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Now in its third iteration, the city-wide international art exhibition known as Prospect New Orleans is beginning to feel at home. This Fresh Talk ...

  • Added: Nov 20, 2014
  • Length: 09:26
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Tonight’s program seeks to shine a light first on what’s been called the “militarization” of police across the country due to something like a fede...

  • Added: Aug 26, 2014
  • Length: 57:53
Caption: Main house on Laura Plantation, Credit: Tonya Fitzpatrick
Take a tour with World Footprints on the famed Laura Plantation with a descendant of the historical Locoul family. Walk through New Orleans famed ...

Bought by KISA Digital Studios


  • Added: May 21, 2014
  • Length: 59:58
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Enslaved people in sugarcane field
This is the newest version of a captivating account of how slavery fueled the unique American form of Capitalism.

  • Added: Mar 10, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
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This debut novel opens up in west Africa with a death and is a portrait of a modern family. Listen in for Taiye’s timely comments on the biggest m...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: May 03, 2013
  • Length: 09:56
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Passing Notes
Doug Seroff, co-author of a book about some of the most popular songs of the ragtime era, talks about his part in writing the comprehensive study '...

  • Added: Feb 22, 2013
  • Length: 05:00
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Media and TV critic for the Tampa Bay Times explains how the media wields dangerous words to divide a nation in his new book, 'Race-Baiter.'

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 04, 2013
  • Length: 05:20
  • Purchases: 1
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Singer Jacqui Sutton talks about the long road to a new sound -- Frontier Jazz -- as well as her band and some of the songs on her new album.

  • Added: Feb 04, 2013
  • Length: 05:15
Caption: Passing Notes
Photojournalist and serious jazz fan John McCusker finds that he's the person to end up writing a first-rate biography of Kid Ory, a more important...

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  • Added: Feb 03, 2013
  • Length: 05:10
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Kesha Bruce, Credit: Courtesy the artist
Artist, curator, art consultant and Fresh Rx contributor, Kesha Bruce talks to Cathy Byrd about her creative platforms and offers advice to artists.

  • Added: Jan 14, 2013
  • Length: 15:58
Caption: Host/Producer, Credit: Steve Edwards
A Twist of Soul , Funk and Civil Rights is the story of Edition 6 of The Steve Edwards Soul Show. It is a musical tribute the the artists that laid...

  • Added: Apr 05, 2012
  • Length: 59:02
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Former U.S. Poet Laureate Rita Dove talks about her writing with a focus on her most recent book of poems, Sonata Mullatica. [30:44]

Bought by KPIP-LP and WABE


  • Added: Feb 29, 2012
  • Length: 30:45
  • Purchases: 2
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This is a music program honoring the history of the African American soldier through song. The program includes three individual sets, and includ...

Bought by WCVE, WEMU, WJAB, WJSU, WNMU-FM and more


  • Added: Feb 05, 2012
  • Length: 50:18
  • Purchases: 8
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A look at struggling steel bands in the Flatbush area of Brooklyn

  • Added: Aug 25, 2011
  • Length: 06:47
Caption: (Left to right): Dennis Burke, Keni Burke, Jerome Bailey, Alohe Burke, Clarence Burke, Sr. , Clarence Burke, Jr., James Burke III , Credit: Buddah Records 1971 album "The Stairsteps"
This is the story of THE FIVE STAIRSTEPS from an original member Dennis Burke. He tells her story and discusses her life in a rare interview.

  • Added: Jul 26, 2011
  • Length: 52:41
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THESE AMAZING SHADOWS -- Filmmakers Paul Mariano and Kurt Norton talk The National Film Registry, censorship, and THE BIRTH OF A NATION.

  • Added: May 09, 2011
  • Length: 19:25
Caption: The Meters , Credit: www.sundazed.com/
Leo Nocentelli is the legendary guitarist from the New Orleans group THE METERS. On this broadcast of THE FUNK SHOW he talks about his history and ...

Bought by WVAS


  • Added: Mar 30, 2011
  • Length: 56:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Leo Nocentelli, Credit: http://www.nocentelli.com/
Leo Nocentelli is the legendary guitarist from the New Orleans group THE METERS. On this broadcast of THE FUNK SHOW he talks about his history and ...

  • Added: Mar 30, 2011
  • Length: 01:09:14
Caption: Chee Chee & Peppy circa 1972
"CHEE CHEE & PEPPY" was a pre-teen / teenage R&B act of the early 1970's. They were a cross between MARVIN GAYE & TAMMI TERRELL and PEACHES and HER...

  • Added: Mar 28, 2011
  • Length: 58:36
Caption: elva Davis (right) interviewing Coretta Scott King., Credit: Courtesy of Belva Davis
In 1964, the Republican Party was holding its convention in San Francisco. Barry Goldwater was running for president. President Johnson had recentl...

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  • Added: Mar 06, 2011
  • Length: 07:56
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: The Lowrider Band (Harold Brown & Howard Scott), Credit: http://www.lowriderband.com/
Howard Scott and Harold Brown, who now tour as THE LOW RIDER BAND are two original members of the band WAR. They both tell their story about their ...

Bought by Prairie Public, WJAB, and WVAS


  • Added: Oct 06, 2009
  • Length: 57:27
  • Purchases: 3
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Dallas-based singer's latest video speaks to the enduring popularity of vinyl records.

  • Added: Mar 06, 2008
  • Length: 04:01
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Poets Nikki Giovanni and Lucinda Roy discuss their roles as African American poets in contemporary America and share personal visions of the "Middl...

Bought by KPVL and WCSU-FM


  • Added: Apr 06, 2005
  • Length: 29:51
  • Purchases: 2