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Last Witness: The Kerner Commission
From: Radio Diaries
Series: Last Witness
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Decades before our current debate over critical race theory, the 1968 Kerner Commission pointed the finger at structural racism for creating the co...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago and WXAV 88.3FM Chicago


  • Added: Oct 05, 2021
  • Length: 08:56
  • Purchases: 2
Episode 34: Lost and Found
From: Criminal
Series: This is Love
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On today’s episode: Home recordings, people recording their friends, neighbors, and strangers — for a look at how we live, and who we are, by liste...

  • Added: Aug 13, 2021
  • Length: 45:28
Professor Longhair's Legacy
From: Music Inside Out
Series: Music Inside Out
Caption: Professor Longhair, Credit: Michael P. Smith © The Historic New Orleans Collection
In the spirit of Mardi Gras, this show is devoted to “Fess” -- Henry Roeland Byrd, aka Professor Longhair - the pianist whose music fills the stree...

Bought by KMUW


  • Added: Feb 11, 2021
  • Length: 51:58
  • Purchases: 1
Making an American Folk Song: Children, Go Where I Send Thee
From: Peter Winne
Caption: The Fairfield Four at home in Tennessee
The ancient origins of an American gospel classic,"Children, Go Where I Send Thee," are told through archival recordings from The Library of Congre...

Bought by WUTC


  • Added: Jan 21, 2018
  • Length: 38:49
  • Purchases: 1
An Evening with Steel Pulse
From: Southwest Stages
Series: Southwest Stages
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An hour of music and interviews with Reggae Greats, Steel Pulse recorded live in October of 2004, at the Historic Lensic Theater in Santa Fe, NM.

Bought by KZYX, WNCU, and Wyoming Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 30, 2009
  • Length: 58:26
  • Purchases: 3
An Evening with Burning Spear Vol-2
From: Southwest Stages
Series: Southwest Stages
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Southwest Stages finishes off it's Evening of Music and Interviews Legendary Reggae Icons Burning Spear, recorded live at the Historic El Rey Theat...

Bought by KUPR low power FM, KHNS, and WNCU


  • Added: Jul 30, 2009
  • Length: 58:26
  • Purchases: 3
An Evening with Burning Spear Volume-1
From: Southwest Stages
Series: Southwest Stages
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An Evening of Music and Interviews Legendary Reggae Icons Burning Spear, recorded live at the Historic El Rey Theater in Albuquerque, NM.

Bought by KUPR low power FM, KZYX, WJAB, KHNS, and WNCU


  • Added: Jul 30, 2009
  • Length: 58:25
  • Purchases: 5
Lost Sounds Part 3
From: KUOW
Series: Lost Sounds
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Part 3 of 3 focuses on changes to the face of black American entertainment in the early 20th century and what that can tell us about contemporary t...

Bought by Marfa Public Radio and NPR Station Showcase with PRX


  • Added: Apr 01, 2008
  • Length: 18:27
  • Purchases: 2
Lost Sounds part 2
From: KUOW
Series: Lost Sounds
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Part 2 of 3 focuses on how early African American recordings planted the seeds for several uniquely American music styles and for social equality.

Bought by Marfa Public Radio and NPR Station Showcase with PRX


  • Added: Apr 01, 2008
  • Length: 18:30
  • Purchases: 2
Lost Sounds Part 1
From: KUOW
Series: Lost Sounds
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Part 1 of 3 focuses on the techniques and content of the very earliest commercial recordings.

Bought by PRX Remix, Marfa Public Radio, and NPR Station Showcase with PRX


  • Added: Apr 01, 2008
  • Length: 12:27
  • Purchases: 3