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53: Middle Eastern Flavors In The Midwest, 6/7/24
From: Heritage Radio Network
Series: Eat Your Heartland Out
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This episode celebrates the diverse Middle Eastern flavors that are part of the Midwestern culinary landscape. Meet Zehorit Heilicher, a Yemenite r...

  • Added: Jun 07, 2024
  • Length: 54:06
Looking at the Unbearable with Dr. Gabor Maté & V (formerly Eve Ensler)
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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Experts say we must look at the root causes of our pain, and yet the US is in the grip of a battle over exactly that — with efforts to ban books, c...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., RadioFreePalmer, KMUN, Radio Catskill, KDNK and more


  • Added: Feb 14, 2024
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 7
(January 10, 2024 Re-Air) Josh Paul: Resigns State Dept. Over Arms to Israel
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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After 11 years in the State Department’s Bureau of Political-Military Affairs — the entity most responsible for arms transfers to allies and partne...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KMUN, KWMR, and WNYE


  • Added: Dec 15, 2023
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 4
The A-Word
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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This week, we explore an often-overlooked issue in the Arab world; racism towards Black Arabs. In this episode, Kerning Culture reporter Ahmed Twai...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle


  • Added: Dec 11, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
A Big Deal, Not a Peace Deal
From: Mateo Schimpf
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This month, Israel signed deals with two Gulf States on the White House South Lawn. These are the first Arab-Israel agreements in 25 years, known a...

Bought by Classic107.3, WHCP-LP Cambridge, and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Sep 30, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
Russia, Afghanistan and America’s Longest War
From: Mateo Schimpf
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In this episode, we take a closer look at how the war in Afghanistan has served as a proxy conflict between the US and Russia and how it fits into ...

Bought by WHCP-LP Cambridge and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Jul 29, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
Countering ISIL
From: Mateo Schimpf
Caption: PRX default Piece image
The news each week is filled with increasingly horrific stories of the effects of violent extremism and ISIL-led and ISIL-inspired attacks in Iraq,...

  • Added: Mar 06, 2017
  • Length: 59:01
Nancy Okail: The Arab Spring, Five Years On
From: Mateo Schimpf
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Join us for a discussion with Dr. Nancy Okail, Executive Director of the Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy, who will offer insights into Egyp...

  • Added: Sep 30, 2016
  • Length: 59:01
Kurdish People:  Their Struggle to Keep Their Homeland.
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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Radio Curious revisits an archived conversation with Bob Blincoe, a Presbyterian minister who worked as a missionary in the Zagros Mountains from 1...

  • Added: Nov 24, 2015
  • Length: 29:01
What To Do After Paris?
From: Open Source
Series: Open Source with Christopher Lydon
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With Amb. Chas Freeman, a freethinking veteran of foreign service, and the French journalist Sylvain Cypel, we’re in the Open Source situation room...

Bought by WMUU-LP, KPIP-LP, KMXT, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Nov 20, 2015
  • Length: 58:37
  • Purchases: 4
Senator George Mitchell: Peace in the Middle East?
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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This American statesman's newest book is "The Negotiator." He knows a thing or two about heated negotiations from his role as Senate majority leade...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Jul 10, 2015
  • Length: 09:58
  • Purchases: 1
What's Left of Liberal Zionism?
From: Open Source
Series: Open Source with Christopher Lydon
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We’re looking at liberal Zionism, enduring a crisis after a brutal summer in Gaza. It’s prompted handwringing for American Jews and Israelis who ar...

Bought by WRPI, KZYX, and Radio Catskill


  • Added: Sep 14, 2014
  • Length: 58:37
  • Purchases: 3
Palestinians Fleeing Syria Head to Thailand Hoping for a New Start
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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The half a million Palestinians living in Syria have a short list of countries that will open their doors. So when word got out that Palestinians ...

  • Added: Dec 18, 2013
  • Length: 07:59
In Turkey, Legal Limbo for 500,000 Syrians
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: A Syrian refugee girl looks out from behind the fence at Yayladagi refugee camp in Hatay province near the Turkish-Syrian border April 10, 2012., Credit: Freedom House
The refugee crisis in Turkey has reached unprecedented proportions, with more than half a million Syrian refugees streaming across the border. But ...

  • Added: Dec 18, 2013
  • Length: 07:32
Fleeing Syria, Seeking Refuge
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Syrian Refugees, Credit: UN
Over 2 million Syrians have been displaced by that country's ongoing civil war. Neighboring countries are overwhelmed with refugees. So where else ...

  • Added: Dec 10, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
Give Syrian Women (and Peace) a Chance
From: KSFR
Series: Equal Time with Martha Burk
Caption: Host Martha Burk
President Obama got a short reprieve when Russia put forward a plan to avoid a U.S. missile strike on Syria by sequestering Syria’s chemical weapon...

  • Added: Sep 11, 2013
  • Length: 02:30
Missiles and Machismo
From: KSFR
Series: Equal Time with Martha Burk
Caption: Host Martha Burk
Two and one half minute commentary on the debate about bombing Syria, and the domestic trade-offs.

  • Added: Sep 05, 2013
  • Length: 02:30
In the Shadow of the Wall: From Gaza to Arizona
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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From Palestinian farmers to shootings at the US and Mexico border; living in the shadow of the wall.

Bought by KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Jan 10, 2013
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 2
Seeking Peace on Earth: A Peace Talks Radio Special (2012) [59:00 / 54:00]
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Inspiring and engaging highlights from episodes of Peace Talks Radio, the series on peacemaking and nonviolent conflict resolution. Young women fr...

Bought by KUOW, KUOW, KUNM, KWMR, KUOW and more


  • Added: Nov 15, 2012
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 6
Not My Zion: American Jews Divided on Israel and Palestine
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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The American consensus on Israel and Palestine is breaking down. And Jewish Americans are playing a major role. But it's not easy. On this edition:...

  • Added: Aug 09, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
The Art of War
From: War News Radio
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News and features on the wars in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Libya.

  • Added: Jul 01, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
The Longest War
From: War News Radio
Caption: President Barack Obama
News and features on the wars in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Libya.

  • Added: Jun 24, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
Assisting Political Parties in the Middle East
From: Carnegie Council
Series: Global Ethics Corner
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In the aftermath of popular uprisings in the Middle East, Western aid-donors are confronted by a difficult dilemma. Should they work with anti-demo...

  • Added: Apr 15, 2011
  • Length: 02:00
Turkey, Islam, and Democracy
From: Carnegie Council
Series: Global Ethics Corner
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Turkey’s democracy has been extolled as a model in the Middle East, but has also been belittled for its creeping authoritarianism. Does Turkey offe...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 11, 2011
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 1
Interests or Values: The West and Israel
From: Carnegie Council
Series: Global Ethics Corner
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Western support of Israel demonstrates a clash of interests and values. Israel is a key U.S. ally, yet its policies towards Gaza and the West Bank ...

  • Added: Feb 24, 2011
  • Length: 02:00