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This week on the show: The lifesavers-50 years of Doctors without Borders - In the past 50 years, they've saved millions of people, providing med...

Bought by WXDU


  • Added: Dec 25, 2021
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
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In the U.S., Santa keeps tabs on who’s been naughty or nice, but there isn’t much follow through on the naughty list. In much of Europe, however, S...

Bought by WBEZ and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Dec 23, 2021
  • Length: 27:27
  • Purchases: 2
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This evergreen Christmas Special of The Rhythm Atlas weekly world music program is all new for 2021 and appropriate for airing any year. You’ll hea...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and KAMU


  • Added: Dec 17, 2021
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 2
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This week on the show: Kenya's mysterious rising lakes - Rising lakes in the East African Rift Valley have swallowed houses, churches, hotels a...

  • Added: Dec 16, 2021
  • Length: 30:00
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A postcard from Cuzco, Peru.

Bought by KTNA


  • Added: Dec 13, 2021
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 1
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A postcard from Curitiba, Brazil.

Bought by KTNA


  • Added: Dec 13, 2021
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 1
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A postcard from Tongue, Scotland

Bought by KTNA


  • Added: Dec 12, 2021
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 1
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A postcard from Montevideo, Uruguay

Bought by KTNA


  • Added: Dec 12, 2021
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 1
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NEW LETTERS ON THE AIR celebrates the winner of the National Book Award for Poetry, Martin Espada, whose new book FLOATERS tackles the social issue...

Bought by WCPN and WNJR


  • Added: Nov 26, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
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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
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This week on the show: Kenya's rising lakes - Rising waters in 17 lakes in Kenya - including Lake Baringo and Lake Bogoria - are displacing peop...

Bought by WXDU and KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio]


  • Added: Oct 29, 2021
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 2
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On this special edition of The Rhythm Atlas, we’ll celebrate the festivals of All Hallow’s Eve / Halloween and Día de los Muertos / The Day of the ...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 28, 2021
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 1
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...

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Oct 28, 2021
  • Length: 29:06
  • Purchases: 1
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This week on the show: Inside the US Opioid Crisis - Huntigton in West Virgina holds the sad record of most deaths from opioids in the USA. The ...

  • Added: Oct 22, 2021
  • Length: 29:59
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Community is the story of our lives. It is who we are, who we have been, and who we hope to become. Melissa Gerr visits Jewish congregations in Bal...

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Oct 14, 2021
  • Length: 29:19
  • Purchases: 1
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On this week’s special edition of The Rhythm Atlas, we’ll celebrate Indigenous Peoples’ Day with music by Native American and First Nations artists...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 07, 2021
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 1
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We celebrate National Hispanic Heritage month with the second part of our interview with poet Xanath (shaw-nath) Caraza, who is a finalist for the ...

  • Added: Sep 30, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
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On this special episode of the program, we’ll celebrate all things Buena Vista Social Club as that amazing recording that brought Cuban music to wo...

Bought by KAMU and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 23, 2021
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 2
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This week on the show: Kenya's mysterious rising lakes - Rising lakes in the East African Rift Valley have swallowed houses, churches, hotels an...

  • Added: Aug 25, 2021
  • Length: 30:00
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From clearing land for pasture to building dams, humans have long changed the face of the Earth. But Indian eco-feminist Vandana Shiva is highly cr...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, Maine Public Radio, WMUU-LP, KGUA, KSQD Santa Cruz and more


  • Added: Jul 29, 2021
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 12
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From clearing land for pasture to building dams, humans have long changed the face of the Earth. But Indian eco-feminist Vandana Shiva is highly cr...

  • Added: Jul 29, 2021
  • Length: 58:59
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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
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By the 1920s, people had begun using coin-operated record booths to create audio souvenirs — immortalizing their thoughts and feelings on a disc. C...

Bought by HowSound and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Jul 15, 2021
  • Length: 28:54
  • Purchases: 2
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This week on the show: Lake Kivu, a ticking time bomb? - An international team has started extracting methane from Lake Kivu to generate ele...

Bought by WXDU


  • Added: Jul 10, 2021
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1