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The Grassroots Effort to Save Lives: San Francisco and the Overdose Crisis Part 6
From: KSFP
Series: Civic Presents: San Francisco and the Overdose Crisis
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Fentanyl-related deaths among teens more than tripled across the U.S. from 2019 to 2021. And the CDC reports that two thirds of teens who died had ...

Bought by KALW


  • Added: Dec 01, 2023
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
The Fight for Safe Consumption Sites: San Francisco and the Overdose Crisis Part 5
From: KSFP
Series: Civic Presents: San Francisco and the Overdose Crisis
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As overdose fatalities reach two to three deaths a day in San Francisco, demands for supervised consumption sites are getting more urgent. But city...

Bought by KALW


  • Added: Nov 02, 2023
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
The War on Drugs Revisited: San Francisco and the Overdose Crisis Part 4
From: KSFP
Series: Civic Presents: San Francisco and the Overdose Crisis
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Some San Francisco city officials are advocating jail for unhoused people who use drugs and murder charges for people who sell drugs. Critics say t...

Bought by KALW


  • Added: Oct 19, 2023
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
Criminalizing Drug Use: San Francisco and the Overdose Crisis Part 3
From: KSFP
Series: Civic Presents: San Francisco and the Overdose Crisis
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San Francisco city officials have decided that arresting unhoused people for using drugs is the way to get them into treatment programs. Critics sa...

Bought by KALW


  • Added: Oct 19, 2023
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
How Drug Addiction and Homelessness Connect: San Francisco and the Overdose Crisis Part 2
From: KSFP
Series: Civic Presents: San Francisco and the Overdose Crisis
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While San Francisco is on track to break records for the highest number of fatal overdoses in one year, health experts say the city is failing when...

  • Added: Oct 19, 2023
  • Length: 29:30
The Origins of Rampant Opioid Addiction: San Francisco and the Overdose Crisis Part 1
From: KSFP
Series: Civic Presents: San Francisco and the Overdose Crisis
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San Francisco is experiencing its worst rate of drug-related fatalities ever, and as city officials impose increasingly punitive measures against p...

Bought by KALW


  • Added: Oct 19, 2023
  • Length: 28:12
  • Purchases: 1
GLOBAL ISSUES come to BURNING MAN
From: David Boyer
Series: THE INTERSECTION at Burning Man
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As the media portrays 2023's Burning Man as a hellscape, THE INTERSECTION at Burning Man revists the work of a group of Burners at the 2019 event. ...

Bought by KFCF FM, WVTF, Nevada Public Radio, KUNM, WGBH Radio Boston and more


  • Added: Sep 05, 2023
  • Length: 59:37
  • Purchases: 6
Tina Turner the Queen of Rock 'n' Roll
From: Howard Burchette
Series: Soul Roots
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Queen of Rock 'n' Roll is a musical history of the great Tina Turner hosted by musicologist Howard Burchette.

Bought by KAZU Seaside, Calif. and KOSU


  • Added: Jun 07, 2023
  • Length: 57:17
  • Purchases: 2
The Supreme Diana Ross
From: Howard Burchette
Series: Soul Roots
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"The Supreme Diana Ross" is a presentation hosted by Howard Burchette on the history of Diana Ross with the Supremes. They were the greatest female...

  • Added: Jun 05, 2023
  • Length: 52:00
Roughhousing
From: ROS: Crushed
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Host Iggy Monda takes listeners inside America’s locker rooms and field houses to explore hazing in high school sports today. Through deeply person...

Bought by WUAL, WILL, WJCT, and WVXU


  • Added: Apr 07, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 4
Veterans Day [Honoring Those Who Served]
From: Howard Burchette
Series: Holiday Classics
Caption: https://unsplash.com/photos/2x-dj_r0H9Y, Credit: Jeremy Bezanger
This is a Veterans Day program. "Veterans Day [Honoring Those Who Served]" is a musical program containing Patriotic Songs and music praising the ...

  • Added: Jun 04, 2022
  • Length: 01:00:48
Answering the Call, Part 2: Struggling to Staff the Nation's New Crisis Line
From: Tradeoffs
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In Part 2 of our special series on 988, we explore the scramble to staff the country’s new mental health crisis line and the workforce lessons 988 ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jun 02, 2022
  • Length: 26:45
  • Purchases: 1
Answering the Call: Struggling to Staff the Nation's New Crisis Line - Two-way
From: Tradeoffs
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In Part 2 of our special series on 988, we explore the scramble to staff the country’s new mental health crisis line and the workforce lessons 988 ...

