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Jehmu Greene on Good Citizen
From: Madison Brown
Series: Good Citizen with Ted Roosevelt V
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Jehmu Greene encourages us to listen intentionally and have uncomfortable conversations. She was a progressive Political Analyst at FOX News for ov...

  • Added: Apr 24, 2024
  • Length: 30:56
(December 27, 2023 Re-Air) Jubilee Justice Black Farmers' Rice Project: Tackling Racism & Rice
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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A bold experiment is taking place among Black farmers in the Southeast — a story of hope in an area with a history of plantation slavery, land thef...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KDNK, KWMR, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, and WNYE


  • Added: Dec 15, 2023
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 5
The Success of Guaranteed Income: Cash Relief for Black Moms (August 30, 2023 release)
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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This year, Mother’s Day, May 14th coincides with the formal end of the National Covid-19 Emergency. Poor parents will be taking a hit — but Guarant...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KMUN, KDNK, KWMR, WNYE and more


  • Added: Aug 11, 2023
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 7
Gail Myers, Ph.D,, creator and director of the multimedia documentary film project, Rhythms of the Land: A Love Story of Land and Family
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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Did you know that Black farmers faced grave injustices, racist policies and land loss while attempting to feed their families and communities? Join...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Feb 09, 2023
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Georgia Way: Strategies that Work for Winning Elections
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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What happened in Georgia in 2020? The election of two Democrats to the Senate from that state handed the presidency to Joe Biden and control of Con...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KWMR, RadioFreePalmer, RadioStPete Florida, KMUN and more


  • Added: Oct 26, 2022
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 7
EE 22-32: Black farmers in the Midwest look to history for inspiration moving forward, 8/5/2022
From: WFIU
Series: Earth Eats
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Hear stories from Black farmers in Ohio, and Ojibwe wild rice traditions in Minnesota.

  • Added: Aug 04, 2022
  • Length: 54:00
Willie Tyler (Laugh-In, Motorcity Revue, Hello Dummy) – Under The Puppet #55
From: Grant Baciocco
Series: Under The Puppet
Caption: Willie Tyler & Lester, Credit: Willie Tyler & Lester
Willie Tyler is a ventriloquist who, along with his partner Lester, has been making a living in show business since the 1960s when he was hired as ...

  • Added: Aug 02, 2022
  • Length: 35:53
Collective Real Estate: Land Without Landlords?
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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Decades of discrimination have left millions of African Americans shut out of the housing market and at risk of being targeted by predatory lenders...

Bought by KDNK, KWMR, RadioFreePalmer, KMUN, RadioStPete Florida and more


  • Added: May 25, 2022
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 6
Impact Coalition
From: WGTE Public Media
Series: The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor
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Today on The Rough Draft Diaries, we talk to Stephen MacDonald, the Impact Coalition Manager at the Lucas County Family Council in Toledo-Lucas Cou...

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: Apr 04, 2022
  • Length: 06:06
  • Purchases: 1
Their name was Pauli Murray
From: Out in the Bay - Queer Radio from San Francisco
Caption: Pauli Murray circa 1931, age 21, Credit: Courtesy of Amazon Studios
Pauli Murray was a 20th century Black Queer civil rights trailblazer and legal scholar you’ve probably never heard of. On this edition of Out in th...

Bought by KALW, KVSC, KUT, and WORT


  • Added: Jan 31, 2022
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 4
Preserving African American History
From: World Footprints LLC
Caption: Martha's Vineyard Shearer Cottage Guests is part of the African American Heritage Trail, Credit: Courtesy Lee van Allen/Shearer Family
How should we think about history when there's nothing to support a narrative?

  • Added: Jul 27, 2021
  • Length: 30:00
Jason Berry: Sleuth
From: Music Inside Out
Series: Music Inside Out
Caption: Jason Berry
Journalist, author and documentary filmmaker Jason Berry joins Gwen with fascinating stories and characters populating New Orleans’ cultural and mu...

  • Added: Jun 04, 2021
  • Length: 52:00
BIPOC Journalists On Covering COVID and Racism
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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BIPOC journalists reflect on what it is to be veterans of two of the most devastating wars in recent history: the coronavirus pandemic and the cent...

Bought by KWMR


  • Added: May 26, 2021
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Grassroots Storytelling Solutions To Systemic Conflicts
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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On this episode of PEACE TALKS RADIO, three conversations about community storytelling. If listening is an act of love, then storytelling could be...

Bought by Morehead State Public Radio and WRGY


  • Added: Mar 25, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
"Wilkerson, Isabel — America’s Great Migration: 1915-1970 Part One"
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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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: Mar 04, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
Rescuing the Hidden History of a Free Black Brotherhood
From: World Footprints LLC
Caption: Cover of Economy Hall
Join us as author Fatima Shaik uncovers the hidden history of a free Black brotherhood that was almost lost forever.

  • Added: Feb 21, 2021
  • Length: 24:52
Kevin Clash (Muppets, Sesame Street, Dark Crystal, Earth To Ned) - Under The Puppet #52
From: Grant Baciocco
Series: Under The Puppet
Caption: Kevin Clash, Credit: Kevin Clash
Kevin Clash made Sesame Street’s Elmo the global phenomenon he is today.  He worked with The Muppets starring as Clifford, who went on to host Mupp...

  • Added: Feb 16, 2021
  • Length: 01:34:21
RDD: Toledo's Gambit
From: WGTE Public Media
Series: The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor
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We're talking about chess on this week's episode of The Rough Draft Diaries! We'll join Warren Woodberry, the founder of multiple award-winning aft...

  • Added: Feb 16, 2021
  • Length: 06:04
Family RV Travel
From: World Footprints LLC
Caption: Monet Hambrick with her husband, children and parents in Nevada, Credit: Monet Hambrick
Monet joined World Footprints to answer questions about RV travel and share some lessons and the joys of multi-generational family travel. She also...

  • Added: Nov 06, 2020
  • Length: 28:31
Monica M. White Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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Did you know that “urban agriculture” is not new? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and registered dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn, for her interview with ...

Bought by KVMR and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Sep 17, 2020
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 2
Susan Carlson Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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Did you know that that the long-chain fatty acid, DHA, can significantly reduce preterm birth, and that African American women are more prone to pr...

Bought by KVMR and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Aug 06, 2020
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 2
Donna Battle Pierce Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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Did you know that African Americans were purposely left out of recorded history, resulting in lost wisdom and dignity? Join Food Sleuth Radio host,...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Jul 30, 2020
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Musical Manifesto vs. Contested Monument
From: Cathy Byrd
Series: Fresh Art International
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We hear from artist william cordova about the 2014 documentary "silent parade," featuring the New Orleans band, The Soul Rebels, who faced off Robe...

  • Added: Jul 16, 2020
  • Length: 19:45
88-01: Why Rosie the Riveter is "Not My Icon” - Betty Reid Soskin, National Park Service
From: KALW
Series: Inflection Point with Lauren Schiller
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For the past decade, now 98-year-old Betty Reid Soskin has served as the nation’s oldest Park Ranger, where she gives talks at the Rosie the Rivete...

Bought by WJCT, RadioStPete Florida, WLRH, KWIT, KKRN and more


  • Added: Jun 29, 2020
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 11
86-01: "So You Want To Talk About Race" author Ijeoma Oluo
From: KALW
Series: Inflection Point with Lauren Schiller
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An awkward conversation with her white mother about “good white people” inspired Ijeoma Oluo to take on the unenviable task of writing one of the m...

Bought by WNED Buffalo, RadioStPete Florida, WCPN, KWMR, KWIT and more


  • Added: Jun 22, 2020
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 10