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The Spanish Hour 2416: Remembering Guernica
From: Candice Agree
Series: The Spanish Hour with Candice Agree
Caption: Detail from Picasso's Gernika (Guernica)
We commemorate the anniversary of the bombing of the Basque village of Guernica (April 26, 1937) with “Guernica” Piano Trio number 1 by Octavio Vá...

Bought by KRZA, KENW, New Hampshire Public Radio, KWAX, GCR (Global Community Radio) and more


  • Added: Apr 13, 2024
  • Length: 58:32
  • Purchases: 36
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
War and Peace
From: Mississippi Public Broadcasting
Series: Sounds Jewish
Caption: Sounds Jewish logo with star of David
Songs about war and peace

Bought by WLPR


  • Added: Oct 13, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Carlos
From: Joyride Media
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One hour special celebrates the life of legendary guitarist Carlos Santana for Hispanic Heritage Month

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, WBGO, Harford Community Radio, KRVS, and KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 20, 2023
  • Length: 59:30
  • Purchases: 5
Seeking Harmony for Global Asian Immigrants
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
Caption: Iris Chen
On this PEACE TALKS RADIO episode, correspondent Sen Zhan explores three perspectives on the nature of intercultural conflict in transcultural Asia...

Bought by KUHF, KRVS, New England Public Media, WHRV, WXXI Rochester and more


  • Added: Apr 26, 2022
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 14
Seeking Harmony for Global Asian Immigrants
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Half Hour Episodes
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On this PEACE TALKS RADIO episode, correspondent Sen Zhan explores three perspectives on the nature of intercultural conflict in transcultural Asia...

Bought by KSKA, KMUN, Radio Baha'i, WLGI, and KUNM


  • Added: Apr 26, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
Solidarity With Ukraine
From: Mississippi Public Broadcasting
Series: Sounds Jewish
Caption: Sounds Jewish, Credit: Mississippi Public Broadcasting
Sounds Jewish presents secular and religious Jewish music from Ukraine in solidarity with all of the Ukrainian people.

Bought by WLPR


  • Added: Mar 18, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • 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 #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 #7: How Buildings Mean
From: Goethe-Institut
Series: The Big Ponder – A Transatlantic Podcast
Caption: The Big Ponder, Credit: © Goethe-institut
Producer Alex van Oss ponders the external, internal, and eternal meanings of buildings in his Washington, D.C. neighborhood. The result is a perso...

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Mar 11, 2021
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
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
World in Progress 09/17/2020
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: World in Progress: Global Development Issues ~ from DW
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This week on the show: Moving past colonialism - 1960 was the year of independence for many African nations. 60 years later, countries like Fran...

  • Added: Sep 17, 2020
  • Length: 29:59
João Gilberto: The Father of Bossa Nova
From: WFIU
Series: Afterglow (Jazz and American Popular Song): Specials
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In Brazil, singer and guitarist João Gilberto was known as “O Mito” ("The Legend") and the man who invented the bossa nova sound. On this Afterglow...

Bought by KMUW


  • Added: Jun 17, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Pandemic Special Episode: Voices From Around The World
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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We talk with people in six different countries, learning how they're coping during the pandemic, and learning about their hopes for the future.

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle and KOWS


  • Added: Apr 17, 2020
  • Length: 48:16
  • Purchases: 2
I Spy: Real Life Spy Stories
From: Rob Sachs
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Espionage was once a mostly male pursuit but these days the top three officials at the CIA are women. On this program we hear from Jonna Mendez, th...

Bought by WWNO, KSPB Pebble Beach, WVTF, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KECG and more


  • Added: Jan 30, 2020
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 58
Special: Cooperation vs Authoritarianism in Spain
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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Social change and systems change go hand-in-hand. Movements for democracy and human rights are most effective when they aim to transform unjust, un...

Bought by KDNK and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Nov 20, 2019
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 2
The Big Pond #50: Showing Our Colors
From: Goethe-Institut
Series: The Big Ponder – A Transatlantic Podcast
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People of mixed heritage lead complex lives, often navigating between two racial and/or cultural identities. Producer Jocelyn Robinson, who lives t...

Bought by KICI Iowa City and WNYO


  • Added: Oct 16, 2019
  • Length: 27:04
  • Purchases: 2
Music of the German immigrants
From: Arndt Peltner
Series: Wunderbar Together
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The music of the immigrants from the German speaking countries and their influence on American music

  • Added: Oct 05, 2019
  • Length: 58:28
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 #40: Villa Aurora and Thomas Mann House in Los Angeles
From: Goethe-Institut
Series: The Big Ponder – A Transatlantic Podcast
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During the Nazi regime, many German artists, scientists, and other intellectuals found refuge in Southern California. The authors Lion Feuchtwanger...

  • Added: Aug 07, 2019
  • Length: 34:48
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 #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...

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Jun 05, 2019
  • Length: 23:41
  • Purchases: 1
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
Scottish Fiction Writer Margot Livesey
From: New Letters on the Air
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In this presentation at the Kansas City Public Library, Scottish-born writer Margot Livesey talks about her evolution as a reader and writer, and s...

  • Added: May 08, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
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