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This is the kind of story that begins in a forest
From: Growing Old Project
Series: Growing Old: Tales from an Urban Canopy
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This is the kind of story that begins in a forest, on the traditional lands of the Duwamish and Coast Salish People, past and present. It’s a story...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: Apr 16, 2020
  • Length: :59
  • Purchases: 1
Nett Lake Anishinaabemoen 2020 with Billy Blackwell
From: Bois Forte Tribal Community Radio
Series: Anishinaabemoen 2020
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Grand Portage Ojibwe Billy Blackwell has ties and shares Ojibwe language dialect and stories of Nett Lake MN. Background music provided by the Nati...

  • Added: Apr 16, 2020
  • Length: 01:55:46
Welcome to Growing Old
From: Growing Old Project
Series: Growing Old: Tales from an Urban Canopy
Caption: Growing Old
This is the kind of story that begins in a forest, on the traditional lands of the Duwamish and Coast Salish People, past and present. It’s a story...

  • Added: Apr 15, 2020
  • Length: :59
May 4th Voices: Kent State 1970
From: WKSU
Caption: From WKSU, Wick Poetry Center and Kent State University
The 67 shots that rang out at Kent State amid a May 4,1970 Vietnam War protest, killing four students and wounding nine, reverberate nearly 50 year...

Bought by KUT, KWGS, WVTF, KTEP, KQED and more


  • Added: Apr 01, 2020
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 29
The Emergence of James Taylor (1-hour version)
From: Paul Ingles
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A program exploring and celebrating the early career of singer/songwriting legend James Taylor. Musicians, music writers and fans offer thoughtful...

Bought by KGOU, KSUT, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KAAD-LP, and KGLT


  • Added: Mar 24, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
Vaping: What You Don't Know Can Kill You - Hour Special
From: KRCB 104.9
Series: Vaping: What You Don't Know Can Kill You
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We investigate the dangers of vaping, while listening to the voices of high school administrators, health professionals and students. One thing is ...

Bought by KOSU, WHYY, Prairie Public, WXXI Rochester, WRVO Public Media and more


  • Added: Dec 03, 2019
  • Length: 01:05:51
  • Purchases: 12
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
Ep 2: Reversing opioid overdoses with Narcan
From: Anna Boiko-Weyrauch
Series: Finding Fixes Season One
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A life lost, a life saved. The main character of this episode isn’t a person. It’s a nasal spray. Naloxone (aka Narcan) saves lives from opioid ove...

Bought by KRZA


  • Added: Nov 13, 2019
  • Length: 23:51
  • Purchases: 1
The Emergence of Emmylou Harris (1 Hour Version)
From: Paul Ingles
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The remarkable musical journey of Emmylou Harris is explored in this one-hour version of a special from music documentarian Paul Ingles. Guests in...

Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., KSUT, WVPE, KAZU Seaside, Calif., and KGLT


  • Added: Oct 04, 2019
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
The Emergence of Emmylou Harris (2 Hour Version)
From: Paul Ingles
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The remarkable musical journey of Emmylou Harris is explored in this two-hour version of a special from music documentarian Paul Ingles. Guests in...

Bought by KNCT FM, WRVO Public Media, North State Public Radio, Spokane Public Radio, KUHF and more


  • Added: Sep 27, 2019
  • Length: 01:57:59
  • Purchases: 9
The Big Pond #46: Black Art, Berlin Stories – Looking for Alain Locke
From: Goethe-Institut
Series: The Big Ponder – A Transatlantic Podcast
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In 1925, the African-American philosopher Alain Locke (1886-1954) launched a revolutionary black arts movement now known as the Harlem Renaissance....

Bought by KICI Iowa City and WNYO


  • Added: Sep 18, 2019
  • Length: 34:12
  • Purchases: 2
The Big Pond #45: The Passion of Chris Strachwitz
From: Goethe-Institut
Series: The Big Ponder – A Transatlantic Podcast
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Chris Strachwitz is a man possessed. A “songcatcher,” capturing and recording the traditional, regional, down-home music of the US, his adopted hom...

