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When Hardik Patel got 600,000 people to show up at a rally in Ahmedabadn in his native Gujarat everyone sat up and noticed. But his reservation mo...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: Sep 01, 2015
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 1
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India has tied itself in knots thanks to a noodle problem. The country has been in an uproar since tests alleged that some packets of Maggi instan...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: Jun 09, 2015
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 1
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The world will need to remember that Nepal is not just a home for temples and palaces and Everest expeditions. It is a country that millions call h...

  • Added: Apr 27, 2015
  • Length: 06:00
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Once there was a great hue and cry about racial profiling by law enforcement in America and it resulted in a landmark called Driving while Black. T...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 17, 2015
  • Length: 06:04
  • Purchases: 2
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In many parts of the world, torture, harassment and persecution are used to target individuals who criticize , believe, have secrets or religion...

  • Added: Dec 19, 2014
  • Length: 01:40
Caption: DANCE music you can LISTEN to.
In this episode: brand new chillout, Deep House, Psy-Trance, Techno, Minimal, House, and Trance tracks! Plus: Mongo Speaks!

  • Added: Oct 18, 2014
  • Length: 01:00:00
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The World Health Organization this week announced a horrendous fact: the number of Ebola cases in West Africa is doubling every 20 days. If this t...

  • Added: Sep 24, 2014
  • Length: 04:41
Caption: Bappi Lahiri at an election rally , Credit: Sandip Roy
The Times of India newspaper called this Indian election a "Dance of Democracy." But for Sandip Roy it's more of a 'Disco' Dance of Democracy.

  • Added: Apr 30, 2014
  • Length: 04:30
Caption: Supporters use a Rahul Gandhi poster as an umbrella, Credit: Sandip Roy
Sandip Roy attended a recent rally for Indian National Congress Party leader Rahul Gandhi, but storm clouds were gathering.

  • Added: Mar 31, 2014
  • Length: 04:30
Caption: Jesse Jackson speaks at the IIM, Credit: IIM Calcutta
Jessie Jackson was recently spotted in Calcutta, India. But why?

  • Added: Mar 05, 2014
  • Length: 04:30
Caption: Seth India Today Cover, Credit: India Today
He is one of the best known Indian writers writing in English these days. But Vikram Seth is a very private man. But Dec. 11, 2013 changed all that.

Bought by WDBM


  • Added: Feb 03, 2014
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 1
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Time zones reflect a history of our changing politics, commerce, and technology.

Bought by Listenwise and PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 22, 2013
  • Length: 01:53
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Students in Fukushima, seen here studying American junior high school yearbooks.
Long before most Americans had heard of a place called Fukushima, commentator Graham Shelby spent three years teaching English there. He's been wa...

Bought by KUT and KUOW


  • Added: Mar 22, 2011
  • Length: 02:29
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There are many aid workers on the ground in Haiti. Some were there before the earthquake last January. Many others have flown in over the last te...

  • Added: Nov 12, 2010
  • Length: 03:37
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Reporter Laura Spero lives in New York City, but she travels to Nepal every year. There, a single winding road connects Nepal’s capital, Katmandu,...

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  • Added: Apr 16, 2010
  • Length: 03:58
  • Purchases: 1
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There’s a new form of traveling inexpensively that’s emerged in recent years. Any adventurous tourist can “couch-surf.” It gives travelers the ch...

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Apr 16, 2010
  • Length: 02:41
  • Purchases: 1
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Food shipments may end soon to Haiti where hundreds of thousands of people still live in tents after January’s earthquake. What happens next depen...

  • Added: Apr 09, 2010
  • Length: 03:37
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Afghanistan in winter can be brutal. If you really want to get warm, the place to go is the local hamam or bath house. In a country where most ho...

  • Added: Mar 26, 2010
  • Length: 03:04
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In India recently, a large gathering of women welcomed reporter Will Everett to a special celebration. But Will wasn’t happy about it. In fact, h...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 26, 2010
  • Length: 03:19
  • Purchases: 1
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Author William Powers lived in Liberia for two years. He was an aid worker directing relief programs during the civil war there. When Powers retu...

  • Added: Feb 19, 2010
  • Length: 03:00
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Reporter Amelia de Sousa sends another letter from earthquake ravaged Haiti before leaving for the U.S.

  • Added: Feb 05, 2010
  • Length: 04:44
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Reporters in the field rely to a great extent on self-reliance. But when the chips are down, sometimes you just need a helping hand, as Will Evere...

  • Added: Feb 05, 2010
  • Length: 03:24
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Amelia de Sousa was working in the UN building in Haiti when it collapsed. She managed to crawl out alive. But she lost many colleagues and frien...

  • Added: Jan 29, 2010
  • Length: 04:19
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Five suicide bombers and a protracted gun battle between police and Taliban insurgents rocked Kabul, Afghanistan this past week. Reporter Will Eve...

  • Added: Jan 22, 2010
  • Length: 02:20
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Author William Powers spent two years in Liberia during that country’s civil war. He directed relief programs for an aid group operating there. P...

  • Added: Dec 18, 2009
  • Length: 03:03