  • Added: Jun 02, 2022
  • Length: 04:00
Ebony Classics - Classical Music In Color
From: Howard Burchette
Series: The Classics
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"Ebony Classics - Classical Music In Color" features the music of people of color in the Classical music industry.

Bought by WILL


  • Added: May 31, 2022
  • Length: 01:00:50
  • Purchases: 1
The Brazilian-Jazz Way
From: Howard Burchette
Series: Jazz Time
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A special program of Brazilian-styled jazz music including Bossa Nova, and Samba.

Bought by KAAD-LP


  • Added: Feb 24, 2022
  • Length: 58:17
  • Purchases: 1
Jazz, Brass and Voices
From: Howard Burchette
Series: Jazz Time
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This title says it all. This is a program featuring Jazz ensembles accompanied by a choral group or a spiritual setting. This is a good quality J...

  • Added: Feb 15, 2022
  • Length: 01:01:33
A Funk Christmas
From: Howard Burchette
Series: Holiday Classics
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A Merry Funk Christmas from Bootsy Collins, Stevie Wonder, James Brown, Earth, Wind & Fire, The Isley Brothers, The Commodores, The Temptations, an...

Bought by High Plains Public Radio, WHRV, WCBE, Northwest Public Broadcasting, WJAB and more


  • Added: Dec 12, 2021
  • Length: 55:52
  • Purchases: 6
Ebony Classics - Expressionism
From: Howard Burchette
Series: The Classics
Caption: ALICE RUTH MOORE DUNBAR-NELSON (1875-1935)
Enjoyable Music from musicians, vocalists, and composers of African Descent of Classical Music. This is a collection of some of the best classical ...

  • Added: Nov 20, 2021
  • Length: 56:21
Aretha Franklin Lady Soul!
From: Howard Burchette
Series: Music Lecture
Caption: Aretha Now, Credit: Atlantic Catalog Group
"Lady Soul! - The Music of Aretha Franklin" is a musical view of Aretha Franklin's career with Atlantic Records.

Bought by WJCT and KAZU Seaside, Calif.


  • Added: Oct 27, 2021
  • Length: 56:46
  • Purchases: 2
Ebony Classics - The Language of Music
From: Howard Burchette
Series: The Classics
Caption: Eleanor Alberga, Credit: www.navonarecords.com
"Ebony Classics - The Language of Music" features the music of people of color in the Classical music industry.

  • Added: Aug 15, 2021
  • Length: 56:45
Ebony Classics - A Wonderful Day!
From: Howard Burchette
Series: The Classics
Caption: Kathleen Battle
This program features composers and musicians of African Descent in various fields of Classical Music.

  • Added: Aug 07, 2021
  • Length: 01:03:38
Ebony Classics - The Color Rainbow
From: Howard Burchette
Series: The Classics
Caption: Blind Tom Wiggins, Credit: www.bookforum.com
"Ebony Classics - The Color Rainbow" continues displaying the music of people of color in the Classical music industry.

Bought by WNMU-FM


  • Added: Jul 27, 2021
  • Length: 59:40
  • Purchases: 1
Ebony Classics - A Bright Day
From: Howard Burchette
Series: The Classics
Caption: Robert Nathaniel Dett, Credit: Wikipedia
This program features composers and musicians of African Descent in various fields of Classical Music.

Bought by WNMU-FM


  • Added: Jul 22, 2021
  • Length: 53:21
  • Purchases: 1
Ebony Classics - A Beautiful Flower
From: Howard Burchette
Series: The Classics
Caption: Leontyne Price
This is a Classical music program featuring women of color. They are all notable Women in various fields of Classical Music; including Composers, ...

Bought by KVCR, WXXI Rochester, and WNMU-FM


  • Added: Jul 22, 2021
  • Length: 56:24
  • Purchases: 3
CBC S1 E8: Student Athletes
From: WNIN
Series: COVID Between the Coasts
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What's it like when a pandemic crushes your dream of playing a Division One sport?

  • Added: Nov 21, 2020
  • Length: 13:18