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Detention in the City of Destiny
From: Seattle Globalist
Series: Between Worlds/Behind Bars
Caption: GEO Guard at the Northwest Detention Center, Tacoma., Credit: Alex Stonehill
In 2004 a new detention center opened on the tideflats below downtown Tacoma. Owned and operated by a private corporation, it houses up to a thousa...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 16, 2010
  • Length: 08:19
  • Purchases: 1
The Magic Tent. A Celebration of French Language Popular Music
From: Charles Spira
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Prepare to be dazzled by the Music, Voices and Artists in this Whirlwind Tour of French Language Popular Music. This program was specially created ...

Bought by WABE, WSLR, KVMR, KUT, and KSJD


  • Added: Jun 09, 2010
  • Length: 50:59
  • Purchases: 5
Ruairi O'Brien - Cinematographer - Five Minutes of Heaven
From: MergingArts Productions
Series: Spoiler Alert Radio
Caption: Closeup of James Nesbitt in "Five Minutes of Heaven"
One of Ruairi O'Brien's more recent works of note as cinematographer is the film Five Minutes of Heaven, directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel of Downfal...

  • Added: Jun 06, 2010
  • Length: 29:00
The Hidden Messages in Zulu Beadwork
From: Rachel Louise Snyder
Series: Global Guru Radio
Caption: A Zulu girl wears her beadwork, Credit: Hlengi We Dube
You're fourteen, and you're in love with a boy in the next village. How do you tell him? Well, you bead it of course. This week's Global Guru uncov...

Bought by HCC Radio The Dragon and PRX Remix


  • Added: May 26, 2010
  • Length: 03:08
  • Purchases: 2
Channels of Peace
From: War News Radio
Caption: A Sudanese woman casts her vote at a refugee camp this April., Credit: Photo courtesy of the Associated Press.
A guest show by our sister studio, the Sudan Radio Project.

  • Added: May 13, 2010
  • Length: 29:00
International Guitar Night: Four virtuosos from Germany, Israel and America talk about a convergence of finger-style guitar
From: John Diliberto
Series: Echo Location: Soundings for New Music
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There are some guitarists for whom one insturment isan't enough. Brian Gore is one of them. For the past decade, he’s been realizing his ambition...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 22, 2010
  • Length: 03:30
  • Purchases: 1
Bonjour Chanson Series 8, Episode 36
From: Charles Spira
Series: Bonjour Chanson Series 8
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We bring you a wonderful mix of French Language Songs from today and from the past. The melodies are beautiful and we tell you about the artists a...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Apr 15, 2010
  • Length: 27:30
  • Purchases: 1
Bonjour Chanson Series 7, Episode 35
From: Charles Spira
Series: Bonjour Chanson Series 7
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We bring you six French Language singers each with one song. We tell you about the artists and the songs in English and when you'll hear those song...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Apr 15, 2010
  • Length: 28:06
  • Purchases: 1
Mediaeval Baebes
From: John Diliberto
Series: Echo Location: Soundings for New Music
Caption: The Mediaeval Baebes, Credit: Hayley Madden
The allure is undeniable. Six talented, attractive women breathe renewed life into the rich texts of medieval songs and poetry with their haunting...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 15, 2010
  • Length: 03:30
  • Purchases: 2
SRP: Dance and Theater in Sudan
From: Sudan Radio Project
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From the Sudan Radio Project: we explore the relationship between dance and theater in Sudanese culture.

  • Added: Apr 04, 2010
  • Length: 06:35
SRP: A Bay Area Sudanese Cultural School
From: Sudan Radio Project
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From the Sudan Radio Project: we visit a Sudanese Sunday school in San Leandro, California.

Bought by KALW


  • Added: Apr 04, 2010
  • Length: 07:38
  • Purchases: 1
Cambodia-The Plow that Predicts the Future
From: Rachel Louise Snyder
Series: Global Guru Radio
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This week's GG goes inside the Royal Ploughing Ceremony to hear how Cambodians predict the future -- agriculturally AND economically.

