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"Race correction" is a practice based on the premise that Black bodies are inherently different from White bodies. Medical students are trying to c...
- Added: May 15, 2023
- Length: 48:57
In early January, Medicare took an unprecedented step to restrict patients’ access to the first new treatment for Alzheimer’s disease in nearly 20 ...
- Added: Jan 20, 2022
- Length: 22:47
Our work in the correctional facilities in New York City didn't stop during the pandemic. We talked with the Justice Initiatives team at BPL to hea...
- Added: Jan 20, 2021
- Length: 26:38
Like many low-wage immigrant workers in Los Angeles, Aleja "Lee" Plaza spends her days taking care of the elderly — emptying bedpans, giving sponge...
- Added: Jul 27, 2019
- Length: 07:35
Texans across the state and across the political divide agree: public school funding needs fixing. What that means exactly, however, is tricky. In ...
- Added: Mar 12, 2019
- Length: 41:58
There is no chocolate industry without Africa. African cocoa is bountiful and painful, cyclical and dynamic. In this episode, we get two snapshots ...
- Added: May 19, 2017
- Length: 42:08
Hold on Tightly! We discuss Exciting Wine Art and teach you the Secrets for not staining your Teeth with Red Wine! An informational & mirthful sh...
- Added: Jan 23, 2017
- Length: 01:00:00
Ethiopia is said to be the birthplace of coffee, and this aromatic elixir continues to be an important part its culture. KFAI’s Allison Herrera met...
- Added: Jan 28, 2015
- Length: 05:29
In 1964, Congress had a noteworthy Civil Rights Bill before it. But Southern Democrats, supporters of Jim Crow laws, were pushing a filibuster to k...
- Added: Dec 06, 2014
- Length: 04:55
Minnesota is known as the land of 10,000 lakes. And yet for people of color who enjoy the outdoors, exploring Minnesota's wilderness spaces can be ...
- Added: Nov 04, 2014
- Length: 05:16
Organizing the Maine Lobstering Union
- Added: Aug 19, 2014
- Length: 06:59
- Purchases: 2
Randall Coleman and I talk about the impact video game communities have on the development of new titles.
- Added: Mar 22, 2014
- Length: 08:35
Lupita Espinoza can often be seen pushing a stroller up one of those steep San Francisco hills that many of us try to avoid. She can’t avoid it, th...
- Added: Mar 12, 2014
- Length: 09:01
A small group of Mainers is working hard to revitalize and modernize their local grange, while holding onto traditions that date back to the 1800s.
- Added: Dec 23, 2013
- Length: 05:44
Ghana has long been a special place for the African American diaspora. For many, "roots tourism" is a rite of passage. But in the early 90s, the We...
Bought by XRAY.fm
- Added: Dec 14, 2013
- Length: 11:13
- Purchases: 1
The Federal Writers Project in West Virginia, and the battle to tell the TRUE story of the state's history.
- Added: Jan 14, 2013
- Length: 06:12
In the next hour, you’ll hear an exclusive interview in which America’s most famous opponent of same-sex marriage announces that he has changed his...
- Added: Jun 22, 2012
- Length: 44:26
The story of one man's quest to harness the power of the tide, and why now, nearly 100 years later, the quest continues.
Bought by SALTcast Podcast
- Added: Jun 03, 2010
- Length: 11:23
- Purchases: 1
Marty Walsh of Boston's Geekhouse Bicycles received $70,000 in state-monitored federal money in November. Geekhouse is thriving, giving listeners ...
Bought by The Neighborhood
- Added: Mar 04, 2009
- Length: 03:36
- Purchases: 1
This is an in depth look at one of the many charter schools opening this fall in New Orleans
- Added: Sep 04, 2007
- Length: 12:59
From: Deborah Van Fleet
Johnny, "The Jet" Rodgers, Heisman '72, honors another pioneer Nebraska athlete, Marion Hudson, and talks about the importance of black communities...
- Added: Feb 14, 2007
- Length: 04:31
- Purchases: 2
A community chorus from rural Maine finds solace and joy in performing a piece of sacred music for the Russian Orthodox Church.
Bought by Here and Now
- Added: May 02, 2006
- Length: 07:53
- Purchases: 1
Every year, Vermont citizens gather at their annual town meetings in a remarkable showing of democracy. Experience this moving example of grassroot...
Bought by KQED, KTNA, and Connecticut Public (WNPR)
- Added: Mar 02, 2006
- Length: 58:30
- Purchases: 3
The challenge of reconstruction and especially housing in Sri Lanka one year after the tsunami has far-reaching consequences for the future of tour...
Bought by Internet Partnership Radio
- Added: Jan 26, 2006
- Length: 29:30
- Purchases: 1
Explores the difficult subject, in four segments, of preparing simultaneously for a baby's birth and for a baby's death. Includes perspectives of...
- Added: Oct 27, 2005
- Length: 28:28
