Best NEPR NEW ENGLAND PUBLIC RADIO Podcasts (2025)

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NEPR News Now: Dems' Divisions, River's Worries, Bank's Surprise, Museum's Growth 22:05

8y ago22:05

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NEPR News Now: Dems' Divisions, River's Worries, Bank's Surprise, Museum's Growth by NEPR-NEW ENGLAND PUBLIC RADIOBy NEPR-NEW ENGLAND PUBLIC RADIO

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#13 Exasperated 15:04

8y ago15:04

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NEPR's back this month with another Valley Voices Podcast. This episode: stories of exasperation.Michael Kingsbury does his best to get through a long flight with his family, while Jim Brissette jumps the hurdles of E-ZPass bureaucracy.Subscribe to the podcast for more featured stories from past Valley Voices every month, or check us out at nepr.ne…

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The Short List: Bank Moves, Healey and Easthampton High, Grad Advice 8:35

8y ago8:35

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The Short List: Bank Moves, Healey and Easthampton High, Grad Advice by NEPR-NEW ENGLAND PUBLIC RADIOBy NEPR-NEW ENGLAND PUBLIC RADIO

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The Short List: Montague Mascot, Trump's Mass. Shadow, Looking At More Legalization 9:14

8y ago9:14

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The Short List: Montague Mascot, Trump's Mass. Shadow, Looking At More Legalization by NEPR-NEW ENGLAND PUBLIC RADIOBy NEPR-NEW ENGLAND PUBLIC RADIO

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NEPR News Now: Confederate Speech V. Safety, Heroin Tests, Time Zone Changes, A Tree Witness 21:39

8y ago21:39

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NEPR News Now: Confederate Speech V. Safety, Heroin Tests, Time Zone Changes, A Tree Witness by NEPR-NEW ENGLAND PUBLIC RADIOBy NEPR-NEW ENGLAND PUBLIC RADIO

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The Short List: Hernandez Verdict Vacated, Confederate Controversy, Time Changes? 9:21

8y ago9:21

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The Short List: Hernandez Verdict Vacated, Confederate Controversy, Time Changes? by NEPR-NEW ENGLAND PUBLIC RADIOBy NEPR-NEW ENGLAND PUBLIC RADIO

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JazzBeat 32 - Ellington's New Orleans Suite 21:34

8y ago21:34

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Tom Reney looks back at Duke Ellington’s “New Orleans Suite,” and the crucial role that Duke and festival producer George Wein played in the establishment of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, which just completed its 49th annual presentation in the Crescent City. Wein’s insistence that any festival he produced would include Ellington, who “…

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The Short List: Sanctuary City Scuffle, Trouble At Fenway, Tibetan Flag Flap 9:29

8y ago9:29

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The Short List: Sanctuary City Scuffle, Trouble At Fenway, Tibetan Flag Flap by NEPR-NEW ENGLAND PUBLIC RADIOBy NEPR-NEW ENGLAND PUBLIC RADIO

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NEPR News Now Podcast: Tibetan Flag Flap, Sheriff's ICE Work, Defining 'Juvenile,' Meidav's Stories 18:48

8y ago18:48

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NEPR News Now Podcast: Tibetan Flag Flap, Sheriff's ICE Work, Defining 'Juvenile,' Meidav's Stories by NEPR-NEW ENGLAND PUBLIC RADIOBy NEPR-NEW ENGLAND PUBLIC RADIO

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#12 DIY 13:32

8y ago13:32

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We’re back with more stories from your friends and neighbors on the Valley Voices Podcast.Our final slam this season was themed "DIY," held at New City Brewery in Easthampton. While we usually showcase our winner and runner up from every evening, the audience vote gave us a tie for the very first time. Libby Woodfin does some navigation for her gra…

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The Short List: Juvenile Court Ages, Immigration Detainees In Greenfield Jail, Media Missteps 9:30

8y ago9:30

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The Short List: Juvenile Court Ages, Immigration Detainees In Greenfield Jail, Media Missteps by NEPR-NEW ENGLAND PUBLIC RADIOBy NEPR-NEW ENGLAND PUBLIC RADIO

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NEPR News Now: Prison Mental Health, School Takeover Report Card, Fighting For Odd-Sounding Science 22:00

8y ago22:00

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NEPR News Now: Prison Mental Health, School Takeover Report Card, Fighting For Odd-Sounding Science by NEPR-NEW ENGLAND PUBLIC RADIOBy NEPR-NEW ENGLAND PUBLIC RADIO

