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A 5-episode weekly look behind the making of the new Los Lobos release, "The Town & The City". Featuring exclusive interviews and acoustic performances!
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Sid Griffin, author, musician and now broadcaster, plays his current fave tunes from across the musical spectrum and chats about what’s coming up in his own life and what’s going down at large culturally.
Global 3000 – DW’s globalization magazine looks at the issues that are moving us today, and shows how people are living with the opportunities and risks of globalization.
“The Good Ol’ Grateful Deadcast,” the official Grateful Dead podcast, is a series devoted to exploring the music and mythology behind one of the most enduring, progressive, and influential bands in the history of recorded music. The podcast’s tagline is “For The Committed And The Curious,” as episodes will invite new fans to explore the band’s enormous mythology in digestible chunks and enlighten life-long Dead Heads about corners of the band’s history they never knew existed. No topic will ...
Self awareness of who you are. Saber quien eres y lo que quieres
Mike Ragz from the Big Morning Show on Big 92.3 talks one-on-one with your favorite musical artists from the past.
Extend your Rock And Roll education as Big AL takes you on a musical sojourn. Features old favorites, rarities and custom mixes.
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Created to share some of my favorite bedtime stories read in Spanish by my mom. At the end of each episode we leave you with new words to add to your Spanish vocabulary. Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/spanishstories4kids/support
Its natural habitat used to extend from the southern United States to Southern Mexico. But the Mexican gray wolf was pushed to the brink of extinction by livestock farming and hunting. Today efforts are being made to reestablish populations of los lobos.By DW.COM | Deutsche Welle
Costa Rica is very serious about environmental and climate protection. The right to drinking water is enshrined in the constitution and authorities buy land with water resources in order to protect them.By DW.COM | Deutsche Welle
In Ghana's capital Accra, Esi Dzorsu makes a delicious snack that's in great demand in her neighborhood: corn on the cob. It's grown the traditional way, delivered fresh, grilled and dipped in saltwater.By DW.COM | Deutsche Welle
Two million families in the Philippines live from fishing. But climate change and overfishing are taking their toll. Germany's International Climate Initiative is supporting the fishing community's efforts to help themselves.By DW.COM | Deutsche Welle
Toxic smog is a big problem in Bishkek in winter due to very low temperatures and the widespread use of coal heating. For several days the Kyrgyz capital even held the record for the world's worst air pollution. A solution is not in sight.By DW.COM | Deutsche Welle
Strawberries are an important crop for farmers in Michoacán. But huge monocultures have destroyed the soil and biodiversity. A project aims to support a variety of animals and plants. That would attract pollinators which would also be good for the farms.By DW.COM | Deutsche Welle
This story called in English the Bremen Town Musicians leaves us with a nice lesson: never despise those who reach their natural old age for no longer being as strong as they were during their youth. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/spanishstories4kids/support
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Global 3000: The Globalization Program
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Khanom Bueang: An ancient dessert from Thailand
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For 30 years, Somkit Sang Krajang has had a mobile food stand in the center of Bangkok. Her specialty is Khanom Bueang, a crispy pancake topped with sweet or savory ingredients, depending on the customers’ wishes. Her cousin helps her make them.By DW.COM | Deutsche Welle
Asanda Pakade is a cheerful, 17-year-old karate enthusiast from the KwaZulu-Natal province in South Africa. She has seven siblings, but she doesn't like going to school. She wants to become a psychologist, and develop educational apps for kids.By DW.COM | Deutsche Welle
In Kyrgyzstan girls move in with their husband’s family when they marry. Expectant parents want sons and heirs. As a result, abortion rates are high. But a growing number of women are rising up against the social pressure.By DW.COM | Deutsche Welle
Our Global Teen today is Maximiliano Medeiros, who lives in Montevideo in Uruguay. He’s a student at an agricultural science college and is a big fan of Brazilian music.By DW.COM | Deutsche Welle
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Brazil: Reforestation to replenish water supplies
