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Caption: A billboard in Kolkata uses his own catchphrase to bid farewell to India's first radio superstar Ameen Sayani., Credit: Sandip Roy
Sandip Roy remembers his childhood radio guru. Amen Sayani died last week at the age of 91.

Bought by WTJU


  • Added: Feb 26, 2024
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 1
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This holiday season on World Ocean Radio we return with a special reading of "Christmas at Sea", an evocative poem by Robert Louis Stevenson writte...

  • Added: Dec 20, 2023
  • Length: 04:03
Caption: Camp Christopher is available for campers who have lost a loved one to suicide, Credit: Matthew Schneeman
KFAI's Matthew Schneeman shares two stories of grief, family, and healing in and around Sax-Zim bog in Northern Minnesota.

  • Added: Aug 24, 2023
  • Length: 07:54
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There are no visitor facilities. Roads are mostly washed-out jeep tracks. There is no water. And there's no way out, unless you come back the way y...

Bought by KFCF FM


  • Added: Jun 03, 2023
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Winter Solstice is coming and the Luddites are celebrating on their flip-phones. That's all we've got to say about it. Listen on your radio in Josh...

Bought by KFCF FM


  • Added: Dec 19, 2022
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: The Sleigh, Credit: Daniel Logan
Told through the eyes of his twelve-year-old brother, the older boy makes a discovery that allows him to become a beloved symbol of giving througho...

  • Added: Oct 20, 2022
  • Length: 04:02
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What do House of Dow, Fowl and Fodder, Old West End Festival, The V Project, Maddie and Bella all have in common? They all have logos created by Ja...

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: May 02, 2022
  • Length: 06:02
  • Purchases: 1
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Lucas County CASA – Court Appointed Special Advocates – is a non-profit organization of volunteers who work for the juvenile court judges to advoca...

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: Mar 22, 2022
  • Length: 06:17
  • Purchases: 1
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For Indians Lata Mangeskhar was like Edith Piaf to French or Barbara Streisand to Americans.

  • Added: Feb 15, 2022
  • Length: 06:00
Caption: A Saraswati festival in Kolkata bids farewell to her human incarnation Lata Mangeshkar, Credit: Bishan Samaddar
Lata Mangeshkar was the story of independent India. Most Indians had never known an India without her.

  • Added: Feb 08, 2022
  • Length: 06:00
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A postcard from the Sierra Nevada. The final postcard of Season 1 of Postcards from The Wind. (Start with earliest)

Bought by KTNA


  • Added: Dec 13, 2021
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 1
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A postcard from Curitiba, Brazil.

Bought by KTNA


  • Added: Dec 13, 2021
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 1
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In a post-pandemic-still-in-a-pandemic world Sandip remembers a homey thanksgiving, even if it was in a land foreign to the concept.

Bought by RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Nov 23, 2021
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 1
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The Special Olympics athlete's oath is, "Let me win. But if I cannot win, let me be brave in the attempt." Today we're talking to Sue Hess, an orga...

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: Nov 16, 2021
  • Length: 06:12
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: A view from the Jhandi mountains, Credit: Sandip Roy
Sandip yearns for the life of traveler.

  • Added: Sep 27, 2021
  • Length: 06:00
Caption: Saleem Kidwai, Credit: Sharif Rangnekar
Sandip Roy looks at the influence of Salem Kidwai who, in his understated way, helped the gay movement in India.

  • Added: Sep 21, 2021
  • Length: 06:00
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Gail Christofferson’s passion for glass, community projects, and creating mosaic art has taken her on a wonderful journey. From working in visual c...

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: Jul 19, 2021
  • Length: 05:57
  • Purchases: 1
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Today we're talking to one of the oldest glass artist in Ohio, Jack Schmidt. He received a B.S. degree from Bowling Green State University at a tim...

  • Added: May 25, 2021
  • Length: 06:08
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Making sense of my father and our estranged relationship with the music he left me.

  • Added: Feb 26, 2021
  • Length: 04:43
Caption: Worshipers with a figure of Saraswati, Credit: Sandip Roy
A childhood goddess that was once asked for help with math takes on a new significance in adulthood.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 15, 2021
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 1
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A fond remembrance of Indian actor Soumitra Chatterjee, who died Sunday Nov. 15th after battling the COVID-19 virus.

  • Added: Nov 16, 2020
  • Length: 06:00
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My parents, Randy and Vicki, were high school sweethearts in the 1960s, but they broke up when my mom went off to college. Twenty years later their...

  • Added: Jul 21, 2020
  • Length: 03:48
Caption: Irrfan Khan at a literary festival, Credit: Sandip Roy
Actor Irrfan Khan wasn’t the biggest star in Bollywood, but he was unique. Irrfan Khan died last week from endocrine cancer. He was 53.

  • Added: May 04, 2020
  • Length: 06:00
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After watching “Tales of the City” on Netflix, Sandip reflects on his own tale of the city.

  • Added: Jan 21, 2020
  • Length: 06:00
Caption: A heavy sea crossing the deck of the Parma (1902) , Credit: Alan John Villiers, 1933 © National Maritime Museum Collections
This week on World Ocean Radio we have a special reading of "Christmas at Sea", an evocative poem by Robert Louis Stevenson written in 1883. Steven...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Dec 24, 2019
  • Length: 03:23
  • Purchases: 1