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NL 22-06: Portraits In Black: Jazz Tributes To African-American Heroes, 1/31/2022
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights
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Music tributes to African-American figures such as Paul Robeson and Joe Louis from Count Basie, Clifford Jordan, Charles Mingus and others.

  • Added: Jan 28, 2022
  • Length: 58:59
Episode #610 - 1952: Jukebox Rhythm Review, Pt. 2
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
Air Week: January 10-16, 2022 This week, the jukebox is in the spotlight as the "Juke In The Back" features part 2 of a 2 part series on the bigges...

Bought by Royalton Community Radio, KTRT RADIO INC, WHRV, KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio, WOUB and more


  • Added: Jan 09, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 7
1963: A Man's Dream, A Nation's Nightmare
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights Classic Jazz: Specials
Caption: Andrew Hill's Black Fire LP
An hour-long jazz special: It was a year of raised hopes and devastating tragedy, and the world of jazz continued to reflect both the growing uneas...

Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., WWNO, WRGY, Troy Public Radio, KAAD-LP and more


  • Added: Jan 02, 2022
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 24
Episode #609 - 1952: Jukebox Rhythm Review, Pt. 1
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
Air Week: Jan 3-9, 2022 This week, the jukebox is in the spotlight as Matt The Cat takes you back 70 years and highlights the top jukebox hits of t...

Bought by WHRV, KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio, WOUB, KTRT RADIO INC, Royalton Community Radio and more


  • Added: Jan 02, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
Extremist Ties of Survivalist Groups at Paramilitary Training Camps In Rural America (Holiday ReAir - Week of 12/29/21)
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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The last US soldier to leave Afghanistan returned home this August, but private security personnel long outnumbered US troops in that war, and the ...

Bought by KDNK, WNYE, KMUN, RadioFreePalmer, and KWMR


  • Added: Dec 17, 2021
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 5
Episode #606 - Hey! Santa Claus: R&B Christmas, Pt. 1
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" begins a 2 part Holiday Music Extravaganza with a tribute to Santa Claus. This week, we find the "man in red" doing the boog...

Bought by Royalton Community Radio, WHRV, KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio, WYAP, WOUB and more


  • Added: Dec 12, 2021
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 7
TriggaMeals
From: WGTE Public Media
Series: The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor
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Today on The Rough Draft Diaries, we headed down to Bowling Green, Ohio to meet with DeAnte Shivers, the creator of TriggaMeals. It's a food busin...

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: Dec 06, 2021
  • Length: 06:01
  • Purchases: 1
In Buffalo with India Walton: An Insurgent Candidate Runs for Mayor
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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Eyes across the nation are on the mayoral election in Buffalo, New York, where insurgent candidate India Walton could become the first Black woman—...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KWMR, KDNK, and KMUN


  • Added: Nov 04, 2021
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 4
Episode #599 - Spooky Halloween Rhythm & Blues
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
This week, the ol' Rockola Jukebox is haunted by a strange spirit of rhythm & ghouls. Dig on some of your old favorites by Screamin' Jay Hawkins, L...

Bought by Royalton Community Radio, WHRV, KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio, WYAP, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting and more


  • Added: Oct 24, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 8
Community Safety in a Time of Insurrection
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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The last US soldier to leave Afghanistan returned home this August, but private security personnel long outnumbered US troops in that war, and the ...

Bought by KDNK, KWMR, RadioFreePalmer, and KMUN


  • Added: Oct 21, 2021
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 4
Art for All
From: WGTE Public Media
Series: The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor
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Cydnee Moore creates artwork featuring striking lines in acrylic paint, bold colors, and stories steeped in African American heritage. She believes...

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: Oct 18, 2021
  • Length: 06:12
  • Purchases: 1
Dreaming of Gold
From: WGTE Public Media
Series: The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor
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Oshae Jones continues to make history at the Tokyo Olympic Games 2020 after becoming the first female to represent Team USA in the welterweight div...

