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Is the United Nations Still Relevant at 75?
From: Mateo Schimpf
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On this week’s episode, we look at the United Nation’s achievements, its shortcomings and what the future holds for international cooperation with ...

Bought by WMUU-LP and WHCP-LP Cambridge


  • Added: Jun 30, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
Time and Patience
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
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We don’t have to win the war against Covid as much as we need to learn to make peace with its existence in our world for now.

  • Added: Jun 02, 2020
  • Length: 06:00
Lockdown
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
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Sandip reflects on the connections between us, and the responsibility of us all to remain apart.

  • Added: Mar 23, 2020
  • Length: 06:00
Hawaii on Frontlines of Preparing for Nuclear Attack
From: Heidi Chang
Caption: North Korean missile test , Credit: Courtesy the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency
As tensions escalate between North Korea and the United States, Hawaii finds itself on the frontlines in preparing for a nuclear attack. Whether or...

  • Added: Dec 07, 2017
  • Length: 03:26
FIRE AT SEA (Fuocoammare) -- Gianfranco Rosi Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: Gianfranco Rosi, San Francisco, CA 10/13/16, Credit: Andrea Chase
Gianfranco Rosi talks metaphors, human rights, and being deliberately non-political.

  • Added: Dec 14, 2016
  • Length: 31:01
The Case for National Service
From: Duke University
Series: Glad You Asked
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National service is a winning issue with potential bipartisan appeal, says a professor at Duke University.

  • Added: May 10, 2016
  • Length: 02:05
Welsh Eco-Tourism Model Excites Elkhorn City, KY
From: WMMT
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9-27-14 WMMT Mountain News & World Report Feature The After Coal: Wales and Appalachia Project visited Elkhorn City recently to talk about eco-tou...

  • Added: Apr 08, 2016
  • Length: 11:24
Disaster Tourism
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Rubble after the collapse in Vivekananda , Credit: Sandip Roy
A recent disaster in Kolkata brings out the lookie-loos - and much more.

  • Added: Apr 04, 2016
  • Length: 06:00
Inside Richmond's Immigration Detention Center
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
Caption: Danielle Gabriel and her daughter stand vigil outside West County Detention Facility., Credit: Photo by Stephen Southern.
Every month, Alex Aldana stands in protest in front of the West County Detention Facility in Richmond. It’s a medium-security jail that holds men a...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Mar 24, 2015
  • Length: 05:27
  • Purchases: 1
Rice Bucket Challenge
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Shiva Shankar from Hyderabad gets his niece Vaishnavi from Pune to donate rice to a woman who works there
Sandip Roy investigates the latest social media challenge and finds out what all this 'Rice' is about.

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Sep 02, 2014
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 1
Fear and Courage at Work
From: The Drucker Institute
Series: Drucker on the Dial
Caption: Thomas Tighe
Host Phalana Tiller talks with author Tom Rieger about his new book, Breaking the Fear Barrier. She also interviews Thomas Tighe, president and CEO...

  • Added: Dec 09, 2011
  • Length: 58:59
Another Year
From: War News Radio
Caption: An Afghan security man asks local people to get out of the site of a blast in Kabul, Afghanistan on Thursday, Oct. 8, 2009., Credit: (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)
Features on the war in Afghanistan.

  • Added: Oct 09, 2009
  • Length: 28:56
This I Believe - Yasir Billoo
From: This I Believe
Series: This I Believe
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Although he was born in Pakistan, Miami lawyer Yasir Billoo believes he has a right to be fully American.

Bought by WEZU, WEZU, and KJZZ


  • Added: Feb 01, 2007
  • Length: 03:03
  • Purchases: 3