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Ancestral Dreaming with Stephanie R Burns, PhD
From: Katherine Bell
Series: The Dream Journal
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Connecting with our ancestors through dreaming, an interview with Dr. Stephanie R. Burns. We can choose to communicate only with benevolent ancesto...

  • Added: Apr 09, 2024
  • Length: 53:32
America's Black Capital
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Cover of the book, "America's Black Capital", Credit: Hachette Book Group
On this week's episode, we speak with Dr. Jeffrey O.G. Ogbar about his latest book, “America's Black Capital: How African Americans Remade Atlanta ...

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


  • Added: Apr 08, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
The Story Of The First African American Face Transplant
From: Connecticut Public (WNPR)
Series: Audacious with Chion Wolf
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There have been fewer than 50 full face transplant recipients in the world. And up until 2019, there had been zero done for African-Americans. Toda...

  • Added: Mar 29, 2024
  • Length: 50:00
"Black History Month Special" with Tracy K. Smith, Saeed Jones, and Meklit
From: Live Wire! Radio
Series: Live Wire Specials
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This Black History Month special episode features the 22nd U.S. Poet Laureate Tracy K. Smith, writer and poet Saeed Jones, and music from singer-so...

Bought by KUT, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, WLPR , WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KUPR low power FM and more


  • Added: Jan 23, 2024
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 11
The Afro-Feminine Coming Alive with Akinke Lucas
From: Katherine Bell
Series: The Dream Journal
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Katherine of The Dream Journal speaks with Akinke Lucas about dreaming ourselves whole. Ancestral dreaming involves learning how to distinguish bet...

  • Added: Oct 30, 2023
  • Length: 54:52
SPECIAL ISeeU EPISODE: MLK Day- Seeing (Me) Is Believing with author Tami Charles
From: I See U with Eddie Robinson
Series: I SEE U with Eddie Robinson Specials
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When Tami Charles’ son was in kindergarten, he asked her: “If Dr. King was such a good guy who wanted all these wonderful things for everyone, Momm...

Bought by Oregon Public Broadcasting, WRKF, RadioStPete Florida, Wyoming Public Radio, WUWM and more


  • Added: Oct 17, 2023
  • Length: 53:30
  • Purchases: 14
Dreaming with, about, and for the Ancestors with Stephanie Burns, PhD
From: Katherine Bell
Series: The Dream Journal
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Connecting with our ancestors. Our guest Stephanie R. Burns starts by describing her all-inclusive view of ancestors which is far vaster than our b...

  • Added: Sep 04, 2023
  • Length: 53:37
StoryCorps Griot: Jarie Bradley and Menaja Obinali
From: StoryCorps
Caption: Jarie Bradley and Menaja Obinali at their first StoryCorps interview in Dallas, Texas on December 13, 2014., Credit: By Callie Thuma for StoryCorps.
Jarie Bradley reflects with her aunt, Menaja Obinali, on the lessons she’s learned in their decades-long friendship.

Bought by Allegheny Mountain Radio


  • Added: Jun 26, 2023
  • Length: 03:07
  • Purchases: 1
Detroit Hives: Honey Bee Farms as Urban Revitalization - EcoJustice Radio
From: Jack Eidt
Series: EcoJustice Radio
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Urban beekeeping is forging new paths in Detroit. Nicole Lindsey and Timothy Paule Jackson of Detroit Hives are generating a lot of buzz working to...

Bought by KTSW 89.9 and WFHB


  • Added: May 09, 2022
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 2
Meet the BIPOC Press- Ibram X. Kendi: How to Make America Antiracist?
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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The fight over what can and can’t be taught in schools is shaping up to be one of the most controversial issues in a pivotal mid-term election year...

Bought by WGBH Radio Boston, KWMR, RadioFreePalmer, KDNK, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle and more


  • Added: Apr 27, 2022
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 8
RDD: Leila's Promise
From: WGTE Public Media
Series: The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor
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Meet the youngest guest of The Rough Draft Diaries, 9-year-old Leila and her non-profit Leila's Promise. An organization that looks to empower and ...

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: Mar 28, 2022
  • Length: 06:09
  • Purchases: 1
National Writers Series: Dax-Devlon Ross and Susie Yang
From: Interlochen Public Radio
Series: National Writers Series: Season Three
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Discussions with authors Dax-Devlon Ross ("Letters to My White Male Friends") and Susie Yang ("White Ivy").

