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Living the Word with Patricia Gould-Champ, Part i
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
Caption: Reverend Patricia Gould-, Credit: Charles McGuigan
Reverend Patricia Gould-Champ, a woman affectionately referred to as the Queen Mother, which, in her case, is not a petty, royal appellation. Rathe...

  • Added: Apr 29, 2024
  • Length: 26:36
StoryCorps: Trey Phillips and Andre Thomas
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Trey Phillips and Andre Thomas at their StoryCorps interview in New London, CT on January 21, 2018., Credit: By Aisha Turner for StoryCorps
Trey Phillips came to StoryCorps with his college roommate Andre Thomas to talk about their first year at school and the impact they had on each ot...

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: Oct 12, 2023
  • Length: 03:49
  • Purchases: 1
Top of Mind - A Most Beautiful Thing, Cleaning Videos, Vitiligo
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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A Most Beautiful Thing, Cleaning Videos, Vitiligo

Bought by KSTK, RadioStPete Florida, KOWS, RADIOLEX, GCR (Global Community Radio) and more


  • Added: Apr 19, 2022
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 6
StoryCorps Griot: Ghuan Featherstone and Jordan Humphreys
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Ghuan Featherstone and Jordan Humphreys at their StoryCorps interview in Los Angeles, California on December 15th, 2021., Credit: Maja Sazdic for StoryCorps
Ghuan Featherstone came to StoryCorps with his mentee Jordan Humphreys to talk about their shared love of horses and horseback riding.

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: Feb 01, 2022
  • Length: 02:43
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps Griot: Rev. Farrell Duncombe and Howard Robinson
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: The late Rev. Farrell Duncombe (left) spoke with his friend Howard Robinson for a StoryCorps conversation in 2010 about how his role models helped shape him as a leader in his Alabama community.
Rev. Farrell Duncombe talks about growing up in Montgomery, AL, and the role models who shaped him, including his Sunday school teacher, Rosa Parks.

  • Added: Aug 12, 2021
  • Length: 03:15
These young New Orleans dancers want the police to know they are not a threat
From: Eve Abrams
Series: Unprisoned
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Season 1 Episode 9 A dance troupe of young, Black, male teens express their fear and anxiety about police and how the police might potentially vie...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 29, 2020
  • Length: 09:14
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps Griot: Albert Sykes and Aidan Sykes (UPDATE)
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Albert and Aidan Sykes in Jackson, Mississippi, 2020, Credit: Albert Sykes.
Albert Sykes returns to StoryCorps with his son Aidan--now 14-- to talk about how Aidan is feeling as a young Black man in 2020.

Bought by WERA-LP and WYAP


  • Added: Jun 16, 2020
  • Length: 02:41
  • Purchases: 2
StoryCorps Griot: Elizabeth Vega and Jamell Spann
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Elizabeth Vega and Jamell Spann at their StoryCorps interview in St. Louis, Missouri on June 27, 2019. , Credit: Dupe Oyebolu for StoryCorps
Five years after they met in Ferguson protesting the killing of Michael Brown Jr. by police officer Darren Wilson, Jamell Spann and Elizabeth Vega ...

Bought by KWMU St. Louis, KVNF, and WHRV


  • Added: Aug 14, 2019
  • Length: 02:23
  • Purchases: 3
Anthony Clary : Acts of Love and Forgiveness, Part 1
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
Caption: The Clarys on the front porch of their home in Blackwell., Credit: Rebecca D'Angelo
Anthony Clary grew up in the bricks. Buildings linear as Legos, lining block after block of city streets, stretching from Porter to Dinwiddie, from...

Bought by KVSC


  • Added: Mar 26, 2019
  • Length: 26:58
  • Purchases: 1
Upton Boxing Center
From: Out of the Blocks
Series: Out of the Blocks, Quick Hits
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Some guys come in and think you can turn pro next week, but once they come in here and find out what you have to go through, it’s like a wake-up ca...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 05, 2018
  • Length: 04:08
  • Purchases: 1
Halfway
From: Ariel Mejia
Series: ASM Youth Radio Summer 2018
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My story is about the Mixed/Biracial experience in America (specifically Chicago). I chose to do this because I am mixed race. I identify as Black ...

  • Added: Aug 03, 2018
  • Length: 07:40
HumaNature: 30 Minute Special 6
From: Wyoming Public Radio
Series: HumaNature
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"Freedom" A special edition of HumaNature formatted for air: 150 years ago, two girls crossed the Missouri River trying to escape a life of slaver...

Bought by KSTK


  • Added: Mar 08, 2018
  • Length: 27:59
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps Griot: Gregory Bess and April Gibson
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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33-year-old April Gibson talks to her teenage son, Gregory Bess, about how she felt when he was born.

