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Christmas Traditions Around the World: Is Santa in a pickle?
From: KSFR
Series: Equal Time with Martha Burk
Caption: Host Martha Burk
Christmas traditions around the world have different origins and different meanings -- not all Santa and elves, sometimes funny, many surprising.

  • Added: Dec 19, 2023
  • Length: 03:00
Want a Better Country? Here's a Wish List
From: KSFR
Series: Equal Time with Martha Burk
Caption: Host Martha Burk
August is the month when we mark Women's Equality Day, when the 19th Amendment giving women the right to vote passed in 1920. But we're still behi...

  • Added: Aug 23, 2023
  • Length: 02:30
Conspiracy Bites: Who Is Behind What We Eat?
From: Mateo Schimpf
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From the dinner table to the dark web.

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  • Added: Jun 29, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
A Silver Tsunami: Challenges and Opportunities of Global Aging
From: Mateo Schimpf
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This week, we’re taking a look at what economists and demographers are calling “the Silver Wave” — how the rapid aging of the world’s population wi...

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  • Added: Aug 03, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 4
Bill Browder on Exposing Russia’s Web of Corruption, and Surviving Putin’s Wrath
From: Mateo Schimpf
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In a gripping interview with Ray Suarez, Browder recounts a hunt for missing money that led him to discover a corruption and conspiracy plot involv...

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  • Added: Jul 21, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
“Becoming American” with Wajahat Ali
From: Mateo Schimpf
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On this week’s episode, Wajahat Ali sits down with Ray Suarez to discuss his new book, Go Back to Where You Came From: And Other Helpful Recommenda...

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  • Added: Jun 16, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
The Big Ponder #28: The Mom-and-Pop Store
From: Goethe-Institut
Series: The Big Ponder – A Transatlantic Podcast
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In the heart of Berlin, there is a small corner store, lovingly dubbed the “living room of the neighborhood.” Sadly, the shop’s owners are facing e...

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  • Added: Jan 20, 2022
  • Length: 28:42
  • Purchases: 1
The Big Ponder #26: Krampus
From: Goethe-Institut
Series: The Big Ponder – A Transatlantic Podcast
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In the U.S., Santa keeps tabs on who’s been naughty or nice, but there isn’t much follow through on the naughty list. In much of Europe, however, S...

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  • Added: Dec 23, 2021
  • Length: 27:27
  • Purchases: 2
Neddy Smith: Harmonizing Cries of Excitement and Pain
From: Shefik Macauley
Series: Shefik presents Invocation: The Journey Continues
Caption: Neddy Smith, Credit: Shefik
Geography - Neddy Smith is a professional musician and CEO at NedGJean International. He composes and writes his music, not only in a traditional s...

  • Added: Jul 10, 2020
  • Length: 02:04
The Big Pond #47: How to Walk in the City
From: Goethe-Institut
Series: The Big Ponder – A Transatlantic Podcast
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After moving from Cologne, Germany, to New York City, our producer Thomas Reintjes had trouble adjusting to walking in the bustling metropolis. Tra...

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  • Added: Sep 25, 2019
  • Length: 24:08
  • Purchases: 2
The Big Pond #43: Under the Skin – Tattoo Artists
From: Goethe-Institut
Series: The Big Ponder – A Transatlantic Podcast
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It seems like there are more people nowadays with tattoos than there used to be – of the body art is hidden, but most are quite visible. Men and wo...

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  • Added: Aug 28, 2019
  • Length: 09:56
  • Purchases: 2
The Big Pond #17: The Detroit-Berlin-Connection
From: Goethe-Institut
Series: The Big Ponder – A Transatlantic Podcast
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Dimitri Hegemann, the mastermind behind the Berlin nightclub Tresor, has been nurturing an artistic connection between Berlin and Detroit since the...

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  • Added: Feb 27, 2019
  • Length: 24:38
  • Purchases: 1
Finding Center
From: Hebah Fisher
Series: Kerning Cultures
Caption: Teeba Alkhudairi, hooping in Dubai desert
Horse whisperers, Muslim astronomers, hula hoopers find their spiritual and physical centers.

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: Aug 25, 2016
  • Length: 27:10
  • Purchases: 1
Lentejas
From: Maximilian Eyle
Series: Iberian Indulgence
Caption: Lentils
An ancient and misunderstood bean gets put to good use.

  • Added: Apr 27, 2016
  • Length: 05:08
Gazpacho
From: Maximilian Eyle
Series: Iberian Indulgence
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This ancient, raw soup is easier than you think.

  • Added: Feb 22, 2016
  • Length: 03:58
Coffee
From: Maximilian Eyle
Series: Iberian Indulgence
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How an African bean conquered Europe and impacted Spanish culture.

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  • Added: Jan 19, 2016
  • Length: 04:33
  • Purchases: 1
Chorizo
From: Maximilian Eyle
Series: Iberian Indulgence
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This seasoned pork sausage has a flavor as rich as its history.

  • Added: Jan 08, 2016
  • Length: 04:44
Death By Motorscooter & All Who Are Hyphenated Are Not Married
From: Evo Terra
Series: The Opportunistic Travelers
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You can learn a lot about cities around the world by their transportation options. In this episode, you’ll hear why you’ll probably die trying to c...

  • Added: Nov 24, 2015
  • Length: 16:52
Startup Series: Lebanon
From: Hebah Fisher
Series: Kerning Cultures
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A Lebanese startup's journey through the nation's first accelerator and the Central Bank Circular 331 funds.

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: Nov 23, 2015
  • Length: 20:47
  • Purchases: 1
Quarter Life Crisis & The BB Clee
From: Evo Terra
Series: The Opportunistic Travelers
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You know what’s the best part of taking 12 weeks off from podcasting? Coming back. This is the first episode of Season Two of the Opportunistic Tra...

  • Added: Nov 02, 2015
  • Length: 14:43
Around The Bend E35
From: Maximilian Eyle
Series: Around The Bend
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A close look at the relationship between rap and reggae, featuring artists from Stephen Marley to Michael Franti.

  • Added: Jul 18, 2015
  • Length: 59:50
Happy Boisakh (or just have some fried food)
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Calcutta food festival, Credit: Sandip Roy
Contrary to popular belief, Diwali or the Festival of Lights is not New Year everywhere in India. Some celebrate their New Year during Holi the fes...

  • Added: Apr 13, 2015
  • Length: 06:00
The Tropes of Fiction
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
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A funny blog on the site Publishing Perspectives came up with a checklist for the must have ingredients of a bad South Asian diasporan novel. Arran...

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  • Added: Feb 24, 2015
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 1
Discover COSTA RICA
From: Let's Travel! Radio
Caption: PRX default Piece image
COSTA RICA is perhaps Central America's most progressive country. It is ranked as the "greenest" country on earth. 6% of its land mass in fact is f...

  • Added: Feb 11, 2015
  • Length: 01:04:38
Dear Rahul
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Rahul Richard Verma
Rahul Richard Verma would be the first Indian American to be Ambassador to India. Sandip Roy channels the thoughts of ohh about a billion Indians.

  • Added: Nov 11, 2014
  • Length: 04:30