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London Walks: A Walk Down the Thames with writer Iain Sinclair
From: Francesca Panetta
Series: Guardian London Walks
Caption: The Thames
Author Iain Sinclair reveals to us his Thames by walking from the Millennium Dome to the Thames barrier. The river to him is a landscape of reclama...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 06, 2011
  • Length: 34:32
  • Purchases: 1
Peary's Piano
From: J Holt
Caption: Jeanie Dorrington loads a scroll into Adm. Robert Peary's player piano, Credit: Jennifer Goff
Come along on a ride out to Eagle Island, Maine, and listen to the player piano that wintered in the Arctic over 100 years ago.

  • Added: Mar 09, 2011
  • Length: 04:55
January's End
From: Muriel Murch
Series: Letter From A. Broad
Caption: Harrods' at Night
The end of January in London sees the Harrods' sale end, the world news and a new Taxi Driver on the road

Bought by KWMR


  • Added: Jan 28, 2011
  • Length: 09:28
  • Purchases: 1
Kazakhstan -- With this horse, I thee wed...
From: Rachel Louise Snyder
Series: Global Guru Radio
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A girl. A boy. A horse. A chase. Listen as this week's Global Guru takes you inside the world of courtship in Kazakhstan...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio, KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA, PRX Remix, KZYX, Prairie Public and more


  • Added: Jan 26, 2011
  • Length: 02:56
  • Purchases: 7
The Rural Teacher
From: clay scott
Series: Mountain West Voices
Caption: children playing at bynum school, Credit: clay scott
"The Rural Teacher" profiles a teacher - and a school - in a tiny community along Montana's Rocky Mountain Front. A century ago, there were more t...

Bought by KZYX, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 24, 2011
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 3
England: What do bell ringers and astronauts have in common?
From: Rachel Louise Snyder
Series: Global Guru Radio
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This week, the Global Guru ventures waaaaaayyyy up into the bell towers of an English church to learn just how mathematical -- and dangerous -- bel...

Bought by WABE, HCC Radio The Dragon, New Hampshire Public Radio, PRX Remix, and WTIP


  • Added: Jan 09, 2011
  • Length: 02:59
  • Purchases: 5
White Water Kayaking on the Potomac
From: Rob Sachs
Caption: Rob checks out the rapids at Great Falls with friend Dave Beck and instructor Jim Buley, Credit: Teke Wiggins
Rob Sachs tries out white water kayaking at Great Falls National Park.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Dec 22, 2010
  • Length: 05:22
  • Purchases: 1
Iran's Longest Night
From: Rachel Louise Snyder
Series: Global Guru Radio
Caption: Rice Flour Cookies
This week the Global Guru stays up all night for the winter solstice in Iran, where acclaimed cookbook author, Najmieh Batmanglij, leads us into th...

Bought by KZYX and PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 20, 2010
  • Length: 02:57
  • Purchases: 2
Dancing the Sicilian Tarantella
From: Rachel Louise Snyder
Series: Global Guru Radio
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This week the Global Guru explores the rural Sicilian cure for spider bites. Put on your dancing shoes!

Bought by WTIP, HCC Radio The Dragon, PRX Remix, and KUT


  • Added: Dec 16, 2010
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 4
Malian Griot
From: Rachel Louise Snyder
Series: Global Guru Radio
Caption: Papa Susso
This week the Global Guru goes to Mali to learn the art of a griot, where storyteller, historian, political advisor, detective and genealogist are ...

Bought by WABE, WTIP, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 16, 2010
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 3
India's Karni Mata Temple
From: Rachel Louise Snyder
Series: Global Guru Radio
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This week's Global Guru visits a temple in India where an unlikely rodent reigns supreme

Bought by HCC Radio The Dragon and WTIP


  • Added: Dec 16, 2010
  • Length: 02:59
  • Purchases: 2
Modern Kenya Safari (4:37 or 3:45 versions)
From: Jake Warga
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Safari tourism in Africa is changing. Tracking down big game is still central, but more and more tourists are also involved with conservation and h...

Bought by KUT and KUT


  • Added: Dec 04, 2010
  • Length: 08:22
  • Purchases: 2
The 2nd Most Haunted House In D.C.
From: Rebecca Sheir
Caption: D.C.'s Octagon House is legendary for its ghostly lore., Credit: Rebecca Sheir
A ghostly tour of Washington, D.C.'s second-most haunted house, where many a thing may -- or may not -- go bump in the night...

