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SOUL is a feeling. SOUL is from the root. SOUL is Free. SOUL is Ray Charles. SOUL is James Brown. SOUL is Aretha Franklin. SOUL is Nina Simone. SOU...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, WUFT, KISA Digital Studios, KPIP-LP, and WTIP


  • Added: May 01, 2016
  • Length: 59:59
  • Purchases: 5
Caption: Shannon Cason's Homemade Stories: The Struggle is Real
In this one-hour special, Homemade Stories: The Struggle is Real, award-winning storyteller Shannon Cason (The Moth, Snap Judgment) takes us on a j...

Bought by Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), WCMU Michigan, KJZZ, Capital Public Radio, Boise State Public Radio and more


  • Added: Dec 11, 2015
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 56
Caption: Juan Evans
Thousands of local social justice organizers passed away this year. People doing crucial work in their communities, whose deaths didn t make the he...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and WRIR


  • Added: Dec 10, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Detroit Garment Group Founder Karen Buscemi, Credit: Boswell
The Bonfires of Social Enterprise episode with Detroit fashion writer turned job maker and social enterprise entrepreneuer. Karen Buscemi is trying...

  • Added: Jul 28, 2015
  • Length: 28:08
Caption: Logo for Lips and Hips Detroit, Credit: Lips and Hips
From "Sista Suppers," to business skills training, Social Enterprise expert Romy Gingras talks about what inspired Lips & Hips founder, Yodit Mesfi...

  • Added: Jul 27, 2015
  • Length: 19:46
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Exxon Misled the Public About Fossil Fuels. That and other stories on H2O Radio's weekly news report about water.

  • Added: Jul 13, 2015
  • Length: 05:29
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Did BP Get Off Easy? Depends on Whom You Ask. That and other stories in H2O Radio's weekly news report about water.

  • Added: Jul 06, 2015
  • Length: 06:30
Caption: Shakespeare In Detroit's Romeo & Juliet, Credit: courtesy of Shakespeare in Detroit
Sam White saw potential in the drama of a struggling city — a perfect setting for Shakespeare's plays.

  • Added: Jun 23, 2015
  • Length: 19:51
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A feature on The Redford Theatre. In October Kyle visited the vintage movie palace for a Three Stooges festival. He captured the special sounds and...

  • Added: May 12, 2015
  • Length: 16:57
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After 61 years Northland Center (a.k.a Northland Mall), the first regional shopping mall in the United States, is closing with little fanfare.

  • Added: May 12, 2015
  • Length: 20:30
Caption: Route of Tour de Troit
Are we truly seeing a cycling revolution in the Motor City?

  • Added: May 12, 2015
  • Length: 08:59
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This week's edition of Full-Time Blues Radio features a truly incredible selection of new and independent Blues music.

Bought by WJSU and WSGE


  • Added: Mar 11, 2015
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Big Chief Theodore "Bo" Dollis
We pay tribute to New Orleans legend Big Chief Bo Dollis, hear a set of Motor City tunes, featuring sisters Erma and Aretha Franklin, and experienc...

Bought by KPIP-LP and KMXT


  • Added: Jan 29, 2015
  • Length: 01:57:59
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Yuri Kochiyama, Credit: Bob Hsiang
Hundreds of social justice advocates and organizers passed away in 2014, leaving their work behind as their legacy, but often also leaving an irrep...

Bought by WNJR and KVSC


  • Added: Dec 10, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
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A diverse selection of new Blues tunes, with something for everyone.

Bought by KPVL, WJSU, and WSGE


  • Added: Dec 03, 2014
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: a band called death
Recently at Chicago’s Music Box Theatre, Ayana Contreras caught a documentary about Death, a 1970s all-black proto-punk band out of Detroit. The do...

Bought by WFHB and XRAY.fm


  • Added: Oct 16, 2014
  • Length: 08:18
  • Purchases: 2
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A weekly news report about water from H2O Radio.

  • Added: Oct 13, 2014
  • Length: 10:24
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Vocalo contributor Alex Thibodeau talks about growing up biracial outside of Detroit… without the benefit of knowing his Jamaican father. He shares...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 16, 2014
  • Length: 10:55
  • Purchases: 2
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After Declaring 'There's No Military Solution,' Obama Launches New U.S. Military Intervention Targeting ISIS in Iraq; Detroit Citizens Rise Up to S...

  • Added: Aug 14, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
Caption: The Alley Project, Detroit, Credit: Karpov the Wrecked Train
From pedestrian plazas to pop-up-parklets…cities are looking to create spaces for people to gather, interact and create. But are some people being...

  • Added: Apr 28, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
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Song Story features songwriters telling the true stories behind their original songs. This pre-season sneak-peek features singer/songwriter/produce...

Bought by WJAB


  • Added: Apr 08, 2014
  • Length: 13:17
  • Purchases: 1
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What's the matter with Kansas? Well, we learn that Sen. Pat Roberts, seeking a fourth term this year, may not have an actual residence in the stat...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WRKF, and WXXI Rochester


  • Added: Feb 27, 2014
  • Length: 08:00
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: Broadside Press
Poet, publisher, editor, and founder of Broadside Press. Dudley Randall was born 14 January 1914 in Washington, D.C., but moved to Detroit in 1920 ...

Bought by KFOK-LPFM


  • Added: Feb 10, 2014
  • Length: 13:42
  • Purchases: 1
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This is a story of one city, one global company, one mother and one American dream.

  • Added: Feb 07, 2014
  • Length: 24:58
Caption: Dudley Randall
Michigan has always been home to a number of bustling American enterprises, including the prison industry. Each year, the state's correctional faci...

Bought by WWNO and KFOK-LPFM


  • Added: Jan 27, 2014
  • Length: 54:27
  • Purchases: 2