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Passover Tunes and Schtick
From: Mississippi Public Broadcasting
Series: Sounds Jewish
Caption: Sounds Jewish logo with star of David
We're deep into Passover, the holiday celebrating the Israelites liberation from slavery as told in the book of Exodus. We hope that all peoples fi...

  • Added: Apr 26, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
Leap Year
From: Mississippi Public Broadcasting
Series: Sounds Jewish
Caption: Sounds Jewish logo with star of David
“Sounds Jewish” marks Leap Year – both on the Gregorian Calendar and the Hebrew Calendar -- with Jewish tunes about leaping and jumping, experienci...

Bought by WLPR


  • Added: Feb 23, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Unusual Jewish Tunes
From: Mississippi Public Broadcasting
Series: Sounds Jewish
Caption: Sounds Jewish logo with star of David
Jewish music has developed new melodies, harmonies and styles over many centuries. Tune in to the next Sounds Jewish for some of the most creativel...

Bought by WLPR


  • Added: Jan 05, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
New & Classic Chanukah Tunes
From: Mississippi Public Broadcasting
Caption: Sounds Jewish logo with star of David
"Sounds Jewish" celebrates Chanukah, the Festival of Lights, with a cheerfully curated hour of new and classic holiday tunes.

  • Added: Dec 08, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
Ladino Day
From: Mississippi Public Broadcasting
Series: Sounds Jewish
Caption: Sounds Jewish, Credit: Mississippi Public Broadcasting
"Sounds Jewish" celebrates Ladino Day with an hour of new and classic Judeo-Spanish songs from around the globe.

Bought by WLPR


  • Added: Dec 02, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Three Is A Magic Number
From: Mississippi Public Broadcasting
Series: Sounds Jewish
Caption: Sounds Jewish, Credit: Mississippi Public Broadcasting
Next on "Sounds Jewish": the attack of the Jewish power trios.

Bought by WLPR


  • Added: Jul 08, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
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
Bad Mistakes Make Good Stories
From: Goethe-Institut
Series: Fehler (Mistakes)
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In this episode of the FEHLER podcast, Sylvia Cunningham, deputy editor at our partner radio station KCRW Berlin, compiles five stories that show j...

  • Added: Sep 24, 2020
  • Length: 50:35
The Big Pond #30: Milwaukee’s German Heritage
From: Goethe-Institut
Series: The Big Ponder – A Transatlantic Podcast
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Milwaukee has been called the most German city in America – already in the 1840s, large numbers of Germans who were fleeing wars in Europe began se...

Bought by KICI Iowa City and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: May 29, 2019
  • Length: 17:28
  • Purchases: 2
The Big Pond #11: Germans on Harleys
From: Goethe-Institut
Series: The Big Ponder – A Transatlantic Podcast
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Every year, tourists from around the world flock to Southern Utah to take in the scenic landscape. Most travel by car, but some opt for a less trad...

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Jan 17, 2019
  • Length: 14:54
  • Purchases: 1
Folktale of the Solstice Season
From: Northeast Indiana Public Radio
Series: Folktales
Caption: WBOI's Folktale of the Solstice Season, Credit: Julia Meek
This folktale celebrates the dark stretch of the year with musical customs meant to brighten winter's darkest hours.

Bought by WFIU, KLCC, WFIU, GCR (Global Community Radio), KMUN and more


  • Added: Dec 19, 2018
  • Length: 59:59
  • Purchases: 11
Folktale of Snowfall
From: Northeast Indiana Public Radio
Series: Folktales
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As they say in many a folk world, winter either bites with its teeth or lashes with its tail. In this episode of Folktales, Julia Meek tracks this...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), WFIU, GCR (Global Community Radio), WFIU, WFIU and more


  • Added: Dec 19, 2018
  • Length: 59:59
  • Purchases: 10
Folktale of Community Support
From: Northeast Indiana Public Radio
Series: Folktales
Caption: WBOI's Folktale of Community Support, Credit: Julia Meek
It's fund raising time in our folkworld, and we're saying hats off to YOU, our public radio family, with this special Folktale of Community Support!

Bought by WFIU, GCR (Global Community Radio), WFIU, GCR (Global Community Radio), WFIU and more


  • Added: Oct 03, 2017
  • Length: 01:18:19
  • Purchases: 7
Folktale of Liberty
From: Northeast Indiana Public Radio
Series: Folktales
Caption: WBOI's Folktale of Liberty, Credit: Julia Meek
It's independence this Folktale salutes, with a look at freedom, and its pursuit, around the musical globe. A powerful tour de force? Hear for your...

Bought by WNMU-FM, WNMU-FM, WFIU, WCPN, 'The Sea' and more


  • Added: Jun 23, 2017
  • Length: 59:59
  • Purchases: 12
Uncharted Territory: the College Application Process for International Students
From: Syracuse University Broadcast Journalism
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College applications can be challenging and stressful for every student. However, international students have to make an extra effort to understand...

  • Added: May 07, 2017
  • Length: 03:35
Folktale of New Beginnings
From: Northeast Indiana Public Radio
Series: Folktales
Caption: WBOI's Folktale of New Beginnings, Credit: Julia Meek
The Folktale of New Beginnings: Get ready to 'ring it--sing it--burn it--or break it in: 2013 is on its way, and as Oprah likes to say: "Cheers to ...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), GCR (Global Community Radio), KLCC, WFIU, GCR (Global Community Radio) and more


  • Added: Nov 05, 2015
  • Length: 01:00:00
  • Purchases: 10
Pura Vida: Costa Rica's Culture of Conservation
From: Terrascope Radio
Series: Terrascope Radio Major Features
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Part documentary, part sound-collage, this special explores Costa Rica, considered one of the "greenest" countries in the world, and its national e...

  • Added: Jan 27, 2013
  • Length: 21:19
Barbès Podcast, Episode No. 1, Alex Meixner (accordion)
From: Adam Pogoff
Series: Barbès Podcast
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Alex Meixner: Acclaimed accordionist playing jazz, Bulgarian dance music, Cleveland-style polkas and more.

  • Added: Nov 27, 2009
  • Length: 19:49
Transatlantic Music Box Vol 1
From: Radijojo World Children's Radio Network
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Open the box and see what metamorphoses. If kids put together a music show from their very own perspective, the outcome will mostly be somewhat une...

  • Added: Sep 29, 2009
  • Length: 29:59
1975 Gregory Corso - The Mad Yak
From: Naropa University
Series: Jack Kerouac Disembodied School of Poetics
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Beat great Gregory Corso reads in 1975

Bought by KUNM and WZBC


  • Added: Mar 23, 2005
  • Length: 01:23
  • Purchases: 2