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In the 1930s, the Kim loo Sisters of Minneapolis was a harmony singing force. From May 4 through the 26th, St Paul’s History Theater in co-producti...
- Added: Apr 26, 2024
- Length: 08:00
Noted feminist scholar Bettina Aptheker explores the dawning of her feminist consciousness in waves. Daughter of a communist, Aptheker had to throw...
- Added: Mar 25, 2024
- Length: 57:00
María de los Ángeles Vázquez and her son, Rafael Cancel Vázquez, remember his father, Rafael Cancel Miranda, one of four Puerto Rican Nationalists ...
- Added: Mar 07, 2024
- Length: 03:16
Wrongful convictions happen all the time in America, and they could happen to anyone. How do we stop innocent people from going to prison?
Bought by KSTK, KMXT, RadioStPete Florida, KSTK, KOWS and more
- Added: May 17, 2023
- Length: 52:50
- Purchases: 7
Our conversation with Shiraz Bayjoo reveals one artist’s approach to Thinking Historically in the Present, the theme of the 2023 Sharjah Biennial. ...
Bought by KICI Iowa City
- Added: Mar 16, 2023
- Length: 16:02
- Purchases: 1
The First Annual Solidarity Harvest features local artists who met at the crossroads that became known as George Floyd Square. They congregated out...
- Added: Sep 23, 2022
- Length: 08:00
- Added: Apr 19, 2022
- Length: 10:28
A lot had changed since Melvil Dewey came up with a classification system to organize all known and not-yet-known knowledge into a string of number...
Bought by Northeast Indiana Public Radio
- Added: Feb 28, 2022
- Length: 24:50
- Purchases: 1
In the world of audio recording, sound is visually represented in what’s called a wave form. They often look like tall ovals with vertical spikes. ...
- Added: Nov 15, 2021
- Length: 06:42
On today's program we honor Bayard Rustin, one of the most central figures in the African American struggle for Civil Rights and Freedom. Rustin wa...
Bought by WXDU and C89.5 - KNHC Seattle
- Added: Jun 09, 2021
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 2
Artist Sheryl Oring began "I Wish to Say" in 2004. For this project, Oring sets up a portable public office—complete with a manual typewriter—and i...
- Added: May 04, 2021
- Length: 13:44
What part can creativity play in such turbulent times?
We speak to six women artists and curators responding to the challenges of the past year wi...
- Added: Jan 27, 2021
- Length: 28:24
There's never been a year in sports quite like 2020. Sportswriter Kurt Streeter spoke to "To The Best Of Our Knowledge" executive producer Steve Pa...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Jan 11, 2021
- Length: 15:17
- Purchases: 1
Tonight on The Sound, we check out Mae Simpson’s release, “Did You Make It Back?”. Mae Simpson is a soulful singer from Minneapolis with an energet...
- Added: Dec 02, 2020
- Length: 30:02
To honor the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment, we take a trip to Green-Wood cemetery to the grave of Sarah Smith Garnet, one of Brooklyn's B...
Bought by WCNY and KICI Iowa City
- Added: Nov 18, 2020
- Length: 12:56
- Purchases: 2
Paul Metsa is a defining Minneapolis musician of this generation. Reflecting on his recording career, Paul believes that a 1992 project called Whis...
- Added: Nov 11, 2020
- Length: 08:00
At 91, Helen Merrill has never missed a presidential election. She sat down with her granddaughter to remember her mother, Blanche, who rose from h...
- Added: Oct 27, 2020
- Length: 02:53
From: World Footprints LLC
Elizabeth Rusch has combined her passion for writing, traveling and enjoying cultural immersion experiences with her family. She discusses her Home...
- Added: Sep 30, 2020
- Length: 30:32
A mysterious break-in, a congressional lobbying effort about voting, and a sneaky way to get kids excited about the upcoming election...without the...
- Added: Sep 25, 2020
- Length: 34:55
Mishy Harman talks to Danny Tirza, a jovial retired IDF colonel who, back in 2002, was given an unusual – and logistically nearly impossible – miss...
- Added: Sep 02, 2020
- Length: 08:17
We're marking Labor Day with a special episode about a group of women in Appalachia who defied stereotypes to get better living conditions for thei...
Bought by WYAP, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KUHF, and KOWS
- Added: Aug 24, 2020
- Length: 54:25
- Purchases: 4
On June 10th more businesses started to open up again in Minnesota after being closed because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The city of Winona has been...
- Added: Jul 08, 2020
- Length: 26:01
Dr Dean Alger is a political scientist with five books to his credit, he has written about influential bluesman Lonnie Johnson and he sings and pla...
- Added: Jun 09, 2020
- Length: 08:00
Rep. James Clyburn speaks with his granddaughter, Sydney Reed, about the lessons he’s learned from success and failure.
- Added: Mar 10, 2020
- Length: 03:04
John Lewis remembers how Dr. King’s words inspired him to join the Civil Rights Movement.
Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WYAP, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA and more
- Added: Jan 23, 2020
- Length: 02:59
- Purchases: 8
