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Looking Back: Isabel Wilkerson and the Cultural Impact of the Great Migration
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Isabel Wilkerson, Credit: Joe Henson
Author and 2015 National Humanities Medalist Isabel Wilkerson discusses her acclaimed first book “The Warmth of Other Suns,” and the profound impac...

Bought by KMUN, WMPG, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., KECG, KZUM and more


  • Added: Feb 12, 2024
  • Length: 28:35
  • Purchases: 7
2407: Lincoln as a Philosopher, 2/13/2024
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk: Weekly
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The 16th President of the United States was born February 12, 1809.

  • Added: Feb 12, 2024
  • Length: 53:59
NL 24-07: Suite History: Jazz Composers and the African-American Odyssey, 2/12/2024
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights
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From the 1940s to the 1990s, several jazz composers undertook several large-scale orchestral compositions that portrayed the journey of black peopl...

  • Added: Feb 08, 2024
  • Length: 59:03
Suite History - Four Jazz Composers and the African-American Odyssey
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights Classic Jazz: Specials
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From the 1940s to the 1990s, several jazz composers undertook several large-scale orchestral compositions that portrayed the journey of black peopl...

Bought by High Plains Public Radio, WSLR, KCSM, Morehead State Public Radio, WLRH and more


  • Added: Feb 08, 2024
  • Length: 59:03
  • Purchases: 20
Cord Jefferson talks about directing and writing "American Fiction" his first film!
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Cord Jefferson, Credit: Dennis Gocer
Screenwriter and Director Cord Jefferson discusses his critically acclaimed film, “American Fiction” which is a satirical exploration of popular cu...

Bought by KMUN, WMPG, KECG, WDCB, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif. and more


  • Added: Feb 06, 2024
  • Length: 28:27
  • Purchases: 8
257: Black Food: Liberation, Food Justice and Stewardship , 2/14/2024
From: Bioneers
Series: Bioneers - Revolution From the Heart of Nature
Caption: Karen Washington and Bryant Terry, Credit: Alex Akamine
The influences of Africans and Black Americans on food and agriculture is rooted in ancestral African knowledge and traditions of shared labor, wor...

  • Added: Feb 05, 2024
  • Length: 28:30
EE 24-07: Author Jori Lewis on the natural and human history of the peanut , 2/16/2024
From: WFIU
Series: Earth Eats
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While peanut butter is one of my favorite foods, I can’t say that I have given much thought to the peanut as a crop, or paid any attention to its r...

  • Added: Feb 02, 2024
  • Length: 54:00
Expanding Our Origin Story (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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Cauline Yates was at a family reunion the first time she heard she was a descendant of Thomas Jefferson.

Bought by Kansas Public Radio, KIYU-FM, KICI Iowa City, WUGA (part of GPB), WJCU and more


  • Added: Feb 01, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 8
Expanding Our Origin Story (hour/no bb or bed)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Cauline Yates was at a family reunion the first time she heard she was a descendant of Thomas Jefferson.

Bought by KHEN-LP, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KECG, and Royalton Community Radio


  • Added: Feb 01, 2024
  • Length: 52:00
  • Purchases: 4
Expanding Our Origin Story (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Cauline Yates was at a family reunion the first time she heard she was a descendant of Thomas Jefferson.

Bought by WTJU, WMUU-LP, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KEDT, Royalton Community Radio and more


  • Added: Feb 01, 2024
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 6
Expanding Our Origin Story (promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason promo
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Cauline Yates was at a family reunion the first time she heard she was a descendant of Thomas Jefferson.

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KIYU-FM, and WNMU-FM


  • Added: Feb 01, 2024
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 3
Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes
From: National Endowment for the Arts
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An interview with the co-directors of the documentary Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes. The interview paints a comprehensive picture of Max Roach's...

  • Added: Jan 15, 2024
  • Length: 29:01
It's Time! Max Roach In The 1960s
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights Classic Jazz: Specials
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A centennial tribute to Max Roach, who set the pace for modern jazz drumming and became an outspoken activist for civil rights.

Bought by WSKG, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), WWNO, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KUAT and more


  • Added: Jan 09, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
NL 24-01: From Spirituals To Swing, 1/1/2024
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights
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A look at the historic 1938 Carnegie Hall concert and its 1939 follow up, featuring performances by Count Basie, Benny Goodman, and others.

  • Added: Dec 20, 2023
  • Length: 59:02
Winning NIL (hour/no bb or bed)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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NIL sent shockwaves through college athletics when it was signed into law in 2021.

Bought by KHEN-LP, Royalton Community Radio, RadioStPete Florida, and KECG


  • Added: Nov 30, 2023
  • Length: 52:00
  • Purchases: 4
Winning NIL (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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NIL sent shockwaves through college athletics when it was signed into law in 2021.

Bought by WTJU, KXCV, WMUU-LP, KEDT, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and more


  • Added: Nov 30, 2023
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 8
Winning NIL (promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason promo
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NIL sent shockwaves through college athletics when it was signed into law in 2021.

Bought by KXCV, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KIYU-FM, and WNMU-FM


  • Added: Nov 30, 2023
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 4
Dinner Theatre (hour/no bb or bed)
From: With Good Reason
Series: Thanksgiving Specials
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Michael Carter Jr left America looking for home in Ghana. Now, on his fifth generation farm, he’s growing farmers through what he calls Africulture.

  • Added: Nov 17, 2023
  • Length: 52:00
Dinner Theatre (hour/no bb or bed)
From: With Good Reason
Series: Black History Month specials
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Michael Carter Jr left America looking for home in Ghana. Now, on his fifth generation farm, he’s growing farmers through what he calls Africulture.

Bought by KHEN-LP, WORT, and Royalton Community Radio


  • Added: Nov 17, 2023
  • Length: 52:00
  • Purchases: 3
Dinner Theatre (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: Thanksgiving Specials
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Michael Carter Jr left America looking for home in Ghana. Now, on his fifth generation farm, he’s growing farmers through what he calls Africulture.

Bought by KUAC


  • Added: Nov 17, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Dinner Theatre (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: Black History Month specials
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Michael Carter Jr left America looking for home in Ghana. Now, on his fifth generation farm, he’s growing farmers through what he calls Africulture.

Bought by WUTC, Kansas Public Radio, WFHB, WRMU, KIYU-FM and more


  • Added: Nov 17, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 10
Dinner Theatre (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: Thanksgiving Specials
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Michael Carter Jr left America looking for home in Ghana. Now, on his fifth generation farm, he’s growing farmers through what he calls Africulture.

Bought by KUAC


  • Added: Nov 17, 2023
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 1
Dinner Theatre (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: Black History Month specials
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Michael Carter Jr left America looking for home in Ghana. Now, on his fifth generation farm, he’s growing farmers through what he calls Africulture.

Bought by Morehead State Public Radio, KVCR, Oregon Public Broadcasting, KRWG, WMUU-LP and more


  • Added: Nov 17, 2023
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 9
Dinner Theatre (promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: Thanksgiving Specials
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Michael Carter Jr left America looking for home in Ghana. Now, on his fifth generation farm, he’s growing farmers through what he calls Africulture.

Bought by KUAC


  • Added: Nov 17, 2023
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 1
Dinner Theatre (promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: Black History Month specials
Piece image
Michael Carter Jr left America looking for home in Ghana. Now, on his fifth generation farm, he’s growing farmers through what he calls Africulture.

Bought by Morehead State Public Radio, KVCR, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KIYU-FM, and WNMU-FM


  • Added: Nov 17, 2023
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 5