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Deforestation has left only 20 percent of the once gigantic Atlantic Forest. Cities such as São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro depend on the rainforest for their water supplies. Two sisters are realizing their childhood dream by planting new trees there.By DW.COM | Deutsche Welle
While India has invested huge sums of money in renewables, coal is still the largest fraction of its energy generation. In the state of Goa and elsewhere, however, people are taking to the streets to protest against the hazardous legacy of coal.By DW.COM | Deutsche Welle
This episode tells the Spanish-adapted version of the Sorcerer’s Apprentice. It shares a valuable lesson about how laziness can get you in trouble, same as getting involved in things you may not know enough about. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/spanishstories4kids/support
Abdoulaye Coulibaly is mayor of Fana in Mali and he is an expert when it comes to climate change. He's helping his community to make their own contribution to combating climate change – by finding eco-friendly sources of income.By DW.COM | Deutsche Welle
In rural parts of South Africa children often have to walk a long way to get to school. The NGO "Sweetbike" provides schools with second-hand bicycles, so kids can cycle to class.By DW.COM | Deutsche Welle
Villagers in the Manu Biosphere Reserve are actively engaged in protecting the environment while developing ways to make a sustainable and decent living. New crops, new farming methods, new kinds of jobs, and the arrival of the Internet are all making a difference.By DW.COM | Deutsche Welle
Some 86 million people in Nigeria live in extreme poverty. Many have no running water, electricity or adequate sanitation. The government now wants to ensure that everyone has access to a clean toilet.By DW.COM | Deutsche Welle
Fed up with The Gambia's mounting waste problem, Isatou Ceesay set up an initiative called 'One Plastic Bag'. It promotes recycling and provides women with additional income.By DW.COM | Deutsche Welle
Fed up with Gambia's mounting waste problem, Isatou Ceesay set up an initiative called 'One Plastic Bag'. It promotes recycling and provides women with additional income.By DW.COM | Deutsche Welle
This week’s Global Living Room comes from Kenya, where we visit a mother-of-four and her dog Abby.By DW.COM | Deutsche Welle
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Colombia: Indigenous communities forge the future
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Colombia’s Misak people want to protect the traditions of their ancestors. An indigenous university focuses on traditional values and spirituality as a protection against outside threats, from large-scale agriculture to drug cartels.By DW.COM | Deutsche Welle
A Christmas eve special episode sharing the Spanish-adapted version of a Christmas classic: The Night Before Christmas. We wish you all una Feliz Navidad! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/spanishstories4kids/support
Water is a scarce commodity in the states of Rajasthan and Gujarat. Nevertheless many farmers have still to learn how to use water more efficiently for their fields. The Marvi project was set up to change that.By DW.COM | Deutsche Welle
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The Sid Griffin Podcast - Call All Coal Porters - Show 30
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Here is the first Christmas themed podcast since December 2016. There were so many available in previous years it seemed foolish to record one but this pandemic year Sid changed his mind.By Sid Griffin
My abuela narrates today’s story all the way from Honduras! This is Spanish- adapted version of the famous fairytale known in English as Little Red Riding Hood. The lesson in this story is to listen to your parents when they warn you not to talk to strangers. I hope you enjoy it! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/spanishstories4kids/suppo…
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Philippines: Obstacles on the road to e-mobility
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Pollution has long plagued the Manila. E-mobility could help reduce traffic and improve air quality. But e-vehicles are expensive and a rare sight on the city's streets. manufacturers such as Tojo Motors rely on foreign funding and know-how.By DW.COM | Deutsche Welle
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American Beauty 50, Episode 10: Truckin’
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The Deadcast season finale wraps up American Beauty and looks at the iconic Truckin’, the autobiographical album-closing road anthem, unpacking the band’s history from its verses, lost lyrics, and never-heard original ending. Bob Weir, Stephen Barncard, Mickey Hart, Howard Wales, Steve Silberman, David Lemieux, Gary Lambert…
A surprising and wide-ranging conversation with Ned Lagin, the pioneering jazz-trained electronic composer whose friendship with the Grateful Dead began when the band crowded into his M.I.T. dorm room to jam and would encompass contributions to American Beauty and Wake of the Flood, nearly 20 onstage appearances with the band between 1970 and 1975,…
