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StoryCorps Military Voices: Estel Roberts, Mariann Roberts, William Pickens, Benjamin Jenkins, Candice Francis and Sidney Francis
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Sidney Francis and Candice Francis at their StoryCorps interview in New York, New York on November 29, 2005., Credit: Justina Mejias for StoryCorps
Sidney Francis and his daughter, Candice Francis, reflect on his time as one of the first Black Marines to serve at Montford Point during World War...

Bought by KALW


  • Added: Mar 07, 2024
  • Length: 04:14
  • Purchases: 1
2232: Writing Shang-Chi with Dave Callaham + Fact v Fiction, 8/11/2022
From: Austin Film Festival's On Story®
Series: Austin Film Festival's On Story®
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This week on On Story we’ll hear from Dave Callaham, the screenwriter behind Marvel’s Shang-chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings. Later in the episo...

  • Added: Aug 10, 2022
  • Length: 54:00
Keep It 1 Million (12-07-21)
From: KRDP
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We Get into the coaching carousel in collage football we also talk NFL week 13 and the MLB Lockout.

  • Added: Dec 07, 2021
  • Length: 01:06:23
The Apple Seed - Cleaning Up and Common Sense
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: The Apple Seed
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On this episode of the Apple Seed you'll hear the great storyteller and songwriter Micheal Reno Ferral tell the story of his family cleaning out ma...

Bought by Angelica Community Radio, KSJE, KTXK, KKRN, KICI Iowa City and more


  • Added: Sep 29, 2021
  • Length: 54:58
  • Purchases: 6
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
Ep. 451: Matthew Gavin Frank, Davy Rothbart & Cheryl Sanford, Andrew Bird & Jimbo Mathus, 3/5/2021
From: Live Wire! Radio
Series: Live Wire
Caption: Davy Rothbart & Cheryl Sanford
This episode features writer Matthew Gavin Frank, filmmaker Davy Rothbart & his subject Cheryl Sanford of the documentary film "17 Blocks," and mus...

  • Added: Mar 04, 2021
  • Length: 58:59
Ep. 450: Kevin Young, Ibtihaj Muhammad, Clyde W. Ford, and Amythyst Kiah, 2/26/2021
From: Live Wire! Radio
Series: Live Wire
Caption: Amythyst Kiah
In celebration of Black History Month, this episode features poet Kevin Young, groundbreaking Olympic fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad, writer and historian...

  • Added: Feb 25, 2021
  • Length: 59:01
"Black History Month Special" with Kevin Young, Ibtihaj Muhammad, Clyde W. Ford, and Amthyst Kiah
From: Live Wire! Radio
Series: Live Wire Specials
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In celebration of Black History Month, this special episode features poet Kevin Young, groundbreaking Olympic fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad, writer and h...

  • Added: Feb 22, 2021
  • Length: 59:01
151: G. A. Morgan and the Traffic Light
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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Traffic lights, a hair relaxant, gas masks, the zig-zag stitch on sewing machines...all of these important inventions have one thing in common, Gar...

  • Added: Feb 21, 2021
  • Length: 05:57
Kenny and Jamila
From: Marc Maximov
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Jamila Davenport of Durham, NC has been a lifelong fan of singer Kenny Loggins. When he comes to perform at the venue she manages, she comes face-t...

  • Added: Jul 22, 2019
  • Length: 04:21
National Writers Series: Greg Iles
From: Interlochen Public Radio
Series: National Writers Series
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Author Greg Iles talks with National Writers Series co-founder Doug Stanton.

Bought by WKAR


  • Added: Jan 26, 2019
  • Length: 54:30
  • Purchases: 1
National Writers Series: Tayari Jones
From: Interlochen Public Radio
Series: National Writers Series
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Novelist Tayari Jones talks with fellow writer Aaron Stander about her latest book, "An American Marriage."

Bought by WKAR and WDET Detroit Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 11, 2018
  • Length: 54:30
  • Purchases: 2
James Alan McPherson: Past American Voice
From: New Letters on the Air
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Black History Month concludes with the Past American Voice of essayist and fiction writer James Alan McPherson (1943-2016). In this archive recordi...

