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Top of Mind - Does the U.S. Have a Moral Obligation to Asylum Seekers
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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People around the world look to America as a land of opportunity and safety. Do we have an obligation to asylum seekers requesting protection?

Bought by WXDU, KOWS, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WGCU, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and more


  • Added: Apr 25, 2024
  • Length: 52:51
  • Purchases: 8
International Latino Book Award-winning Poet Xánath Caraza: Part 2
From: New Letters on the Air
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We celebrate National Hispanic Heritage month with the second part of our interview with poet Xanath (shaw-nath) Caraza, who is a finalist for the ...

  • Added: Sep 30, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
National Writers Series: Imbolo Mbue and Alan Lightman
From: Interlochen Public Radio
Series: National Writers Series: Season Three
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Discussions with authors Imbolo Mbue and Alan Lightman.

Bought by WKAR, Michigan Radio, and WKAR


  • Added: Jul 22, 2021
  • Length: 54:30
  • Purchases: 3
National Writers Series: Peter Matthiessen
From: Interlochen Public Radio
Series: National Writers Series: Season Two
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Author Peter Matthiessen talks with National Writers Series co-founder Doug Stanton.

Bought by WKAR


  • Added: Nov 13, 2019
  • Length: 54:29
  • Purchases: 1
The Write Question - Gwen Florio - 443
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Author and journalist Gwen Florio discusses her literary novel, Silent Hearts. She also reads a short passage.

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio, Spokane Public Radio, and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 14, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Folktale of Night Skies
From: Northeast Indiana Public Radio
Series: Folktales
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It's a sweet nocturnal glow that illuminates our pathway on this Folktale--and the 'audio view' is spectacular!

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


  • Added: Sep 18, 2017
  • Length: 01:00:00
  • Purchases: 6
From War Zone to Peace Work
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Half Hour Episodes
Caption: Janessa Gans Wilder
The story of how Janessa Gans Wilder, a CIA analyst working in Iraq during the war, became inspired to leave the agency to run a non-profit organiz...

Bought by WPSU, KUNM, Radio Baha'i, WLGI, Radio Catskill, and KUNM


  • Added: May 17, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 5
WorldCanvass: Taking It to the Streets (Part 3)
From: Joan Kjaer
Series: WorldCanvass
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We learn about the power of actively-engaged scholarship in this program about the University of Iowa Obermann Center for Advanced Studies and its ...

  • Added: Mar 07, 2016
  • Length: 24:39
WorldCanvass: Cuba: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow (Part 2)
From: Joan Kjaer
Series: WorldCanvass
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On December 17, 2014, U.S. President Obama and Cuban President Castro announced a new era of openness and interaction between their two countries. ...

Bought by KMUD


  • Added: Dec 16, 2015
  • Length: 21:08
  • Purchases: 1
5 TO 7 -- Victor Levin Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
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Victor Levin talks romance, rejection, and ruffling innocence.

  • Added: Apr 03, 2015
  • Length: 13:37
Snap 531: High and Mighty, 12/18/2014
From: Snap Judgment
Series: Snap Judgment Weekly
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Power is a funny thing. If people have it, they think they control you. But what if you decide, they don't have it anymore? On the next all-NEW Sna...

  • Added: Dec 18, 2014
  • Length: 53:57
Fritz Pleitgen: Lessons from the Stasi
From: Open Source
Series: Open Source with Christopher Lydon
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Fritz Pleitgen is a journalist who covered the Stasi in East Germany during the 1980s. He explains how one lives and acts in a surveillance state.

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Jul 17, 2014
  • Length: 02:28
  • Purchases: 1
TEENAGE -- Matt Wolf Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: Matt Wolf, San Francisco, CA 3/7/14, Credit: Andrea Chase
Matt Wolf talks rhythm, controversy, and hideously rare footage.

