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One of 13 features in Deutsche Welle's Europe on a Shoestring series. Today we visit the beautiful city of Florence.
- Added: Mar 31, 2011
- Length: 06:20
One of 13 features in Deutsche Welle's Europe on a Shoestring series. Today we visit the Bordeaux region.
- Added: Mar 31, 2011
- Length: 06:33
One of 13 features in Deutsche Welle's Europe on a Shoestring series. Today we visit Dresden.
- Added: Mar 31, 2011
- Length: 05:22
This fully-produced 2:40 personal essay wonders if a woman's place really IS in the kitchen. If not, what then? It might be sub-titled, "How to lea...
- Added: Jan 06, 2011
- Length: 02:41
Deceptive fontina, ironic American cheese, hooded cloaks, and H.G. Wells' "The Time Machine."
- Added: Dec 25, 2010
- Length: 53:59
- Added: Dec 07, 2010
- Length: :43
- Purchases: 1
An ancient obese female doll may represent a mother goddess worshipped by Stone Age people
- Added: Dec 05, 2010
- Length: :54
A car accident on the way to a Radiohead concert at Stone Mountain Park, Georgia sets the scene for a life-changing encounter at a Waffle House out...
Bought by KUT
- Added: Oct 05, 2010
- Length: 15:24
- Purchases: 1
How does one define "good manners"
Bought by KUT
- Added: Sep 22, 2010
- Length: 01:18
- Purchases: 1
A gift from the Julia Child Foundation. We hear Julia introducing her late friend, M.F.K. Fisher, who takes us out for a staggeringly gluttonous me...
- Added: Sep 21, 2010
- Length: 28:23
- Purchases: 4
There's a dish of small tomatoes sitting in my refrigerator this afternoon. I think they are the last ones I'm going to get this year.
I don't li...
- Added: Sep 16, 2010
- Length: 03:25
We are impressed by people who eat health food
Bought by KUT
- Added: Aug 30, 2010
- Length: 01:01
- Purchases: 1
Second City and iO comedienne Katie Rich stopped by The Paper Machete (as South Side resident Patti Benassi) to weigh in on the dip in attendance a...
- Added: Aug 19, 2010
- Length: 09:41
- Added: May 27, 2010
- Length: 02:07
- Added: May 23, 2010
- Length: 01:20
A brief reflection, upon the death of my grandmother, on the ways that food and death are inextricably linked in Southern culture.
Bought by KUOW
- Added: May 14, 2010
- Length: 04:20
- Purchases: 1
Time is now worth more than the price of food
Bought by WTIP
- Added: May 07, 2010
- Length: 01:27
- Purchases: 1
You don't have to travel far to experience different cultures.
- Added: Apr 06, 2010
- Length: 03:53
They quickly caught that armed robber who held up the fried chicken restaurant.
- Added: Feb 06, 2010
- Length: :21
- Added: Jan 18, 2010
- Length: 02:21
- Purchases: 1
- Added: Dec 25, 2009
- Length: 01:02
"I have my own version of the Golden Rule - Do unto others as Barbara Kingsolver would do unto you."
Bought by KUOW
- Added: Dec 22, 2009
- Length: 02:40
- Purchases: 1
"For most of my adult life, I’ve had my hands on the wheel. With lists on my mind and places to be and things to do. I’ve worked hard and tried to ...
- Added: Nov 21, 2009
- Length: 03:30
In some places around the world, it’s not access to food that’s the issue. It’s the taste of that food. Reporter Will Everett was recently in Sen...
- Added: Nov 20, 2009
- Length: 02:56
In Azerbaijan, hospitality is highly valued. Guests are welcomed at any time of day.
And they’re always offered the best food, seating, or sleepin...
- Added: Nov 20, 2009
- Length: 02:43






















