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Part Three: Molly McKenzie
From: Jason Klarl
Series: Guatemalan Connections
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Guatemalan Connections Part Three: Molly McKenzie was adopted from Guatemala in 1992 by her two moms, now retired navy captains who provided her wi...

  • Added: Sep 16, 2021
  • Length: 19:47
Ramadan-The Economics of Ramadan
From: kim fox
Series: Ehky Ya Masr Podcast - Ramadan Series
Caption: Ehky Ya Masr Ramadan Series logo, Credit: Heba Fouad
"The Economics of Ramadan" is produced by Sarah El Safty looks into how Egyptians are coping financially this Ramadan following the devaluation of ...

  • Added: Jun 06, 2017
  • Length: 03:30
Ramadan-Intending to Fast
From: kim fox
Series: Ehky Ya Masr Podcast - Ramadan Series
Caption: Ehky Ya Masr Ramadan Series logo, Credit: Heba Fouad
This audio feature is produced by Nour Ibrahim as she attempts to go on an Islamic fast.

Bought by KJZZ


  • Added: Jun 06, 2017
  • Length: 03:31
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 2: Be Still, My Heart
From: Slow Melt Productions
Series: The Slow Melt: A Podcast About Chocolate
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Chocolate: food of the gods, balm of our hearts, and, at one point in time, a symbol of sacrifice and stand-in for human blood. In this episode, we...

Bought by KMXT and KRZA


  • Added: Feb 10, 2017
  • Length: 23:59
  • Purchases: 2
VoxPod #8 - Two Arabian Days and Nights
From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media
Series: VoxPod
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Today's show features some of the highlights from the 2007 Seattle Arab Festival.

Bought by WXLV-FM


  • Added: Jan 15, 2015
  • Length: 09:21
  • Purchases: 1
Radio Réussite 8: Les Rôles du Genre (Gender Roles)
From: Carla Seidl
Series: Radio Réussite (Radio Success)
Caption: Host Carla Seidl with students in Kante, Togo
We hear a male perspective on gender roles from 22-year-old Tibemoni Bakou of Nadoba, Togo.

  • Added: Jan 05, 2015
  • Length: 20:21
Radio Réussite 7: L'Amour Idéal et L'Egalité Genre (Love and Gender Equality)
From: Carla Seidl
Series: Radio Réussite (Radio Success)
Caption: Host Carla Seidl with students in Kante, Togo
Three junior high school girls present a skit on ideal love. Host Carla Seidl interviews a 22-year-old male student about gender equality and share...

  • Added: Jan 05, 2015
  • Length: 19:46
Radio Réussite 6: Notre Directrice, Rôle Modèle (Our (Female) School Director, Role Model)
From: Carla Seidl
Series: Radio Réussite (Radio Success)
Caption: Host Carla Seidl with students in Kante, Togo
Madame Hortense Bararmna, director of Junior High School (CEG) # 1 in Kante, Togo, speaks about her experience becoming director and the situation ...

  • Added: Jan 05, 2015
  • Length: 19:15
Radio Réussite 5: Etudiantes Ecrivaines et L'Importance de la Femme (Female Student Writers and the Importance of the Woman)
From: Carla Seidl
Series: Radio Réussite (Radio Success)
Caption: Host Carla Seidl with students in Kante, Togo
Two female high school student writers present original dialogue and poetry and speak about responsible behavior and putting off marriage.

  • Added: Jan 05, 2015
  • Length: 20:58
Radio Réussite 4: Le Harcèlement Sexuel (Sexual Harassment)
From: Carla Seidl
Series: Radio Réussite (Radio Success)
Caption: Host Carla Seidl with students in Kante, Togo
Five junior high school students from Kante, Togo collaborate with host Carla Seidl to present skits and speak about sexual harassment in the schoo...

  • Added: Jan 05, 2015
  • Length: 17:05
Radio Réussite 2: La Valeur de la Femme (A Woman's Worth)
From: Carla Seidl
Series: Radio Réussite (Radio Success)
Caption: Host Carla Seidl with students in Kante, Togo
Host Carla Seidl speaks with young scholar and Dankpen Prefecture beauty pageant winner Prisca Nantob about studying, sexual harassment, and a woma...

  • Added: Jan 05, 2015
  • Length: 17:34
In the male world of mechanics Only Girls can fix your car
From: Sarah Elzas
Series: Wo/men's work
Caption: Car mechanics Aurore and Melina at the Only Girls garage, Credit: onlygirls-auto.fr
Car mechanics tend to be male. A Paris-area garage is trying to change that by hiring women to appeal to women.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 16, 2014
  • Length: 04:10
  • Purchases: 1
Jobs Made in France: Scribe
From: Sarah Elzas
Series: Jobs Made in France
Caption: Agnès Navalho in her mobile writing office, Credit: Sarah Elzas
Scribes have been around for as long as writing has existed. Although France has a nearly 100 percent literacy rate, the practice of 'ecrivain publ...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 14, 2014
  • Length: 03:56
  • Purchases: 1
Jobs Made in France: Notaire
From: Sarah Elzas
Series: Jobs Made in France
Caption: Jérôme Le Breton, notary, Credit: Sarah Elzas
If you buy or sell property in France, get divorced or inherit something, you will have to spend time with a notary. Unlike a notary public, who ta...