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The Short List: Drug Lab Scandal Fallout, Snake Island Suspension, West Mass Redo 9:15

8y ago9:15

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The Short List: Drug Lab Scandal Fallout, Snake Island Suspension, West Mass Redo by NEPR-NEW ENGLAND PUBLIC RADIOBy NEPR-NEW ENGLAND PUBLIC RADIO

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NEPR News Now: Refugees' Mental Health, Du Bois' Great Barrington Church, Dickinson's Biopic 16:12

8y ago16:12

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NEPR News Now: Refugees' Mental Health, Du Bois' Great Barrington Church, Dickinson's Biopic by NEPR-NEW ENGLAND PUBLIC RADIOBy NEPR-NEW ENGLAND PUBLIC RADIO

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The Short List: Malloy Is Done, Dangerous Rail Crossing, Yard Goats Roam Home 9:30

8y ago9:30

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The Short List: Malloy Is Done, Dangerous Rail Crossing, Yard Goats Roam Home by NEPR-NEW ENGLAND PUBLIC RADIOBy NEPR-NEW ENGLAND PUBLIC RADIO

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NEPR News Now Podcast: Farmers & Food Stamps, Grocery Power, Alleged Cop Beating, Restroom Opioids 21:26

8y ago21:26

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NEPR News Now Podcast: Farmers & Food Stamps, Grocery Power, Alleged Cop Beating, Restroom Opioids by NEPR-NEW ENGLAND PUBLIC RADIOBy NEPR-NEW ENGLAND PUBLIC RADIO

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The Short List: Details Of Alleged Police Assault, Texting While Crashing, Mammoth Mascots 9:16

8y ago9:16

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The Short List: Details Of Alleged Police Assault, Texting While Crashing, Mammoth Mascots by NEPR-NEW ENGLAND PUBLIC RADIOBy NEPR-NEW ENGLAND PUBLIC RADIO

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NEPR News Now: Korean Veteran, 'Obamacare' Skeptic, GE's Dumping Plan, A Baseball Great 20:26

8y ago20:26

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NEPR News Now: Korean Veteran, 'Obamacare' Skeptic, GE's Dumping Plan, A Baseball Great by NEPR-NEW ENGLAND PUBLIC RADIOBy NEPR-NEW ENGLAND PUBLIC RADIO

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The Short List: Western Mass Aging, Early Ed Funding, Marijuana Tasting 9:06

8y ago9:06

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The Short List: Western Mass Aging, Early Ed Funding, Marijuana Tasting by NEPR-NEW ENGLAND PUBLIC RADIOBy NEPR-NEW ENGLAND PUBLIC RADIO

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NEPR News Now Podcast: Pharmacy Frauds, Racist Fliers, Asylum Complications, A No-Protest Protester 20:04

8y ago20:04

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NEPR News Now Podcast: Pharmacy Frauds, Racist Fliers, Asylum Complications, A No-Protest Protester by NEPR-NEW ENGLAND PUBLIC RADIOBy NEPR-NEW ENGLAND PUBLIC RADIO

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The Short List: Warren's West, Pot Pondering, New UMass Coach A No Go 9:17

8y ago9:17

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The Short List: Warren's West, Pot Pondering, New UMass Coach A No Go by NEPR-NEW ENGLAND PUBLIC RADIOBy NEPR-NEW ENGLAND PUBLIC RADIO

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Episode 11 - Third Culture Kids 18:15

8y ago18:15

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Third Culture Kid features stories of acclimation and loss from a Palestinian woman and an Irish woman._________________Western New England is home to immigrants and refugees from around the globe, and their presence revitalizes the region and redefines its culture. Their journeys have involved fear, uprootedness, and isolation as well as persevera…

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#11 Refresh 14:10

8y ago14:10

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This month we're listening back to our top two storytellers from the "Refresh" Story Slam, held at Gateway City Arts in Holyoke.David Bulley was our runner-up for audience favorite, and tells us how well good old fashioned machismo replaces showers at hunting camp. Our winner from the evening, Susanne Schmidt, shares with us one of the more unusual…

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The Short List: Gambling In The Military, Fake Service Animals, Winter Storm Names 8:59

8y ago8:59

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The Short List: Gambling In The Military, Fake Service Animals, Winter Storm Names by NEPR-NEW ENGLAND PUBLIC RADIOBy NEPR-NEW ENGLAND PUBLIC RADIO

