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A Modi storm comes to Sunnyvale, California
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Shubha Mudgal
Unexpected reverberations of Narendra Modi's victory come to Sunnyvale California.

  • Added: Jun 17, 2014
  • Length: 04:30
DOCUMENTED: A FILM BY AN UNDOCUMENTED AMERICAN -- Jose Antonio Vargas Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: Jose Antonio Vargas, San Francisco, CA 5/8/14, Credit: Andrea Chase
Jose Antonio Vargas talks little lies, big deceptions, and unexpected gifts.

  • Added: May 15, 2014
  • Length: 11:40
The Musical Hits of Indian Elections - 2014 edition
From: KALW
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
Human trafficking: A fisherman’s story
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
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San Francisco has some of the country’s highest reports of human trafficking. It’s one of the top 10 cities in the U.S where trafficking is the worst.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Mar 12, 2014
  • Length: 09:55
  • Purchases: 2
Author Martin Cruz Smith and “Tatiana”
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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Arkady Renko, a senior investigator in the Moscow prosecutor's office, is back. Smith’s first book in this 8-book series was “Gorky Park” published...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Jan 16, 2014
  • Length: 09:58
  • Purchases: 1
Sayon Soeun on Conversations with Allan Wolper
From: Conversations with Allan Wolper
Series: Conversations with Allan Wolper, WBGO.ORG
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Sayon Soeun, once a child soldier kidnapped by Cambodia's Khmer Rouge government which killed over two million people, returns to his homeland to s...

  • Added: Jan 11, 2014
  • Length: 30:00
I smell onions!
From: KALW
Caption: Onion Ad, Credit: Sandip Roy
Election season in New Dehli with a flavorful twist!

  • Added: Dec 03, 2013
  • Length: 04:30
Slumdog Space Race (November 7, 2013)
From: Timothy Spangler
Series: The Bigger Picture
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What India's latest space mission to Mars can tell us about the difficulties in reconciling the aspirations of the "haves" and the "have nots."

  • Added: Nov 06, 2013
  • Length: 02:23
Author Adam Johnson, an American obsessed with North Korea
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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In “The Orphan Master’s Son,” this Stanford University creative writing teacher introduces us to the people of modern-day North Korea. Johnson spe...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Aug 17, 2013
  • Length: 10:04
  • Purchases: 1
Scorched Earth: The Legacy of Agent Orange
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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Combat, chemicals, and corporations; a special program in honor of Agent Orange Day. We’ll look at the multigenerational legacy of Agent Orange -- ...

  • Added: Aug 02, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
THE RELUCTANT FUNDAMENTALIST -- Mira Nair Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: Mira Nair, Mill Valley, CA 11/11/12, Credit: Andrea Chase
Mira Nair talks multiple identities, defining fundamentalism, and creating dialogue.

  • Added: Mar 16, 2013
  • Length: 13:14
Permission to Speak
From: Anna Sussman
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
Asian-American Health Disparities in Minnesota
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Caption: Ruby Nguyen, University of Minnesota professor
Three commissioners from the White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders visited Minneapolis last week, to meet with community ...

  • Added: May 05, 2011
  • Length: 04:14
The Artist Speaks
From: Muriel Murch
Series: Letter From A. Broad
Caption: A Broad at Home, Credit: Walter Murch
The Conceptual artist Mr. Ai Wei Wei, was detained by the Chinese authorities on Sunday April 3. Where has he been taken and why?

  • Added: Apr 11, 2011
  • Length: 09:25
Mayor Jean Quan hopes to unify Oakland's "two cities"
From: KALW
Caption: Oakland Mayor Jean Quan. , Credit: Lailan Sandra Huen
When she took office in January, Oakland Mayor Jean Quan had a laundry list of promises to make good on, and ideas to make reality. To talk about h...

  • Added: Mar 16, 2011
  • Length: 07:18
Oakland takes Quan-tum leap with new mayor
From: KALW
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When Jean Quan began campaigning to be the mayor of Oakland, she promised to clean up Oakland’s neighborhoods and improve the city’s schools. Quan’...

  • Added: Mar 16, 2011
  • Length: 05:41
Nobel Prize Winner Liu Xiaobo: Profile in Peace (Peace Talks Radio) [29:00]
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Half Hour Episodes
Caption: Liu Xiaobo, Credit: wikipedia
Two writers with ties to 2010 Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo talk about his life and writings. Xiaobo died Thursday, July 13, 2017 at age 61 w...

Bought by Radio Baha'i, WLGI, KUNM, and Radio Baha'i, WLGI


  • Added: Feb 28, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Nobel Prize Winner Liu Xiaobo: Profile in Peace (Peace Talks Radio) [59:00 / 54:00]
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
Caption: Liu Xiaobo, Credit: wikipedia
Two writers with ties to 2010 Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo talk about his life and writings. Xiaobo died Thursday, July 13, 2017 at age 61 ...

Bought by KUOW, KUOW, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KUOW, KUOW and more


  • Added: Feb 25, 2011
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 8
Voices of India - Namita Gokhale & Ashis Nandy
From: Open Source
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Open Source is in New Delhi with two stars of the writing class. Namita Gokhale is a novelist, publisher, and sparkplug of the Indian literary boom...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 13, 2011
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 2
Scare Those Ghosts Away
From: Littleglobe
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Yumei Lay, whose parents immigrated to Chile from China, explores how Chinese and Japanese schools teach the Sino-Japanese wars differently.

  • Added: Jun 21, 2010
  • Length: 05:01
Teddy Roosevelt and "Pacific Negroes"
From: Burton Cohen
Series: The Burt Cohen Show
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Ever wonder why Japan attacked Pearl Harbor? It has a lot to do with the hidden history of Teddy Roosevelt.

  • Added: Apr 06, 2010
  • Length: 01:01:07
Action Speaks! - What Now?: 1972 - Nixon visits People's Republic of China
From: Action Speaks Radio
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Action Speaks!-Underappreciated Dates that Changed America presents What Now? a series of 8 one hour programs suitable for individual or serial air...

Bought by KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio, 90.5 WSNC, Interlochen Public Radio, WRPI, Yellowstone Public Radio and more


  • Added: Nov 04, 2009
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 7
The Mixed Race Promise
From: PRX PromCom
Series: Promise Commentaries
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Commentary about the hopes of Mixed Race people and the Presidential race.

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh, Oregon Public Broadcasting, KCUR, Remix Radio, and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Sep 08, 2008
  • Length: 04:13
  • Purchases: 5
Honk for Tibet
From: Todd Melby
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Students for a Free Tibet encourage drivers to "Honk for Tibet" from a Minneapolis bridge.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Mar 21, 2008
  • Length: 02:31
  • Purchases: 1
Beijing Dancers Come to Philadelphia
From: Jamila Trindle
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Chinese dancers head to the US

  • Added: Oct 24, 2007
  • Length: 04:54