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World in Progress 03/12/2020
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: World in Progress: Global Development Issues ~ from DW
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This week on the show: Fighting slavery worldwide - In this edition: Millions of people are forced to toil in forms of modern slavery across the ...

  • Added: Mar 12, 2020
  • Length: 30:00
Shirley Chisholm, the first African American congresswoman who ran for President
From: WHYY
Series: Women100
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In 1968, Chisholm became the first black woman elected to Congress Four years later, she ran for President — the first African American to seek a...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, WITF, and KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: Feb 28, 2020
  • Length: 01:02
  • Purchases: 4
Dawn Staley a super star basketball champion
From: WHYY
Series: Women100
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Dawn Staley, a Hall of Fame basketball player and coach grew up playing against the boys in her North Philadelphia neighborhood. Staley has won t...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, WITF, and KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: Feb 28, 2020
  • Length: 01:02
  • Purchases: 4
Grace Hopper, first computer scientist
From: WHYY
Series: Women100
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Grace Hopper, born in 1906, is one of America's first computer scientists and among the first women in the U.S. Navy to achieve the rank of rear ad...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, WITF, and KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: Feb 28, 2020
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 4
The Stradivarius of Singers: A Tribute to Leontyne Price
From: The WFMT Radio Network
Caption: Leontyne Price, Credit: Jack Mitchell
One of the most renowned and beloved singers of the 20th century, American soprano Leontyne Price rose to superstardom at a time when African-Ameri...

Bought by WVIA, WMNR, and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 17, 2020
  • Length: 58:29
  • Purchases: 3
Speakeasy with Denene: Black
From: Georgia Public Broadcasting
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The theme for this episode of "Speakeasy with Denene" is black.

Bought by High Plains Public Radio and KVSC


  • Added: Dec 26, 2019
  • Length: 28:56
  • Purchases: 2
UnCommonCore Podcast Episode 32 | Fall Fashion 2019 | Capsule 4 | Part 2
From: Tom Howell
Series: 2019 New York Sumer Fashion: Capsule 4
Caption: Kimberly Goldson, Credit: Tom Howell
From Guatemalan Mercado Global to Harlem Fashion Row (HFR) this diverse collection of designers are all giving back to their communities with socia...

  • Added: Sep 29, 2019
  • Length: 40:03
S1 E6 That's Ninja Doc To You
From: The Nocturnists
Series: Stories from the World of Medicine
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Hospitalist Meghan O'Brien recounts the frustration of caring for a homeless patient who would rather be on the streets.

  • Added: Jun 06, 2019
  • Length: 32:47
NEA Jazz Moments with Vocalist, Dianne Reeves (round two)
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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Dianne Reeves sings "Dreams" with Robert Glasper, steps into Ella's shoes, and knows Today Will Be a Good Day.

Bought by WKSU, Harford Community Radio, WRTI, KCSM, Delmarva Public Media and more


  • Added: Apr 23, 2019
  • Length: 03:57
  • Purchases: 8
Nancy Wilson - This Mother's Daughter
From: Howard Burchette
Series: Jazz Time
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Nancy Wilson - This Mother's Daughter is a special music program highlighting the greatest recordings of the great lady of Jazz and song - Nancy Wi...

Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., KGLP, and WMOT


  • Added: Dec 30, 2018
  • Length: 57:10
  • Purchases: 3
The Big Pond #09: A Singer’s Life
From: Goethe-Institut
Series: The Big Ponder – A Transatlantic Podcast
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Leigh Hamilton is a dramatic soprano who has been based in Germany for more than 17 years. This episode follows Leigh’s story, which takes her from...

  • Added: Dec 19, 2018
  • Length: 23:25
All Mixed Up with Aretha-The Queen of Soul
From: Peter Bochan
Series: All Mixed Up
Caption: The Queen of Soul
Soulful mix for one of best singers ever---Aretha Franklin

Bought by KCSM and KRZA


  • Added: Aug 16, 2018
  • Length: 59:16
  • Purchases: 2
Episode #426 - Summertime R&B: 4th of July, Food & Baseball Songs
From: Matt "The Cat" Baldassarri
Series: Juke In The Back With Matt The Cat
Caption: Juke In The Back with Matt The Cat, Credit: Public Domain
The Juke In The Back jumps into summer by spotlighting THE summertime holiday, the 4th of July. We're diggin' the 4th in song, ranging from songs a...