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The Short List: The Irony Of Tragic Fires, Privacy On The Pike, High Schoolers Love Sleep 8:40

8y ago8:40

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The Short List: The Irony Of Tragic Fires, Privacy On The Pike, High Schoolers Love Sleep by NEPR-NEW ENGLAND PUBLIC RADIOBy NEPR-NEW ENGLAND PUBLIC RADIO

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Episode 8 - Is Exercise Medicine? 59:00

8y ago59:00

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Daniel Lieberman, a paleoanthropologist and biology professor at Harvard University, spoke about his work studying human athletic behavior and performance. He said in developed countries there is currently an “exercise paradox”: Although humans evolved to become athletes, few in these countries are adequately physically active. This, Lieberman said…

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Episide 10 - Undocumented II 20:02

8y ago20:02

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The second of two podcasts on immigrants that came to the U.S. without documentation. This episode, features the story of an immigrant from Colombia that came here to improve his family’s financial situation and the story of a young man from the Dominican Republic that realized as a teenager that his family was undocumented.__Western New England is…

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The Short List: Congressional Grades, Casino Crystal-Balling, Play-Doh Pivots 9:02

8y ago9:02

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The Short List: Congressional Grades, Casino Crystal-Balling, Play-Doh Pivots by NEPR-NEW ENGLAND PUBLIC RADIOBy NEPR-NEW ENGLAND PUBLIC RADIO

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Episode 7 - Culture High and Low: When Jazz Entered The Concert Hall 59:00

8y ago59:00

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Waksman, Professor of Music and American Studies at Smith College, gave a historical view of the movement of jazz from “lowbrow” popular music, to “highbrow symphonic art”. Waksman focused on the people that influenced this movement, and how it changed cultural perceptions and expectations of jazz.By NEPR-New England Public Radio

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The Short List: Warren's Competition, Pioneer Valley vs West Mass, No More High-Five In Noho 8:52

8y ago8:52

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The Short List: Warren's Competition, Pioneer Valley vs West Mass, No More High-Five In Noho by NEPR-NEW ENGLAND PUBLIC RADIOBy NEPR-NEW ENGLAND PUBLIC RADIO

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Episode 6 - US Neoslavery: A History of the Prison Industrial Present 59:00

8y ago59:00

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Dennis Childs at UMass Amherst speaks on US Neoslavery: A History of the Prison Industrial Present. Childs, associate professor of African American literature and an affiliate faculty member of the department of ethnic studies and critical gender studies at the University of California, San Diego, spoke about the past and present incarceration of t…

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Episode 9 - Family Reunion 16:45

8y ago16:45

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Family Reunion features stories of two young people who came to the United States to re-unite with their families.Western New England is home to immigrants and refugees from around the globe, and their presence revitalizes the region and redefines its culture. Their journeys have involved fear, uprootedness, and isolation as well as perseverance, c…

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#10 One Shot 12:50

8y ago12:50

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We’re coming to you this month with our most recent slam, held at Gateway City Arts in Holyoke. The night’s theme was “One Shot.” Starting things off is our runner up favorite for the evening, Terry Wolfisch Cole, who took her “one shot” when things were feeling a bit desperate in Utah. Finally Kerrita Mayfield, our winner from the evening, introdu…

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The Short List: Sarno Again Scolds Refugee Agency, Warren 'Silenced,' Blumenthal Earns Trump Tweet 8:49

8y ago8:49

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The Short List: Sarno Again Scolds Refugee Agency, Warren 'Silenced,' Blumenthal Earns Trump Tweet by NEPR-NEW ENGLAND PUBLIC RADIOBy NEPR-NEW ENGLAND PUBLIC RADIO

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Episode 8 - Starting Over 15:34

8y ago15:34

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The story of two families, one from Syria and one from Sri Lanka that came to the United States to create new and better lives.By NEPR-New England Public Radio

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The Short List: Springfield Police Plead The 5th, Immigration Repercussions, Super Bowl 51 8:41

8y ago8:41

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The Short List: Springfield Police Plead The 5th, Immigration Repercussions, Super Bowl 51 by NEPR-NEW ENGLAND PUBLIC RADIOBy NEPR-NEW ENGLAND PUBLIC RADIO

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The Short List: Baker Vetoes Raise, Sanctuary Mayors Take A Stand, Warren Waffles On HUD Nominee 8:48

