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Mountain Time Podcast Hour Episode 47
From: Wyoming Public Radio
Series: Mountain Time Podcast Hour
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Two episodes that are taking us out into nature.

Bought by KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio)


  • Added: Sep 01, 2023
  • Length: 50:00
  • Purchases: 1
Moonstruck
From: KALW
Caption: The path retraced by the Chandrayaan-3 Rover on Aug. 27, 2023 as viewed by the Navigation Camera onboard the rover., Credit: Image from the ‘X’ account of @isro (Indian Space Research Organisation)
India became the first nation in the world to pull off a soft landing on the moon's south pole.

  • Added: Aug 29, 2023
  • Length: 06:00
Henry Threadgill
From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library
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On this episode of the Polley Music Library Show, we talked about composer and multi-instrumentalist Henry Threadgill's new autobiography "Easily S...

  • Added: Aug 26, 2023
  • Length: 28:30
WASP-39b: A Hot and Amazing Jupiter-like Planet
From: Tony Darnell
Series: Exoplanet Radio
Caption: Uncover Secrets Beyond the Solar System , Credit: Deep Astronomy
WASP-39 b is a hot and puffy planet with a mass roughly one-quarter that of Jupiter and a diameter 1.3 times greater than Jupiter. Its extreme puff...

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Aug 24, 2023
  • Length: 03:10
  • Purchases: 1
"Can we offer hope?": Healing in and around Sax-Zim Bog
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
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
Mountain Time Podcast Hour Episode 46
From: Wyoming Public Radio
Series: Mountain Time Podcast Hour
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Two episodes about Indigenous peoples having to navigate governmental decisions.

Bought by KFCF FM and KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio)


  • Added: Aug 22, 2023
  • Length: 50:00
  • Purchases: 2
Ragging
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: The Indian newspaper The Telegraph covers the death of a teenaged student allegedly because of "ragging" by older students. , Credit: Sandip Roy
The death of a Kolkata teen allegedly because of ragging, or hazing, has re focused attention on bullying in schools and colleges.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 22, 2023
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 1
The BBC Radiophonic Workshop
From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library
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On this episode, we talked about a new book in the 33 1/3 series that documents the work of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop, whose early efforts intro...

  • Added: Aug 19, 2023
  • Length: 28:30
Independence
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Sandip's mother Reba Roy who saw India become independent reads Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni's novel Independence set in those years., Credit: Sandip Roy
India celebrated its 77th Independence Day this week. Sandip talks to novelist Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni about the turbulent and traumatic years o...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 15, 2023
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 1
Bob Moog
From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library
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On this episode, we talked about "Switched On," the great new biography of Bob Moog that documents his life and work. We would have a very differen...

  • Added: Aug 12, 2023
  • Length: 28:30
Mountain Time Podcast Hour Episode 45
From: Wyoming Public Radio
Series: Mountain Time Podcast Hour
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Two episodes that might challenge your perspective on what it means to be a cowboy.

Bought by KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio)


  • Added: Aug 08, 2023
  • Length: 50:00
  • Purchases: 1
Mountain Time Podcast Hour Episode 44
From: Wyoming Public Radio
Series: Mountain Time Podcast Hour
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Two episodes about people seeking solutions for a better future.

Bought by KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio)


  • Added: Aug 08, 2023
  • Length: 50:00
  • Purchases: 1
Pink!
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: The poster from the film “Rocky aur Rani Ki Prem Kahani” and a glimpse of a gift shop in Kolkata., Credit: Sandip Roy
Barbie has made the color pink a"thing," but in India a Bollywood film is even more pink and it celebrates a shade of pink called Rani Pink.

  • Added: Aug 08, 2023
  • Length: 06:00
The Names of Minimalism
From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library
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On this episode, we talked about "The Names of Minimalism," a new music history book that approaches the genre from the perspective of rivalries an...

  • Added: Aug 05, 2023
  • Length: 28:00
Oppenheimer
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
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One of the most memorable lines from Oppenheimer the film comes from the Hindu sacred text the Bhagavad Gita. Sandip explains our abiding cultural ...

  • Added: Jul 31, 2023
  • Length: 06:00
The music of Toby Driver
From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library
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On this episode, we talked about the music of Toby Driver, and his essay in the book Arcana Volume IV, which you can borrow from the library. Drive...

  • Added: Jul 29, 2023
  • Length: 28:19
Mountain Time Podcast Hour Episode 43
From: Wyoming Public Radio
Series: Mountain Time Podcast Hour
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Two episodes about people coming to terms with reality.

Bought by KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio)


  • Added: Jul 28, 2023
  • Length: 50:00
  • Purchases: 1
Mountain Time Podcast Hour Episode 42
From: Wyoming Public Radio
Series: Mountain Time Podcast Hour
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Two episodes about people struggling to see eye-to-eye.

Bought by KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio)


  • Added: Jul 25, 2023
  • Length: 50:00
  • Purchases: 1
Barbie Land
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
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The release of Barbie the movie seems the perfect excuse to look for the origins of patriarchy with science writer Angela D Saini.

Bought by RadioFreePalmer and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 25, 2023
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 2
On Minimalism
From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library
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On this episode, we talked about the great new book "On Minimalism," a reassessment of this musical movement full of primary-source documents and r...

  • Added: Jul 22, 2023
  • Length: 28:27
Why Women Don't Tell, Part 3: The Cultural Anomie that Keeps Violence Toward Women Hidden in Broad Daylight
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
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The arrest of a Fifth Avenue architect as the alleged serial murderer of several women brings up the question of whether anyone over that long peri...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Jul 21, 2023
  • Length: 08:36
  • Purchases: 1
Threadbare
From: KALW
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The creators of social media apps claim they are trying to create community. But what they really want is keep us trapped in their community rooms ...

  • Added: Jul 17, 2023
  • Length: 06:00
Devo
From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library
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On this episode of the Polley Music Library show, we talked about the book "Recombo DNA," an in-depth biography of the band Devo that focuses on th...

  • Added: Jul 15, 2023
  • Length: 28:31
The Nigiri Mountain Railway
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: The Nigiri Mountain train, Credit: Sandip Roy
Sandip takes a ride back in time on the Nilgiri Mountain Railway, one of the oldest mountain railways in India and part of the UNESCO World Heritag...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 12, 2023
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 1
Post-Punk San Francisco
From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library
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On this episode of the Polley Music Library show, we discussed the book "Who Cares Anyway: Post-Punk San Francisco and the End of the Analog Age" b...

  • Added: Jul 08, 2023
  • Length: 28:23

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