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The Apocalypse
From: Liz McArthur
Series: The "Get to Know Me" occasional series
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I spent a lot of time with my grandmother when I was a kid. She told me some weird stuff about the imminent end of the world.

  • Added: Jul 31, 2015
  • Length: 04:19
Ramadan: The Celebration
From: Katy Sewall
Series: Amina on Ramadan (2015)
Caption: Amina Al-Sadi, Credit: Personal photo
Amina Al-Sadi is a 25-year-old American Muslim currently observing the holy month of Ramadan. Ramadan is for spiritual renewal, but it is also abou...

Bought by WHFR, KZYX, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KREV-LP, KISU and more


  • Added: Jul 07, 2015
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 6
Amina on Ramadan: Fasting
From: Katy Sewall
Series: Amina on Ramadan (2015)
Caption: Ramadan decorations at the Al-Sadi home, Credit: Amina Al-Sadi
Amina Al-Sadi is a 25-year-old American Muslim currently observing the holy month of Ramadan. This year in the west, Ramadan lines up with the summ...

Bought by KZYX, KREV-LP, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, PRX Remix, KZYX and more


  • Added: Jun 23, 2015
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 8
Mosque in a Synagogue: Muslims and Jews Unite
From: Rebecca Sheir
Caption: Northern Virginia Hebrew Congregation hosts members of the area's Muslim community for Friday services and meals during Ramadan., Credit: Northern Virginia Hebrew Congregation
At this Northern Virginia synagogue, Jews and Muslims are sharing much more than just space.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: May 18, 2015
  • Length: 05:19
  • Purchases: 1
Ian Caldwell's Vatican thriller, "The Fifth Gospel"
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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Taking place mostly in the Vatican and the tiny town that surrounds it, this fast moving, thoughtful novel features two brothers who are priests, t...

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


  • Added: Apr 15, 2015
  • Length: 09:48
  • Purchases: 2
Giving up the ghost
From: Don Hill
Series: Xpressions
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XPRESSIONS is a series of short, light-hearted features about the origin of popular phrases & sayings of every sort.

Bought by Key Radio KEYK 89.3 FM


  • Added: Mar 30, 2015
  • Length: 01:44
  • Purchases: 1
Romance, dating, sex and - Muslim women? Nura Maznavi’s book “Love, InshAllah: The Secret Love Lives of American Muslim Women”
From: Joseph Sr Dobzynski
Series: We All Live Here For What It's Worth
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Romance, dating, sex and - Muslim women? Nura Maznavi’s book “Love, InshAllah: The Secret Love Lives of American Muslim Women”

  • Added: Mar 03, 2015
  • Length: 22:46
Jazz and Spirituality (Ep. 1)
From: Jeff Haas
Caption: The Dirty Dozen Brass Band's Roger Lewis at a jazz funeral in 2010. , Credit: Kim Welsh
In this hour, we go in search of jazz's spiritual side—from the sacred roots of sax titan John Coltrane to the unique New Orleans spiritual traditi...

Bought by WVRU, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WNMU-FM, GCR (Global Community Radio), WNMU-FM and more


  • Added: Feb 09, 2015
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 37
Starting Over
From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media
Series: Summer Soundwave
Caption: An ESL class, Credit: Sarah Dillard
Hosts Sarah Dillard and Aarti Chandorkar discuss the challenges of turning over a new leaf as we start the final week of Summer Soundwave. Travel t...

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: Jan 15, 2015
  • Length: 16:12
  • Purchases: 1
Outsiders
From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media
Series: Summer Soundwave
Caption: Abe Solovy, 9 year old 'British' gentleman
Hosts Devon Dennison and Kellie Blauvelt discuss what it's like to do things differently from everyone else. They listen to a story of a nine–year–...

Bought by WDBM, KGOU, and Radijojo World Children's Radio Network


  • Added: Jan 15, 2015
  • Length: 18:02
  • Purchases: 3
Hidden Beliefs
From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media
Series: RadioActive Fall 2013
Caption: Ridwan Abdirahman , Credit: Iman Mohamed
How much of your identity should you hide from your friends? That was what 16 year old Ridwan Abdirahman asked himself. RadioActive’s Iman Mohamed ...

