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My name is Shawn Hughes. I wrote this piece consciously, recapping one of my most important moments of the year. In the midst of two pandemics, eve...

  • Added: Jan 21, 2021
  • Length: 06:54
Caption: SFHS Innovation Academy youth producers
Students at Santa Fe High School’s Innovation Academy discuss high school culture, the effects of technology on education, the challenges of media ...

  • Added: Jul 19, 2017
  • Length: 27:54
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What does color of skin have to do with equal access to justice in America? The Equal Protection Clause, part of the 14th Amendment to the Constitu...

  • Added: Jun 03, 2017
  • Length: 48:40
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Anton Treuer helped get the grassroots Truth and Reconciliation group up and running in Bemidji. The group meets regularly to talk about race and t...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, KKWE Niijii Radio, and WGZS


  • Added: Dec 02, 2015
  • Length: 06:23
  • Purchases: 3
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How modern policing problems are connected to a wide range of historical issues.

  • Added: Aug 24, 2015
  • Length: 05:00
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Michael Goldberg contributes "The Last Word," his weekly topical essay to Northern Community Radio's Between You and Me program on Saturdays.

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Feb 05, 2014
  • Length: 03:54
  • Purchases: 1
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NEA Jazz Master Yusef Lateef on Joining Dizzy's Big Band; Finding One's Voice; Lifetime Student; and Musical Beginnings.

Bought by Harford Community Radio, WRTI, KCSM, WUSF, Harford Community Radio and more


  • Added: Jan 19, 2010
  • Length: 05:29
  • Purchases: 10
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NEA Jazz Master Muhal Richard on Rejecting Categories; Chicago; Composing; Early Influences; Early Band; Founding AACM; and Listening Habits.

Bought by Harford Community Radio, KCSM, WUSF, Harford Community Radio, KVSC and more


  • Added: Jan 19, 2010
  • Length: 07:56
  • Purchases: 8
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NEA Jazz Master Kenny Barron on Hearing Coltrane Live; Improvisation; Yusef Lateef; and Moving to NYC.

Bought by Harford Community Radio, KCSM, WICR, WUSF, Harford Community Radio and more


  • Added: Jan 19, 2010
  • Length: 04:59
  • Purchases: 9
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NEA Jazz Master George Avakian on "Discovering this strange music"; Wrong Microphone incident; Most Important Accomplishment; Revolutionizing the L...

Bought by Harford Community Radio, KCSM, WUSF, Harford Community Radio, KVSC and more


  • Added: Jan 19, 2010
  • Length: 07:57
  • Purchases: 7
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NEA Jazz Master Cedar Walton on Mosaic; His Early Influences; Remembering Arriving in NYC and College Education.

Bought by Harford Community Radio, Harford Community Radio, KCSM, WICR, WUSF and more


  • Added: Jan 19, 2010
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 9
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NEA Jazz Master Bobby Hutcherson on Connecting tot he Audiences; Quotes Eric Dolphy; First Performance; Milt Jackson rock the boat; and Pee Wee Mar...

Bought by Harford Community Radio, KCSM, WICR, WUSF, Harford Community Radio and more


  • Added: Jan 19, 2010
  • Length: 06:59
  • Purchases: 11
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NEA Jazz Master Annie Ross on The Contest that Launched Her Career; Being Raised in Hollywood; Working with Lambert and Hendricks; Recording "Singi...

Bought by Harford Community Radio, Harford Community Radio, KCSM, WICR, WUSF and more


  • Added: Jan 19, 2010
  • Length: 08:30
  • Purchases: 10
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NEA Jazz Master Bill Holman on Writing for Stan Kenton; Dangers of Success; Starting his own Big Band; Changes to his Arrangement; and Composing

Bought by Harford Community Radio, KCSM, WUSF, Harford Community Radio, KVSC and more


  • Added: Jan 19, 2010
  • Length: 07:57
  • Purchases: 7
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FOR MORE THAN 50 YEARS, NEA JAZZ MASTER DAVE BRUBECK HAS TRAVELED THE WORLD, FORGING RELATIONSHIPS THROUGH MUSIC. HE’S BEEN ONE OF AMERICA’S BEST ...

Bought by Harford Community Radio, Harford Community Radio, KCSM, WICR, WUSF and more


  • Added: Dec 07, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 10
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NEA Jazz Master Lee Konitz on Early Inspiration; Alto Verses Tenor; Spontaneous Improvision; His Sound; and Sideman Mentality.

Bought by Harford Community Radio, KCSM, Prairie Public, WICR, WUSF and more


  • Added: Dec 04, 2009
  • Length: 06:30
  • Purchases: 10
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NEA Jazz Master Chico Hamilton on First Gig with Duke Ellington' First Gig; Dedication to the Music; Racism; and Al Jackson.

Bought by Harford Community Radio, Harford Community Radio, KCSM, WUSF, Harford Community Radio and more


  • Added: Dec 04, 2009
  • Length: 06:29
  • Purchases: 8
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NEA Jazz Master Artie Shaw explains that "You do things that some people think are impossible, and that’s what separates the men from the boys."

Bought by Harford Community Radio, KCSM, WUSF, Harford Community Radio, KVSC and more


  • Added: Dec 03, 2009
  • Length: :59
  • Purchases: 7
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NEA Jazz Master Ramsey Lewis on Connecting to Audiences; and Pop.

Bought by Harford Community Radio, KCSM, WUSF, Harford Community Radio, KVSC and more


  • Added: Dec 03, 2009
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
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NEA Jazz Master Dan Morgenstern on Remembering Fats Waller; Symphony Sid; Billy Holiday; Louis Armstrong and Arriving in the US.

Bought by Harford Community Radio, KCSM, WUSF, Harford Community Radio, KVSC and more


  • Added: Nov 23, 2009
  • Length: 09:00
  • Purchases: 7
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NEA Jazz Master Toshiko Akiyoshi on Forming a Big Band; His First Inspiration; Bud Powell; and Remembering the Old days.

Bought by Harford Community Radio, KCSM, WICR, WUSF, Harford Community Radio and more


  • Added: Nov 23, 2009
  • Length: 05:30
  • Purchases: 8
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NEA Jazz Master Jimmy Scott on Vultures; Approach; and Radio.

Bought by Harford Community Radio, KCSM, WUSF, Harford Community Radio, KVSC and more


  • Added: Nov 18, 2009
  • Length: 05:30
  • Purchases: 8
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NEA Jazz Master Buddy DeFranco on His First Influence; Jazz Contest; "Opus One"; Challenges of the Clarinet; Bepop; and Approaching a Performance.

Bought by Harford Community Radio, KCSM, WICR, WUSF, Harford Community Radio and more


  • Added: Nov 17, 2009
  • Length: 09:24
  • Purchases: 7
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NEA Jazz Master Shirley Horn describes her Musical Childhood; Her Influences; Her Collaboration with Miles Davis; and Her Collaboration with Carmen...

Bought by Harford Community Radio, KCSM, WICR, WUSF, Harford Community Radio and more


  • Added: Nov 17, 2009
  • Length: 05:56
  • Purchases: 9
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NEA Jazz Master Frank Wess On His Early Life, Mother's Influence, Audience Interaction, Bassie's Leadership, and Playing with the Basie Family.

Bought by Harford Community Radio, KCSM, WUSF, Harford Community Radio, KVSC and more


  • Added: Nov 02, 2009
  • Length: 06:30
  • Purchases: 7