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The Big Ponder #44: Ball Bearings
From: Goethe-Institut
Series: The Big Ponder – A Transatlantic Podcast
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Ball bearings — these mechanisms are all around us, inside our wheels and motors. Hidden away, we rarely see them, and most people don’t even know ...

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Sep 01, 2022
  • Length: 28:24
  • Purchases: 1
The Big Ponder #40: The Farm
From: Goethe-Institut
Series: The Big Ponder – A Transatlantic Podcast
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Ira Karp lives on a farm in northern Vermont, surrounded by music, puppets, and a family of incredible storytellers. Over his brief lifetime, he ha...

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Jul 06, 2022
  • Length: 27:37
  • 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...

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • 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...

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • 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 #15: Record Booth
From: Goethe-Institut
Series: The Big Ponder – A Transatlantic Podcast
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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
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 ...

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Mar 10, 2021
  • Length: 28:52
  • Purchases: 1
Best of the Best 2020: Letters to a Young Poet
From: Third Coast International Audio Festival
Series: Best of the Best: The 2020 Third Coast Broadcast
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In this episode, two young Black artists revisit memories to grapple with how they are seen by others, and how they see themselves.

Bought by WXXI Rochester, Prairie Public, WBEZ, WRVO Public Media, New England Public Media and more


  • Added: Nov 17, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 37
The Big Pond #12: A House for Reconciliation
From: Goethe-Institut
Series: The Big Ponder – A Transatlantic Podcast
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Five generations have lived at the ‘Alexander Haus’ on Groß Glienicker See over the past century – enduring fascism, war, the division of Germany, ...

Bought by KICI Iowa City, KICI Iowa City, and KRZA


  • Added: Jan 23, 2019
  • Length: 19:45
  • Purchases: 3
Thirsty Planet
From: American Public Media
Series: APM Reports
Caption: Residents of India, Israel confront water issues such as flooding, drought, pollution, and lack of access by the poor.
Scientists say most people on Earth will first experience climate change in terms of water — either too much or too little. This documentary explor...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, WMUU-LP, Interlochen Public Radio, WVPE, WRIR and more


  • Added: May 12, 2016
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 15
The Gyuto Monks: No Ordinary Experience
From: Sallie Bodie
Caption: A young apprentice tries his hand at making a mandala.
The Gyuto monks, followers of the Dalai Llama, live in cultural exile in India. They teach love, wisdom and kindness by performing programs of thei...

  • Added: Dec 31, 2013
  • Length: 05:00
Winnipeg Folk Festival Day 3 Hour 2
From: KVSC
Series: KVSC at the Winnipeg Folk Festival
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With help from the Minnesota Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund, KVSC has sent Wayne Bergerson, host of Frets on Saturday mornings, and long-time KVSC d...

  • Added: Jul 10, 2010
  • Length: 55:47
Crossing East - First Contact - Program One
From: Dmae Lo Roberts
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Asian sailors and adventurers helped to form the new country of America.

Bought by WCPN, KQED, WGBH Radio Boston, and KQED


  • Added: Feb 12, 2009
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 4
Sagebrush to Steppe(short)
From: Western Folklife Center Media
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Music bridges the language barrier as a group of cowboy musicians trek across the Mongolian steppe on horseback, making friends & singing songs wit...

Bought by KUOW and KVNF


  • Added: Aug 05, 2008
  • Length: 13:54
  • Purchases: 2
RN Documentary: A Life of Ashes: Widows in India
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Documentaries
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A personal journey of an Indian born producer of a widow to look at the situation of widows in India.

Bought by KICI Iowa City, KUER, KXOT Public Radio, and WBEZ


  • Added: Oct 04, 2006
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 4
Peace, War, & Indifference
From: Andrew Reissiger
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One-hour, newscast compatible program that examines the possibilities of peace in our world today by looking at excerpts from important presidentia...

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KQED, New Hampshire Public Radio, WHRV, WETA and more


  • Added: Aug 07, 2006
  • Length: 59:06
  • Purchases: 6
RN Documentary: Fairbridge Farm School
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Documentaries
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Four elderly Dutch people remember how as children recently liberated from the POW camps in Indonesia, they regained their childhood when they wer...

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Jul 12, 2006
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
Crossing East: First Contacts - Program One
From: Dmae Lo Roberts
Series: Crossing East - Asian American History series
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Asian sailors and adventurers helped to form the new country of America. THE ACTUAL SHOW LENGTH IS 59 MINUTES. THERE ARE SEVERAL VERSIONS OF THIS...

Bought by KUOW, Radio Catskill, KZYX, KRCB 104.9, WCPN and more


  • Added: Mar 28, 2006
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 25
Crossing East: Frontier Asians - Program Two
From: Dmae Lo Roberts
Series: Crossing East - Asian American History series
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The communities, farms and ranches settled by Asian Americans on the frontier. Hosted by George Takei. THE ACTUAL SHOW LENGTH IS 59 MINUTES. THER...

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KQED, WCPN, WCPN and more


  • Added: Mar 23, 2006
  • Length: 01:53:00
  • Purchases: 20
Music from the Nortec Collective reflects life on the border
From: KPBS
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Electronic musicians from the Nortec Collective talk about how life on the border influenced their music. The piece has music weaved throughout.

Bought by KVMR


  • Added: Feb 13, 2006
  • Length: 17:13
  • Purchases: 1
From Sagebrush to Steppe
From: Western Folklife Center Media
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Music bridges the language barrier as a group of cowboy musicians trek across the Mongolian steppe on horseback, making friends and singing songs w...

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio, Third Coast Festival/Re:sound (Outside Purchaser), PRX to iTunes, Marfa Public Radio, KXOT Public Radio and more


  • Added: Jan 04, 2006
  • Length: 16:47
  • Purchases: 9