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86: My Privilege Wakeup Call with Ijeoma Oluo, author of "So You Want To Talk About Race"
From: KALW
Series: Inflection Point with Lauren Schiller
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An awkward conversation with her white mother about “good white people” inspired Ijeoma Oluo to take on the unenviable task of writing one of the m...

Bought by KSPC, KCSB-FM, WNIN, KWIT, Public Radio for All and more


  • Added: Mar 08, 2018
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 9
Culture, Connection and the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
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A recent east coast storm unearthed the remains of America's last slave ship in Alabama: the Clotilda. These remains, and the artifacts from anothe...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Feb 06, 2018
  • Length: 05:12
  • Purchases: 1
Paul Ingles' Music Showcase #005 - The Emergence of Otis Redding (Hour 1)
From: Paul Ingles
Series: Paul Ingles' Music Archive Showcase
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Hour One of a lively ride through the story of the soul star’s all-too-brief career but long-enduring legacy. We’ll hear from other musicians, musi...

Bought by KFSK, WPVM 103.7, KMUW, KUHF, WRVO Public Media and more


  • Added: Jan 28, 2018
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 18
Black College Heritage Matters
From: WIL LAVEIST
Series: The Wil LaVeist Show
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A discussion of the important the heritage of Historically Black Colleges and Universities.

  • Added: Jan 22, 2018
  • Length: 31:35
College Racial Health Gap
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
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A college education can leave some students with a health debt.

Bought by WNED Buffalo, WMMT, WTIP, KENW, and WLPR


  • Added: Dec 23, 2017
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 5
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
Keeping Teachers
From: American Public Media
Series: APM Reports: Focus on Education
Caption: Teacher Christopher McFadden is a member of The Fellowship, a group in Philadelphia trying to recruit and retain black male teachers. Only 2 percent of teachers in American public schools are black men., Credit: Emily Hanford
(8/28/2017) There may be nothing more important in the educational life of a child than having effective teachers. But the United States is struggl...

Bought by WMUU-LP, KUER, Georgia Public Broadcasting, KOSU, WRST-FM Oshkosh and more


  • Added: Aug 28, 2017
  • Length: 52:58
  • Purchases: 10
72: How Sabaah Folayan is Changing The Narrative of Ferguson - Director of "Whose Streets"
From: KALW
Series: Inflection Point with Lauren Schiller
Caption: Sabaah Folayan, Credit: Magnolia Pictures
The shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri made news, but Sabaah Folayan knew there was more to the story--so she moved across the country...

Bought by KWIT, KSJD, and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Aug 03, 2017
  • Length: 53:03
  • Purchases: 3
Discover Haiti
From: Let's Travel! Radio
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LTR!s July showcase, Discover HAITI, offers an interesting sidebar to second most populous country in the Caribbean at 10.6 million. It was the fi...

Bought by KISA Digital Studios


  • Added: Jul 27, 2017
  • Length: 01:03:13
  • Purchases: 1
How One Police Chief Apologized For A Lynching In His Town, 8 Decades Later
From: Megan Harris
Series: Criminal Injustice
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One police chief decided he needed to apologize for an incident 77 years ago: a lynching in his small Georgia town in 1940. LaGrange Chief Louis De...

  • Added: Jul 10, 2017
  • Length: 04:09
How To Rebuild A Police Agency From The Inside Out
From: Megan Harris
Series: Criminal Injustice
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From Obama-era task forces to widespread protests, the idea of community policing has become part of our national conversation. Jerry Clayton, the ...

  • Added: Jul 10, 2017
  • Length: 05:25
Thelonious Monk: From Myth to Man (Part 2)
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights Classic Jazz: Specials
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An hour-long program of classic jazz, presenting the second of a two-part program exploring the life and music of Thelonious Monk, with special gue...

Bought by KMUW, South Dakota Public Broadcasting - Radio, and KGLT


  • Added: Jun 29, 2017
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 3
Thelonious Monk: From Man to Myth (Part 1)
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights Classic Jazz: Specials
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An hourlong program of classic jazz, presenting the first of a two-part program exploring the life and music of Thelonious Monk, with special guest...

