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National Book Award winner James McBride looks at the Godfather of Soul, James Brown.
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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McBride’s latest book looks to understand what shaped James Brown-- one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century.

Bought by WABE and WMUU-LP


  • Added: May 18, 2016
  • Length: 28:29
  • Purchases: 2
Prince-The Early Years in Minneapolis
From: Paul Metsa
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1st segment: Pepe Willie (the man who discovered Prince) is interviewed. 2nd Segment: Chris Moon (the man who gave the keys to his studio) is inte...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: May 06, 2016
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 1
Fresh Talk: Sanford Biggers
From: Cathy Byrd
Series: Fresh Art International
Caption: Sanford Biggers, Credit: Alexander Stein
American artist Sanford Biggers talks about what inspires him to radically alter old quilts and African sculptures.

  • Added: May 05, 2016
  • Length: 10:13
Where Game of Thrones Begins (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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-The medieval roots of "Game of Thrones" -Shakespeare and the Muslim characters in his play. -The question of "highbrow" vs. "lowbrow" in art and l...

Bought by WCNY, KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, WRST-FM Oshkosh, WMUU-LP, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and more


  • Added: Apr 07, 2016
  • Length: 53:57
  • Purchases: 9
Where Game of Thrones Begins (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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-The medieval roots of "Game of Thrones" -Shakespeare and the Muslim characters in this plays. And more….

Bought by WJCT, Harford Community Radio, WABE, WYAP, KVSC and more


  • Added: Apr 07, 2016
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 10
Dr. Johnnetta Cole, Director of the Museum of African Art, is a force to be reckoned with
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Dr. Johnnetta Cole, Credit: Jessica Suworoff, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution
Johnnetta Cole remembers when she wasn't allowed in museums because of segregation, and that informs her determination to inspire a love of art mu...

Bought by WMUU-LP and WNJR


  • Added: Mar 24, 2016
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 2
Meet the brilliant and pioneering soprano Martina Arroyo
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Martina Arroyo, Credit: Marty Umans
To celebrate Women’s History Month, Art Works presents a 2010 interview with the great Martina Arroyo. We salute Martina Arroyo for her brilliant v...

Bought by WMUU-LP, WNJR, and KPIP-LP


  • Added: Mar 10, 2016
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 3
Playwright Kirsten Greenidge keeps it real
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Playwright Kirsten Greenidge
In her new work Baltimore, playwright Kirsten Greenidge grapples with the issue of race on college campuses.

Bought by WABE, WMUU-LP, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., and WNJR


  • Added: Mar 04, 2016
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 4
Jazz Master Archie Shepp-- A Life in Music
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Archie Shepp: I Hear the Sound, Credit: Created by WOZNIAK
Archie Shepp shares his musical biography—and his thoughts about the legacy of African-American music.

Bought by KMUW, WMUU-LP, WNJR, and KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: Mar 02, 2016
  • Length: 28:29
  • Purchases: 4
Meet The Twin Poets Laureate of Delaware!
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Nnamdi Chukwuocha and Albert Mills
Poets and social workers, Nnamdi Chukwuocha and Albert Mills' primary audience have been Wilmington’s under served children.

Bought by WMUU-LP, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., and WNJR


  • Added: Feb 19, 2016
  • Length: 28:29
  • Purchases: 3
The Life of Arthur Ashe (Half Hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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Though he first emerged in the public consciousness as a world-class athlete, Arthur Ashe’s subsequent contributions as an author, activist, humani...

Bought by WJCT, KVSC, KKRN, and WLIW


  • Added: Feb 19, 2016
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 4
The Life of Arthur Ashe (Hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
Caption: Bogaerts, Rob / Anefo – Nationaal Archief Fotocollectie Anefo Item number 927-7839
Though he first emerged in the public consciousness as a world-class athlete, Arthur Ashe’s subsequent contributions as an author, activist, humani...

Bought by WCNY, KEDT, WRST-FM Oshkosh, WMUU-LP, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and more


  • Added: Feb 19, 2016
  • Length: 53:56
  • Purchases: 7
Cultural Critic Rashod Ollison on music and memories
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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In his memoir Soul Serenade, Rashod Ollison describes how music was a lifeline during a difficult upbringing.