Bought by Royalton Community Radio, KTRT RADIO INC, WHRV, WOUB, WJAB and more


  • Added: Jul 01, 2018
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 8
Dorothy Cotton on MLK's Legacy (Ms. Cotton Passed 6/10/18)
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Half Hour Episodes
Caption: Dorohy Cotton
Dr. Dorothy Cotton, one of Martin Luther King's top colleagues in the civil rights movement, passed away at her home in Ithica, New York, Sunday, J...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Jun 11, 2018
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 1
Last Witness: Surviving the Tulsa Race Massacre
From: Radio Diaries
Series: Last Witness
Caption: Olivia Hooker, Age 6 in 1921
On May 31, 1921, Olivia Hooker was six-years-old when white mobs launched an attack on the Greenwood section of Tulsa, Oklahoma. In less than 24 ho...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KOSU, KHSU, and WXAV 88.3FM Chicago


  • Added: Jun 08, 2018
  • Length: 06:20
  • Purchases: 4
Savannah Music Festival LIVE - 903 - Rhiannon Giddens 2016
From: Savannah Music Festival LIVE
Series: Savannah Music Festival LIVE - Season Nine
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A performance given at the 2016 Savannah Music Festival in the North Garden Assembly Room at the Ships of the Sea Maritime Museum.

Bought by Prairie Public, Prairie Public, WUFT, WNMU-FM, and Prairie Public


  • Added: May 23, 2018
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 5
Poets Laureate Rita Dove and Tracy K. Smith in Conversation
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: NEA Audio Miscellany
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Rita Dove and Tracy K. Smith share a few things in common beyond the fact that they are African-American female artists. They are also professors a...

  • Added: Mar 30, 2018
  • Length: 28:16
Documentarian Katherine King and The Hantam Community Education Trust (HCET), Eradicating Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) starting with South Africa
From: Ken Grey
Series: Maximum Health Radio "Quality Living" with Dr Ken Grey Holistic Physician
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The Hantam Community Education Trust, Eradicating Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) starting with South Africa. Katherine King Documentarian joins us f...

Bought by WCNY and KFOI Radio


  • Added: Oct 16, 2017
  • Length: 27:50
  • Purchases: 2
Contenders (Hour Special)
From: Radio Diaries
Series: Contenders
Caption: William Jennings Bryan
Portraits of some of America’s most groundbreaking and unusual presidential candidates...who never won the white house.

Bought by Troy Public Radio, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KPIK-LP, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, WCQS and more


  • Added: Jul 19, 2016
  • Length: 53:25
  • Purchases: 23
Dr. Halle Tanner Dillon Johnson: Healthcare in 1894
From: My Account of It
Series: My Account of It
Caption: Dr. Halle Tanner Dillion Johnson was the first woman and the first black woman to practice medicine in Alabama. She was licensed in 1891.
Here's an account of healthcare in the rural Alabama. This account was written in 1894. Listen.

  • Added: Mar 01, 2016
  • Length: 06:39
Jazz Her Way: Nancy Wilson In The 1960s
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights Classic Jazz: Specials
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Wilson's records blended big-band and small-group elements with pop orchestration and doses of soul that could be both big-city hip and suburban cool.

Bought by KAAD-LP, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KMUW, WCPN, WRGY and more


  • Added: Dec 16, 2015
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 11
The Nightfly #2015.12 - Women's History Month - March 23-29, 2015
From: WERU
Series: UpFront Soul (formerly The Nightfly with Sanguine Fromage)
Caption: Albertina Walker
We'll bring you danceable anthems from Diana Ross and Donna Summer, poet Nikki Giovanni's ode to the Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin, and gospel fro...

Bought by KAAD-LP, KPIP-LP, KCMJ Community Radio, and KMXT


  • Added: Mar 19, 2015
  • Length: 01:57:59
  • Purchases: 4
The Nightfly #2015.11 - Women's History Month - March 16-22, 2015
From: WERU
Series: UpFront Soul (formerly The Nightfly with Sanguine Fromage)
Caption: Ella Baker
We bring you the sounds of soulful sisterhood as we celebrate Women's History Month. We'll get out on the dance floor with Chaka Khan and Gloria Ga...

Bought by KMUN, KPIP-LP, and KMXT


  • Added: Mar 12, 2015
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 3
Proving Herself: Melba Liston, Arranger and First Lady of Trombone
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights Classic Jazz: Specials
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An hour-long program of classic jazz: An exploration of the path of Melba Liston as she became an arranger/composer and an instrumentalist in the j...

Bought by Northeast Indiana Public Radio, WNMU-FM, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, Northeast Indiana Public Radio, KMUW and more


  • Added: Mar 09, 2015
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 8
The Nightfly #2015.10 - Women's History Month - March 9-15, 2015
From: WERU
Series: UpFront Soul (formerly The Nightfly with Sanguine Fromage)
Caption: Bobby Humphrey
We celebrate Women's History Month with the iconic voices of Aretha Franklin and Eartha Kitt, pioneering instrumentalists like Bobbi Humphrey, and ...

Bought by KPIP-LP, WJAB, and KMXT


  • Added: Mar 05, 2015
  • Length: 01:57:59
  • Purchases: 3