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Castle Redmond: Hope For Racial Justice
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Castle Redmond
In his book "Lies My Teacher Told Me," James Loewen writes that "race is the sharpest and deepest division in American life." We recognize the peac...

  • Added: Jun 16, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
StoryCorps Griot: Janis Porter and Olivia Hooker
From: StoryCorps
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Dr. Olivia Hooker, who lived to be 103, sat down with her goddaughter Janis Porter to discuss her groundbreaking life as the first African American...

  • Added: Mar 03, 2020
  • Length: 02:05
134: How A'shanti Gholar is Getting More Women of Color in Office
From: KALW
Series: Inflection Point with Lauren Schiller
Caption: A'shanti Gholar
A’shanti Gholar is the founder of the Brown Girl's Guide to Politics and the national political director for Emerge America--a national organizatio...

Bought by KKRN, Louisville Public Media, KSJD, KUT, KCSB-FM and more


  • Added: Jan 08, 2020
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 8
WoodSongs 952: Smithsonian Folkways Celebration
From: WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour
Series: WoodSongs
Caption: “The American Songster” Dom Flemons on the WoodSongs Stage.
On this week's encore broadcast of WoodSongs, folksinger Michael Johnathon honors one of the most important legacy’s in all of recorded music… Smit...

Bought by KKRN, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), KUCO, Spokane Public Radio, KMXT and more


  • Added: Dec 23, 2019
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 23
72-01: Inside The Ferguson Uprising - Sabaah Folayan, Director of "Whose Streets"
From: KALW
Series: Inflection Point with Lauren Schiller
Caption: Sabaah Folayan
On the 5 year anniversary of the uprising in Ferguson, MO, we're re-airing this conversation--with new trax acknowledging the date. When Michael Br...

Bought by KWIT, KCSB-FM, KWIT, KSJD, KUT and more


  • Added: Aug 14, 2019
  • Length: 53:00
  • Purchases: 9
Race and Social Change
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Dr. Max Klau
Recent events in America have once again turned the spotlight on the issues of race. Just when we think we are overcoming our racial divide, anothe...

Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., KVSC, and KCBX


  • Added: Mar 28, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Wilkerson, Isabel — America’s Great Migration: 1915-1970 Part Two
From: Barry Vogel
Caption: PRX default Piece image
In the years between 1915 and 1970 almost six million black American citizens from the south migrated to northern and western cities seeking freedo...

  • Added: Feb 12, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
Dare To Dream Out loud
From: Angel Livas
Series: The Woman Behind The Business
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Today on The Woman Behind The Business - our guests share why they dare to dream out loud and how their faith carries them through difficult times.

  • Added: Dec 29, 2018
  • Length: 59:57
National Writers Series: Alice Walker
From: Interlochen Public Radio
Series: National Writers Series
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Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist, poet, and essayist Alice Walker talks with Detroit Free Press columnist Rochelle Riley.

Bought by WKAR and WDET Detroit Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 09, 2018
  • Length: 54:31
  • Purchases: 2
103: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism & Sexism - Dr. Safiya Umoja Noble
From: KALW
Series: Inflection Point with Lauren Schiller
Caption: Dr. Safiya Noble
What we think of as “the great equalizer”-- the internet--and the algorithms behind it, created by humans, is serving up content that is sexist and...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KWIT, KUT, KWMR, Louisville Public Media and more


  • Added: Nov 01, 2018
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 13
Black History & Black Excellence: Cathy McGill
From: Generation Justice Admin
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Hear how guest Cathy McGill responds to Marcus Garvey’s words “A people who lack the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture are like a...

  • Added: Oct 01, 2018
  • Length: 12:48
99: A Brief but Spectacular Conversation - Steve Goldbloom, Flossie Lewis and Mahogany L. Browne
From: KALW
Series: Inflection Point with Lauren Schiller
Caption: At the Commonwealth Club of CA
After Brief But Spectacular creator Steve Goldbloom filmed 94-year-old retired English teacher Flossie Lewis and “Black Girl Magic” poet activist M...

