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On this week's WBB talk show, we feature two amazing women who have found solutions to some of the problems affecting the African-American community.
- Added: Oct 28, 2019
- Length: 01:00:10
In 1965, two intellectuals met at Cambridge University for a debate. The topic: “The American dream is at the expense of the American Negro.” The r...
- Added: Oct 15, 2019
- Length: 28:59
- Purchases: 3
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
Music of the pianist and composer-arranger who left his stamp on the bebop and hardbop era, as well as an interview with Dameron biographer Paul Co...
- Added: Sep 23, 2019
- Length: 59:00
In the late 1800s, North Carolina was trying to build a railway system through the Western part of the state. In December of 1882, something went w...
Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.
- Added: Sep 05, 2019
- Length: 20:27
- Purchases: 1
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...
- Added: Aug 14, 2019
- Length: 53:00
- Purchases: 9
The docks of San Francisco and Durban, South Africa – two essential locations where a commitment to black internationalism and leftist politics spa...
- Added: Jul 16, 2019
- Length: 59:01
In her new book, Carceral Capitalism, poet and scholar Jackie Wang confronts mass incarceration in the US by delving into the processes that feed i...
- Added: Jul 02, 2019
- Length: 01:03:54
- Added: Apr 10, 2019
- Length: 21:26
- Purchases: 1
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
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
One of the most respected bass guitarists in popular music, Nathan East is also a producer and writer who has collaborated with an all-star caliber...
- Added: Mar 17, 2019
- Length: :45
Recorded in front of a live audience, WMRA and James Madison University present The John Grisham Writers Hour with special guest James McBride, a N...
Bought by WCVE
- Added: Feb 28, 2019
- Length: 53:57
- Purchases: 1
This week, for Black History Month, we're talking about Moses Fleetwood Walker. Don't know who he is? Tune in to find out!
- Added: Feb 15, 2019
- Length: 06:19
Davu Seru is a north Minneapolis composer who has been influenced by experiences in Chicago and Ghana, and it all comes out in his music. Davu lead...
- Added: Feb 13, 2019
- Length: 08:00
The late Gwendolyn Brooks shaped countless writers following her long poetic career. This episode looks back on her life as the first African-Amer...
Bought by Wyoming Public Radio, WDCB, WNMU-FM, KUNM, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago and more
- Added: Feb 13, 2019
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 9
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
- Added: Jan 26, 2019
- Length: 54:30
- Purchases: 1
Today on The Woman Behind The Business® Talk Show two fearless women in business join us to share their amazing journey to conquering their persona...
- Added: Jan 17, 2019
- Length: 01:00:51
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
Herbie Nichols died in obscurity in 1963, but over the past two decades his luminous compositions have made him a celebrated figure in modern jazz....
- Added: Dec 21, 2018
- Length: 59:01
The home ownership gap continues to widen.
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Nov 27, 2018
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
Robin Barnes was born and raised in the Lower 9th Ward, shuttling between her parents’ and grandparents’ houses and singing the songs they liked to...
- Added: Nov 16, 2018
- Length: 52:00
Sunshine enthusiast Kriste Peoples is a speaker, writer and producer in Denver Colorado.
Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo.
- Added: Nov 12, 2018
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
Novelist Tayari Jones talks with fellow writer Aaron Stander about her latest book, "An American Marriage."
Bought by WKAR and WDET Detroit Public Radio
- Added: Nov 11, 2018
- Length: 54:30
- Purchases: 2