Bought by KUOW and PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 22, 2010
  • Length: 06:11
  • Purchases: 2
Postcard from The National Cornbread Festival
From: Big Shed Audio
Caption: Shea Shackelford enjoying a barbecue sundae at the 2005 National Cornbread Festival, Credit: Jennifer Deer
"Oh, I love it. You can't live without corn bread. And you gotta cook it in that skillet, too! ... Corn bread basically was poor man's food that ...

Bought by Raven Radio, KALW, KTXK, Raven Radio, Cards Against Humanity: The Good News Podcast and more


  • Added: Nov 16, 2010
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 10
DC Love
From: Emily Berman
Caption: A New Icon for DC, Credit: Brandon Bloch
“Just because you’re a tourist for a moment doesn’t mean you’ve lost your taste and concept of fashion.” The state of DC tourist paraphernalia. Wh...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 08, 2010
  • Length: 04:16
  • Purchases: 1
The Hackney Podcast: Coffee
From: Francesca Panetta
Series: The Hackney Podcast
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Artisan coffee has reached London's district of Hackney, with trendy new cafes opening weekly. But the history of the coffee house is a long one da...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 05, 2010
  • Length: 18:21
  • Purchases: 1
The Hackney Podcast: Water
From: Francesca Panetta
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This Sony Award-winning programme looks at water and how it fits into the lives of people in the district of Hackney, London in England

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 05, 2010
  • Length: 21:24
  • Purchases: 1
Postcards from Africa
From: Jake Warga
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Personal encounters in homes and streets of various African towns. I first went to Africa feeling like a child, everything new and different, but s...

Bought by KUT and KUT


  • Added: Nov 01, 2010
  • Length: 06:43
  • Purchases: 2
East Timor's Umaluliks
From: Rachel Louise Snyder
Series: Global Guru Radio
Caption: Umalulik in Timor Leste
This week the Global Guru learns how to negotiate land deals, family disputes, wedding arrangements, cattle sales and other deals in Timor Leste.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 05, 2010
  • Length: 02:59
  • Purchases: 1
How do you sabrage in France?
From: Rachel Louise Snyder
Series: Global Guru Radio
Caption: Champagne Bottles Post-Sabrage, Credit: Jane Alexander
This week we sharpen our swords in the Champagne region of France to learn how the French sabrage!

Bought by KMXT, WABE, HCC Radio The Dragon, New Hampshire Public Radio, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 23, 2010
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 5
How did Rwanda become the world's cleanest developing country?
From: Rachel Louise Snyder
Series: Global Guru Radio
Caption: Umaganda 2009 with Rwandans and US Embassy personnel, Credit: US Embassy -- Kigali
Today we go to Rwanda to see how the population spends the last Saturday of every month. And how those Saturdays have created surprising moments of...

Bought by HCC Radio The Dragon and PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 23, 2010
  • Length: 02:53
  • Purchases: 2
Doors of New Orleans
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Caption: Typical French Quarter Door, Credit: Jamie Dell'Apa
An audio postcard mimicking the famous posters showing images of a city's famous doors.

Bought by PRX Remix and KUT


  • Added: Sep 14, 2010
  • Length: :33
  • Purchases: 2
The Curious Cooking Zones of an English Aga
From: Rachel Louise Snyder
Series: Global Guru Radio
Caption: How the heck do you cook on this thing?
The Global Guru production team got hardly any burns at all in the making of our latest episode. This week we travel to England to learn to cook th...

Bought by WABE, WTIP, HCC Radio The Dragon, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 06, 2010
  • Length: 02:58
  • Purchases: 4
Lost in the Friendly Skies
From: Muriel Murch
Series: Letter From A. Broad
Caption: The Mansions at night, Credit: Walter Murch
We fly to Las Vegas for the weekend while a racing pigeon finds her way to the farm.

  • Added: Aug 31, 2010
  • Length: 09:39
Lincoln, Memorialized: The Myths & Legends Of A D.C. Icon
From: Rebecca Sheir
Series: The Newcomer's Guide to Washington
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Secret signs... hidden profiles... underground stalactites... This is not your 8th-grade tour of D.C.'s Lincoln Memorial.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 09, 2010
  • Length: 06:58
  • Purchases: 1

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