Bought by KMUW, South Dakota Public Broadcasting - Radio, and KGLT


  • Added: Jun 29, 2017
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 3
Portraits of Harlem
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights Classic Jazz: Specials
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An hour-long program of classic jazz, featuring musical tributes to the so-called “Black Metropolis,” including Duke Ellington’s “Harlem,” Roy Eldr...

Bought by Radio New Zealand, 90.5 WSNC, WUCF, and WCPN


  • Added: Jun 29, 2017
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 4
Life of the Law #109: Unequal Protection - Part 2
From: Life of the Law
Series: Life of the Law
Caption: Warren McCleskey's last words, Credit: Sarah Marshall
Part 2 of Sarah Marshall’s report on Warren McCleskey’s life after the Supreme Court ruling and his execution on September 25, 1991 by the state of...

  • Added: May 23, 2017
  • Length: 32:44
Life of the Law #108: Unequal Protection - Part 1
From: Life of the Law
Series: Life of the Law
Caption: A photo of Warren McCleskey at his sister Betty Myers' house., Credit: Sarah Marshall
America is a country plagued by racism. Culturally, socially, economically. But what about in the courts? 30 years ago, Warren McCleskey, a black m...

  • Added: May 03, 2017
  • Length: 56:32
The Douglas Coleman Show w_ Colin Flaherty
From: Douglas Coleman
Series: The Douglas Coleman Show
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Interview with Author Colin Flaherty

  • Added: Apr 10, 2017
  • Length: 59:34
Episode 77: Urban Renewal 2.0
From: Shira Rascoe
Series: No Jargon
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Development efforts in American cities often push out long-term residents and communities of color. Zeroing in on Baltimore, Professor Brandi Bless...

  • Added: Mar 29, 2017
  • Length: 21:27
Working Class Histories (Hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Tracking the history under your feet - how enterprising outsiders shaped working class neighborhoods - the truths about homelessness - and more.

Bought by WCNY, RadioFreePalmer, WRST-FM Oshkosh, WTJU, WMUU-LP and more


  • Added: Mar 17, 2017
  • Length: 53:57
  • Purchases: 13
Episode 71: Violence in Resistance
From: Shira Rascoe
Series: No Jargon
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Protests that turn violent have been a constant throughout American history. Professor Ashley Howard explains their origins, and how new laws, poli...

Bought by WLPR


  • Added: Mar 06, 2017
  • Length: 26:10
  • Purchases: 1
My Life, My Love, My Legacy - Coretta Scott King
From: KSFR
Series: Equal Time with Martha Burk
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Interview with Barbara Reynolds,founding editor of USA Today on her 2017 book My Life, My Love, My Legacy biography of Coretta King, condensed from...

Bought by WMMT and WVAS


  • Added: Feb 09, 2017
  • Length: 28:16
  • Purchases: 2
Life of the Law #102: Radio Silenced
From: Life of the Law
Series: Life of the Law
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In April of 2014, federal agents raided the studios of 106.1 TOUCH FM in Boston, Massachusetts. The reason was simple: the radio station was operat...

Bought by KUER


  • Added: Feb 08, 2017
  • Length: 41:13
  • Purchases: 1
Another View Round Table - The Exchange of Power
From: WHRV
Series: Another View
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President Obama’s eight years in office is winding to a close. What will his legacy be? Meanwhile, President-Elect Trump prepares to take the reins...

  • Added: Jan 18, 2017
  • Length: 54:01
Sojourner Truth, Her Story & Meaning
From: Francesca Rheannon
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WV examine the life of Sojourner Truth and what she means to us. We talk with Jacqueline Sheehan about her novel about Sojourner Truth, THE COMET’S...

  • Added: Dec 20, 2016
  • Length: 45:28
Mental Health: Why Students of Color Suffer More
From: Syracuse University Broadcast Journalism
Caption: Eliquewa Santiago says college makes her struggle with mental health even more difficult. (c) 2016 Taylor Epps
Mental health is an issue that rarely gets discussed in the black community. For college students of color the issue gets even more difficult.

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Dec 08, 2016
  • Length: 04:22
  • Purchases: 2

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