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Caption: Dan Sinykin
Dan Sinykin is a writer and frequent contributor of essays and book reviews to Northern Community Radio. In "Christmas In A Swamp" Sinykin recounts...

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  • Added: Feb 04, 2013
  • Length: 05:32
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Nancy Alvarez
By Nancy Alvarez. I can’t stop thinking about Malala Yusafzay, the young girl who was shot in the head in Pakistan because she spoke out abo...

  • Added: Dec 14, 2012
  • Length: 07:44
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2013 Lead Show track from Mikhail Tank's Darksoul Theatre Written, performed and produced by Mikhail Tank Published by Prince of Darkness, BMI Stu...

  • Added: Dec 04, 2012
  • Length: 04:23
Caption: Runners line up at the start of the Great Limerick Run 2012
In May 2012, over 8000 people took part in the Great Limerick Run in south west Ireland. Alison Turner ran the 6 mile race to raise funds for char...

  • Added: Jul 20, 2012
  • Length: 13:31
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Renowned Indian author Arundhati Roy takes us deep into the revolutionary-filled jungles of India, as she reads excerpts from her new book ‘Walking...

  • Added: Jun 04, 2012
  • Length: 29:01
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Poet Natalie Richardson, 16, is a junior at Oak Park and River Forest High School. This is her second year participating in Louder Than a Bomb. Eg...

  • Added: Mar 27, 2012
  • Length: 02:36
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Another true story told live in London. Joanna LOVES Dallas, so when Larry Hagman (JR) visits a nearby TV studio, Jo does everything in her power t...

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  • Added: Jan 09, 2012
  • Length: 06:44
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Ali Abunimah
Electronic Intifada founder Ali Abunimah says a global movement against Israeli government policy is breaking through. On this edition, Abunimah ex...

  • Added: Nov 08, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
Caption: General James Jones, Credit: NPC
Former National Security Advisor James Jones speaks to the Press Club about challenges facing the United States and the recent military mission tha...

  • Added: May 21, 2011
  • Length: 53:59
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
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: The streets of Abidjan, Credit: Carol Spindel
Writer and radio commentator Carol Spindel visited the Ivory Coast last November as the country took a step towards democracy with a historic elect...

  • Added: Feb 08, 2011
  • Length: 59:01
Caption: Carmen in Mexico
In this 1999 essay, Carmen Delzell talks about smuggling toys and gifts across the US border into Mexico to give to the people in the village where...

Bought by KUT, WAMC, and Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Dec 18, 2010
  • Length: 04:08
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Carmen Delzell, c. 2000
Carmen Delzell talks about what her life is like living in Mexico, how she's happier than ever, but in ways she never imagined. This essay was rec...

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  • Added: Nov 24, 2010
  • Length: 03:34
  • Purchases: 2
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Personal encounters in homes and streets of various African towns. I first went to Africa feeling like a child, everything new and different, but s...

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  • Added: Nov 01, 2010
  • Length: 06:43
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
Visit countries where the standard of living is higher than ours

  • Added: Aug 18, 2010
  • Length: 03:50
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
I hold up my pants with suspenders

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Jul 22, 2010
  • Length: :46
  • Purchases: 1
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For fourteen year-old Inonge Sitali, a radio dialogue with her peers about the 2010 FIFA World Cup is an opportunity for her to talk about gender i...

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  • Added: Jul 07, 2010
  • Length: 02:51
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
Read Mark Twain's English translation of The Jumping Frog

Bought by WTIP


  • Added: Jun 21, 2010
  • Length: 02:12
  • Purchases: 1
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Melting pot, or salad bowl? How do we maintain our identity?

  • Added: Mar 20, 2010
  • Length: 12:57
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Reporter Amelia de Sousa lost friends and co-workers in Haiti’s earthquake. Now she works in the UN compound near the airport cranking out stories...

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  • Added: Jan 22, 2010
  • Length: 06:58
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Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
A Chinese plane filled with yak dung crashed in Tibet this morning.

  • Added: Dec 27, 2009
  • Length: :21
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
John’s girlfriend tells him that he will have a headache if he drinks any more white wine. So John cries out, “Waiter, a bottle of red wine."

  • Added: Dec 23, 2009
  • Length: 01:32
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It was 20 years ago this month the Berlin Wall finally fell. But I still recall the incredibly intense atmosphere I witnessed in the days just afte...

  • Added: Nov 01, 2009
  • Length: 03:50
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
Involve yourself in an authentic human drama and put it in a book.

  • Added: Aug 20, 2009
  • Length: 02:07
Caption: Farmers ready to Bid, Credit: Beatrice Murch
The Feria de Mataderos in Buenos Aires is the biggest cattle market in the world. Monday through Thursday 45,000 head of cattle pass though it's p...

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  • Added: Aug 06, 2009
  • Length: 10:29
  • Purchases: 1