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In this week’s show: Alexandria – where the past and present collide - With more than five million inhabitants, Alexandria is Egypt's second lar...

  • Added: Aug 30, 2018
  • Length: 30:00
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This week's show: Spain's emergency plan for the surge in migration. Washington imposes sanctions on Turkey over US pastor Andrew Brunson. Saving ...

  • Added: Aug 02, 2018
  • Length: 59:00
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Lars Hasselblad-Torres, a Vermont writer, artist and educator, is making a road trip across the country to find out what regular people have to say...

  • Added: Oct 24, 2017
  • Length: 15:40
Caption: Image from the Official Gray Line Guides of the Gray Line Motor Tours., Credit:  Molly Mitchell
TriPod: New Orleans at 300 returns with part two in a series on links between history and tourism.

  • Added: Oct 19, 2017
  • Length: 10:18
Caption: Poster showing vignette of New Orleans, Credit:  Historic New Orleans Collection; Gift of Michael Adler [2008.0038.15]
TriPod New Orleans at 300 returns with a two-part series on tourism, starting with the city’s relationship to the industry, and how we became depen...

  • Added: Oct 19, 2017
  • Length: 10:32
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HOUR ONE: "Roadtrippin'" - What makes a road trip something special? It's not the destination. HOUR TWO: "Do Protests Still Matter?" - In the wa...

  • Added: Jul 07, 2017
  • Length: 01:58:56
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For the past several months I have been covering the largest religious conversion the world has ever seen, Christianity in China. It is a story tha...

  • Added: Apr 09, 2017
  • Length: 02:19
Caption: Protests at Philadelphia Airport against Trump's immigration ban, Credit: Jacqueline M. Sofia
A look at Trump's US travel ban and its effects.

Bought by XRAY.fm


  • Added: Feb 09, 2017
  • Length: 24:13
  • Purchases: 1
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A ballot initiative asks voters to support an income tax increase to fund more frequent bus service, which proponents argue will get more people ri...

Bought by WNIN and WBST


  • Added: Nov 03, 2016
  • Length: 03:16
  • Purchases: 2
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I reminisce about former comic, presidential candidate Pat Paulsen with his son Monty. We also discuss Pat Paulsen VIneyards. Learn about the Wydow...

  • Added: Jun 07, 2016
  • Length: 40:38
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I was granted an exclusive look inside Rand Paul's presidential campaign in Iowa from January 26th to February 3rd (the day he dropped out of the r...

  • Added: Feb 11, 2016
  • Length: 22:48
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If a true modern day cowboy exists, Ryan Bingham is that. Sure, you can hear it in every gravely note that comes out of his mouth, in every note o...

Bought by KUCB, KSUT, and KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Feb 01, 2016
  • Length: 07:05
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Roy Scranton
When we try to visualize the Arctic, we usually think of ice as far as the eye can see. But, unfortunately, that’s changing. This week’s guest on S...

Bought by WMUU-LP, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio, and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 27, 2016
  • Length: 29:40
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Alexander the Great
What would you do if you had 100Million Euros (or more!) to spend on a country? What would you spend it on? The leaders of Macedonia chose statues...

  • Added: Oct 13, 2015
  • Length: 14:58
Caption: Ginger Strand
“Whither goest thou, America, in thy shiny car in the night?” Jack Kerouac’s “On The Road” perfectly captured the essence of the American fascinati...

Bought by KVSC, WMUU-LP, and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: May 20, 2015
  • Length: 29:40
  • Purchases: 3
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Ben Dumbauld explores Sunnyside, Queens and Muzica Populara, a Romanian genre where "the politics was never as important as the dancing."

Bought by WABE


  • Added: Apr 12, 2015
  • Length: 08:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: People wait for their numbers to be called inside the San Jose Driver's License Processing Center, Credit: Angela Johnston
Rosa Santos is leaning over a pile of forms and documents in the corner of the San Jose’s new DMV. I meet her along with her friend. They’re both a...

  • Added: Feb 03, 2015
  • Length: 06:44
Caption: The intersection of Grove and Van Ness, where two people have died in 2014., Credit: Isabel Angell
Four people have been killed by cars on Van Ness Avenue in 2014 – more than half of the pedestrian deaths in San Francisco this year.

  • Added: Oct 14, 2014
  • Length: 05:58
Caption: Can this property be legally rented to tourists?, Credit: Ben Trefny
The sharing economy in San Francisco is humming. Companies like Airbnb have figured out how to make a lot of money by using existing housing stock ...

  • Added: Oct 08, 2014
  • Length: 08:40
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This European-born couple who have called Australia home for many decades created the first in the Lonely Planet series of guide books more than 40...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio and KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Jul 11, 2014
  • Length: 09:48
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Early Supreme Court justices, including the Chief  Justice, spent much of the year traveling as circuit judges in the federal court system., Credit: Public Domain
In the early days of the United States, Supreme Court justices did double duty, spending much of their time riding circuit as judges on lower court...

Bought by KISU, WEZU, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 13, 2013
  • Length: 12:24
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Sabina Kubiciel Lodzinska, Credit: Anton Foek
Strong Economy and Labor Shortages Are Luring Ukraine Immigrants to Poland and Beyond.

  • Added: Jun 16, 2013
  • Length: 14:47
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Host Brian Balogh talks with Teresa Bergman about the evolving film presentations the National Park Service has used to welcome tourists at Mount R...

Bought by Radio Newark and KBRP Community Radio


  • Added: May 28, 2013
  • Length: 10:11
  • Purchases: 2
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In GBA 16 we get better acquainted with Owain. He has lived all his life in Wales and most of his life in Cardiff. We meet him just before he was d...

  • Added: May 22, 2012
  • Length: 57:41
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Some love them, some hate them–and that’s how you know they’re worth debating. Fortunately, we at the Sam Dingman Show keep a Panel of Distinguish...

  • Added: Mar 12, 2012
  • Length: 18:11