  • Added: Apr 24, 2014
  • Length: 16:45
THE GALAPAGOS AFFAIR: SATAN CAME TO EDEN -- Dayna Goldfine and Dan Geller Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: Dayna Goldfine & Dan Geller, San Francisco, CA 3/19/14, Credit: Andrea Chase
Dayna Goldfine and Dan Geller talk revealing human nature, looking a Galapagos tortoise in the eye, and babysitting Cate Blanchett.

  • Added: Apr 14, 2014
  • Length: 21:31
Bellwether prize-winning author Naomi Benaron
From: New Letters on the Air
Caption: Naomi Benaron
NAOMI BENARON is a trained scientist, marathon runner, and massage therapist. She is also the author of two award-winning fiction books, LOVE LETTE...

Bought by WJCU


  • Added: Nov 07, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Peace Journalism (Peace Talks Radio) [29:00]
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Caption: Professor Steven Youngblood (l) and Gloria Laker (r) in Uganda
Can journalists, by being more mindful of the language that they use and the breadth of people that they talk to, have an impact on reducing confli...

Bought by Radio Baha'i, WLGI and KUNM


  • Added: Jun 14, 2013
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 2
Underground Trade Part 1: Hiding in Plain Sight
From: WGBH Radio Boston
Series: Underground Trade: From Boston to Bangkok
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On a warm night a Boston suburb saw its image altered with the arrests of individuals connected to a massage parlor. Behind the closed doors poli...

Bought by KUER, KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA, WRST-FM Oshkosh, KUOW, and WRPI


  • Added: May 20, 2013
  • Length: 06:31
  • Purchases: 5
The Decline in Violence & The Pursuit of Dignity (Peace Talks Radio) [29:00]
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Half Hour Episodes
Caption: Steven Pinker
Two Harvard scholars with recent books are featured on this edition of PEACE TALKS RADIO. First Steven Pinker, talks about his 2011 book "The Bett...

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


  • Added: Oct 22, 2012
  • Length: 29:02
  • Purchases: 3
Peace Corps Voices (Peace Talks Radio) [29:00]
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Half Hour Episodes
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Peace Talks Radio rebroadcasts excerpts from the 2011 program produced by Amy Mayer. Produced in recognition of the 50th anniversary of the Peace ...

Bought by KWMR, Radio Baha'i, WLGI, Yellowstone Public Radio, and KUNM


  • Added: Jul 20, 2012
  • Length: 29:02
  • Purchases: 4
A Senegalese griot meets a German jazz trumpeter
From: John Diliberto
Series: Echo Location: Soundings for New Music
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An African griot meets a German jazz trumpeter when Ablaye Cissoko and Volker Goetze talk about their unlikely and serenely beautiful collaboration.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 29, 2010
  • Length: 03:30
  • Purchases: 1
DRP: Sudanese Reactions to the Inauguration of President Obama
From: Sudan Radio Project
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From the Darfur Radio Project: we hear Sudanese responses to the election of Barack Obama as President of the United States.

  • Added: May 03, 2009
  • Length: 03:16
DRP: The Role of Political Islam in Sudan
From: Sudan Radio Project
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From the Darfur Radio Project: we explore the role of political Islam in Sudan, past and present.

  • Added: Apr 05, 2009
  • Length: 05:26
Tibet's Unlikely Defender: A Chinese Journalist's Change of Mind
From: The Tibet Connection
Caption: Zhu RUi, Credit: Lhakpa Kyizom
Chinese journalist, Zhu Rui, on her transformation from critic of Tibetan society to one of its most passionate defenders.

  • Added: Mar 02, 2009
  • Length: 06:45
Self and Sociey
From: Sudan Radio Project
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Analysis and exploration of current issues surrounding the conflict in Darfur.

  • Added: Nov 02, 2008
  • Length: 29:00
Ludovico Einaudi: Ambient chamber music from the classical birthplace
From: John Diliberto
Series: Echo Location: Soundings for New Music
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Ludovico Einaudi talks about his lush, harmonic piano music

  • Added: Oct 13, 2008
  • Length: 03:30