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Concern for Refugees and Migrants
From: Mississippi Public Broadcasting
Series: Sounds Jewish
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This weekend features HIAS’ Refugee Shabbat, an opportunity to show solidarity with global Jewry’s effort to protect and welcome refugees. Join me ...

Bought by WLPR


  • Added: Feb 02, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
And the Word Was Gaia
From: Desert Oracle
Series: Desert Oracle Radio
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It looks like we sort of infuriated Good Ol' Mother Gaia to the point that Gaia is feeling the need to perhaps wipe us off the face of the Earth, t...

Bought by KFCF FM


  • Added: Oct 04, 2020
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Gevalt
From: Israel Story
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A lot has been said about the Ultra-Orthodox community during the pandemic. But little has been heard from its members themselves. Yochai Maital an...

  • Added: Aug 11, 2020
  • Length: 15:34
StoryCorps: Harjit Sodhi and Rana Sodhi
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Rana Sodhi (L) and Harjit Sodhi hold a photograph of their late brother, Balbir Singh Sodhi, who was shot and killed at 52. Since his death, the brothers have been involved in educating others about Sikhism and the discrimination their community faces in , Credit: Mia Warren
Rana and Harjit Sodhi remember their brother, Balbir Singh Sodhi, who was killed in the very first hate crime after the September 11th attacks.

Bought by WVBI-LP


  • Added: Sep 20, 2018
  • Length: 02:31
  • Purchases: 1
The Solitary One
From: Israel Story
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An Israeli writer was invited by text message to the funeral of a woman she never knew. She attends out of curiosity and finds over seventy people ...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 10, 2018
  • Length: 06:15
  • Purchases: 1
Bone Deep
From: WPLN - Nashville Public Radio
Series: Versify (shorts)
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His little sister is never far from his mind — and she somehow appears in everything he puts on paper.

Bought by KICI Iowa City and PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 26, 2018
  • Length: 05:26
  • Purchases: 2
Takacs Quartet plays Mozart’s Spring Quartet #18-06
From: All Classical Public Media
Series: Played In Oregon
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The Takacs Quartet play Mozart’s “Spring” quartet number 14, from a concert last month in Portland.

Bought by WCNY, 'The Sea', WNIJ, Rhythm & News Service, KWAX and more


  • Added: Feb 07, 2018
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 6
What the Heck is Grog??
From: Free Epistemology with Mark Solomon
Series: The Wine Fellers Radio Program
Caption: The Wine Fellers
Learn About the History of Grog! Also Go Behind the Scenes of a Wine Party Cruise with Captain Jerry! The Wine Fellers is an upbeat, good chemist...

  • Added: Mar 20, 2017
  • Length: 01:00:00
The Mahisasur Mardini of Durga Puja
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
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I don’t know how many shoes this old radio program sells. But it can never feel the same as hearing those voices, most of them long dead, bring a c...

  • Added: Oct 04, 2016
  • Length: 05:59
The Book of Judith
From: Rob MacClanahan
Series: The Time Traveler
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The spirit of Judith cries out to us even if the names of her enemies are masked, even if exiled to the Apocrypha, even though she was -- but a wom...

  • Added: Jul 19, 2016
  • Length: 02:31:22
Dark Karma
From: Benjamen Walker
Series: Benjamen Walker's Theory of Everything
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“G.S.” tells the story that still haunts me about how bad karma brought him to the C.U.T. bomb shelters in Montana. Then astronomer Chris Impey exp...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 03, 2015
  • Length: 31:04
  • Purchases: 2
Anonymous and Diana
From: Littleglobe
Caption: Diana Moya Lujan's piece at the Museum of International Folk Art
An N’MPower participant, who wishes to remain anonymous, interviews Spanish Colonial artist Diana Moya Lujan, in a community engagement project bet...

  • Added: Apr 09, 2014
  • Length: 05:57
Helene Newberg's Marathon journey
From: Amina Chaudary
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When tragedy strikes a 16-year-old Muslim girl, her neighbor, Helene Newberg, is inspired to run in this year’s Boston marathon for her. And like e...

  • Added: May 02, 2013
  • Length: 12:46
The Beat: Julia Oxenreider - "Blowhole"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Beat
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The literal translation of Julia Helene Oxenreider is: Youthful, changing soft-haired sunlight riding ox. The Beat is a daily reminder that, in Min...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Mar 20, 2013
  • Length: 02:56
  • Purchases: 1
Delta Deli Blues
From: Philip Graitcer
Caption: Rebecca Barrett and the Klines serving lunch, Credit: Philip Graitcer
Greenville, Mississippi is singing the blues about the corned beef luncheon.

Bought by Vocalo.org


  • Added: May 12, 2011
  • Length: 04:26
  • Purchases: 1
Death & Religion
From: KVNF
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The fear of death is a major motivation to get religious.

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Mar 27, 2008
  • Length: 03:31
  • Purchases: 1
The Itinerant Rabbi
From: Philip Graitcer
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An Itinerant Rabbi ministers to congregations in small Southern towns

Bought by KUT, WYSO, Marfa Public Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, KCUR and more


  • Added: Jul 16, 2006
  • Length: 05:40
  • Purchases: 7