Bought by WNMU-FM and WNJR


  • Added: Feb 28, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
More with Award Winning Poet Al Young
From: New Letters on the Air
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In the second half of our conversation with former California Poet Laureate Al Young, he shares more from his book SOMETHING ABOUT THE BLUES: AN UN...

Bought by WRKF, WNJR, and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Jan 09, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
John Brown and Harper's Ferry
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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Radio Curious takes a tour of Harper's Ferry, West Virginia, a historic national park and site of the civil war struggles between union and confede...

  • Added: Nov 08, 2017
  • Length: 29:01
Not So Purple Rain
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
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Thirty years after "Purple Rain," African musicians reimagined the 1984 film with local music and flair. Titled “Rain the Color Blue with a Little ...

  • Added: Oct 06, 2017
  • Length: 05:43
Prince-The Early Years in Minneapolis
From: Paul Metsa
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1st segment: Pepe Willie (the man who discovered Prince) is interviewed. 2nd Segment: Chris Moon (the man who gave the keys to his studio) is inte...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: May 06, 2016
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 1
Higher Powers
From: Playing on Air
Series: Playing on Air Hour Length Episodes
Caption: Audra McDonald, Credit: Autumn de Wilde
Aidan Quinn, Audra McDonald and Tonya Pinkins star in shorts by John Patrick Shanley (Oscar, Pulitzer, Tony winner) and Lynn Nottage (Pulitzer Priz...

Bought by KUNM, Connecticut Public (WNPR), KUNM, New Hampshire Public Radio, KFCF FM and more


  • Added: Mar 26, 2014
  • Length: 53:00
  • Purchases: 10
The Kid
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Kid Ory
By 1911, tailgate trombonist Kid Ory was leading one of the best-known bands in New Orleans. Eight years later he formed a successful band in Los A...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: May 06, 2013
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 21: Leesa Dean/Chilltown, Adrien De Martini - Bobby Pickles' Podcast
From: Bobby Pickles
Series: Bobby Pickles' Podcast
Caption: Bobby Pickles (left); Leesa Dean (right), Credit: Adrien De Martini
Bobby speaks with, writer and animator, Leesa Dean about her three fully developed animated series – Chilltown, The Danger Squad and Lele’s Ratchet...

  • Added: Apr 07, 2013
  • Length: 55:22
A HAUNTED HOUSE -- Marlon Wayans Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: Marlon Wayans, San Francisco, CA 12/3/12, Credit: Andrea Chase
Marlon Wayans talks Hollywood, going off-script, and the serious business of comedy.

  • Added: Jan 12, 2013
  • Length: 12:32
Crown the King: Red Takes Black
From: Third Coast International Audio Festival
Series: 2012 ShortDocs: Neighbor Stories
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One block from my apartment sits the Capitol Pool Checkers Club where, each week, men with nicknames like the Hammer, the Pressure Man, and the Raz...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, The Story, KUT, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 24, 2012
  • Length: 02:32
  • Purchases: 4
Steve Edwards Presents Series: An Hour With Al Jarreau Live In Studio!
From: Steve Edwards
Series: Steve Edwards Presents Series
Caption: Steve And Al jarreau, Credit: Kim Lindsey
Steve Edwards Presents Series is a one hour special featuring celebrity artists sharing words and music live in studio. Its gripping radio at its b...

  • Added: May 04, 2012
  • Length: 59:23
Bob Marley - Marley
From: Joyride Media
Series: Black History Month Specials
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The official radio companion to the MARLEY documentary film in theatres and homes on April 20, 2012.

Bought by KAZU Seaside, Calif., KPSQ-LP, Prairie Public, WNMU-FM, KMUW and more


  • Added: Apr 13, 2012
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 12
Is There Such a Thing as "Good" Hair?
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: KFAI Youth News
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The Youth News Initiative creates a platform for young women of color to give their unique perspective on issues they face in their communities.

Bought by YouthCast


  • Added: Sep 23, 2010
  • Length: 06:03
  • Purchases: 1