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Goodnight sisters and Brothers
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: A billboard in Kolkata uses his own catchphrase to bid farewell to India's first radio superstar Ameen Sayani., Credit: Sandip Roy
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
Just Looking Like a Wow!
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Jasmeen Kaur “Just looking like a wow”, Credit: Instagram/@designmachinesuitslive
“Looking like a wow" is the hot new viral craze in India. Sandip brings us the story and what it means for a boutique owner from New Delhi to sudde...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 27, 2023
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 1
Celluloid Politics
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Bollywood composer Bappi Lahiri on the campaign trail with Narendra Modi in the 2014 Indian general election.
While at first film and cinema seemed the ideal way to promote peace between all of the different Indian religious factions, now the relationship s...

  • Added: Dec 27, 2021
  • Length: 06:00
The Big Ponder #17: Listening
From: Goethe-Institut
Series: The Big Ponder – A Transatlantic Podcast
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Our ability to hear is fully formed after just four and a half months in the womb. From this early age, sound shapes our worldview. Jim McKee, a so...

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Aug 12, 2021
  • Length: 28:23
  • Purchases: 1
Rush to Kinship
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: A Bengali newspaper in Kolkata is excited about Sameer Banerjee's Wimbledon victory., Credit: Sandip Roy
A little reflected glory is probably innocuous enough, but DNA is not sufficient evidence of belonging to a particular culture.

  • Added: Jul 13, 2021
  • Length: 06:00
Dispatch #375 - Implicitly Explicit
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Joe Pugliese/Harpo Productions
The casual racism of starchy royals was never particularly secret, but in all the debates about whether the Royals are racist or whether Harry and ...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 08, 2021
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 1
Celebs and Farmer Protests
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: A Still from the video "RiRi" by Diljit Dosanjh, Credit: Sandip Roy
More and more celebrities are tweeting about the farmer protest in India, and while this is about the backbone of India but it’s not the farmers wh...

  • Added: Feb 08, 2021
  • Length: 06:00
Dispatch 343 - What's That Ticking Noise?
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: The TikTok logo
The social media app TikTok has taken India by storm, but a political storm may mean that time has run out for its users.

  • Added: Jul 20, 2020
  • Length: 06:00
The Joy of Missing Out
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: variouys social media icons
Sandip Roy reflects on the fast paced decade that defined “Social Media.”

  • Added: Jan 13, 2020
  • Length: 06:00
King Denslow
From: Eric Molinsky
Series: Imaginary Worlds
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The Wizard of Oz started as a perfect partnership between L. Frank Baum and W.W. Denslow -- until they became bitter rivals, with each owning half ...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, WABE, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 27, 2019
  • Length: 12:22
  • Purchases: 3
Shujaat Bukhari
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Shujaat Bukhari, Credit: photo courtesy of Facebook
Shujaat Bukhari spoke to all sides and stayed true to his journalistic calling. He was gunned down in Kashmir on June 14th.

  • Added: Jun 19, 2018
  • Length: 06:00
WhatsApp for?
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
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Need a quick booster shot of national pride? How about a “quote" of WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange praising the Indian prime minister? Need to help fome...

  • Added: Apr 30, 2018
  • Length: 06:00
Radio Retrospective: The Woman Behind "Let's Pretend"
From: Katy Sewall
Series: Radio Retrospective
Caption: Nila Mack
There weren’t a lot of female directors during the Golden Age of Radio. Nila Mack was one of the few who earned herself an office on the 14th floo...

Bought by WMMT, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, WABE, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 05, 2015
  • Length: 06:37
  • Purchases: 4
Origin Stories
From: Eric Molinsky
Series: Imaginary Worlds
Caption: Luke Skywalker action figure, Credit: Eric Molinsky
What makes a great origin story -- for superheroes or regular people going on a job interview?

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, WABE, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 05, 2014
  • Length: 15:21
  • Purchases: 3
The Relaxation Market
From: Andrew Bales
Series: Into It
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In the relaxation drink market, companies aren’t waging the usual battle over a single word like “energy”; instead they’re picking their drugs of c...

  • Added: Jan 30, 2014
  • Length: 04:57
Captain Kangaroo's Box of Sound
From: Brett Barry
Caption: Photo of Bob Keeshan (Captain Kangaroo) reading as Hugh Brannum (Mr. Green Jeans) comes with a surprise cake to announce the fifth anniversary of the television program Captain Kangaroo., Credit: CBS Television
A box of sound effects from the Captain Kangaroo show opens the door to a bygone era of live television production. Interviews with key players on ...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 16, 2013
  • Length: 09:50
  • Purchases: 1
Dance Until the World Ends
From: Andrew Bales
Series: Into It
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A look at the odd trend of "doomsday" music that took over the pop charts leading up to the Mayan end date.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 22, 2013
  • Length: 02:19
  • Purchases: 1
Is This an Exercise?
From: Julie Shapiro
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Apocalyptic tv, the sounds of The End and the quirk (and power) of memory.

Bought by WDBM, XRAY.fm, PRX Remix, and WXDU


  • Added: Mar 10, 2008
  • Length: 07:17
  • Purchases: 4
WNYC's Fishko Files: Pre-Dean Teens
From: WNYC
Series: WNYC's Fishko Files
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Sara Fishko finds the root of the teen movie, in this edition of the Fishko Files.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and Marfa Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 07, 2007
  • Length: 07:18
  • Purchases: 2
Pay No Attention to that man behind the curtain
From: NAISA
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A behind-the-scenes view of journalism

Bought by WFUV and The PRX Podcast


  • Added: Apr 18, 2007
  • Length: 05:55
  • Purchases: 2
Subway of Mind
From: Judith Weber
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promo for THE LABYRINTHINE SUBWAY GAME

  • Added: Feb 27, 2007
  • Length: 07:26
Both My Houses (Mes Deux Maisons)
From: Marjorie Van Halteren
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Essay on media and politics for TCF's 99 Ways

  • Added: Nov 27, 2006
  • Length: 02:30