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: Aug 03, 2021
  • Length: 06:03
  • Purchases: 1
Episode #582 - Summertime R&B: 4th of July, Food & Baseball
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, WHRV, KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio, WOUB, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting and more


  • Added: Jun 27, 2021
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 7
Rhythm Atlas 191 Black Music Month / Juneteenth Special
From: Denis McGilvray
Series: The Rhythm Atlas
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On this special EVERGREEN edition of The Rhythm Atlas, we celebrate African American Music Appreciation Month and Juneteenth. African American Musi...

Bought by WJAB, WVIA, KUCB, New Hampshire Public Radio, RADIOLEX and more


  • Added: Jun 18, 2021
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 7
Episode #579 - R&B Car 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 is jumpin' with records focusing on classic R&B songs about cars. Musicologists Billy Vera and Steve Propes drop by the "Juke In The Back"...

Bought by KCSM, Royalton Community Radio, WHRV, KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio, WOUB and more


  • Added: Jun 06, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 9
Episode #574 - Atlantic Records, Pt. 14 - Cat Records
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
Atlantic Records was the most influential, significant and important independent record label to come out of the late-1940s, during a time when the...

Bought by KCSM, WHRV, KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio, KTRT RADIO INC, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting and more


  • Added: May 02, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 8
UpFront Soul #2021.18 May 5-13- Poetry Month Special Featuring Poet Laureate Joy Harjo
From: WERU
Series: UpFront Soul with Sanguine Fromage
Caption: Joy Harjo, U.S. Poet Laureate
We'll spend the first hour of our Poetry Month special in conversation with U.S. Poet Laureate Joy Harjo, featuring tracks from her powerful new al...

Bought by KAAD-LP, KZUM, WOUB, Georgia Public Broadcasting, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and more


  • Added: Apr 29, 2021
  • Length: 01:57:58
  • Purchases: 9
Episode #573 - Atlantic Records, Pt. 13 - ATCO Records
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
Atlantic Records was the most influential, significant and important independent record label to come out of the late-1940s, during a time when the...

Bought by KCSM, WHRV, WOUB, KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting and more


  • Added: Apr 25, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 8
Episode #572 - Atlantic Records, Pt. 12 - 1956-57
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
Atlantic Records was the most influential, significant and important independent record label to come out of the late-1940s, during a time when the...

Bought by KCSM, WHRV, KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio, KTRT RADIO INC, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting and more


  • Added: Apr 18, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 7
Poet and Editor Kwame Dawes
From: New Letters on the Air
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Born in Ghana and raised in Jamaica, the poet Kwame Dawes is the editor of Nebraska's literary magazine, PRAIRIE SCHOONER, and the 2021 successor t...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio) and WNJR


  • Added: Apr 15, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Episode #571 - Atlantic Records, Pt. 11 - 1956
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
Atlantic Records was the most influential, significant and important independent record label to come out of the late-1940s, during a time when the...

Bought by KCSM, WHRV, KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio, WOUB, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting and more


  • Added: Apr 11, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 7
Episode #570 - Atlantic Records, Pt. 10 - 1955-56
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
Atlantic Records was the most influential, significant and important independent record label to come out of the late-1940s, during a time when the...

Bought by KCSM, KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio, WHRV, KTRT RADIO INC, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting and more


  • Added: Apr 04, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 8
Episode #569 - Atlantic Records, Pt. 9 - 1955
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
Atlantic Records was the most influential, significant and important independent record label to come out of the late-1940s, during a time when the...

Bought by KCSM, WHRV, KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting, WOUB and more


  • Added: Mar 28, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 8
Episode #568 - Atlantic Records, Pt. 8 - 1954, Pt. 2
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
Atlantic Records was the most influential, significant and important independent record label to come out of the late-1940s, during a time when the...

Bought by KCSM, WHRV, KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio, KTRT RADIO INC, WYAP and more


  • Added: Mar 21, 2021
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 8
Black Women Writers in History
From: New Letters on the Air
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Women's History Month continues as we go to the archives to revisit Black Women Writers in History, a program that examines important African-Ameri...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, High Plains Public Radio, WRKF, WDCB and more


  • Added: Mar 17, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 28