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World in Progress 02/14/2019
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: World in Progress: Global Development Issues ~ from DW
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This week on the show: Water can mean life or death for people across the world. In France, migrants are risking their lives crossing the English ...

  • Added: Feb 14, 2019
  • Length: 30:00
World in Progress 08/09/2018
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: World in Progress: Global Development Issues ~ from DW
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On this week's show: Find out why it's so hard to get adequate treatment for mental health patients in Togo, where the mentally sick are often beat...

  • Added: Aug 09, 2018
  • Length: 29:59
IE: Inside Europe, 7/13/2018
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Inside Europe: News and Current Affairs ~ Weekly from DW
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In this week’s edition of Inside Europe: Theresa May's government is in chaos after two of Britain's boldest Brexiteers resign. Pope Fancis plan...

  • Added: Jul 12, 2018
  • Length: 59:00
Storied Into Being: Martin Puchner On the Written World
From: WFHB
Series: Interchange
Caption: The Preface of the Venus Table of the Dresden Codex - an ancient Mayan book containing astronomical data.
From Alexander the Great's "pillow book" (The Iliad) to the Mayan Popul Vuh; from Gilgamesh to Harry Potter by way of Goethe and the notion of “wor...

  • Added: Jan 03, 2018
  • Length: 59:01
Christian Argument from Prophecy Debunked
From: John Shuck
Series: Progressive Spirit
Caption: Robert J Miller
Historical Jesus scholar makes the case for Christians to retire the argument that Jesus was a fulfillment of prophecy.

Bought by KPIP-LP and WETS


  • Added: Aug 25, 2017
  • Length: 58:01
  • Purchases: 2
WorldCanvass: Food for Thought (Part 3)
From: Joan Kjaer
Series: WorldCanvass
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The University of Iowa’s “Food for Thought” project—its first ever theme semester—offers a platform for engagement on campus and throughout the sta...

  • Added: Jan 27, 2015
  • Length: 27:35
Brigham Young: American Moses?
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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Brigham Young was a rough-hewn transient from New York who was electrified by the Mormon faith. He married more than 50 women, and transformed a ba...

Bought by WJCT, WLIW, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., Delmarva Public Media, and WMNF


  • Added: Sep 05, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 5
The Legacy of FDR
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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An entire generation of Americans grew up knowing no other president than Franklin D. Roosevelt, who served four terms and led them through the Dep...

Bought by WCNY, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WCWP, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting, and WTJU


  • Added: May 24, 2013
  • Length: 53:54
  • Purchases: 5
Protesting the Romney/Ryan Budget: Nuns on the Bus
From: KSFR
Series: Equal Time with Martha Burk
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Series host Martha Burk interviews Sister Simone Campbell, captain of the "Nuns on the Bus" tour protesting the Romney/Ryan budget, and Executive D...

  • Added: Oct 11, 2012
  • Length: 28:37
The Rise of Santa Muerte
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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Over the past decade, Mexican drug traffickers trying to get their products to the U.S. have had a spiritual “protector.” Her name is Santa Muerte—...

Bought by WJCT


  • Added: May 14, 2012
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Tibet: Protest or Sacrifice?
From: The Tibet Connection
Caption: Dr. Robert J. Barnett, Credit: Columbia University
As self-immolations con­tinue in Tibet, producer Rebecca Novick speaks with Dr. Robert Barnett, Director of the Modern Tibet Studies Program at Col...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 02, 2012
  • Length: 06:29
  • Purchases: 1
Sisters of Mercy
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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In a little known chapter of American history, hundreds of thousands of Irish Catholic children were taken from their families in New York City and...

Bought by WJCT, WSGE, KVSC, KRZA, KZYX and more


  • Added: Feb 09, 2012
  • Length: 28:56
  • Purchases: 13
The David Kato Murder & LGBTI Activism in Uganda
From: Josh Berkman
Series: AJWS Perspectives
Caption: LGBTI activist, David Kato, who was brutally murdered at his home in Uganda
Josh Berkman discusses LGBTI activism in Uganda and the David Kato murder with Sarah Gunther, who oversees AJWS's Uganda grants portfolio.

  • Added: Feb 04, 2011
  • Length: 06:02
The Mindful Path to Sustainability
From: Bill Baue
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Stephanie Kaza links buddhism and sustainability in her new book, MINDFULLY GREEN: A Personal and Spiritual Guide to Whole Earth Thinking. Sea Cha...

  • Added: Mar 06, 2009
  • Length: 29:03
A Horse Named "Buckwheat"
From: Rogi Riverstone
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What do you do when they tell you your child is in a persistive vegetative state, tell you to put her in a nursing home and go on with your life? Y...

  • Added: Mar 05, 2009
  • Length: 04:30
Best of Distillations #2
From: Distillations
Series: Distillations
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Some more of our favorite segments.

  • Added: Aug 29, 2008
  • Length: 09:33
Religious Experience
From: Distillations
Series: Distillations
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A look at the fine line between science and religion.

  • Added: Aug 13, 2008
  • Length: 11:46
THE STORY OF TIBET/Conversations with the Dalai Lama
From: The Tibet Connection
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The Tibet Connection producer Julie Adler interview journalist Thomas Laird on his book, The Story of Tibet, based on conversations he had with the...

Bought by KGOU


  • Added: Jun 30, 2008
  • Length: 18:49
  • Purchases: 1
CONGRESSMAN TOM LANTOS ON THE DALAI LAMA
From: The Tibet Connection
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On the eve of the Dalai Lama receiving the Congressional Gold Medal, Rep. Tom Lantos speaks

  • Added: Feb 11, 2008
  • Length: 08:30
Johnny Cash: Amazing Grace
From: Joyride Media
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One-hour radio documentary explores Johnny Cash's love for Gospel music, his roots in the church, and the stories behind his greatest Gospel record...

Bought by Harford Community Radio, KSRQ, Troy Public Radio, KAZU Seaside, Calif., KPIP-LP and more


  • Added: May 07, 2007
  • Length: 59:05
  • Purchases: 19
Elvis Presley - He Touched Me: Elvis' Gospel Music
From: Joyride Media
Series: I Am An Elvis Fan
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One hour radio documentary highlights the gospel music Elvis recorded throughout his career.

Bought by Troy Public Radio, WVTF, Troy Public Radio, WNMU-FM, KZUM and more


  • Added: Mar 26, 2007
  • Length: 59:05
  • Purchases: 32
Perinatal Hospice: Ethical Issues
From: Miles Eddy
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It’s not until we have to make choices that have no clear outcome that our ethics are challenged and we have to re-evaluate what we consider right ...

  • Added: Nov 19, 2005
  • Length: 07:01
Heirs of the Fisherman
From: With Good Reason
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J. Peter Pham, a former Vatican insider, chronicles the history of the modern papacy and reveals what goes on behind closed doors when the College ...

Bought by WMNF


  • Added: Apr 06, 2005
  • Length: 29:33
  • Purchases: 1
Sing To The Glory of God
From: Richard Paul
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The legacy of anti-Semitism in choral music

Bought by PRX to iTunes, WCPN, Audible, Morehead State Public Radio, KUNR and more


  • Added: Feb 11, 2005
  • Length: 54:12
  • Purchases: 6
Journey of Man, Our Migration from Africa
From: Barry Vogel
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Radio Curious revisits a conversation about human evolution with geneticist Spencer Wells, author of the book and movie, “Journey of Man, A Genetic...

  • Added: Feb 11, 2004
  • Length: 29:01