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We revisit a major race debate within the Romance Writers of America that began in 2019 and talk about why questions of race in art and in institut...

Bought by WXDU, RadioFreePalmer, and C89.5 - KNHC Seattle


  • Added: May 29, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
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This week on the show: The textile patterns designes by indigenous weavers in Oaxaca, Mexico are hip with fashion companies who don't always compe...

Bought by WXDU


  • Added: Dec 03, 2021
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
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This week on the show: US President Joe Biden begins whirlwind tour of Europe. Turkey offers the US a 'historic opportunity' to reset diplomatic...

  • Added: Jun 10, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
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In 1968, Black American athlete Tommie Smith set a new world record. He became a gold medalist when he raced to win the 200-meter event at the Summ...

  • Added: Jan 14, 2021
  • Length: 20:52
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This week on the show: Unintended consequences - Nearly three months since the Moria refugee camp on the Greek island of Lesbos burned now, a n...

  • Added: Dec 03, 2020
  • Length: 30:00
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We visit a place where the “black sheep” of the Guggenheim family went to be free.

  • Added: Jun 25, 2020
  • Length: 22:27
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The story of a color marked by effort and desire.

  • Added: Jun 25, 2020
  • Length: 21:30
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This week on the show: 640,000 people back under lockdown in virus-hit German region. Construction of Austrian Holocaust victims' memorial begin...

  • Added: Jun 25, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
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This week on the show: The Invisibles - We explore ‘invisible’ polluters – noise, light and air. And we visit an exhibition in Berlin, question...

Bought by KRZA, WRGY, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], and WFIU


  • Added: Nov 22, 2019
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 4
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To honor the 50th Anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing this July, we introduce Studio Drift, the Amsterdam-based artist duo whose poetic work ...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 15, 2019
  • Length: 13:58
  • Purchases: 1
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This week on the show: Europe marks the 75th anniversary of D-Day. We meet WWII veterans on the Normandy beaches. Trump's visit to Europe sparks...

  • Added: Jun 06, 2019
  • Length: 58:59
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Art organizations and sponsorship dollars have gone hand in hand for decades. But with backlash and protests over donors ethics, should cultural in...

Bought by KDNK


  • Added: May 09, 2019
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
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This week on the show: EU Commission presidential candidates spar in election debate. Scotland moves a step closer to a second referendum on inde...

  • Added: May 02, 2019
  • Length: 59:00
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On this week’s show: Seven years after dropping the draft, Germany debates bringing back national service. Migrants in Paris get creative at a pop-...

  • Added: Aug 09, 2018
  • Length: 59:00
Caption: CD Clarke, Credit: Tom Howell
In the second part of the two part series on Fly Fishing, Tom continues his conversations at the Fly Fishing Show. He talks to expert fly tier Rob...

  • Added: Aug 05, 2018
  • Length: 01:03:02
Caption: Refa Senay
The Black Panther Party combined Black Power’s militancy with socialist ideology, and infused funk music with Franz Fanon’s writings. Their impact...

  • Added: Dec 03, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
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Sherry Wang isn't just another teenager balancing good grades with studying for the SAT's and having fun. Instead, on top of all the expected press...

  • Added: Feb 11, 2016
  • Length: 04:56
Caption: An Alchemist in his Studio, Thomas Wijck. , Credit: CHF Collections
This episode explores the colorful (and sometimes risk-filled) history of pigments and painters, and the conservators who save paintings from the r...

Bought by WTJU


  • Added: Jul 22, 2014
  • Length: 30:34
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Bobby Pickles (left); Carla Anderson (right), Credit: Adrien de Martini
Bobby podcasts from Balance Hair Salon in downtown Jersey City, while lounging in one of the shop’s large, adjustable chairs, with Carla Anderson, ...

  • Added: Oct 12, 2013
  • Length: 01:12:57
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Vocalist and songwriter Gretchen Parlato's music is introspective and crafted with a knowing touch. Winner of the 2004 Thelonious Monk Jazz Vocalis...

Bought by WMOT, Delmarva Public Media, KREV-LP, and WNCU


  • Added: Aug 09, 2012
  • Length: 15:06
  • Purchases: 4
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"...This country lookin' guy was standing there in the door, waiting for me to tell him what to do. So I said, 'play something!' He took out his ...

Bought by KMUW, WMOT, Delmarva Public Media, and KREV-LP


  • Added: Jul 26, 2012
  • Length: 19:40
  • Purchases: 4
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"And he said we’ll I don’t want to play any of those 7s or 11s or 13s or 22s. I don’t want to play any of that stuff that you’re writing. He said b...

Bought by Delmarva Public Media, KREV-LP, and WNCU


  • Added: Apr 20, 2012
  • Length: 11:32
  • Purchases: 3
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"There’s an interesting thing that happens. You prepare a piece. You rehearse it. It sounds perfect...And you go out and play it on the first night...

Bought by Delmarva Public Media, KREV-LP, WNCU, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 20, 2012
  • Length: 16:42
  • Purchases: 4
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"I had moved to New York and spent a couple of years here scuffling around. I was getting a little discouraged, playing a lot of weddings. It wasn'...

Bought by WMOT, Delmarva Public Media, and KREV-LP


  • Added: Apr 20, 2012
  • Length: 13:41
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Wynton Marsalis
"For me I always grew up watching my father and other jazz musicians, they never played for that many people, they were always struggling. They did...

Bought by WMOT, Delmarva Public Media, KREV-LP, WCSU-FM, PRX Remix and more


  • Added: Oct 14, 2011
  • Length: 18:54
  • Purchases: 6