Bought by KWIT, KWMR, KUT, KKRN, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and more


  • Added: Sep 13, 2018
  • Length: 53:00
  • Purchases: 11
Dorothy Cotton on MLK's Legacy (Ms. Cotton Passed 6/10/18)
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Half Hour Episodes
Caption: Dorohy Cotton
Dr. Dorothy Cotton, one of Martin Luther King's top colleagues in the civil rights movement, passed away at her home in Ithica, New York, Sunday, J...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Jun 11, 2018
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 1
93: How to age without apology - Nina Collins, author of "What Would Virginia Woolf Do?"
From: KALW
Series: Inflection Point with Lauren Schiller
Caption: Nina Collins
What's so monumental about turning 40 for women and why do we need our own Facebook group? Turns out--pretty much everything. Nina Collins has crea...

Bought by KCSB-FM, KSJD, KWIT, KUT, KNVC Carson City Community Radio and more


  • Added: May 17, 2018
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 7
263: Hip Hop Future / 264: Traditional Knowledge, 4/14/2018
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "Hip Hop Future" - "Straight Outta Compton" turns 30 this year and hip hop has more influence than ever. What will it change next? HOUR...

  • Added: Apr 12, 2018
  • Length: 01:58:59
88: Why Rosie the Riveter is "not my icon" - Betty Reid Soskin, National Park Service
From: KALW
Series: Inflection Point with Lauren Schiller
Caption: Betty Reid Soskin
For the past decade, 96-year-old Betty Reid Soskin has served as the nation’s oldest Park Ranger, where she gives talks at the Rosie the Riveter/WW...

Bought by KWIT, KWMR, KUT, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and more


  • Added: Mar 30, 2018
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 12
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
All the Women in My Family Sing
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Deborah Santana
There’s a growing awareness of solidarity among women. They refuse to be silenced. What began as a Women’s March in January 2017 has now evolved in...

Bought by WJSU and KCBX


  • Added: Mar 01, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
I Am Not Your Negro: James Baldwin
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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I Am Not Your Negro is a journey into black history that connects the past of the Civil Rights movement to the present of #BlackLivesMatter. It is ...

Bought by WVAS, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KCMJ Community Radio, WXDU, and WRIR


  • Added: Nov 07, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 5
S3: Nique Love Rhodes #79
From: Romy Kochan
Series: Season Three: Bonfires of Social Enterprise
Caption: Nique Love Rhodes
Nique Love Rhodes We have a social entrepreneur of a different kind, she is a rapper! You will have an opportunity to learn how the social and bus...

  • Added: Jul 06, 2017
  • Length: 39:03
An Inspirational Story of a Friend and Colleague who Overcame Racism and Low Expectations
From: Chuck Wolfe
Series: The Emotion Roadmap: Take the Wheel & Control How You Feel
Caption: Overcoming racism and low expectations
Lenzy R. Wallace Jr., PH.D., an African American, has had three successful careers, succeeding despite the odds. At 90 years old and actively retir...

  • Added: May 18, 2017
  • Length: 39:01
WoodSongs 880: Ruthie Foster and Sally & George
From: WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour
Series: WoodSongs
Caption: The phenomenal Ruthie Foster.
On this week's WoodSongs broadcast, folksinger Michael Johnathon welcome vocal powerhouse from Austin, Texas Ruthie Foster plus East Nashville base...

Bought by WEJP-LP 107.1, KDLG, KJJF, WETS, WOUB and more


  • Added: May 04, 2017
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 11
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
Resistance and Resilience: The Cultural Legacy of the Black Panther Party
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Refa Senay
The Black Panther Party combined Black Power’s militancy with socialist ideology, and infused funk music with Franz Fanon’s writings. Their impact...

  • Added: Dec 03, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
Playwright & Performer Anna Deavere Smith
From: New Letters on the Air
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Dramatist Anna Deavere Smith discusses her technique of interviewing real people to use their stories on stage. She talks about the School to Priso...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and WNJR


  • Added: Dec 01, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2