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Trombonist Javier Nero visits Kemet ("The Black Land") a society in ancient Egypt that pre-dated ancient Greece.

Bought by KJZX-Austin, KMUN, Royalton Community Radio, WJSU, WOUB and more


  • Added: Jan 31, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 14

  • Added: Jan 24, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 14
Caption: Nidera and Conchetta Brown at their StoryCorps interview in San Antonio, TX on November 17, 2022, Credit: Manuela Velasquez for StoryCorps
Conchetta Brown and her daughter, Nidera Brown, discuss their close relationship in life and in death.

Bought by KALW


  • Added: Jan 23, 2024
  • Length: 02:44
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Bernetta McKindra and Ray Mabion II at their StoryCorps interview in Kansas City on September 15, 2023, Credit: Tamekia Jackson for StoryCorps
Bernetta came to StoryCorps with her friend, Raymond Mabion II to talk about her grandfather, and the food legacy he’s passed down.

  • Added: Jan 16, 2024
  • Length: 02:23
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Music from the late saxophonist/composer Carl Grubbs, who died January 5th at age 79.

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), KJZX-Austin, Royalton Community Radio, KMUN, KHNS and more


  • Added: Jan 10, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 14
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songs from "The Memphis Blues Box," a collection of over five hundred blues songs from the Memphis area from 1914 to 1969

Bought by KJZX-Austin, Royalton Community Radio, KMUN, KHNS, WRGY and more


  • Added: Jan 03, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 15
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Can righting society's past wrongs help us heal from historical harm?

Bought by KMXT, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., RADIOLEX, KSTK, KOWS and more


  • Added: Dec 21, 2023
  • Length: 52:51
  • Purchases: 10
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Student activists in York, Pennsylvania organized a silent protest when hundreds of books were banned from their classrooms, paving the way for las...

  • Added: Dec 13, 2023
  • Length: 28:10
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a trio of songs from each of a trio of trios. Music from JD Allen, Hays Street Hart, and Ray Gallon.

Bought by WNMU-FM, Northwest Public Broadcasting, KMUN, KJZX-Austin, KHNS and more


  • Added: Dec 13, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 15
Caption: Borrowed and Banned logo, Credit: John Snowden
Despite being one of the most frequently banned authors, Toni Morrison’s work has inspired countless others to tell stories outside the mainstream....

  • Added: Nov 30, 2023
  • Length: 23:18
Caption: Borrowed and Banned logo, Credit: John Snowden
George M. Johnson talks about their debut Young Adult memoir All Boys Aren't Blue, the support of their family, their love of Toni Morrison, and th...

  • Added: Nov 30, 2023
  • Length: 15:31

  • Added: Nov 29, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 15

  • Added: Nov 22, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 14
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Music from pianist Emmet Cohen's fifth "inter-generational" project, featuring saxophonist Houston Person

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), KMUN, Northwest Public Broadcasting, KJZX-Austin, Royalton Community Radio and more


  • Added: Nov 15, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 15
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Recent blues releases, highlighting the new album from The Count Basie Orchestra, "Basie Swings The Blues," with special guests including Shemekia ...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), KMUN, Northwest Public Broadcasting, KJZX-Austin, Royalton Community Radio and more


  • Added: Nov 08, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 16

  • Added: Nov 02, 2023
  • Length: 58:57
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new music from saxophonist Wayne Escoffery from the album "Like Minds" and from saxophonist George Coleman in concert at Smalls Jazz Club in New Y...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), KMUN, KJZX-Austin, Royalton Community Radio, WRGY and more


  • Added: Oct 25, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 16

  • Added: Oct 18, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 15
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Mary Johnson-Roy first came to StoryCorps in 2011, to speak with Oshea Israel, the man who murdered her son. 12 years later, they share the latest ...

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio and WYAP


  • Added: Oct 13, 2023
  • Length: 11:50
  • Purchases: 2
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
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featuring music from pianist/composer Jahari Stampley's album "Still Listening"

Bought by KMUN, KMUW, Royalton Community Radio, WRGY, KHNS and more


  • Added: Oct 04, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 13
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Over 14,000 patrons have signed up for their first library card since Jay-Z's exhibit came to Central Library in mid-July. We talk to Brooklynites ...

  • Added: Sep 29, 2023
  • Length: 07:49
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Kesha Powell and Amen Emile have been working at BPL for over 20 years in various roles, from public safety to circulation manager. Thanks to BPL's...

  • Added: Sep 29, 2023
  • Length: 13:48
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"Between Two Worlds" the new album from trumpeter Terell Stafford, and new music from Hilario Durán, Dave Goldberg, Mike Clark, and Aaron Diehl.

Bought by KJZX-Austin, KMUN, KKRN, Royalton Community Radio, KHNS and more


  • Added: Sep 27, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 16
Caption: Lillie Cotlon and Burnell Cotlon in front of Burnell’s store, ‘Burnell’s Lower Ninth Ward Market’ in New Orleans, Louisiana on August 19, 2015., Credit: By Ian Spencer Cook for StoryCorps.
Eight years after their original StoryCorps interview, Burnell Cotlon reflects with his mother, Lillie Cotlon, about opening up a store in New Orle...

  • Added: Sep 25, 2023
  • Length: 06:09