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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
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Commemorate Chinese New Year with Music and Words
- Added: Jan 30, 2013
- Length: 59:00
After the wall came down, people in East Berlin realised that the freedom to have a passport still doesn't allow you to travel, unless you have the...
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- Added: Jan 01, 2013
- Length: 01:55
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One woman's philanthropic mission comes full circle.
Bought by Documentary on One - RTE, Ireland, KUT, and KHSU
- Added: Dec 31, 2012
- Length: 06:15
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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
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
Having moved to the U.S. from India, a young man decides it's time to try beef. Only problem: his religion expressly forbids the eating of meat.
Bought by KUT
- Added: Nov 29, 2012
- Length: 09:19
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To many Americans, Falafel is a fried ball of mashed up garbanzo beans that you can put in a sandwich. But to KALW's Hana Baba, falafel reminds her...
- Added: Oct 21, 2012
- Length: 07:43
A personal narrative about a traumatizing experience I had in elementary school in Egypt.
- Added: Oct 13, 2012
- Length: 05:34
When you visit the West African nation of Togo, you're likely to hear the "yovo song" -- a song chanted by many Togolese youth that goes: "White pe...
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- Added: Sep 26, 2012
- Length: 04:14
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Anthony Garza has an appearance that seems to mirror everyone's expectation of him. Middle Easterners, Americans and Hispanics strangers enjoy pic...
- Added: Sep 13, 2012
- Length: 03:27
Sometimes it's a blessing to have noisy neighbours.
Bought by KUT and Public Radio Remix
- Added: Jul 24, 2012
- Length: 02:58
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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
In 2011, the University of California system sustained budget cuts up to $750 million. It marked a true financial turning point for the schools. St...
- Added: Jul 09, 2012
- Length: 07:33
I'm sitting in a landrover with 46 year old Soila Sayialel - the car is surrounded by over 50 docile elephants grazing in Amboseli National Park. I...
- Added: Jun 15, 2012
- Length: 14:44
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
Claudia Cruz, a Capital High junior, explores an aspect of immigration that not many discuss: gender.
- Added: May 04, 2012
- Length: 03:15
A true story told live in London. David goes scuba diving off the coast of Sicily, and gets into troubled waters - involving an airport runway, uns...
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- Added: Apr 23, 2012
- Length: 11:05
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Miranda tells us about her love filled jaunt in Paris and how to detect men not of your dreams.
- Added: Apr 02, 2012
- Length: 08:07
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
Tin Roof Project #14, featuring crossword constructor Vic Fleming telling his tale about being lost in Moscow in the mid 1980's.
- Added: Jan 28, 2012
- Length: 29:00
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
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- Added: Dec 31, 2011
- Length: 09:57
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- Added: Nov 18, 2011
- Length: 08:00
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
