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The stars are aligned this week. Its a week for Holi, Ramadan and Good Friday, which is a perfect way to showcase how many faiths in Kolkata exist ...

  • Added: Mar 26, 2024
  • Length: 06:00
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Need some pumpkin pi to go with that leftover turkey? Jess highlights her favorite reasons to be thankful for science in this season of gratitude.

  • Added: Nov 28, 2023
  • Length: 18:00
Caption: Host Martha Burk
May is Asian Pacific American Heritage Month. Didn’t know we celebrated such a thing? You’re not alone. Lesser known than Black History Month or ...

Bought by KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif.


  • Added: Apr 22, 2023
  • Length: 02:59
  • Purchases: 1
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A postcard about westerns and western scores.

Bought by KTNA


  • Added: Dec 13, 2021
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Dennis Hopson is a basketball player. Hopson's shooting skills placed him first on Ohio State's all-time men's basketball career points record an...

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: Nov 08, 2021
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Left to Right: Teresa Gomez, Suzanne Pearlman, Connie O'marra. Jennifer Nanez
How are Indigenous peoples’ mental and behavioral wellness supported in NM? Generation Justice discusses Indigenous mental health with professional...

  • Added: Mar 03, 2021
  • Length: 01:08:37
Caption: A dog in the movie Pariah Dog, Credit: Pariah Dog the movie
The dogs that wander the streets in Kolkata are not strays, but part of an extended family, cared for and fed by many of the cities lesser known in...

  • Added: Aug 24, 2020
  • Length: 06:00
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You know you haven’t been hiking or botanizing out in the desert or grassland enough when you look to the roadsides for interesting plants, but I’l...

  • Added: Sep 24, 2019
  • Length: 05:13
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I don’t know any poultry fanciers that don’t have a guinea fowl story or two or three. Chickens are where it usually starts as they are the gateway...

  • Added: Aug 15, 2019
  • Length: 05:10
Caption: Our delightful emcee, Paul DuBray
This hour begins with a short history of the area, the “Return of the River Ranger,” a former local radio personality; children reading aloud to do...

  • Added: Jun 17, 2019
  • Length: 57:30
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Mike McGrath welcomes Sebastian Kretschmer of the United Nations as our special guest this week to talk about SUSTAINABLE Gardening systems around...

  • Added: Apr 08, 2019
  • Length: 54:59
Caption: Alexander Kime Audio
Edited by Alex Kime: Stephen E. and curator Austin R. discuss Stephen's practice and current exhibition.

  • Added: Sep 08, 2018
  • Length: 14:30
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House finches are pretty darned cute and that’s why pet stores back in New York City in 1939 were selling them as “Hollywood Finches”. The Migrator...

  • Added: May 02, 2018
  • Length: 04:43
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Tumbleweed and careless weed are here to stay and though careless weed is an Arizona native (Amaranthus palmeri) it certainly appears, at least to ...

  • Added: Feb 08, 2018
  • Length: 05:19
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A pleasant 4.1 mile hike west of the Tucson Mountains with big views. Recorded and produced by Eb Eberlein. Join the Arizona Trails Community at ...

  • Added: Jan 18, 2018
  • Length: 04:33
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Michael Goldberg talks of new beginnings, fresh starts and looking at everyday as day one.

  • Added: Sep 18, 2017
  • Length: 59:23
Caption: Funeral service in front of Barrett's Market 1942
A community garden project at Barrett Brothers Park in north St. Louis prompts memories of the Barrett family, who came to Missouri as Irish famine...

  • Added: May 28, 2017
  • Length: 03:23
Caption: A statue of Mahatma Gandhi
On October 2 India will mark the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. South Africans say India gave us Mohandas Gandhi. We returned him as the Maha...

  • Added: Apr 03, 2017
  • Length: 05:59
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In this episode on the meandering path of careers we look at the ways in which one job and juncture leads us to another and the role that faith tra...

  • Added: Aug 12, 2016
  • Length: 29:35
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Steve Downing shares his trip to New York City, visiting the Village Vanguard, Whitney Museum of American Art, the Barrow Street Theatre and more. ...

  • Added: Aug 10, 2016
  • Length: 04:07
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Two friends set out a few years ago to create a fun event; hoping to bring joy to a few people's lives for just a day. The result of their grass ro...

  • Added: Jun 25, 2016
  • Length: 30:47
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The Wailin’ Jennys are Nicky Mehta, Ruth Moody and Heather Masse – three distinct voices that together make an achingly perfect vocal sound. Starti...

Bought by KSTK, KFCF FM, KMXT, KALH, WTIP and more


  • Added: Feb 15, 2016
  • Length: 59:31
  • Purchases: 12
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An unusual and irreverent comic strip about a misfit cat served as inspiration to 20th century poet e e cummings.

  • Added: Feb 08, 2016
  • Length: :58
Caption: Allen Ginsberg reading poetry, Credit: The New York Public Library Digital Collections
One of Allen Ginsberg's first publishers was taken to court for a book that an undercover police officer deemed "not fit for children to read."

  • Added: Feb 03, 2016
  • Length: :59
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Ben Kweller sits down with his neighbors, a local middle school student and her parents, to talk about his own family and life path.

Bought by KALW


  • Added: Jan 23, 2016
  • Length: 06:27
  • Purchases: 1