  • Added: Jan 15, 2015
  • Length: 07:16
The Blazing Echidna
From: Jonathan Hirsch
Series: ARRVLS
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The story of Ethan Hughes: a real-life superhero.

  • Added: Jan 06, 2015
  • Length: 10:50
God & Empire
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: John Dominic Crossan
At the heart of the Bible, says New Testament scholar John Dominic Crossan, is a moral and ethical call to fight unjust superpowers, whether they a...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Dec 29, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
War on Christmas
From: Don Hill
Series: Xpressions
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XPRESSIONS is a series of short, light-hearted features about the origin of popular phrases & sayings of every sort.

Bought by WRVO Public Media


  • Added: Dec 22, 2014
  • Length: 01:44
  • Purchases: 1
An Empathy Time Bomb
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Frank Schaeffer
Frank A. Schaeffer is a best-selling author, blogger, speaker and fine artist, and he’s the son of Francis Schaeffer, architect of the talkeover by...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Nov 22, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Devil and Classical Music
From: Will Roseliep
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On this episode of CLASSICAL DARK ARTS, we look at Satan’s cabal of classical composers, players and theorists — a sleeper cell run by Liszt, Pagan...

  • Added: Oct 11, 2014
  • Length: 23:51
Raising Angel
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Jamie is pregnant and has nowhere she can go. She finds herself at Saint Andre Home, a modern day home for unwed mothers, where she awaits her four...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 19, 2014
  • Length: 07:04
  • Purchases: 2
Fashion'Uji
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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For teenage girls in Lewiston's Somali community, dress is a form of self-expression--but how do you dress both modest and modern? Sahro Hassan, a ...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, WABE, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 19, 2014
  • Length: 06:35
  • Purchases: 5
Amy Brooks, Deli Waitress
From: Bending Borders
Series: 24 Hours: A Day in the Working Life
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Amy Brooks serves Jewish favorites (matzoh ball soup, pastrami, you name it) in a historic LA deli.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jul 29, 2014
  • Length: 03:59
  • Purchases: 1
A carnival and Catholic devotion in San Bartolome Bacerra, Guatemala
From: Benjamin Reeves
Caption: Onlookers press against the barrier to take photos of the display depicting the biblical creation of the world in the church of San Bartolome Bacerra, Friday., Credit: Benjamin Reeves
Religious devotion and carnival revelry combined Friday night as thousands of devout Catholics gathered in the small Guatemalan village of San Bart...

  • Added: Apr 08, 2014
  • Length: 01:43
The Family: Three Journeys Into the Heart of the Twentieth Century
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: David Laskin
Bestselling author David Laskin unfolds a sweeping epic that spans the three major upheavals the affected Jews in the twentieth century: immigratio...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Dec 04, 2013
  • Length: 28:56
  • Purchases: 1
Separation of Church & State
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Atheists United of SLO, Credit: Atheists United of SLO
The Pismo Beach City Council, San Luis Obispo, California, opens its weekly meetings with a prayer. Now they’re being asked to stop.

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Nov 25, 2013
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 1
Living in the Shadow of the Cross
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Paul Kivel
Christianity has provided many positive events: assisting the underprivileged, supported education and promoted social justice, however, its also f...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Oct 28, 2013
  • Length: 28:57
  • Purchases: 1
Reverend Death
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
Caption: Reverend Death Alane Cameron Miles, Credit: Rebecca D'Angelo
Alane Cameron Miles was groomed throughout her life to be comfortable with death and the dying. She had a knack for it and would ultimately become ...

  • Added: Oct 10, 2013
  • Length: 27:26
Christmas Stories
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
Caption: No Room At The Inn, Credit: Charles McGuigan
Three Christmas stories. In the first story family nativities build homes in Haiti. The second story is about a man and a machine in Williamsburg, ...

Bought by Northeast Indiana Public Radio, WHRV, KWIT, and WLRN


  • Added: Oct 07, 2013
  • Length: 54:55
  • Purchases: 4

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