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Caption: Abdo Sayegh Rodriguez and his mother in a photo from his childhood.
Many immigrants who move to Minnesota find community through religion. But for one Venezuelan who grew up Jewish and came to Minnesota to join a da...

  • Added: Dec 09, 2015
  • Length: 05:09
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Before wishing one another a blessed Christmas, perhaps we should first think about what this means for all living beings on the Earth. The sum of ...

Bought by KVSC


  • Added: Nov 08, 2015
  • Length: 28:41
  • Purchases: 1
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Reverend Nathan Detering tried an experiment with his congregation — “reverse offering,” where instead of members donating money to the church, the...

  • Added: Oct 26, 2015
  • Length: 04:28
Caption: Amina Al-Sadi, Credit: Personal photo
Amina Al-Sadi is a 25-year-old American Muslim currently observing the holy month of Ramadan. Ramadan is for spiritual renewal, but it is also abou...

Bought by KZYX, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KREV-LP, KISU, and KSFR


  • Added: Jul 07, 2015
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 5
Caption: Ramadan decorations at the Al-Sadi home, Credit: Amina Al-Sadi
Amina Al-Sadi is a 25-year-old American Muslim currently observing the holy month of Ramadan. This year in the west, Ramadan lines up with the summ...

Bought by KZYX, KREV-LP, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, PRX Remix, KZYX and more


  • Added: Jun 23, 2015
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 8
Caption: Northern Virginia Hebrew Congregation hosts members of the area's Muslim community for Friday services and meals during Ramadan., Credit: Northern Virginia Hebrew Congregation
At this Northern Virginia synagogue, Jews and Muslims are sharing much more than just space.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: May 18, 2015
  • Length: 05:19
  • Purchases: 1
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Stories for Passover about family, slavery, food, and... well, lice.

Bought by KWMR, KWIT, KUT, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., Troy Public Radio and more


  • Added: Mar 06, 2015
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 37
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Retired American Presbyterian missionary Barry Alter explains, in India, how the Easter story convinced her that Christianity wasn't about converti...

Bought by KZYX, KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA, KZYX, and WEZU


  • Added: Mar 05, 2015
  • Length: 04:40
  • Purchases: 4
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Berkeley-based Wilderness Torah is one group that’s trying to bring new meaning to the old tradition. Intrigued, I tagged along this past spring fo...

  • Added: Jan 05, 2015
  • Length: 11:58
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XPRESSIONS is a series of short, light-hearted features about the origin of popular phrases & sayings of every sort.

Bought by WRVO Public Media


  • Added: Dec 22, 2014
  • Length: 01:44
  • Purchases: 1
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Alex Mar talks about lines that can’t be crossed, the psychological need for ritual, and avoiding the politics in religion.

  • Added: Nov 03, 2014
  • Length: 25:14
Caption: Harold Lerner, 1945
1943, The Pacific. Aboard a troop ship bound for New Guinea, under threat of enemy fire, a young private is tasked with an awesome responsibility.

  • Added: Jul 22, 2014
  • Length: 13:58
Caption: Diana Moya Lujan's piece at the Museum of International Folk Art
An N’MPower participant, who wishes to remain anonymous, interviews Spanish Colonial artist Diana Moya Lujan, in a community engagement project bet...

  • Added: Apr 09, 2014
  • Length: 05:57
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Yahye, a young participant in the Luxton after-school program reflects on the Islamic holiday of Eid.

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Feb 18, 2014
  • Length: 01:35
  • Purchases: 1
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A conversation between Rabbi Ismar Schorsch and Host Larry Josephson about the history, rituals and meaning of Hanukkah--and its importance in our ...

Bought by Nevada Public Radio, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), WHFR, Michigan Radio, WCPN and more


  • Added: Nov 12, 2013
  • Length: 58:10
  • Purchases: 65
Caption: "Houdini and the ghost of Abraham Lincoln," ca. 1920, Credit: Library of Congress
With Halloween coming up, and vampires or zombies regularly topping the box office, it seems Americans can't get enough of all things spooky. This ...

Bought by WUFT and Louisville Public Media


  • Added: Oct 16, 2013
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: No Room At The Inn, Credit: Charles McGuigan
Three Christmas stories. In the first story family nativities build homes in Haiti. The second story is about a man and a machine in Williamsburg, ...

Bought by Northeast Indiana Public Radio, WHRV, KWIT, and WLRN


  • Added: Oct 07, 2013
  • Length: 54:55
  • Purchases: 4
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On a Sunday in April, cheery faces populate the groundbreaking of a new church construction project in South Minneapolis. Almost a year earlier, th...

  • Added: Apr 08, 2013
  • Length: 05:08
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Steve Downing shares the story of his unique placement of his Christmas tree and the added benefits it provides his home. Downing also dives into s...

  • Added: Jan 22, 2013
  • Length: 04:38
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Robert Jevne shares "Oh Christmas Tree," a lighthearted poem from the perspective of the Christmas tree itself. Through Jevne's poem, the sheer mor...

  • Added: Jan 17, 2013
  • Length: 03:18
Caption: Emily Franklin
Here’s a new book for Channuk, Hannukkah, Channukah, or however you happen to spell it.

  • Added: Dec 12, 2012
  • Length: 09:49
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Ringing the Salvation Army bell is boring, cold work during the busy Christmas holiday season. Margaret Agard, author and bell ringing volunteer, ...

Bought by Angelica Community Radio, KTXK, KZMU Moab Community Radio, 'The Sea', and Delta College Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 03, 2012
  • Length: 04:16
  • Purchases: 5
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In celebrating Hanukkah Jews tell the story of sanctified oil that miraculously burned for eight days. In this humorous piece I retell the story of...

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio


  • Added: Dec 02, 2012
  • Length: 07:47
  • Purchases: 1
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Danielle Tumminio describes Christmas Day as a newlywed and a new priest stranded alone in a Chicago airport.

  • Added: Nov 25, 2012
  • Length: 05:58
Caption: Taste of Eternity, A Musical Shabbat: Part I
Taste of Eternity A Musical Shabbat Part I: Friday Night Service and Table Songs Sung by The Western Wind and Guest Chorus Matthew Lazar, Gue...

Bought by WNMU-FM


  • Added: Oct 15, 2012
  • Length: 59:41
  • Purchases: 1