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The Inaugural Bold Move Awards! Ponzi schemes: explained! Phrases That Have Never Before Been Uttered! And more!
- Added: Mar 21, 2012
- Length: 31:51
At all times, day or night, somewhere in Bloomington, someone is banking on the art of music to earn their income. Correspondent Ryan Dawes investi...
- Added: Feb 22, 2012
- Length: 08:28
The Reagan Centennial Year is officially over...but the invocation of Ronald Reagan's name by those claiming to be his ideological soulmate and th...
- Added: Feb 06, 2012
- Length: 55:31
Computer Talk Radio weekly broadcast for the week starting January 21st, 2012. Benjamin Rockwell, the host, opened with updates on teh news, inclu...
- Added: Feb 05, 2012
- Length: 54:00
Nicole Hoops previews live shows happening New Years Eve in Duluth from Cry On Cue, The Black Eyed Snakes, and The Bitter Roots.
Bought by KSRQ
- Added: Dec 30, 2011
- Length: 57:09
- Purchases: 1
The Beach Boys-esque musical outro (written and performed by Zap) to Youth Spin's weekly segment, Weird News With Perry.
- Added: Dec 29, 2011
- Length: :16
Stevie Wonder, Coldplay, Kanye West, My Morning Jacket, Arcade Fire...the headliners are impressive. But musical discovery is the heart and soul o...
- Added: Sep 09, 2011
- Length: 56:26
Report from the Père Lachaise cemetery in Paris, where the 40th anniversary of the death of The Doors singer Jim Morrison was celebrated July 3rd.
- Added: Jul 03, 2011
- Length: 04:40
Violence against women is commonplace in Afghanistan. It takes all forms: domestic abuse, forced marriage, rape, even honor killings.
This week, w...
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and KKRN
- Added: Jun 23, 2011
- Length: 28:00
- Purchases: 2
Crank up your ipod. We’re going on a musical journey around the world on this week’s edition of the World Vision Report.
In Iran, Isla...
- Added: Apr 21, 2011
- Length: 28:00
- Purchases: 3
Even poor people can be rich in music.
It can calm your nerves, please your passions, and spur people to action.
This week the World Vision Rep...
Bought by WDSE
- Added: Apr 21, 2011
- Length: 01:50:25
- Purchases: 1
For years under the Mubarak regime in Egypt, musicians and writers were forced to censor themselves. Or be harassed by the secret police. Now, fo...
Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and WBEZ
- Added: Mar 04, 2011
- Length: 06:00
- Purchases: 3
Mexico City is a noisy place most of the time, partly because of the musicians standing on busy intersections playing music on street organs. You k...
- Added: Mar 04, 2011
- Length: 05:54
From: Vocalo.org
Vocalo user Jessica Hardy places a prank call to a cable company. Also, interview with Matthew Dear plus debate about ranking girls on Facebook.
- Added: Feb 04, 2011
- Length: 27:36
The rising cost of food is the focus of this week’s World Vision Report.
A sharp increase in food prices already has sparked riots in Algeria and E...
Bought by WRNC-LP
- Added: Jan 28, 2011
- Length: 01:50:25
- Purchases: 1
In South Africa, a new bill working its way through Parliament could have major consequences for singers, story-tellers -- in fact -- artists of al...
Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and KUOW
- Added: Jan 21, 2011
- Length: 05:55
- Purchases: 2
Families separated by war are being reunited in southern Sudan. Brothers and sisters, children and parents, see each other for the first time in y...
- Added: Jan 21, 2011
- Length: 27:56
Nasser Mizdawi is a Libyan superstar. He brought pop to the Libyan music scene at a time when the country had just emerged from a revolution. The...
Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio
- Added: Sep 24, 2010
- Length: 05:24
- Purchases: 1
Floods in Pakistan have destroyed more than a million homes in the country. And aid has been slow to reach the 8 million people who need it.
This w...
- Added: Aug 27, 2010
- Length: 01:50:22
The Merasi are a group of Untouchables, the lowest caste in India. They've been singing and playing music for higher caste patrons for the past 2,...
Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, Troy Public Radio, KUT, KUOW, and WBEZ
- Added: Aug 06, 2010
- Length: 06:01
- Purchases: 5
Many illegal immigrants in the U.S. have gone back to their home countries after being thrown out of work in the U.S. But some can’t leave. They’...
Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio
- Added: Aug 06, 2010
- Length: 28:00
- Purchases: 1
With help from the Minnesota Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund, KVSC has sent Wayne Bergerson, host of Frets on Saturday mornings, and long-time KVSC d...
- Added: Jul 10, 2010
- Length: 01:18:15
For the first time in KVSC's 43-year history, a live international broadcast is coming to you from the Winnipeg Folk Festival. With help from the M...
- Added: Jul 09, 2010
- Length: 59:55
Israel announced a loosening of the Gaza trade embargo last week. And President Obama met with the Israeli prime minister to get the peace process...
Bought by WBEZ
- Added: Jul 09, 2010
- Length: 04:38
- Purchases: 1
The World Vision Report goes this week to Boston Harbor where every few weeks a cargo ship sails into port to be loaded with a hundred or so used c...
- Added: Jul 09, 2010
- Length: 28:00
