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Musician's Spotlight - Sona Jobarteh - 865
From: John Floridis
Series: Musician's Spotlight
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Singer, songwriter, composer Kora virtuoso Sona Jobarteh visits with host John Floridis on this edition of Musician's Spotlight. Sona is a master...

Bought by WMUU-LP, WVTF, and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Apr 06, 2024
  • Length: 58:31
  • Purchases: 3
Revisit Poets Tracy K. Smith and Melissa Range
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Tracy K. Smith, Credit: Rachel Eliza Griffiths
This week, the podcast is divided into two parts with one subject—poetry. Part 1 is excerpts from my 2018 interview with poet Melissa Range while p...

Bought by RADIOLEX, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., KZUM, and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 29, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
Author Danielle Evans: Dealing with History through Fiction
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Exploring complexities through short stories: a conversation with author and 2020 NEA Literature Fellow Danielle Evans

Bought by KMUN, WMPG, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., KECG and more


  • Added: Mar 04, 2024
  • Length: 29:04
  • Purchases: 7
Crime Novelist Tracy Clark’s FALL (2nd in Harriet Foster Series)
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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Tracy Clark⁠ is an award-winning author of 6 crime novels including the Cass Raines Chicago Mystery series. ⁠ FALL⁠ is her newest book and second i...

  • Added: Jan 29, 2024
  • Length: 10:35
Musician's Spotlight - Patti Nolan - 858
From: John Floridis
Series: Musician's Spotlight
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Missoula based jazz singer and song interpreter Patti Nolan joins host John Floridis for her first visit to Musician's Spotlight. Born in Seattle,...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Jan 16, 2024
  • Length: 59:14
  • Purchases: 2
Musician's Spotlight - Melody Angel - 843
From: John Floridis
Series: Musician's Spotlight
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Chicago based blues singer and guitarist Melody Angel joins host John Floridis to talk about her career, her blues pedigree (cousin of the iconic m...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Jul 03, 2023
  • Length: 58:31
  • Purchases: 2
2021 National Book Award Winner Tiya Miles Turns Her Hand to Fiction
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Tiya Miles, Credit: Stephanie Mitchell
2011 MacArthur Fellow, 2021 National Book Award winner, historian, and novelist Tiya Miles discusses how fiction and history meet in her novel.

Bought by KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KZUM, and WXAV 88.3FM Chicago


  • Added: Jun 20, 2023
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 4
Becoming Jazz Violinist Regina Carter
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Caption: Regina Carter, Credit: Bob Travis; (CC-BY-2.0)
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Woman: First of a two-part podcast with violinist and NEA Jazz Master Regina Carter

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago


  • Added: Mar 28, 2023
  • Length: 29:05
  • Purchases: 1
Presenting Art for the City of Pittsburgh
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Janis Burley Wilson, Credit: Joey Kennedy
Artistic Director Janis Burley Wilson discusses the culturally-specific multidisciplinary programming of the August Wilson African American Cultura...

Bought by KZUM, WSLR, RADIOLEX, KMUN, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago and more


  • Added: Mar 07, 2023
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 7
Philanthropy Together's Tyeshia Wilson
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Ty Wilson
Many perceive philanthropy to be the exclusive domain of the super wealthy.  Those people are apparently unaware of the efforts of this week's gues...

  • Added: Mar 01, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
Musician's Spotlight - The Suffers - 834
From: John Floridis
Series: Musician's Spotlight
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Gulf Coast Soul from the Suffers arrives to Musician's Spotlight, as singer Kam Franklin visits with host John Floridis. Kam dives deep into her Ho...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Feb 27, 2023
  • Length: 58:32
  • Purchases: 2
Conversations: Shirlene Obuobi, MD
From: The Nocturnists
Series: Conversations
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In this episode, Emily speaks with physician, artist, and author, Shirlene Obuobi about fiction as escapism, and the stories behind her debut novel...

  • Added: Dec 01, 2022
  • Length: 38:22
Disruptive Narratives With Dr. Brittany Lewis: A Conversation with Dr. Crystal M. Moten (Part 1)
From: KMOJ-FM
Series: Disruptive Narratives with Dr. Brittany Lewis
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Today in part one of a two-part episode, Dr. Lewis discusses their experiences in academia. Dr. Moten is a Black Feminist Historian who specializes...