Bought by WDCB, KICI Iowa City, WNYO, and KWMR


  • Added: Sep 11, 2019
  • Length: 29:23
  • Purchases: 4
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
Amazing Gracie - Gracie's story, and "Forward" from the book.
From: Paul Messing
Caption: Amazing Gracie (cover)
The story behind the story of Three Dog Bakery, and how a dog with special needs brought all the elements together.

  • Added: Aug 26, 2019
  • Length: 02:00
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 #29: Dieter Kosslick’s Last Red Carpet Ride
From: Goethe-Institut
Series: The Big Ponder – A Transatlantic Podcast
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Dieter Kosslick is one of the film world’s best known festival directors. He’s put his stamp on the Berlin International Film Festival for the pas...

Bought by KICI Iowa City and KWMR


  • Added: Jul 24, 2019
  • Length: 27:06
  • Purchases: 2
The Big Pond #37: 100 Years of the Bauhaus
From: Goethe-Institut
Series: The Big Ponder – A Transatlantic Podcast
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The Bauhaus school of art, architecture and design was founded in 1919 and lasted for only 14 years before the Nazis forced it to close in 1933. An...

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Jul 17, 2019
  • Length: 25:09
  • Purchases: 1
Stonewall 50: The Legacy of the Uprising that led to the Gay Rights Movement
From: WFUV
Caption: June 2019 Pride Month marks the 50th Anniversary of the Stonewall uprising. In "Stonewall 50" WFUV News explores the events leading up to the night of June 28, 1969 and the past five decades of the LGBTQIA+ movement., Credit: Photos: AP Images, Creative Commons; Collage: Valeria Villarroel
The Gay Liberation Movement is widely recognized as having begun nearly fifty years ago in New York City. On June 28, 1969, patrons at a gay bar ca...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WCPN, WXXI Rochester, WHFR and more


  • Added: Jun 06, 2019
  • Length: 01:00:01
  • Purchases: 6
Early Elton: An Elton John Appreciation (Hour 2)
From: Paul Ingles
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Optional Hour Two of the lively special spotlighting Elton John's early work from 8 remarkable albums released in three years from 1970- 1973. Spec...

Bought by KRCB 104.9, New Hampshire Public Radio, and KVMR


  • Added: May 26, 2019
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
The Big Pond #26: No Restraint – Berger Cookies and the City of Baltimore
From: Goethe-Institut
Series: The Big Ponder – A Transatlantic Podcast
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Over 200 years ago, German immigrant Henry Berger opened a bakery in East Baltimore – and since that day, Berger Cookies have been handmade in the ...

  • Added: May 01, 2019
  • Length: 17:02
Talking to White Kids About Race and Racism
From: Safe Space Radio
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Many white parents have never learned how to talk about race and racism with their kids. Their silence perpetuates racism—but it can be hard to kno...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WJAB, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, Interlochen Public Radio and more


  • Added: Apr 13, 2019
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 68
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
The Big Pond #20: Hessian Barracks in Maryland
From: Goethe-Institut
Series: The Big Ponder – A Transatlantic Podcast
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It is estimated that 30,000 Hessian soldiers fought for the British during the American Revolutionary War (1775-1783). Where did they come from and...

  • Added: Mar 25, 2019
  • Length: 23:47
The Big Pond #19: German Bread – A Nourishing Craft
From: Goethe-Institut
Series: The Big Ponder – A Transatlantic Podcast
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Germany is internationally renowned for its bread. With its diversity of more than 3,000 varieties the Germans are world champions of bread. Since ...

Bought by KICI Iowa City and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Mar 13, 2019
  • Length: 24:27
  • Purchases: 2
The Big Pond #13: German-style Wines in the US
From: Goethe-Institut
Series: The Big Ponder – A Transatlantic Podcast
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German entrepreneurs and winemakers have shaped the manufacturing of wine in the US for over a century. Join our producer Gary Lee on a tour of thr...

  • Added: Feb 01, 2019
  • Length: 20:24

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