Bought by WABE


  • Added: Nov 14, 2014
  • Length: 03:47
  • Purchases: 1
Jobs Made in France: French (not German!) bassoonist
From: Sarah Elzas
Series: Jobs Made in France
Caption: Antoine Pecqueur, French bassoonist, Credit: Mathieu Sautel
The bassoon, the largest woodwind instrument, has a split identity: most bassoonists play German instruments but France has its own. The instrument...

Bought by WABE


  • Added: Nov 14, 2014
  • Length: 04:45
  • Purchases: 1
Jobs Made in France: Cheese aeger
From: Sarah Elzas
Series: Jobs Made in France
Caption: Emmanuel Carbonne (L) and Christophe Lesoin (R) in their cheese maturing cellar, Credit: fromagerie-beaufils.com
What’s more French than cheese? Some French cheese shops have a 'cave d’affinage', a maturing cellar, so their cheeses ripen in the best possible c...

  • Added: Nov 14, 2014
  • Length: 03:55
120212 Mardi Gras with Robert Moulton
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
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Robert Moulton the singing cab driver drops in with ... oh it's too goofy to write about but he had me laughing at his audacity. Also songs with d...

  • Added: Feb 04, 2013
  • Length: 03:03:04
Global Buffet
From: WAMU
Series: Latitudes
Caption: A member of the DC Central Kitchen staff prepares carrots., Credit: Sabri Ben-Achour
What to eat? Where does our food come from? What are its true costs? And is there enough of it to feed the whole world? Our food gives us a lot to...

Bought by KLCC, WORT, Prairie Public, and KZYX


  • Added: Oct 02, 2012
  • Length: 51:28
  • Purchases: 4
Shipbreaking Worker
From: Homelands Productions
Series: WORKING
Caption: Babu Hussein, Credit: Jashim Salam
Sandy Tolan profiles a 13-year-old laborer at one of Bangladesh's giant shipbreaking yards.

Bought by 'The Sea', Connecticut Public (WNPR), WBEZ, PRX Remix, and PRX to iTunes


  • Added: Aug 07, 2009
  • Length: 07:41
  • Purchases: 5
Runner
From: Homelands Productions
Series: WORKING
Caption: Salina Kosgei, Credit: Stevie Mann
Jon Miller profiles the little-known Kenyan woman who won the 2009 Boston Marathon by less than one second.

Bought by 'The Sea', WXDU, Third Coast Festival/Re:sound (Outside Purchaser), PRX Remix, and KUOW


  • Added: Aug 07, 2009
  • Length: 07:58
  • Purchases: 5
Banker
From: Homelands Productions
Series: WORKING
Caption: Brandon Davies, London, England, Credit: Robin Hunt
Sean Cole profiles an international banker living in London, both before and after the world banking crisis.

Bought by 'The Sea', WBEZ, PRX Remix, KFAI Minneapolis, and KUOW


  • Added: Jul 21, 2009
  • Length: 06:28
  • Purchases: 5
Electronics Recycler
From: Homelands Productions
Series: WORKING
Caption: Vicky Ponce, Mexico, Credit: Magdalena Gonzalez Othon
Ingrid Lobet profiles a woman who joined a group of unemployed middle-aged women to open an electronics recycling plant in northern Mexico.

Bought by 'The Sea', WABE, WRST-FM Oshkosh, WNIJ, HCC Radio The Dragon and more


  • Added: Jul 21, 2009
  • Length: 06:35
  • Purchases: 10
Human Smuggler
From: Homelands Productions
Series: WORKING
Caption: Alidad, Pakistan, Credit: Gregory Warner
Gregory Warner profiles a Pashtun man who smuggles Afghan refugees over the mountains into Iran.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, PRX Remix, PRX to iTunes, and Remix Radio


  • Added: May 27, 2009
  • Length: 06:46
  • Purchases: 4
Marriage Broker
From: Homelands Productions
Series: WORKING
Caption: Hang Nga, Vietnam, Credit: Kelly McEvers
Kelly McEvers profiles a Vietnamese woman who works for a marriage agency that matches Korean men with Vietnamese brides.

Bought by Marfa Public Radio, PRX Remix, PRX to iTunes, WBEZ, KUOW and more


  • Added: May 27, 2009
  • Length: 07:44
  • Purchases: 7
Circus Performer
From: Homelands Productions
Series: WORKING
Caption: Svitlana Svystun, England, Credit: Robin Hunt
Sean Cole profiles a Ukrainian dancer who performs with in a Russian circus that tours the UK.

Bought by XRAY.fm, PRX Remix, PRX to iTunes, and Remix Radio


  • Added: May 27, 2009
  • Length: 06:32
  • Purchases: 4