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The Negotiators: Confronting Conflict
From: Rob Sachs
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In this episode, we learn about two historic negotiations – one failed and one successful – from the negotiators themselves. We begin with a peace...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, KUHF, WXXI Rochester, WLPR , Oregon Public Broadcasting and more


  • Added: Dec 07, 2023
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 20
Fear, Hope, and Friendship: Mideast Teen Girls Speak Out (from 2005)
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Recorded in 2005, teen girls from Gaza, the West Bank, and Israel all speak their truths. The group had gathered at an annual meet up at a Peace C...

Bought by KUNM


  • Added: Nov 16, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Big Ponder #33: Housing
From: Goethe-Institut
Series: The Big Ponder – A Transatlantic Podcast
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The demand for affordable housing has reached an all-time high in both Europe and North America. In this episode, Tomma Suki investigates the housi...

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Mar 31, 2022
  • Length: 28:41
  • Purchases: 1
The Big Ponder #31: Winterreise
From: Goethe-Institut
Series: The Big Ponder – A Transatlantic Podcast
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In the endless sunshine of Dubai, Bilal Qureshi revisits Franz Schubert’s acclaimed song cycle “Winterreise.” The lyrics of a heartbroken man’s jou...

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  • Added: Mar 03, 2022
  • Length: 28:48
  • Purchases: 1
The Big Ponder #27: Immersion
From: Goethe-Institut
Series: The Big Ponder – A Transatlantic Podcast
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Immersive artwork breaks down the border between the viewer and the artist, submerging the spectator in the exhibit. Nancy Pettinicchio discusses t...

Bought by KVSC, KMXT, and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Jan 06, 2022
  • Length: 27:02
  • Purchases: 3
The Big Ponder #23: Airlines
From: Goethe-Institut
Series: The Big Ponder – A Transatlantic Podcast
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A lot has changed since the first days of aviation, from beverage service to affordable plane tickets. Florenz Gilly and Leon Ginzel recap the hist...

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Nov 10, 2021
  • Length: 29:42
  • Purchases: 1
The Big Ponder #22: Candy
From: Goethe-Institut
Series: The Big Ponder – A Transatlantic Podcast
Caption: The Big Ponder, Credit: © Goethe-institut
As a kid, candy makes the world go round. As an adult, it has the power to bring back long-forgotten childhood memories. Carol McKinley talks about...

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  • Added: Oct 28, 2021
  • Length: 29:06
  • Purchases: 1
The Big Ponder #16: Wonder
From: Goethe-Institut
Series: The Big Ponder – A Transatlantic Podcast
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Americans on the East Coast were in awe when Brood X, an enormous group of 17-year cicadas, suddenly emerged from underground to mate. Melissa Gerr...

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Jul 29, 2021
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 1
The Big Ponder #14: Sacred Self
From: Goethe-Institut
Series: The Big Ponder – A Transatlantic Podcast
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In her early 20s, Sibylle Baier recorded 14 folk songs that she says saved her life. Then, she packed the tape away and forgot about it. Decades la...

Bought by KICI Iowa City and KMXT


  • Added: Jul 01, 2021
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 2
The Big Ponder #5: Little America Revisited
From: Goethe-Institut
Series: The Big Ponder – A Transatlantic Podcast
Caption: The Big Ponder, Credit: © Goethe-institut
Since World War II, there have been countless American GIs stationed at military bases all over Germany. Sylvia Cunningham and Monika Müller-Kroll ...

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  • Added: Mar 10, 2021
  • Length: 28:52
  • Purchases: 1
The Big Pond #44: Germans in New Orleans
From: Goethe-Institut
Series: The Big Ponder – A Transatlantic Podcast
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Historically, New Orleans is a cultural, spiritual and ethnic melting pot. In the streets, you immediately come across signs of French, Caribbean, ...

Bought by KICI Iowa City and WNYO


  • Added: Sep 04, 2019
  • Length: 13:32
  • Purchases: 2
The Big Pond #38: Seeing in the Dark – Volkmar Wentzel’s Photography
From: Goethe-Institut
Series: The Big Ponder – A Transatlantic Podcast
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In this episode, producer Katie Davis profiles German-American photographer Volkmar Wentzel who was born in Dresden, Germany in 1915 before moving ...

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Jul 24, 2019
  • Length: 12:31
  • Purchases: 1
The Big Pond #32: Getting to Know the Gateau
From: Goethe-Institut
Series: The Big Ponder – A Transatlantic Podcast
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Although it’s not certain who first wrote the recipe, the Black Forest cake has been fully embraced by the Black Forest community as an essential a...

