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The Canon
From: Eric Molinsky
Series: Imaginary Worlds
Caption: Worf visits Rabbi Ben Newman's synagogue (not in canon), Credit: Eric Molinsky
Every sci-fi fantasy world comes with a canon of back stories and rules, which may have a lot in common with the original canon -- The Torah.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, WABE, New Hampshire Public Radio, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 27, 2019
  • Length: 14:48
  • Purchases: 5
Jack Parsons & the Babalon Working
From: Desert Oracle
Series: Desert Oracle Radio
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JPL founder Jack Parsons and his fellow magician L. Ron Hubbard opened up a stargate to Hell in the Mojave Desert. Nothing has ever been quite the ...

Bought by KFCF FM


  • Added: Mar 10, 2019
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Varkaris
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Varkaris in Maharastra, Credit: Sandip Roy
The Varkaris, farmers turned piligrims, are said to be the world’s oldest and largest people’s movement as they walk for weeks from their homes to ...

  • Added: Jul 17, 2018
  • Length: 06:00
At Sea
From: Peter Bresnan
Caption: Sam Bellamy in front of his home in Long Island, NY., Credit: Peter Alexander Bresnan
From the moment you see Sam Bellamy, you know that there’s something different about him. He dresses differently from most people. He carries himse...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: May 26, 2016
  • Length: 12:23
  • Purchases: 1
God Intoxicated Man: the Life and Modern Times of Benedict Spinoza
From: MIchael Goldfarb
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Michael Goldfarb tells the story of how the God Intoxicated Man, Benedict Spinoza, seeded the Englightenment and became the philosopher for today.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: May 23, 2016
  • Length: 53:38
  • Purchases: 2
No news is good news
From: Don Hill
Series: Xpressions
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XPRESSIONS is a series of short, light-hearted features about the origin of popular phrases & sayings of every sort.

  • Added: Sep 01, 2014
  • Length: 01:53
Culturology: Aaron Brown - Top Words of 2012
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Culturology
Caption: Aaron Brown
In this essay Aaron Brown dresses down the most popular words from the year 2012, according to the Global Language Monitor.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Jan 15, 2013
  • Length: 03:16
  • Purchases: 1
The Encounter: Recordings from the Schwarzwald, Germany 2010
From: Soundwalk Collective
Series: Soundwalk Collective 10 Year Anniversary
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Originally commissioned by Radio France Culture, this soundscape radio essay by Jean-Luc Nancy explores the 1967 meeting of Paul Celan and Martin H...

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: Jan 04, 2013
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Story of a Young Man: Pope John Paul II
From: Loyola Productions, Inc.
Series: Kaleidoscope
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Karol Wojtyla's path to papacy is laid out in this episode of Kaleidoscope.

  • Added: May 02, 2011
  • Length: 46:52
Carpenters of Nazareth: Joseph & Jesus
From: Loyola Productions, Inc.
Series: Kaleidoscope
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Jesus, in this narrative, emerges from the shadows to walk in a world peopled by simple hard-working men in a town called Nazareth. A town where a ...

  • Added: Mar 25, 2011
  • Length: 48:58
Saint Ignatius: Knight of the New Crusade
From: Loyola Productions, Inc.
Series: Kaleidoscope
Caption: Saint Ignatius of Loyola, Credit: Randy OHC
Nobleman, soldier, gambler, womanizer, priest, theologian, and founder of the Society of Jesus—and all this of just one man!

  • Added: Mar 11, 2011
  • Length: 46:50
Holy Land Tour
From: Jake Warga
Caption: Ramallah, Credit: JW
Never before aired! PRX exclusive! A personal tour through the Holy Land, looking at how the conflict started and what it's like today between Jeru...

Bought by KZYX, Prairie Public, KZYX, KSJD, KZYX and more


  • Added: Dec 05, 2009
  • Length: 13:27
  • Purchases: 12
Unquiet History 4
From: Matthew Battles
Series: Unquiet History
Caption: PRX default Piece image
History is happening all the time... listen to it.

  • Added: Oct 23, 2008
  • Length: 02:49
Parting the Veil
From: A World of Possibilities
Caption: PRX default Piece image
The Struggle for Human and Women's Rights in Iran

  • Added: Aug 14, 2007
  • Length: 54:58
CL 2006 Rabbi David Gordis "Judaism in America:retrospect and prospect."
From: WQLN
Series: Chautauqua Lectures
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Rabbi David Gordis looks at Judaism in America and interfaith relaions today.

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Feb 15, 2007
  • Length: 58:46
  • Purchases: 1
What Comes Next?: Jews & The Afterlife
From: Rebecca Sheir
Series: The End As Beginning: An Audio Exploration of the Jewish View of Death
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When it comes to life after death, you get 5 Jews... you get 50 opinions.

Bought by Iowa Public Radio and Audible


  • Added: Dec 13, 2006
  • Length: 18:04
  • Purchases: 2