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IGF Book Club - The Bhagavad Gita with Ravi Gupta
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: In Good Faith
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IGF Book Club—we're reading the Bhagavad Gita, as translated by Laurie Patton.

Bought by RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: May 24, 2024
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 1
In Good Faith - LDS Experience in Turkey
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: In Good Faith
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Steve discusses the history of LDS converts in Turkey, starting with 19th century Armenians.

Bought by RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Apr 18, 2024
  • Length: 52:28
  • Purchases: 1
In Good Faith - Book Club, Poetry by Rumi
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: In Good Faith
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In Good Faith welcomes two guests to discuss "Rumi: Studying the Sun".

Bought by RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Apr 04, 2024
  • Length: 52:28
  • Purchases: 1
In Good Faith - Rumi and the Sheikh
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: In Good Faith
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Celebrating the power of faith and belief.

Bought by RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Mar 28, 2024
  • Length: 52:49
  • Purchases: 1
In Good Faith - Ottomans and the Imam
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: In Good Faith
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We explore Islam in Turkey and chat with a former Imam who founded a school to teach girls how to recite the Koran.

Bought by RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Mar 21, 2024
  • Length: 52:54
  • Purchases: 1
In Good Faith - The Hagia Sophia
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: In Good Faith
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Steve explores the history and influence of the Hagia Sophia.

Bought by RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Mar 14, 2024
  • Length: 53:02
  • Purchases: 1
In Good Faith - Paul in Ephesus
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: In Good Faith
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Both an influential place and a person--walk with us in Ephesus.

Bought by RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Feb 29, 2024
  • Length: 52:52
  • Purchases: 1
In Good Faith - Jewish Communities in Turkey
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: In Good Faith
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This week, the team visits Sardes--join our discussion on Judaism in Turkey.

Bought by RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Feb 22, 2024
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 1
In Good Faith - Elizabeth Schrader Polczer and Craig Evans: Who was Mary Magdalene?
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: In Good Faith
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Steve chats with two historians about the importance of ancient Christianity today.

Bought by RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Jan 04, 2024
  • Length: 52:41
  • Purchases: 1
In Good Faith -The Power of Pilgrimage
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: In Good Faith
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Four guests discuss their experiences with pilgrimage. Topics range from embarking on physical journeys to less intensive, historical landmarks.

Bought by RadioStPete Florida and WYAP


  • Added: Nov 02, 2023
  • Length: 52:57
  • Purchases: 2
The Modern West: Ghost Town(ing) Broadcast Special
From: Wyoming Public Radio
Series: The Modern West
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Ghost towns are an icon of the American West. But they’re not just part of a sepia-toned past; ghost towns in the making today as rural communities...

  • Added: Nov 13, 2020
  • Length: 57:41
StoryCorps: Sam Dow and Josh Belser
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Friends for 30 years, Sam Dow (left) in Ann Arbor, Mich., and Josh Belser in Syracuse, N.Y., are both working on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic., Credit: Josh Belser.
Longtime friends Josh Belser and Sam Dow, who are healthcare workers in different states, have a conversation to check in with each other during th...

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: Jun 15, 2020
  • Length: 03:05
  • Purchases: 1
The Poison Squad and the Neuroscientist Who Lost Her Mind
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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Topic 1: A chemist's single-minded crusade for food safety. Topic 2: The neuroscientist who lost her mind.

  • Added: Feb 10, 2020
  • Length: 49:05
Allusionist 15: Step Away
From: The Allusionist
Series: The Allusionist
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'Step-', as in stepparents or stepchildren, originated in grief. Family structures have evolved, but are stepmothers now so tainted by fairytale as...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 12, 2015
  • Length: 38:16
  • Purchases: 1
The Tune Under Willie Nelson's Skin
From: Michael May
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Country music legend Willie Nelson says that when he was a child, he heard a heavenly tune that's been under his skin ever since.

Bought by KCSM and PRX Remix


  • Added: May 04, 2015
  • Length: 04:50
  • Purchases: 2
Princess Grace on JFK
From: Blank on Blank
Series: Blank on Blank
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"He turned to me suddenly and asked: 'Is that a Givenchy you’re wearing?' And I said, 'why how clever of you, Mr. President! However did you kno...

Bought by WABE, Troy Public Radio, WSLR, PRX Remix, and KZYX


  • Added: Nov 14, 2013
  • Length: 06:21
  • Purchases: 5
StoryCorps Historias: Ruben Aguilar and Bill Luna
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Ruben Aguilar (R) and Bill Luna (L)
Ruben Aguilar tells his friend Bill Luna about his family's deportation as part of the Mexican Repatriation Program in 1933.

Bought by WEZU


  • Added: Apr 08, 2013
  • Length: 02:01
  • Purchases: 1
The Spirit of John Beargrease
From: WDSE
Caption: John Beargrease, circa 1890, Credit: courtesy Ron Boshey
Ron Boshey offers the prayers and performs the pipe ceremony to start the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon every year ... and he's also honoring h...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Mar 08, 2013
  • Length: 07:25
  • Purchases: 1
All the Time in the World
From: Traveling 219
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In the shop of Doyle Oliver Kisner, clockmaker.

  • Added: Jan 14, 2013
  • Length: 04:52
StoryCorps: Kenneth and Gaye Honeycutt
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Kenneth and Gaye Honeycutt
Kenneth Honeycutt tells his wife Gaye about witnessing the New London School Explosion of 1937.

Bought by WEZU, KMUD, and KUOW


  • Added: Apr 06, 2012
  • Length: 02:03
  • Purchases: 3
StoryCorps Griot: James and Dwight Thompson
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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James Hanover Thompson tells his brother Dwight about his involvement in the "Kissing Case" of 1958.

Bought by Allegheny Mountain Radio, WEZU, and KUOW


  • Added: Apr 29, 2011
  • Length: 03:47
  • Purchases: 3
This I Believe - Veterans Day Feature
From: This I Believe
Series: This I Believe
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Veterans from World War I through the Iraq War discuss how their combat experiences shaped their beliefs.

Bought by WUTC, KKWE Niijii Radio, WEZU, KBGA 89.9 FM, Vocalo.org and more


  • Added: Nov 10, 2008
  • Length: 05:59
  • Purchases: 6
A 21st Century Pioneer Experience
From: Megan Martin
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John Coffer, a Tintype photographer, takes us on a wagon ride into Dundee, NY

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and The PRX Podcast


  • Added: Mar 04, 2008
  • Length: 05:31
  • Purchases: 2
Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow - Homosexuality
From: Phil Mariage
Series: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow
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3 Generations discuss homosexuality from their perspectives

Bought by WRNC-LP


  • Added: Oct 20, 2007
  • Length: 24:00
  • Purchases: 1
Bluma Shapiro: Portrait of a Holocaust Survivor
From: Aaron Henkin
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Bluma Shapiro is a grandmother of four... and a survivor of the Auschwitz concentration camp.

  • Added: Feb 23, 2007
  • Length: 15:25