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  • Added: Jun 12, 2019
  • Length: 19:15
  • Purchases: 2
The Big Pond #31: The Berlin Ringbahn
From: Goethe-Institut
Series: The Big Ponder – A Transatlantic Podcast
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Hop on board Berlin’s Ringbahn, a suburban train that carries over 400,000 passengers each day and circles some of the city’s most authentic and li...

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  • Added: Jun 05, 2019
  • Length: 23:41
  • Purchases: 1
The Big Pond #29: Dieter Kosslick’s Last Red Carpet Ride
From: Goethe-Institut
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Dieter Kosslick is one of the film world’s best known festival directors. He’s put his stamp on the Berlin International Film Festival for the pas...

  • Added: May 22, 2019
  • Length: 27:06
The Big Pond #26: No Restraint – Berger Cookies and the City of Baltimore
From: Goethe-Institut
Series: The Big Ponder – A Transatlantic Podcast
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Over 200 years ago, German immigrant Henry Berger opened a bakery in East Baltimore – and since that day, Berger Cookies have been handmade in the ...

  • Added: May 01, 2019
  • Length: 17:02
The Big Pond #22: The Story of the Brezn
From: Goethe-Institut
Series: The Big Ponder – A Transatlantic Podcast
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The pretzel, known as a “Brezel” or “Brezn” in German, is not an ordinary pastry. It has a century-old history full of myths and stories. Where did...

Bought by KICI Iowa City and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Apr 03, 2019
  • Length: 33:17
  • Purchases: 2
The Big Pond #21: What’s a Sister City Really?
From: Goethe-Institut
Series: The Big Ponder – A Transatlantic Podcast
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In the historic city of Magdeburg, Germany, there is a Johnny Cash themed country music festival called Nashville Days – complete with corndogs and...

Bought by KICI Iowa City and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Mar 27, 2019
  • Length: 28:01
  • Purchases: 2
The Big Pond #19: German Bread – A Nourishing Craft
From: Goethe-Institut
Series: The Big Ponder – A Transatlantic Podcast
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Germany is internationally renowned for its bread. With its diversity of more than 3,000 varieties the Germans are world champions of bread. Since ...

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  • Added: Mar 13, 2019
  • Length: 24:27
  • Purchases: 2
The Big Pond #18: German-Texan Heritage Societies
From: Goethe-Institut
Series: The Big Ponder – A Transatlantic Podcast
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Between 1820 and World War I, nearly six million Germans immigrated to the US – in 2017, only about 5,000 made the trip. If Germans aren’t coming t...

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Mar 06, 2019
  • Length: 19:17
  • Purchases: 1
The Big Pond #13: German-style Wines in the US
From: Goethe-Institut
Series: The Big Ponder – A Transatlantic Podcast
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German entrepreneurs and winemakers have shaped the manufacturing of wine in the US for over a century. Join our producer Gary Lee on a tour of thr...

  • Added: Feb 01, 2019
  • Length: 20:24
The Big Pond #07: Klinsmann in California
From: Goethe-Institut
Series: The Big Ponder – A Transatlantic Podcast
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He is a soccer legend in Germany as player and as coach: Jürgen Klinsmann. After leading the German national team to a third-place finish in the 20...

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Nov 28, 2018
  • Length: 20:49
  • Purchases: 1
Targeted Anticancer Agents: Changing Treatments to Benefit Patients
From: Peter Hofland
Series: The OncoZine Brief
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Recorded during the 53rd Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), being held June 2 - 6, 2017 in Chicago, Ill, the team ...

  • Added: Nov 08, 2017
  • Length: 27:47
Dr. Bob Pinedo: A Real Powerhouse in the World of Oncology
From: Peter Hofland
Series: The OncoZine Brief
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Born and raised in Curaçao NA, an island in the southern Caribbean Sea, Bob Pinedo, MD, PhD, now professor emeritus and a consultant to the Board o...

  • Added: Jul 07, 2017
  • Length: 20:34
Clinical Research, Big Data and Advocacy: an Interview with Nancy Brinker
From: Peter Hofland
Series: The OncoZine Brief
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This episode of The Onco'Zine Brief is an interview with Nancy Brinker, founder of Susan G. Komen for the Cure. This program was originally recorde...

  • Added: Jul 06, 2017
  • Length: 24:22