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Silent Seekers
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Most people know Sufism as the religion practiced by the whirling dervishes. But this mystical form of Islam has taken root in America, too.

  • Added: Mar 27, 2013
  • Length: 06:41
Quick Queue: Baking Bread and Breaking Bread
From: Radio K
Series: Quick Queue
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by Marcheta Fornoff. A class about baking bread turns into a course about creating a community for students of Pastor Bryce Johnson and Ross Saffor...

  • Added: Mar 26, 2013
  • Length: 01:45
Culture Queue 1-27-13: "Over the Top"
From: Radio K
Series: Culture Queue
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Whether you like to laugh, shout, sit quietly with your feelings, or just plain get physical, Culture Queue has something for everyone this week. F...

Bought by KPVL and KSRQ


  • Added: Feb 28, 2013
  • Length: 30:03
  • Purchases: 2
Audie Winner - Adele Park
From: Cyrus Emerson
Caption: Adele Park, Credit: http://www.jittersaudiobook.com/
What happens when a female shock jock from Hackensack, New Jersey finds herself working at a radio station near a polygamist enclave in Utah?

  • Added: Feb 21, 2013
  • Length: 14:22
End Days
From: L.A. Theatre Works
Series: L.A. Theatre Works
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A suburban family undergoes a post-9/11 spiritual crisis.

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, KMUN, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KWMR-FM, KKRN and more


  • Added: Jan 02, 2013
  • Length: 01:57:58
  • Purchases: 9
Holiday Jazz
From: Jeff Haas
Series: The New Jazz Archive
Caption: Hammond B3 organ legend Jimmy Smith ringin' in the holiday back in 1964
This week on The New Jazz Archive, we get you in the spirit with an hour of some of the best—and off-the-beaten-path—holiday jazz.

Bought by WRGY, WNCU, KMUN, KPVL, KDRP Community Radio and more


  • Added: Dec 17, 2012
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 13
Sonic Ghoul
From: Karen Michel
Caption: Mingus RIP, Credit: Robert Vye
For years I've been obsessed with death, asking people about living, dying, killing (www.livediekill.org) but really getting into the dying. For ev...

  • Added: Dec 12, 2012
  • Length: 04:42
Hip Hanukkah Songs!
From: Mississippi Public Broadcasting
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Enjoy this episode of Hanukkah songs you might not have heard that are definitely worth a listen!

  • Added: Dec 11, 2012
  • Length: 58:59
I'll be here for the rest of the week (try the steak)
From: Eric Winick
Caption: Abhishek Shah
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
  • Purchases: 1
Living Every Day Like It’s Your Last
From: Nathan Callahan
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A Funeral for Platitudes

  • Added: Oct 26, 2012
  • Length: 06:09
Quick Queue: Campus Preachers
From: Radio K
Series: Quick Queue
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By Amy Friedman. Spend even a little time on a college campus and you're bound to run into someone preaching their key to salvation. But for some i...

  • Added: Oct 23, 2012
  • Length: 01:14
Wisdom and Superstition in China: Drinking Turtle Blood and other Questionable Traditions
From: STephen ASma
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Essay on Quirky Superstitions in China, From a Befuddled Expat

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 24, 2012
  • Length: 06:30
  • Purchases: 1
Holier Than Thou
From: Janean Jorgensen
Series: Broadway Matinee - Songs from the Stage & Screen
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Broadway musicals evangelize with a light-hearted style

Bought by KKRN and Robin Hood Radio/ WHDD AM/FM-WLHV FM


  • Added: Apr 04, 2012
  • Length: 58:50
  • Purchases: 2
Holiday, Comedic & Obsurd Jewish Music all in the name of Purim!
From: Mississippi Public Broadcasting
Series: Sounds Jewish
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This episode honors the Festival of Purim with holiday tunes, obsurd songs, and comedy!

  • Added: Mar 02, 2012
  • Length: 58:59
The Exile Files, Part 1: "Outlandish"
From: The Tibet Connection
Series: The Exile Files
Caption: Thupten Kelsang Dakpa, Credit: TibetConnection.org
A Tibetan writer tries to make sense of sex, gender issues and relationships in exile.

  • Added: Mar 02, 2012
  • Length: 05:08
Christian Lite
From: Janean Jorgensen
Series: Broadway Matinee - Songs from the Stage & Screen
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The lighter side of Christianity from Nunsense, Altar Boyz, and more

Bought by Robin Hood Radio/ WHDD AM/FM-WLHV FM


  • Added: Jan 15, 2012
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 1
Who says Jews aren't cool?
From: Mississippi Public Broadcasting
Series: Sounds Jewish
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In this episode of Sounds Jewish, Andy catalogues the cool of Jewish music.

  • Added: Jan 06, 2012
  • Length: 58:59
Holiday Special
From: Jeff Haas
Series: The New Jazz Archive
Caption: Hammond B3 organ legend Jimmy Smith ringin' in the holiday back in 1964
This week on The New Jazz Archive, we get you in the spirit with an hour of some of the best—and off-the-beaten-path—holiday jazz.

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh, Northeast Indiana Public Radio, KDUR, Panhandle Community Radio, Red River Radio Network and more


  • Added: Unknown
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 10
A Buddhist's Obsession
From: Bishop Sand
Series: Sift
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Michelle discovers Buddhism through a friend's death and tries to improve her mental control.

  • Added: Aug 12, 2011
  • Length: 08:18
Roots: Anyon
From: Paul Flahive
Series: Arctic Entries
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Anyon believes in things and that has always worked out (the easter bunny, santa claus, etc) but a trip to St. Patrick's Cathedral throws the catho...

Bought by KRUA


  • Added: Aug 06, 2011
  • Length: 12:35
  • Purchases: 1
The Three Card Monte
From: Bishop Sand
Series: Sift
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Should we resolve inconsistent beliefs... or let them be?

Bought by Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Jul 08, 2011
  • Length: 08:00
  • Purchases: 1
"NYC MAYOR BLAMES WOODSTOCK FOR BEDBUGS"
From: Peter Tannen
Series: Tannen Weekly Humor Show
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Since the Catholic church started using the "Blame Woodstock" excuse to explain why priests abuse children, it has quickly become the #1 "all-purpo...

  • Added: Unknown
  • Length: 01:24
A slice of life with the Church of Pie
From: KALW
Caption: Erin Shannon, “Queen of Pie.”, Credit: Rob Hoey
One San Francisco-based group is taking the worship of food to a whole new level. This past Saturday, about 100 people descended on 111 Minna Galle...

Bought by Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Mar 06, 2011
  • Length: 02:56
  • Purchases: 1
Insane vs. Unsane
From: Love + Radio
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Meditations on insanity and unsanity.

  • Added: Jan 19, 2011
  • Length: 01:18:33
BUT FIRST, A WORD FROM GOD
From: Peter Tannen
Series: Tannen Weekly Humor Show
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How far will advertising people go to get a celebrity endorser for their products? How about all the way to God? Check out the new, always irreve...

  • Added: Dec 14, 2010
  • Length: 02:40