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Jehmu Greene on Good Citizen
From: Madison Brown
Series: Good Citizen with Ted Roosevelt V
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Jehmu Greene encourages us to listen intentionally and have uncomfortable conversations. She was a progressive Political Analyst at FOX News for ov...

  • Added: Apr 24, 2024
  • Length: 30:56
Tulsa's Black History Saturday School
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Ribbon cutting at Tulsa's EduRec Youth Center for Black History Saturdays. , Credit: Credit: Black History Saturdays
When Oklahoma passed a law limiting discussion of race in classrooms, Tulsa activist Kristi Williams rallied the community to create Black History ...

Bought by KMUN, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, WXDU, and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Feb 06, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
Civics 101: The True Story Of Reconstruction
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Civics 101
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Reconstruction has long been taught as a lost cause narrative. We talk about what that narrative leaves out.

  • Added: Jan 09, 2024
  • Length: 51:30
The Georgia Way: Strategies that Work for Winning Elections
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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What happened in Georgia in 2020? The election of two Democrats to the Senate from that state handed the presidency to Joe Biden and control of Con...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KWMR, RadioFreePalmer, RadioStPete Florida, KMUN and more


  • Added: Oct 26, 2022
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 7
World in Progress 06/16/2022
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: World in Progress: Global Development Issues ~ from DW
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This week on the show: The remnants of slavery - June 19th or Juneteenth is the day where the US commemorates the end of slavery. Dealing with...

Bought by WVTF and KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio)


  • Added: Jun 17, 2022
  • Length: 24:29
  • Purchases: 2
In Junction
From: WGTE Public Media
Series: The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor
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Today we're headed to the Junction neighborhood in Toledo, Ohio to talk to Alicia Smith. She's the executive director of The Junction Coalition, a ...

  • Added: Jun 01, 2021
  • Length: 06:13
Episode 158: "If it ever happens, run."
From: Criminal
Series: Criminal
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“What I recall most is the way that she grabbed my wrist and, shaking a bit, she said over and over again, ‘If it happens, run. Don’t let that happ...

  • Added: Apr 13, 2021
  • Length: 33:08
National Writers Series: Steve Luxenberg
From: Interlochen Public Radio
Series: National Writers Series: Season Three
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Interlochen Public Radio Morning Edition host Dan Wanschura talks with journalist and author Steve Luxenberg.

Bought by WCMU Michigan and WKAR


  • Added: Feb 27, 2020
  • Length: 54:30
  • Purchases: 2
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
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
Can Marijuana Create a Path to Justice?
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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The fight to legalize marijuana has never been easy, as evidenced by the recent collapse of months-long efforts in New Jersey and New York. A key i...

Bought by KDNK


  • Added: Apr 04, 2019
  • Length: 28:00
  • 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
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
Slaves Waiting For Sale (Hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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How one particular painting of slaves waiting for sale changed things at the outbreak of the American Civil War; What was the real reason many Unio...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WTJU, WMUU-LP, KEDT, WAMC Northeast Public Radio and more


  • Added: Jun 17, 2016
  • Length: 53:56
  • Purchases: 6
Makalah's Trayvon Martin Piece
From: Youth Spin - KOOP 91.7 FM
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Check out Makalah's piece about the Trayvon Martin vigil she attended last week. She talks about her experience and asks citizens about their view ...

  • Added: Jul 27, 2013
  • Length: 04:52
The Dream Before the Dream: Detroit, 1963
From: Zak Rosen
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On June 23, 1963, labor and church leaders organized tens of thousands of people in Detroit for the Great March to Freedom. Dr. Martin Luther King ...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, WABE, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 22, 2013
  • Length: 07:18
  • Purchases: 3
WorldCanvass: The Rupture of Civil War
From: Joan Kjaer
Series: WorldCanvass
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Historical perspective on the Civil War and its effect on average Americans.

  • Added: Feb 09, 2013
  • Length: 01:51:07
AVR Larry Tye- Satchel: The Life and Times of an American Legend
From: Chris Goldstein
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Author/Journalist Larry Tye interviews on his new book Satchel. This is the first comprehensive biography of perhaps the best pitcher in baseball h...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio and KSFR


  • Added: Jun 24, 2009
  • Length: 29:28
  • Purchases: 2