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RDD: The Courtney Brothers - The One with Rob
From: WGTE Public Media
Series: The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor
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The story of the Courtney brothers was left incomplete. So far, you've only become acquainted with the older brother, Russ. So that can only mean o...

  • Added: Mar 14, 2016
  • Length: 06:33
A Trailer, a Temple, a Feast: Making Laos in North Carolina (Gravy Ep. 31)
From: Southern Foodways Alliance
Series: Gravy Podcast
Caption: The Pi Mai New Years Celebration in Morganton, NC, Credit: Photo by Katy Clune
Sticky rice. It may not be the first dish you expect to be served in a double-wide trailer in the mountain South, but in Morganton, North Carolina,...

Bought by WMMT, KVLU, and WABE


  • Added: Feb 12, 2016
  • Length: 29:44
  • Purchases: 3
Furious Flower: Rita Dove and Sonia Sanchez
From: With Good Reason
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Conversations with celebrated American poets Rita Dove and Sonia Sanchez.

Bought by Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), WNSB, Morehead State Public Radio, WRIR, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle and more


  • Added: Jan 21, 2016
  • Length: 53:55
  • 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
Jazz and Civil Rights
From: With Good Reason
Series: Black History Month specials
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How the personal and professional lives of musicians such as Louis Armstrong, Miles Davis, and John Coltrane were tied to the struggle for racial e...

Bought by WGTE Public Media, KMUN, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), KPSQ-LP, WCSU-FM and more


  • Added: Jan 21, 2016
  • Length: 53:51
  • Purchases: 17
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
The Scholar Denied
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Aldon D. Morris
Before Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech, he had to announce the death of W.E.B. Du Bois. The crowd fell into tears.

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Jan 20, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Waiting Game
From: Open Orchard Productions
Series: The Harvest by Open Orchard Productions
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For high school seniors, college applications are the number one priority. Every class, club, activity, sport, grade, and standardized test score w...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jan 15, 2016
  • Length: 03:45
  • Purchases: 1
Gender Fluid Generation: Evolving Gender Norms At School
From: Youth Radio
Caption: Jace McDonald,16, stands in front of his high school’s bathrooms in El Cerrito, California. Under current California law, students have the right to use the school bathroom that corresponds with their preferred gender., Credit: Teresa Chin
Young people increasingly see gender as not just limited to male and female. Youth Radio has been exploring the torchbearers of gender fluidity -- ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Dec 09, 2015
  • Length: 04:34
  • Purchases: 1
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
Life's Greatest Secret
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Professor Matthew Cobb
Everyone has heard of the story of DNA as the story of Watson and Crick and Rosalind Franklin, but knowing the structure of DNA was only a part of ...

Bought by KVSC and KCBX


  • Added: Nov 05, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Reed Farrel Coleman discusses "The Devil Wins"
From: Steven Nester
Series: Poets of the Tabloid Murder
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Reed is a three-time Edgar Award nominee in three different categories—Best Novel, Best Paperback Original, Best Short Story—and a three-time recip...

  • Added: Oct 05, 2015
  • Length: 22:07
Welcome to ‘For The Record’
From: Tim Smith
Series: For The Record
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A little something about what this show is all about.

  • Added: Sep 11, 2015
  • Length: 01:40
Snap 623: Man On A Mission, 9/10/2015
From: Snap Judgment
Series: Snap Judgment Weekly
Caption: Snap Judgment
An all-NEW Snap Judgment... "Man on a Mission." Lead, follow or get out of the way. It's amazing stories that will not be denied.

  • Added: Sep 10, 2015
  • Length: 53:57
The Yellow Wallpaper
From: Rachel Liu
Series: Anthology
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Forced to ‘rest’ for months in an old Victorian estate, a woman begins to realize something strange about the horrendous wallpaper in the nursery.

  • Added: Sep 07, 2015
  • Length: 38:06
Leanne Brown
From: Chad Dougatz
Series: Sandi Klein's Conversations with Creative Women
Caption: Leanne Brown
Kitchen skill, not budget, is the key to great food.

  • Added: Aug 20, 2015
  • Length: 30:00
Audio Revolution! MIXTAPE #5 Global Leadership Forum 2014 - Part 2
From: Littleglobe
Series: Audio Revolution!
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Part 2 of Audio Revolution MIXTAPE #5 presents more powerful stories told by youth at the Global Leadership Forum 2014 held at the United World Col...

Bought by KUNM and KRZA


  • Added: Jul 13, 2015
  • Length: 27:55
  • Purchases: 2
Snap 615: Caught Up, 6/18/2015
From: Snap Judgment
Series: Snap Judgment Weekly
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On the next all-NEW Snap, “Caught up.” You might think that you make your own decisions, you go your own way, forge your own path, but you look up ...

  • Added: Jun 18, 2015
  • Length: 53:57
My Body, My Choice
From: Open Orchard Productions
Series: The Harvest by Open Orchard Productions
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Katia Hauser explores the intricacies of teenagers having the legal right to make their own medical decisions.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 06, 2015
  • Length: 02:44
  • Purchases: 1
America the Beautiful (Half Hour Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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In honor of Independence Day, a former radio DJ joins us to play a selection of patriotic songs sung by African Americans. (And more...)

Bought by KZYX, WJCT, WVAS, WNMU-FM, KHNS and more


  • Added: Jun 03, 2015
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 11
America the Beautiful (Hour Long Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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This stirring hour show of American music and literature begins with patriotic musical performances by the likes of Marian Anderson, Paul Robeson, ...

Bought by WVTF, Mississippi Public Broadcasting, KHNS, WUTC, WVTF and more


  • Added: Jun 03, 2015
  • Length: 53:56
  • Purchases: 38
Schools Serving Students Dinner
From: Open Orchard Productions
Series: The Harvest by Open Orchard Productions
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Los Angeles County's poverty line is almost at 20%, and the majority of these households have children. The Los Angeles Unified School District (LA...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 01, 2015
  • Length: 03:45
  • Purchases: 2
Snap505: The Pact, 5/28/2015
From: Snap Judgment
Series: Snap Judgment Weekly
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Some people will say they're going to do something, but when you look another person in the eye and vow that it will happen... You've gone to anoth...

  • Added: May 28, 2015
  • Length: 53:57
The Rough Draft Diaries EP 5, Koop’s Nine Months
From: Haley Taylor
Series: The Rough Draft Diaries
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After graduation, getting a job is a necessity, getting a job you love is a luxury, and learning to be happy in either is the challenge. In this ep...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: May 11, 2015
  • Length: 03:57
  • Purchases: 1

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