Head chef Daniel Bucher hates food waste. His hotel's restaurants offer much scope for recovering unused ingredients. He helps an NGO that distributes food to the needy. Together with German relief organization GIZ, he also advises the Thai government.By DW.COM | Deutsche Welle
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American Beauty 50, Episode 9: Attics Of My Life
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Two episodes in one: we meditate on the harmony tracks and metaphysical overtones of the hymn-like Attics Of My Life, before David Crosby and Steve Silberman return for extended look at how the American Beauty sessions flowed into Croz’s masterpiece, If I Could Only Remember My Name, where Jerry Garcia and the Dead served as supporting musicians an…
Many farmers in the La Sepultura biosphere reserve in southern Mexico keep cattle. But their methods have left the local forests badly damaged. The project BioPaSOS encourages the farmers to try out more sustainable livestock farming practices that protect woodland and biodiversity.By DW.COM | Deutsche Welle
This episode tells the Spanish-adapted version of The Emperor’s New Clothes, a classic story that teaches us to be brave and honest, to tell the truth even if we are afraid people will laugh at us. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/spanishstories4kids/support
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American Beauty 50, Episode 8: Till The Morning Comes / To Lay Me Down
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Jumping off from “Till the Morning Comes” and the outtake “To Lay Me Down” we hear from Donna Jean Godchaux-MacKay on falling in love with (and to) the Dead, Bob Weir on the secret to recording Phil Lesh, Stephen Malkmus with a psychedelic book recommendation, and time travel to Winterland in October 1970. Bob Weir, Donna Jean Godchaux MacKay, Step…
Faith Kathure is a cheerful 17-year-old who lives in the village of Matunda. She loves hip hop, going to school and writing poems. A sense of gratitude underlies her joyful nature.By DW.COM | Deutsche Welle
The government in Uruguay acted swiftly to slow the spread of the virus and introduce widespread testing -- in line with the science. The country also has a public healthcare system that really works.By DW.COM | Deutsche Welle
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American Beauty 50, Episode 7: Brokedown Palace
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We examine how the Grateful Dead classic “Brokedown Palace” forms a hidden but powerful song suite with “Ripple,” the preceding song on American Beauty, with guests Bob Weir, pianist Howard Wales, longtime Dead publisher Alan Trist, historian Nicholas Meriwether, and musicologist Mike Hamad, plus a search for Pigpen’s cat. Bob Weir, Howard Wales, A…
Blue crabs are a serious menace to many other animals in the Mediterranean. Declining fish stocks are a problem for fishermen in Tunisia. Now, some have taken to catching the crabs instead. Around the world, invasive species are upending ecosystems.By DW.COM | Deutsche Welle
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BONUS: A Visit to Planet Drum with Mickey Hart
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On a very special bonus episode, we check in with Mickey Hart about his latest drones and hear high tales of Grateful Dead madness, from frying bacon onstage to using firearms as percussion, plus stories about his handcrafted instrument, the Beam, and a look into the Barn, his recording “crucible” in Novato and one of the great and oft-forgotten st…
If landowners set up a nature reserve, they are rewarded with a tax break. The NGO Wilderness Foundation Africa advises them on how to do it. Its project has so far helped protect 500,000 hectares of land.By DW.COM | Deutsche Welle
As many as ten thousand species of wild animal are known to migrate -- often covering great distances across the globe by air, sea or land. Without them, entire eco-systems would be in danger. But climate change is affecting migratory behavior.By DW.COM | Deutsche Welle
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American Beauty 50, Episode 6: Ripple
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We examine Ripple, the timeless cosmic hymn leading off Side B of American Beauty, written during what Robert Hunter called a peak experience, and take a close look at the Dead’s very own softball team, with guests Bob Weir, David Grisman, Ned Lagin, and many more, including Ripple chorale performer Sam Cutler. Bob Weir, David Grisman, Sam Cutler, …
Training, free hospital treatment and a microcredit program are on offer to communities close to the Lewa Conservancy in Kenya. Lewa believes nature conservation should also improve the lives of people who live near endangered wildlife.By DW.COM | Deutsche Welle
