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Origin Stories
From: Distillations
Series: Innate
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How race was invented to support racism.

  • Added: May 09, 2023
  • Length: 33:44
TALK MUSIC WITH ME: Why Charlie Watts of the Rolling Stones Mattered (Part 2 of 2)
From: Paul Ingles
Series: Talk Music With Me
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UPDATED TO INCLUDE MENTIONS OF CHARLIE'S DEATH AUG 24, 2021... The late Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts is celebrated in Hour 2 of this 2-Hou...

Bought by KDUR, WCMU Michigan, WUTC, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), KMSU and more


  • Added: Apr 21, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 7
TALK MUSIC WITH ME: Why Charlie Watts of the Rolling Stones Mattered (Part 1 of 2)
From: Paul Ingles
Series: Talk Music With Me
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UPDATED TO INCLUDE MENTIONS OF CHARLIE WATTS DEATH - AUG. 24, 2021. The late Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts is celebrated in Hour 1 of thi...

Bought by KDUR, WCMU Michigan, WUTC, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), KMSU and more


  • Added: Apr 21, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 8
White Privilege: A Courageous Conversation with Curtis Linton
From: Loki Mulholland
Series: The Uncomfortable Truth
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When it comes to racism, many white Americans can intellectualize it and some can personalize it through the experience of others but the real chan...

  • Added: Nov 13, 2020
  • Length: 01:59:05
The Lynching of Emmett Till - An Interview with Devery Anderson
From: Loki Mulholland
Series: The Uncomfortable Truth
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His lynching was said to have propelled the Civil Rights Movement but what really happened to the 14 year old boy from Chicago and what can we lear...

  • Added: Nov 13, 2020
  • Length: 01:47:41
White Rage - A Conversation with Carol Anderson
From: Loki Mulholland
Series: The Uncomfortable Truth
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Her book is back on the NYT Best Seller list and for a very good reason. “White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide” as been called both ...

  • Added: Nov 12, 2020
  • Length: 02:17:15
Who Should Own the Narrative
From: Loki Mulholland
Series: The Uncomfortable Truth
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Who should own the narrative when it comes to talking about slavery and Jim Crow? Lance Wheeler, is the former Curator of Exhibition & Interpreters...

  • Added: Nov 12, 2020
  • Length: 53:24
The N-Word
From: Loki Mulholland
Series: The Uncomfortable Truth
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The n-word is loaded with a history of hate and death. Today, the word's meaning has transformed but the echoes of its past remain. Who's word is i...

  • Added: Nov 12, 2020
  • Length: 01:33:06
The White Savior Complex
From: Loki Mulholland
Series: The Uncomfortable Truth
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Is there a subconscious belief amongst whites that only they can "save" people of color? Have they been conditioned by society to see themselves as...

  • Added: Nov 12, 2020
  • Length: 01:34:42
Who’s the Real Victim of Racism?
From: Loki Mulholland
Series: The Uncomfortable Truth
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Whites too often see themselves as the real victims of racism and they might have point but it’s not the one they thought they were making. Are whi...

  • Added: Nov 12, 2020
  • Length: 01:00:32
It's the Wrong Time to be Right
From: Loki Mulholland
Series: The Uncomfortable Truth
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Many of us want to help change the narrative and be anti-racist partners in the good fight. This was true of civil rights activists coming to Missi...

  • Added: Nov 12, 2020
  • Length: 01:14:23
Diversifying Higher Education
From: Loki Mulholland
Series: The Uncomfortable Truth
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Education is the gateway to the future in America. Our system is built around it but major colleges and universities continue to be predominantly w...

  • Added: Nov 12, 2020
  • Length: 01:16:43
Black & Blue: Policing and Blacks Lives in America
From: Loki Mulholland
Series: The Uncomfortable Truth
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Don Carter is a former police officer who spent nearly 10 years on the beat. He knows how the system works. He's also African American.