Bought by HCC Radio The Dragon and PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 27, 2010
  • Length: 02:56
  • Purchases: 2
Jon Hopkins's Quaint Electronica
From: John Diliberto
Series: Echo Location: Soundings for New Music
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You may not know Jon Hopkins, but you’ve heard him on albums by Coldplay, Massive Attack, Imogen Heap and Brian Eno. On Coldplay’s Viva La Vida or...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 25, 2010
  • Length: 03:30
  • Purchases: 1
English electronic duo plugs in with vintage synthesizers and heads into space
From: John Diliberto
Series: Echo Location: Soundings for New Music
Caption: Ian Boddy and Mark Shreeve of Arc, Credit: Kimberly Haas
English electronic musicians Mark Shreeve and Ian Boddy perform in a pair of cockpits of keyboards and gear. They specialize in a sound that has r...

  • Added: Mar 09, 2010
  • Length: 03:30
Global Guru-Mexico's Murals
From: Rachel Louise Snyder
Series: Global Guru Radio
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This week the Global Guru learns about the mural movement in Ajijic, Mexico, two generations after Diego Rivera's vision.

Bought by HCC Radio The Dragon and PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 08, 2010
  • Length: 02:46
  • Purchases: 2
Bonjour Chanson Series 7, Episode 34
From: Charles Spira
Series: Bonjour Chanson Series 7
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Bonjour Chanson invites English speakers into the world of French Language Popular Music by introducing Artists in English and paraphrasing portion...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Feb 27, 2010
  • Length: 28:39
  • Purchases: 1
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
Stylish fingerstyle guitarist from Sweden
From: John Diliberto
Series: Echo Location: Soundings for New Music
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Jimmy Wahlsteen turns a pop melody sensibility into fingerstyle instrumentals

  • Added: Jan 14, 2010
  • Length: 03:30
Bonjour Chanson Series 7, Episode 32
From: Charles Spira
Series: Bonjour Chanson Series 7
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Enjoy the best of French Language Popular Music although you do not speak French. We tell you about the artists and songs in English. When you/ll...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Jan 08, 2010
  • Length: 27:12
  • Purchases: 1
Bonjour Chanson Series 7, Episode 31
From: Charles Spira
Series: Bonjour Chanson Series 7
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Whether you speak French or not, you might enjoy listening to a program where we discuss 6 French Language Musical Artists in English and then list...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Jan 08, 2010
  • Length: 26:46
  • Purchases: 1
An Interview With Baaba Maal
From: John Diliberto
Series: Echo Location: Soundings for New Music
Caption: Baaba Maal
Senegalese singer Baaba Maal talks about the evolution of the African Griot and his own ethereal new CD, Television, recorded with The Brazilian Gi...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and KTRL


  • Added: Dec 09, 2009
  • Length: 03:30
  • Purchases: 2
SRP: A Conversation with Mango Radio's Mamoun Mansour
From: Sudan Radio Project
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From the Sudan Radio Project: we speak with a representative from Khartoum's first privately-operated radio station about the growth of commercial ...

  • Added: Dec 06, 2009
  • Length: 09:02
Creating Conversation
From: Sudan Radio Project
Caption: Surfing an internet cafe in Khartoum, Sudan., Credit: Associated Press
Analysis and exploration of current issues surrounding the conflict in Darfur.

  • Added: Dec 06, 2009
  • Length: 29:00
SRP: A Conversation with Sudanese Musician Nile
From: Sudan Radio Project
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From the Sudan Radio Project: we hear from a Sudanese musician living in Dubai, whose R&B hits have attracted listeners from across the Middle Eas...

  • Added: Dec 06, 2009
  • Length: 07:41
SRP: A Conversation with "The Sudanese Thinker"
From: Sudan Radio Project
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From the Sudan Radio Project: we talk with a Sudanese blogger whose provocative writings have narrated the evolution of his personal politics and f...

  • Added: Dec 06, 2009
  • Length: 09:29

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