering.

  • Added: Mar 31, 2014
  • Length: 04:30
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A satire about a corporation that becomes a person.

Bought by KZYX, KUT, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., and PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 09, 2012
  • Length: 16:22
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: Ellen Millender, Professor of Classics and Humanities at Reed College in Portland, Oregon, Credit: Michael Clapp, OPB
How do we know that there was voter fraud in ancient Athens? Pottery shards tell the tale.

Bought by Listenwise


  • Added: Nov 01, 2012
  • Length: 04:03
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Alexander Yellin., Credit: Julia Barton
Thousands of protesters gathered in the months before the re-election of Vladimir Putin as Russia's president. Putin’s supporters and detractors bo...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 27, 2012
  • Length: 04:13
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Votes For Women!, Credit: Library of Congress
2010 was the 90th anniversary of the 19th Amendment which gave American women the right to vote. Women got the vote, in part, because of a promise ...

Bought by WWNO, KUER, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, Hark!, WSGE and more


  • Added: Mar 18, 2010
  • Length: 05:02
  • Purchases: 9
Caption: Slugging at the Pentagon is just one of the ways people in the Washington region develop their own methods of avoiding traffic-clogged highways., Credit: David Schultz/WAMU
Traffic congestion in the D.C. region is at an all-time high. That's forced many to get creative with their commutes.

  • Added: Mar 14, 2010
  • Length: 06:03
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IN IT’S THIRD ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL WORKING WOMEN;S DAY PROGRAM, CASA ATABEX ACHE & MOMMAS HIP HOP KITCHEN PRESENT “.A WOMYN OF COLOR’S RESPONSE TO ...

  • Added: Mar 09, 2009
  • Length: 54:15
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Without Comment is a 13 week series looking at the first 100 days of the Barack presidency.

  • Added: Mar 06, 2009
  • Length: 09:45
Caption: Marty Walsh hangs his sign at Geekhouse Bicycles., Credit: Jonathan Simmons
Marty Walsh of Boston's Geekhouse Bicycles received $70,000 in state-monitored federal money in November. Geekhouse is thriving, giving listeners ...

Bought by The Neighborhood


  • Added: Mar 04, 2009
  • Length: 03:36
  • Purchases: 1