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Florence Price

From: WGTE Public Media
Series: Conversations in African American Music

Dr. Louise Toppin examines the life and music of trailblazing composer Florence Price.

Forms of Concentration: Constructing Racialized Bodies

From: WFHB
Series: Interchange

What is most striking is that what Dan Nemser describes of 17th century Mexico City is a mode of organization nearly unchanged over four centuries....

The Legacy of C.L.R. James

From: WFHB
Series: Interchange

Best known for his path-breaking work on the Haitian Revolution, The Black Jacobins, published in 1938, Trinidadian C.L.R. James was often at the c...

Mommy Dearest: A History of American Motherhood [rebroadcast]

From: BackStory with the American History Guys
Series: BackStory with the American History Guys: Special Programming

Caption: Twin mothers with their newborn babies at Columbia Maternity Hospital, Washington, D.C., April 7th, 1939 , Credit: Library of Congress

Some say motherhood is the hardest job in the world; turns out, there's a lot of history to back that up. In this special Mother's Day episode, the...

Bought by KISU, KAZU Seaside, Calif., KICI Iowa City, WVTF, KTSW 89.9 and more

Hour 3: New Orleans Diaspora - Jelly Roll Morton & Sidney Bechet

From: WTJU
Series: Jazz at 100

In this hour, we’ll explore the music of two more giants of the New Orleans diaspora, pianist and composer Jelly Roll Morton, who left Louisiana in...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), WCNY, KMUN, WMOT, KRPS and more

337-Lucy

From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night

The Lucy Spacecraft, named after the human fossil Lucy, will revolutionize our knowledge of the origins of our solar system.

Bought by KUPR low power FM, KKRN, KENW, Radio Newark, and WLPR

Stars for Freedom (Hour Long Version)

From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes

The little-known story of how black actors and entertainers in Hollywood contributed their money, connections, and fame to aid the civil rights mov...

Bought by WCNY, WVAS, Vermont Public, WRPI, KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle and more

Stars for Freedom (Half Hour Version)

From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes

The little-known story of how black actors and entertainers in Hollywood contributed their money, connections, and fame to aid the civil rights mov...

Bought by WJCT, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WKCC, KRDP, KENW and more

The Doctors of Nazi Germany (Hour Long Version)

From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes

In the late 19th century, German medical practices were considered to be the best in the world. But by the start of World War II, a number of Germa...

Bought by WCNY, Northeast Indiana Public Radio, WTJU, and WXDU

The Doctors of Nazi Germany (Half Hour Version)

From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes

In the late 19th century, German medical practices were considered to be the best in the world. But by the start of World War II, a number of Germa...

Bought by WJCT, KVSC, WKCC, KENW, KKRN and more

Marking Stories of Slavery (Half Hour Version)

From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes

Plantations in America’s South are physical testaments to the great wealth accrued through slave labor. Yet, plantation museums often gloss over th...

Bought by WJCT, KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA, WFHB, WABE, WKCC and more

Marking Stories of Slavery (Hour Long Version)

From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes

Plantations in America’s South are physical testaments to the great wealth accrued through slave labor. Yet, plantation museums often gloss over th...

Bought by WCNY, WABE, Northeast Indiana Public Radio, KPVL, WTJU and more

Imagining Yoko Ono (Hour Long Version)

From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes

Yoko Ono is best known for her marriage to John Lennon and for her perceived role in the breakup of the Beatles. But she was an accomplished and in...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, WCNY, Northeast Indiana Public Radio, WABE, WTJU and more

Imagining Yoko Ono (Half Hour Version)

From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes

Yoko Ono is best known for her marriage to John Lennon and for her perceived role in the breakup of the Beatles. But she was an accomplished and in...

Bought by WJCT, WKCC, KVSC, KENW, and WLIW

Mr. Turner and the Industrial Revolution (Half Hour Version)

From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes

The British Romanticist painter J.M.W. Turner was a painter of landscapes and light. He was also one of the first major artists to depict the smoke...

Bought by WJCT, WKCC, KVSC, WXDU, KRDP and more

Mr. Turner and the Industrial Revolution (Hour Long Version)

From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes

The British Romanticist painter J.M.W. Turner was a painter of landscapes and light. He was also one of the first major artists to depict the smoke...

Bought by WCNY, KPVL, WTJU, KPIP-LP, and KKRN

Secrecy in the Sunshine Era (Half Hour Version)

From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes

In the 1970s, a series of laws ushered in a new “sunshine era” of unprecedented government transparency. A new book investigates how, despite these...

Bought by WJCT, WKCC, KVSC, KENW, and WLIW

Secrecy in the Sunshine Era

From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes

In the 1970s, a series of laws ushered in a new “sunshine era” of unprecedented government transparency. A new book investigates how, despite these...

Bought by WCNY, WTJU, KKRN, and KPVL

The Truth About Cultural Bias (Half Hour Version)

From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes

Caption: Hoodie Rally in Memory of Trayvon Martin, Credit: Madison Guy, on Flickr

Sharply different reactions to the verdict in the George Zimmerman trial reveal the racial divide that persists in America. We speak with the autho...

Bought by WJCT, KSFR, WFHB, KPVL, KRZA and more

The Truth About Cultural Bias (Hour Long Version)

From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes

Sharply different reactions to the verdict in the George Zimmerman trial reveal the racial divide that persists in America. We speak with the autho...

Bought by WCNY, Northeast Indiana Public Radio, KKRN, WTJU, and KPVL

Women's History Month: Women of the Civil War

From: Francesca Rheannon

Karen Abbott talks about her book Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy. It’s about four courageous women of the Civil War who made history. And later, we ...

Bought by KUHF, KWMU St. Louis, KUOW, KTSW 89.9, High Plains Public Radio and more

HIV Education in the African American Church (Hour Long Version)

From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes

Psychologist John Fife is working to address what he says is a critical need for HIV interventions that target older Americans, specifically older ...

Bought by WJCT, WCPN, KKRN, WTJU, and KPVL

Let There Be Night (Hour Long Version)

From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes

Nights are getting brighter and most of us no longer experience true darkness.

Bought by WCNY, WXDU, KKRN, WTJU, CHSR-FM 97.9 and more

Reading the Founding Fathers' Mail

From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes

More than 30 people who spent the last three years immersed in thousands of letters written by George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, John and Abigai...

Bought by WCNY, KUNV, KKRN, WTJU, and Accessible Media Inc.

Witches, Slaves, and Heroines (Hour Long Version)

From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes

Caption: The Baptism of Pocahontas, Credit: Wikipedia

The myths and truths behind the lives of two native women—Pocahontas and Tituba. And more...

Bought by WCNY, KKRN, KWMR, WTJU, Accessible Media Inc. and more

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