  • Added: Sep 26, 2022
  • Length: 31:17
GOD'S COUNTRY -- Julian Higgins Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: Julian Higgins, August 23, 2022, Credit: Andrea Chase
Julian Higgins talks repeating tropes, legitimate anger, and true tragedy.

  • Added: Sep 15, 2022
  • Length: 16:22
Booktalk: Judge LaDoris Hazzard Cordell’s “HER HONOR”
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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An American retired judge of the Superior Court of California, LaDoris Hazzard Cordell was also the first black female judge in the northern part o...

  • Added: Aug 19, 2022
  • Length: 09:21
Musician's Spotlight - Brandee Younger - 815
From: John Floridis
Series: Musician's Spotlight
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Grammy Award nominated harpist and composer Brandee Younger joins host John Floridis by phone from Harlem to discuss her most recent recording "Unr...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer and WMUU-LP


  • Added: May 01, 2022
  • Length: 59:16
  • Purchases: 2
Ashleigh Gordon celebrates Black classical music.
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Ashleigh Gordon, Credit: Robert Torres Photography
Violist Ashleigh Gordon is the co-founder and artistic/executive director of Castle of our Skins—a music initiative in Boston that celebrates Black...

Bought by RADIOLEX, KZUM, and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 01, 2022
  • Length: 28:56
  • Purchases: 3
Brit Bennett's "THE VANISHING HALF"
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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Brit Bennett’s “THE VANISHING HALF”, like her first title, “The Mothers,” has been a smash hit in the world of books. ...

  • Added: Feb 18, 2022
  • Length: 09:48
Musician's Spotlight - Ruthie Foster - 808
From: John Floridis
Series: Musician's Spotlight
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Multiple Grammy Award nominee and multiple winner of several Blues Music Award Awards, singer songwriter Ruthie Foster visits with host John Florid...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Jan 17, 2022
  • Length: 59:16
  • Purchases: 2
Zakiya Dalila Harris’s “The Other Black Girl”
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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Zakiya Dalila Harris’ debut novel, "The Other Black Girl," takes readers into the corporate world of publishing where few people of color are empl...

  • Added: Dec 05, 2021
  • Length: 09:53
Aretha Franklin Lady Soul!
From: Howard Burchette
Series: Music Lecture
Caption: Aretha Now, Credit: Atlantic Catalog Group
"Lady Soul! - The Music of Aretha Franklin" is a musical view of Aretha Franklin's career with Atlantic Records.

Bought by WJCT and KAZU Seaside, Calif.


  • Added: Oct 27, 2021
  • Length: 56:46
  • Purchases: 2
Meet 2021 NEA Jazz Master Terri Lyne Carrington
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Terri Lyne Carrington, Credit: Delphine Diallo
Virtuoso drummer and 2021 NEA Jazz Master Terri Lyne Carrington talks about career and her advocacy for “jazz without patriarchy.”

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, New England Public Media, and KZUM


  • Added: Aug 20, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Part I: Niketa Calame-Harris
From: Jed Alexander
Series: "Oh! That's Who Did That Part...Huh."
Caption: Niketa Calame-Harris, Credit: Provided by Niketa Calame-Harris
My interview with actor and activist, Niketa Calame-Harris who originated the role of Young Nala in Disney's "The Lion King."

  • Added: Jun 23, 2021
  • Length: 16:07
Musician's Spotlight - Ranky Tanky Mspot Part Two - 791
From: John Floridis
Series: Musician's Spotlight
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Born in from the unique Gullah culture of the sea islands of South Carolina, Ranky Tanky bring a sumptuous blend of jazz, folk and gospel musical f...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, Ohm Radio , WMUU-LP, and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: May 09, 2021
  • Length: 29:34
  • Purchases: 4
Musician's Spotlight - Ranky Tanky Mspot Part One - 790
From: John Floridis
Series: Musician's Spotlight
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Born in from the unique Gullah culture of the sea islands of South Carolina, Ranky Tanky bring a sumptuous blend of jazz, folk and gospel musical f...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, Ohm Radio , WMUU-LP, and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: May 09, 2021
  • Length: 29:05
  • Purchases: 4