Bought by Michigan Radio and WKAR


  • Added: Aug 28, 2021
  • Length: 54:30
  • Purchases: 2
Ep. 451: Matthew Gavin Frank, Davy Rothbart & Cheryl Sanford, Andrew Bird & Jimbo Mathus, 3/5/2021
From: Live Wire! Radio
Series: Live Wire
Caption: Davy Rothbart & Cheryl Sanford
This episode features writer Matthew Gavin Frank, filmmaker Davy Rothbart & his subject Cheryl Sanford of the documentary film "17 Blocks," and mus...

  • Added: Mar 04, 2021
  • Length: 58:59
Ep. 450: Kevin Young, Ibtihaj Muhammad, Clyde W. Ford, and Amythyst Kiah, 2/26/2021
From: Live Wire! Radio
Series: Live Wire
Caption: Amythyst Kiah
In celebration of Black History Month, this episode features poet Kevin Young, groundbreaking Olympic fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad, writer and historian...

  • Added: Feb 25, 2021
  • Length: 59:01
"Black History Month Special" with Kevin Young, Ibtihaj Muhammad, Clyde W. Ford, and Amthyst Kiah
From: Live Wire! Radio
Series: Live Wire Specials
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In celebration of Black History Month, this special episode features poet Kevin Young, groundbreaking Olympic fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad, writer and h...

  • Added: Feb 22, 2021
  • Length: 59:01
Writer Sharon G. Flake Highlights Human Trafficking and Survivors in "The Skin I'm In"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: What We're Reading
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Tammy Bobrowsky talks with young adult writer Sharon G. Flake. Her new novel is called "The Life I’m In", it’s the story of a young woman trapped i...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Feb 20, 2021
  • Length: 16:38
  • Purchases: 1
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
Ants, Ants, Revolution
From: Emily T Griffiths
Series: Device
Caption: Cover art by Alex Wild (www.alexanderwild.com): Argentine ants (Linepithema humile), an aggressive pest species introduced by human commerce to California, attack a native Pogonomyrmex harvester ant. Native ants in many places around the world have disapp, Credit: Alex Wild
Kingsolver takes us to 1950s Belgian Congo via the Prices, a missionary family. David Holway from UCSD gives us the rundown on local ant species wh...

  • Added: Oct 04, 2019
  • Length: 22:44
The Untold Story of the Martin Luther King Jr. Breakfast at St. Cloud State University with ISAIAH Members Pastor James Alberts and Justin Lewandowski
From: KVSC
Series: Untold Stories of Central Minnesota
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In this timely installment of the Untold Stories of Central Minnesota, Arts & Cultural Heritage producer Jeff Carmack talks about the Martin Luther...

  • Added: Jun 26, 2018
  • Length: 30:45
The Hampton Years
From: WIL LAVEIST
Series: The Wil LaVeist Show
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Playwright Jacqueline E. Lawton explores the education of famous artists John Biggers and Samella Lewis.

  • Added: Jan 19, 2018
  • Length: 50:20
Mocha Moms & Marion Barry
From: WIL LAVEIST
Series: The Wil LaVeist Show
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Changing the negative image of the African American male and a tribute to Marion Barry.

  • Added: Jan 19, 2018
  • Length: 54:24
Storyteller Oba William King and Samson Longtin
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Area Voices
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We talk with Samson Longtin, Business Equity Liaison of the Arrowhead Economic Opportunity Agency and renowned poetic storyteller, Oba William King...

  • Added: May 26, 2016
  • Length: 16:28
Conversations with Julian Bond
From: With Good Reason
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The late Julian Bond conducted 51 extensive interviews with prominent black leaders in America. Phyllis Leffler who led the project with Bond, has ...

Bought by WLPR , WNSB, KISA Digital Studios, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi) and more


  • Added: Jan 21, 2016
  • Length: 53:58
  • Purchases: 9
The Scholar Denied
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Aldon D. Morris
Before Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech, he had to announce the death of W.E.B. Du Bois. The crowd fell into tears.

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Jan 20, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
America the Beautiful (Half Hour Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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In honor of Independence Day, a former radio DJ joins us to play a selection of patriotic songs sung by African Americans. (And more...)

Bought by KZYX, WJCT, WVAS, WNMU-FM, KHNS and more


  • Added: Jun 03, 2015
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 11