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Ireland And The Circus ~ Part 1

From: Mark Baker
Series: Ireland And The Circus

A look at the history of modern circus and how Ireland and Irish performers played a pivotal role.

Added: Feb 11, 2017
Length: 27:51

Seeking Peace on Earth: A PEACE TALKS RADIO Special (2016)

From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Half Hour Episodes

A selection of highlights from the past year's programs including reducing political polarization, community organizing for racial justice, peace h...

Bought by KWMR, Radio Catskill, and KMUN

Added: Dec 15, 2016
Length: 29:01
Purchases: 3

Iran Belongs to Its Youth

From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact

Veteran journalist Reese Erlich takes us to Iran, where young people, who make up over 40% of the country’s population, are looking toward the futu...

Bought by WRIR

Added: May 18, 2016
Length: 29:00
Purchases: 1

Bombs drop at Brookings, Oregon

From: Ron Johnson
Series: Because It Matters

Caption: Nobuo Fujita, who piloted the plane that bombed Brookings, donating his family's 400-year-old samurai sword to the city of Brookings

The 9-11 attacks weren’t the first time that America had been bombed. Listen to what happened at Brookings, Oregon on a Wednesday morning in Septem...

Added: Dec 10, 2014
Length: 10:26

"Changi Concert Party"

From: Margaret Evans

In a Japanese P.O.W. camp during World War II, a group of Australian prisoners created performances that sustained them and their “captive” audienc...

Added: Feb 16, 2014
Length: 58:03

Pura Vida: Costa Rica's Culture of Conservation

From: Terrascope Radio
Series: Terrascope Radio Major Features

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

Peace Corps Voices (Peace Talks Radio) [54:00/59:00]

From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Hour Long Episodes

This time on Peace Talks Radio, we present producer Amy Mayer’s 2011 program that then marked the 50th anniversary of The Peace Corps.

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and KUOW

Added: Jul 15, 2012
Length: 59:00
Purchases: 2

Watha hunter escapes angry elephant

From: Paula Kahumbu
Series: AFRICA'S WILDEST STORIES

Caption: Bashora in Amboseli, Credit: Ron Guijs

Bashora Galgalo is a 47 year old member of the Watha Tribe a minority indigenous hunter gather tribe from Kenya. He was born a hunterat Ndololo in ...

Added: Jun 20, 2012
Length: 07:10

Pakistan Aslant (1) - "The country that could kill the world"

From: Open Source

Caption: “MOHAMED ALI JINNAH: His Moslem tiger wants to eat the Hindu cow” [April 1946]

Christopher Lydon on the road in South Asia, in a compilation of conversations and reflections on Pakistan's past and dynamic present. Featuring no...

Bought by WCPN, KUOW, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.

Added: Oct 25, 2011
Length: 59:00
Purchases: 3

Pakistan Aslant (2) - Roots of Resilience

From: Open Source

Caption: Rashid Rana's "I Love Miniatures" (2002)

Christopher Lydon on the road in South Asia, in a compilation of conversations and reflections on Pakistan's past and dynamic present. Featuring fi...

Bought by WCPN and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.

Added: Oct 25, 2011
Length: 59:00
Purchases: 2

Amnesty At 50

From: Neil Gardner

Amnesty has recently attracted criticism, sometimes from those who have been its most committed activists. John Tusa asks if it has lost its way a...

Added: Jun 22, 2011
Length: 36:34

Bare As You Dare!

From: Vaska Trajkovska

Every year, in cities across the world, cyclists throw off their clothes and ride naked as part of the World Naked Bike Ride - a global protest mov...

Bought by KUT

Added: Jun 15, 2011
Length: 18:13
Purchases: 1

The Unreal World of Narcissists and Sociopaths

From: Jari Chevalier

Narcissists and Sociopaths have always been among us and yet recent research brings us new understanding of just what these serious emotional disab...

Added: Apr 25, 2011
Length: 47:10

Please Don't Say My Name: Burmese refugees at risk in Malaysia

From: karen zusman

Malaysia is a country that does not distinguish between illegal migrants, refugees and asylum seekers. What's worse, refugees from Burma have recen...

Added: Aug 10, 2009
Length: 01:00:00

The Price of Rice

From: Outer Voices

The price of rice is the price of life in Vietnam: the country is now the second largest exporter of rice in the world. But one out of every seven ...

Bought by KUER, KFOK-LPFM, KZYX, WRPI, KQED and more

Added: Jun 26, 2009
Length: 52:00
Purchases: 14

The Berlin Model United Nations (BERMUN)

From: Radijojo World Children's Radio Network
Series: Across the Ocean - the first Transatlantic Radio for kids

This session was about the protection of women's and girls' rights for equality worldwide. This is one of the most exciting transatlantic projects...

Added: Mar 09, 2009
Length: 30:22

Tibetan Uprising: The Meaning of March 10th

From: The Tibet Connection

Documentary on the significance of March 10th for Tibetans

Bought by CKMO, KVMR, and KFAI Minneapolis

Added: Feb 25, 2009
Length: 10:00
Purchases: 3

"Mutabaruka: Jamaica's Original Dub Poet "

From: Dred-Scott Keyes

Dred-Scott Keyes and Bernard White interview Jamaican poet Mutabaruka.

Bought by KBBI Alaska, WNCU, and WNCU

Added: Feb 04, 2009
Length: 59:14
Purchases: 3

The Changing Face of Amazonia, a love story.

From: Anton Foek

The Amazon region is changing rapidly. Experience a different change.

Added: Aug 06, 2007
Length: 05:20

India Rising, program two: Inside India's Heart of Darkness

From: BBC

This landmark series explores what globalisation and a decade of economic reforms have done to India and the way that it sees itself. In the seconf...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis

Added: May 31, 2007
Length: 23:38
Purchases: 1

India Rising, program five: Debate

From: BBC

This landmark series explores the what globalisation and a decade of economic reforms have done to India and the way that it sees itself. The concl...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis

Added: May 31, 2007
Length: 22:02
Purchases: 1

Argentina's Mothers of Plaza de Mayo

From: Marie Trigona

Argentina's Mothers of Plaza de Mayo pass on a legacy of defending human rights

Bought by WBEZ

Added: Feb 16, 2007
Length: 08:00
Purchases: 1

Burj el-Shemali Refugee Camp

From: Stefan Christoff

A radio documentary on Burj el-Shemali refugee camp, located on the outskirts of the southern Lebanese city of Tyre and home to upwards of 20 000 P...

Added: Dec 27, 2006
Length: 29:03

Rock-and-roll benefit concerts: Music to UNICEF's ears

From: UNICEF

This Story is free! With the Concert for Bangladesh George Harrison and Ravi Shankar started the tradition of the super-concert for a humanitarian ...

Bought by WABE