Bought by WVBI-LP and WEZU


  • Added: Jan 25, 2018
  • Length: 02:10
  • Purchases: 2
StoryCorps: Ronald Clark and Jamilah Clark
From: StoryCorps
Caption: Ronald Clark and Jamilah Clark
During the 1940s, custodians who worked for the New York Public Library often lived inside the buildings they tended. In exchange for cleaning and ...

  • Added: Oct 17, 2017
  • Length: 02:11
StoryCorps: Johnny Holmes and Christian Picciolini
From: StoryCorps
Caption: Johnny Holmes (left) and Christian Picciolini (right)
In the 1990s, Johnny Holmes was head of security at a high school in Blue Island, Illinois, located just outside of Chicago, where he met Christian...

  • Added: Oct 10, 2017
  • Length: 02:19
StoryCorps: William Lynn Weaver
From: StoryCorps
Caption: Dr. William Lynn Weaver
In 1964, Dr. William Lynn Weaver was one of 14 black teens who integrated West High School in Knoxville, Tennessee. At StoryCorps, he spoke about h...

  • Added: Oct 03, 2017
  • Length: 05:41
They chased him, shot at him, but he still managed to bring his family to America
From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media
Series: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media Features
Caption: Omar Ali with his family. Omar is standing fourth form the left holding his daughter., Credit: Courtesy of Awal Ibrahim
Omar Ali is a hero in the eyes of his family. He embarked on a long journey that could have landed him nearly anywhere, fighting to find a safe spa...

Bought by KSFR


  • Added: Sep 18, 2017
  • Length: 05:47
  • Purchases: 1
My dad's Cinderella story: Finding love in Somalia
From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media
Series: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media Features
Caption: The author's parents, Fetiha Omer and Abdul-Basit Hassan, in Somalia., Credit: Courtesy of Zubeyda Ahmed
"My dad's life story is kind of like Cinderella’s. He grew up without a mom, worked for an evil relative and found his princess in the least expect...

Bought by Cards Against Humanity: The Good News Podcast


  • Added: Sep 18, 2017
  • Length: 05:40
  • Purchases: 1
My mom was once single and homeless. That's why she does this job
From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media
Series: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media Features
Caption: The mother of RadioActive producer Hanad Jama, Nimo Husien with her niece Ardo Hersi. (Also a RadioActive producer.), Credit: Courtesy of Hanad Jama
Who are helpers? Often it's people who know how much it means to be helped.

Bought by Cards Against Humanity: The Good News Podcast


  • Added: Sep 15, 2017
  • Length: 05:12
  • Purchases: 1
How a terrible teacher inspired a boy who became the wonderful Mr. Little
From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media
Series: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media Features
Caption: Mr. Drego Little teaches a class at Rainier Scholars., Credit: KUOW PHOTO/FEVEN MEKONENN
We all remember the influential teacher who made a difference in our lives. But for Drego Little, the teacher that changed his life was the one he ...

Bought by Cards Against Humanity: The Good News Podcast


  • Added: Sep 14, 2017
  • Length: 05:56
  • Purchases: 1
How My Bookworm Sister Left Our Refugee Camp
From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media
Series: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media Features
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In the United States, we take the right to get an education for granted but that's not the case for many refugees. RadioActive's Faisa Muse brings ...

  • Added: Sep 13, 2017
  • Length: 05:12
The Black Escalation Effect (feature)
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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For decades, studies have shown African-American students are disciplined more often and with greater consequences than their white peers. Now, a n...

Bought by KENW, WOUB, and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: May 26, 2017
  • Length: 03:16
  • Purchases: 3
StoryCorps: Calvin Burns and Stepheni Bellamy
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Calvin Burns and his teenage daughter, Stepheni Bellamy, visit StoryCorps to have a difficult conversation about rac

Bought by WVBI-LP, Public Radio for All, and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Apr 24, 2017
  • Length: 02:50
  • Purchases: 3
StoryCorps: Michael Benjamin Ryan and Michael John Ryan
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Judge Michael John Ryan talks with his son, Michael Benjamin Ryan, about growing up in an abusive household, and how he found the strength to gradu...

Bought by Public Radio for All, WEZU, and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Mar 06, 2017
  • Length: 02:20
  • Purchases: 3
Leaps and Bounds
From: Saidu Tejan-Thomas Jr.
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David Grannum is a 16-year-old ballet dancer in Fall River, Massachusetts. He’s only been dancing ballet for four years but he’s caught the attenti...

Bought by HowSound and PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 11, 2016
  • Length: 04:49
  • Purchases: 2