Bought by WMUU-LP, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., and WNJR


  • Added: Feb 16, 2016
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 3
Sheer Good Fortune (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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An interview with, and tribute to, Nobel Laureate Toni Morrison. Also: The Civil Rights Movement and television. Plus: the singer Odetta.

Bought by WCNY, KEDT, WRST-FM Oshkosh, WMUU-LP, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and more


  • Added: Feb 12, 2016
  • Length: 53:57
  • Purchases: 7
Playwright Lynn Nottage unmasks the cost of industrial decline in Sweat
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Scene from Sweat, Credit: C. Stanley Photography
In her new play, Sweat, Lynn Nottage gives voice to the human cost of workers without work.

Bought by WMUU-LP, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., and WNJR


  • Added: Feb 05, 2016
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 3
Rock and Roll in Black and White (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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-Rock and Roll started out as an interracial forum, but Slate’s pop critic Jack Hamilton says rock turned into a predominantly white music genre, a...

Bought by WCNY, WXDU, KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), KMUD and more


  • Added: Feb 05, 2016
  • Length: 53:56
  • Purchases: 10
Rock and Roll in Black and White (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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-Rock and roll tarted out as an interracial forum, but Slate’s pop critic Jack Hamilton says rock turned into a predominantly white music genre. -I...

Bought by WJCT, WABE, KRZA, KVSC, WLIW and more


  • Added: Feb 05, 2016
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 7
Sheer Good Fortune: Celebrating Toni Morrison
From: With Good Reason
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Renowned writers, singers, and poets, including Maya Angelou and Nikki Giovanni, paid tribute to Nobel Laureate Toni Morrison with an extravaganza ...

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


  • Added: Jan 27, 2016
  • Length: 53:57
  • Purchases: 7
Sheer Good Fortune: Celebrating Toni Morrison
From: With Good Reason
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Renowned writers, singers, and poets, including Maya Angelou and Nikki Giovanni, paid tribute to Nobel Laureate Toni Morrison with an extravaganza ...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting, KAAD-LP, WRIR, KUAF Public Radio and more


  • Added: Jan 21, 2016
  • Length: 53:52
  • Purchases: 9
The Gospel Roots of Rock and Roll
From: With Good Reason
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Sister Rosetta Tharp electrified 1930s audiences with her singing and guitar playing. "The Godmother of Rock and Roll" influenced the music of Elvi...

Bought by KZUM, WMUH, KTNA, WCSU-FM, WSKG and more


  • Added: Jan 21, 2016
  • Length: 53:57
  • Purchases: 20
Stars for Freedom
From: With Good Reason
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The little-known story of how black actors and entertainers in Hollywood contributed their money, connections, and fame to aid the civil rights mov...

Bought by WLPR , WNSB, Morehead State Public Radio, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, Spokane Public Radio and more


  • Added: Jan 21, 2016
  • Length: 53:34
  • Purchases: 10
#22 Baratunde Thurston
From: How To Be Amazing
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Michael talks to the funny, charming and insightful Baratunde Thurston, the co-founded of Cultivated Wit and the About Race podcast, and the author...

  • Added: Jan 20, 2016
  • Length: 01:02:37
Confronting Black Jacobins: “The Cannibals of the Terrible Republic”
From: WFHB
Series: Interchange
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Historian and prolific author Gerald Horne returns to our program today to discuss his most recent book Confronting Black Jacobins: The United Stat...

  • Added: Jan 05, 2016
  • Length: 58:01
The Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians: 50 years and still going strong
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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A half-century of musical innovation and self-determination, told by AACM co-founder (currently AACM-New York president) and 2010 NEA Jazz Master M...

Bought by XRAY.fm, WMUU-LP, and KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: Dec 23, 2015
  • Length: 28:28
  • Purchases: 3
Health in the Heart and Mind (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Sudden death in young people is rare, but through early detection of inherited heart conditions, better precautions can be taken. Plus, HIV infecti...

Bought by KTSW 89.9, WCNY, KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WMUU-LP and more


  • Added: Dec 04, 2015
  • Length: 53:56
  • Purchases: 6