  • Added: Nov 12, 2020
  • Length: 01:29:21
Racial Battle Fatigue: A Discussion with Dr. William A. Smith
From: Loki Mulholland
Series: The Uncomfortable Truth
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Being black in America is exhausting and even deadly. Racial Battle Fatigue (RBF) is real and impacts the health and well-being of millions. What i...

  • Added: Nov 12, 2020
  • Length: 01:06:39
Bringing the Klan to Justice: A Discussion with Jerry Mitchell
From: Loki Mulholland
Series: The Uncomfortable Truth
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His work helped close four of the most infamous cold cases of the Civil Right Movement. Jerry Mitchell is one of the most celebrated investigative ...

  • Added: Nov 12, 2020
  • Length: 48:16
The Talk
From: Loki Mulholland
Series: The Uncomfortable Truth
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When we say the words, “the talk”, it probably conjures up the awkward conversation one has with their children about the birds and the bees. Howev...

  • Added: Nov 12, 2020
  • Length: 58:43
Sing the Old Songs: Part 1 (episode 4)
From: Growing Old Project
Series: Growing Old: Tales from an Urban Canopy
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Explore the systems of assimilation that aimed to eliminate Native culture in the United States, systems that began in Washington State. Travel to ...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and KVSC


  • Added: May 06, 2020
  • Length: 34:44
  • Purchases: 3
Be the Hummingbird (episode 2)
From: Growing Old Project
Series: Growing Old: Tales from an Urban Canopy
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Go to the heart of Seattle's Rainier Beach neighborhood, where an immigrant family and thousands of volunteers turned 20 acres into a Japanese gard...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., and KVSC


  • Added: Apr 22, 2020
  • Length: 29:47
  • Purchases: 3
Outbeat Extra Celebrates The 50th Anniversary of Stonewall with Making Gay History - Part 1
From: KRCB 104.9
Series: Outbeat News In Depth
Caption: LGBTQ News From The North Bay And Beyond, Credit: Greg Miraglia, Host and Producer
Features interview by Eric Marcus with Phyllis Lyon and Del Martin.

  • Added: Aug 04, 2019
  • Length: 58:39
Culturology: Minnesota Crossroads series - Ely, Minnesota
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Culturology
Caption: Susan Shurke, Credit: Britt Aamodt
Every weekend this summer, vacationers from all over Minnesota and beyond its borders have packed up the family car and headed north to Highway 1. ...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Dec 03, 2012
  • Length: 09:56
  • Purchases: 1
Adlai Stevenson: A Candidate in the Age of Television
From: Radio Diaries
Series: Contenders
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The 1952 presidential campaign pitted the immensely popular General Dwight D. Eisenhower against the ferociously intellectual and intensely private...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, XRAY.fm, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, PRX Remix, WDET Detroit Public Radio and more


  • Added: Oct 16, 2012
  • Length: 07:36
  • Purchases: 6
Part 4 - Darwin's Enduring Legacy
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: Darwin
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Why Science and society today are still wrestling with Darwin's big idea.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: May 07, 2010
  • Length: 53:47
  • Purchases: 1
Part 3 - Primates vs Primates
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: Darwin
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What 'The Origin Of Species' said, and what was said about it.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: May 06, 2010
  • Length: 53:53
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 3. Survival
From: ERIC V. TAIT, JR.
Series: Then I'll Be Free To Travel Home-the Legacy of the New York African Burial Ground
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Eleven Africans and the Survival of the New Netherlands Colony (1624-1664)

  • Added: Jan 25, 2008
  • Length: 59:00
Berlin Without Walls - The Homecoming
From: WNYC
Series: Berlin Without Walls
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In this series, we examine various aspects of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, in both modern and historical context. From the players themselves...

Bought by WDAV Classical Public Radio and WETS


  • Added: Jan 24, 2008
  • Length: 07:43
  • Purchases: 2