8y ago8:48

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The Short List: Baker Vetoes Raise, Sanctuary Mayors Take A Stand, Warren Waffles On HUD Nominee by NEPR-NEW ENGLAND PUBLIC RADIOBy NEPR-NEW ENGLAND PUBLIC RADIO

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Episode 7 - Political Refugees 15:29

8+ y ago15:29

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This episode features the stories of two women who brought their families to the United States as political refugees, one from Romania and one from Sudan.By NEPR-New England Public Radio

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#9 Slippery Slope 13:10

8+ y ago13:10

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We're back with the first episode from our third season of Valley Voices Story Slams! Here, our audience favorites from Slippery Slope - held January 19th at the Northampton Brewery.Andrew Shelffo fills us in on some New Jersey wisdom, and Karen Fisk tells us who she loves more.Hear more stories by subscribing to the podcast on iTunes, or catch us …

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WIT Extra - DACA 4:29

8+ y ago4:29

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We hear an essay on DACA from an undocumented immigrant profiled in episode 2.By NEPR-New England Public Radio

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Jazz Beat - Nat Hentoff 31:19

8+ y ago31:19

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For JazzBeat 30, Tom Reney pays tribute to Nat Hentoff, who died on January 7 at 91. The Boston-born journalist wrote primarily on First Amendment issues for the Village Voice for 50 years, but was also a renowned jazz critic and historian. In the early 1960s, Hentoff produced an outstanding series of albums for Candid Records by Charles Mingus, Cl…

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Episode 6 - Survival 21:55

8+ y ago21:55

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Survival includes two stories from refugees from Burundi and the Congo that escaped violence in their homeland.By NEPR-New England Public Radio

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The Short List: Warren Grills Carson, MA Time, Under The Radar 9:03

8+ y ago9:03

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What made The Short List this week?-Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren sought assurance from U.S. Housing Secretary appointee Ben Carson that the Trump family would not financially benefit from HUD grants at his Confirmation Hearing this week. She wasn't assured.-The state has a commission looking at time: getting rid of "springing forward" and…

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The Short List: Craigslist Pot Sales, Sheriff Offers Help For Wall, Millennial Political Clout 8:57

8+ y ago8:57

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The Short List: Craigslist Pot Sales, Sheriff Offers Help For Wall, Millennial Political Clout by NEPR-NEW ENGLAND PUBLIC RADIOBy NEPR-NEW ENGLAND PUBLIC RADIO

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# 8 Money, Money, Money 12:50

8+ y ago12:50

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Our kick-off for the third season of Valley Voices Story Slams is just around the corner, with “Slippery Slope” on January 19th at the Northampton Brewery! This week, we're getting ready for the start of a new season with a look back on some of our past storytellers.In March, 2016 we went over to the Brewery for our "Money, Money, Money" Story Slam…

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Episode 5 - Refugee Children 18:27

8+ y ago18:27

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Vira Douangmany Cage and Sovann-Malis Loeung came to the United States as children from south-east Asia-Vira from Laos and Sovann-Malis from Cambodia. Their traumatic journeys and early experiences in a new land continue to impact their lives today.By NEPR-New England Public Radio

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Jazz Beat 29 - Bob Dylan As Nobel Laureate 29:39

8+ y ago29:39

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In the latest edition of NEPR's Jazz Beat, Tom Reney highlights the prominence of jazz in Bob Dylan’s memoir, Chronicles, Volume 1, and a critical moment of impact that the music had on the return to form that the Nobel laureate has exhibited since 1997.By NEPR-NEW ENGLAND PUBLIC RADIO

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Episode 4 - Leaving Iraq 19:14

8+ y ago19:14

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The story of two Iraqi refugees who were granted political asylum to come to the United States.By NEPR-New England Public Radio

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Episode 3 – Education 20:17

8+ y ago20:17

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For many immigrants education is important to their transition and future. In episode 3, Heap Sin, from Cambodia, and Woodlyn Joachim, from Haiti, talk about how teachers and education impacted their livesBy NEPR-New England Public Radio

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# 7 Another Day, Another Dollar 12:57

8+ y ago12:57

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Looking ahead to Season 3 of our Valley Voices Story Slams, we've got another episode of the podcast up looking back to some of our past storytellers. This month, we're highlighting stories of work.Josie Dulles fights for her soul at Starbucks, while Michael Klein finds playing with knobs and dials can take you further than you'd expect.Check back …

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