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It’s time to play Holi in India and Sandip Roy grabs a fistful of joy!
- Added: Mar 07, 2023
- Length: 06:00
In the year 1427, there will be no celebration. But Sandip remembers the Bengali New Year festivities from years past, the Charak Mela.
- Added: Apr 14, 2020
- Length: 06:00
To ring in the new year, take a dive into the stories of the Coney Island Polar Bear club. We hear from voices from across New York City—a cop spea...
- Added: Dec 23, 2019
- Length: 10:48
On April 15th While Americans rush to file their taxes, Bengalis in Kolkata celebrate their new year.
But April 15 is also World Art Day. And this...
- Added: Apr 16, 2019
- Length: 06:00
A mom and veterinarian politely asks Santa not to bring her children the item that tops their Christmas lists: a puppy. With love and detail, Dr. ...
- Added: Dec 20, 2018
- Length: 04:00
Radio producer and writer Francesca Rheannon tells a story about one New Year’s Day in a tiny village in Provence, where past, present and future c...
- Added: Dec 26, 2016
- Length: 10:41
Durga Puja and Diwali bookend our festival season in Kolkata. But there’s an ancillary festival that’s almost as important. It needs as much plann...
- Added: Oct 25, 2016
- Length: 06:00
I don’t know how many shoes this old radio program sells. But it can never feel the same as hearing those voices, most of them long dead, bring a c...
- Added: Oct 04, 2016
- Length: 05:59
On the day of their wedding, Paul Hammond and Laura Jackman reflect on their relationship — and make a commitment to each other.
Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio
- Added: May 19, 2016
- Length: 05:33
- Purchases: 1
Jennifer Kingsley returns to the Arctic almost every year. She has taken some long journeys across the north by canoe, but these days she travels a...
Bought by KALW
- Added: Apr 03, 2015
- Length: 11:06
- Purchases: 1
Mike Forbes is a Bemidji area writer. He's been published in Fire Ring, The Talking Stick, The Poet's Touch Stone, Voices For the Land, among other...
Bought by KSRQ
- Added: Feb 19, 2014
- Length: 03:21
- Purchases: 1
Liz Massey's family only had 3 holiday record albums when she was growing up. In this story, she explains her role as an unlikely evangelist for on...
- Added: Nov 24, 2013
- Length: 08:22
Charlie Pulkrabek is a writer and visual artist living in the Bemidji area.
Bought by KSRQ
- Added: Feb 26, 2013
- Length: 06:19
- Purchases: 1
The author reminds her loved ones that the valentines keep coming all year long.
- Added: Feb 11, 2010
- Length: 04:00
Christmas trees are a massive business. Americans spent $2.5 billion on Christmas in 2007. Outdoor writer, Fitz Cahall wasn’t among them.
- Added: Dec 17, 2008
- Length: 05:07
No matter where you go, the past goes with you
Bought by PRX Remix, KUT, HCC Radio The Dragon, and KXOT Public Radio
- Added: May 15, 2008
- Length: 06:40
- Purchases: 4
When my children ask what I want for Christmas, I give the the standard list: perfume, slippers and things like that. But I have a secret list.
Bought by WEZU, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, and KUFM - Montana Public Radio
- Added: Dec 05, 2005
- Length: 02:44
- Purchases: 3
Special essay on living in Flanders
Bought by KMXT, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., Prairie Public, KMSU, Public Radio East and more
- Added: Apr 21, 2005
- Length: 29:21
- Purchases: 11
- Added: Apr 11, 2005
- Length: 01:28
- Purchases: 1
