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Sandip Roy remembers his childhood radio guru. Amen Sayani died last week at the age of 91.
Bought by WTJU
- Added: Feb 26, 2024
- Length: 06:00
- Purchases: 1
The Legendary Lynette Shaw, abducted at 7 years of age, became the Nation's youngest bounty hunter then, our Nation's Greatest Bounty Hunter, Turne...
- Added: Oct 15, 2022
- Length: 26:42
Queen Elizabeth II passed away on September 8, 2022, at the age of 96. In memoriam, we take a look at the royal monarch's life through a musical le...
Bought by KSJE, KWAX, Troy Public Radio, WRTI, WNMU-FM and more
- Added: Sep 09, 2022
- Length: 01:58:23
- Purchases: 12
For Indians Lata Mangeskhar was like Edith Piaf to French or Barbara Streisand to Americans.
- Added: Feb 15, 2022
- Length: 06:00
Lata Mangeshkar was the story of independent India. Most Indians had never known an India without her.
- Added: Feb 08, 2022
- Length: 06:00
In a post-pandemic-still-in-a-pandemic world Sandip remembers a homey thanksgiving, even if it was in a land foreign to the concept.
Bought by RadioStPete Florida
- Added: Nov 23, 2021
- Length: 06:00
- Purchases: 1
Sandip yearns for the life of traveler.
- Added: Sep 27, 2021
- Length: 06:00
Sandip Roy looks at the influence of Salem Kidwai who, in his understated way, helped the gay movement in India.
- Added: Sep 21, 2021
- Length: 06:00
A childhood goddess that was once asked for help with math takes on a new significance in adulthood.
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Feb 15, 2021
- Length: 06:00
- Purchases: 1
A fond remembrance of Indian actor Soumitra Chatterjee, who died Sunday Nov. 15th after battling the COVID-19 virus.
- Added: Nov 16, 2020
- Length: 06:00
Actor Irrfan Khan wasn’t the biggest star in Bollywood, but he was unique.
Irrfan Khan died last week from endocrine cancer. He was 53.
- Added: May 04, 2020
- Length: 06:00
Sandip Roy remembers on of India’s most beloved writers.
Nabaneeta dev Sen
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio
- Added: Nov 11, 2019
- Length: 06:00
- Purchases: 1
- Added: May 07, 2019
- Length: 06:00
Sandip Roy remembers his boyhood fascination with Hergé's famous comic, Tintin
- Added: Jan 22, 2019
- Length: 06:00
A short-form trackless piece exploring the special importance of harp music during the holiday season, filled with relaxing holiday music! Includes...
Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, 'The Sea', WTIP, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio
- Added: Nov 13, 2018
- Length: 03:35
- Purchases: 4
From the ashes of the Tubbs wildfire, a Sonoma, CA community rebuilds it’s community through one man’s pottery.
- Added: Oct 02, 2018
- Length: 06:00
Sandip remembers a bitter part of his childhood.
- Added: Aug 27, 2018
- Length: 06:00
This mother’s Day I was thinking about a very particular mother. Not mine but a woman named Leila Seth.
Leila Seth was the first woman to top th...
- Added: May 17, 2017
- Length: 06:00
Most of us around the world wake up to alarm clocks or the clock radio turning on.
For decades thousands and thousands of Indians around the world...
- Added: Sep 20, 2016
- Length: 06:00
Kevin Howlett is an archivist and historian (and radio host) with the BBC.
- Added: Aug 30, 2016
- Length: 01:48:04
Visit equine rock stars on your own! For the first time, anyone can purchase a ticket to visit their favorite racing stars at horse farms in Lexing...
- Added: May 03, 2016
- Length: 03:34
“Minnesota 13” is the name of a corn seed developed at the University of Minnesota to suit the shorter growing season in the upper Midwest. But dur...
- Added: Feb 24, 2015
- Length: 04:48
Ask someone from out of state to describe Minnesota and you’ll probably hear a lot of “Minnesota Nice,” "uff dah’s" and "you betcha’s." Scandinavia...
Bought by KSRQ
- Added: Nov 06, 2014
- Length: 05:04
- Purchases: 1
This year marks the 125th birthday of a San Francisco historic Landmark. Not City Hall, not the Golden Gate. The Bayview Opera House — San Francisc...
- Added: May 18, 2014
- Length: 07:35
100-second module, from our weekday readings for May. A classical music motif.
Bought by WEZU
- Added: Apr 24, 2014
- Length: 01:40
- Purchases: 1
