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Why Black San Franciscans Are Fighting for Reparations
From: KSFP
Series: Civic
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San Francisco is considering reparations for Black San Franciscans. To understand why advocates are pushing for reparations in the city, we dive de...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida and KALW


  • Added: Jun 15, 2023
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 2
The African Burial Ground
From: Distillations
Series: Innate
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Is it possible to study human remains ethically?

  • Added: May 15, 2023
  • Length: 44:44
Honor, Hope and Healing Monday Special - Bonus Segment
From: John Floridis
Series: Montana Public Radio Special Programs - Related to Musician's Spotlight
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A bonus segment to follow Montana Public Radio's Honor, Hope and Healing Monday Music Special program. This feature highlights the music of Charlie...

  • Added: Dec 15, 2020
  • Length: 10:55
How are the record number of people returning from Louisiana prisons making their way in the world?
From: Eve Abrams
Series: Unprisoned
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Season 1, Episode 14 Here’s what it’s like when you’re released from prison. You’re given a $20 debit card and a bus ride home. You need housing, ...

  • Added: Jul 29, 2020
  • Length: 09:21
What does "adult" mean in the eyes of the law? In Louisiana, many work to change the answer.
From: Eve Abrams
Series: Unprisoned
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Season 1, Episode 11 The legal system operates very differently for juveniles and for adults. Yet the age at which a person is considered an adult...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 29, 2020
  • Length: 09:20
  • Purchases: 1
This Louisiana mother waits, and paints, and strives to free her son
From: Eve Abrams
Series: Unprisoned
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Season 1, Episode 6 What do you do when a member of your family is locked up for a crime you are sure he didn’t commit? Sheila Phipps paints. She...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 28, 2020
  • Length: 09:20
  • Purchases: 1
The End of Policing (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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After the police killing of George Floyd, protests around the country have erupted, calling for an end to police brutality against Black Americans.

Bought by Kansas Public Radio, KRZA, WJCT, WLIW, KRDP and more


  • Added: Jun 04, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 12
The End of Policing (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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After the police killing of George Floyd, protests around the country have erupted, calling for an end to police brutality against Black Americans.

Bought by WCNY, KUOW, WFAE, WNYO, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and more


  • Added: Jun 04, 2020
  • Length: 53:58
  • Purchases: 17
The End of Policing (promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason promo
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After the police killing of George Floyd, protests around the country have erupted, calling for an end to police brutality against Black Americans.

Bought by KUOW, WNED Buffalo, KXCV, and WNMU-FM


  • Added: Jun 04, 2020
  • Length: :29
  • Purchases: 4
Barry Thomas on Race & Social Justice in the U.S.
From: Gina Baleria
Series: News In Context
Caption: Logo: News In Context, Credit: Joyce Cheng
In this episode. We explore America’s ongoing and persistent issues when it comes to race and social justice... in particular holding a mirror up t...

  • Added: Jun 03, 2020
  • Length: 29:30
Jeff Sessions Sets Back the Clock
From: Laura Flanders
Series: The F-Word: Laura Flanders' Bi-Weekly Commentary
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Pay no attention to what the media says about how undermined Jeff Sessions is. POTUS may bait him publicly via tweet, but in private, at the DOJ, S...

  • Added: Jul 09, 2018
  • Length: 03:00
Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools is an examination of the experiences of black girls across the country whose intricate lives...

Bought by WVAS, KUNM, and WRIR


  • Added: Jun 11, 2018
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 3
2020-02-02 Race Matters
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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What's could be controversial about a movement insisting that Black lives matter too?

Bought by KSKQ, WTJU, KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, KSKQ, KRZA and more


  • Added: Oct 30, 2017
  • Length: 53:58
  • Purchases: 7
Environmental groups seeking new issues, new faces
From: Great Lakes Today
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Single-story option -- When you think of the environmental movement, what comes to mind? Preserving the wilderness at national parks? Or guaranteei...

Bought by WRVO Public Media, WCPN, WDET Detroit Public Radio, and North Country Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 19, 2017
  • Length: 03:24
  • Purchases: 4
Part 2: Flint water crisis a turning point for Green movement
From: Great Lakes Today
Series: New Faces, New Issues
Caption: WT Stevens replaces a pipe under a Flint street, Credit: Elizabeth Miller/ideastream
Part 2 of series -- Historically, the environmental movement hasn’t always been welcoming to people of color – and issues that are important to the...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WXXI Rochester, WCPN, WBFO, WDET Detroit Public Radio and more


  • Added: Sep 19, 2017
  • Length: 03:46
  • Purchases: 8
June 19, 2017
From: WFHB
Series: Bring It On!
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On today's episode of Bring It On, Dr. Amrita Myers and Jim Sims speak to Beth Applegate, president of Applegate Consulting Group, and resident anc...

  • Added: Jun 21, 2017
  • Length: 01:00:32
The Rhetoric of Race War (feature)
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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A torchlit Confederate protest in Charlottesville, Virginia had some residents recalling the days of the KKK. But one Virginia scholar says today’s...

Bought by KENW and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: May 19, 2017
  • Length: 03:13
  • Purchases: 2
January 30, 2017
From: WFHB
Series: Bring It On!
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Jim Sims and William Hosea host a special show with two interviews previewing Black History Month in the community. City of Bloomington has adopted...

  • Added: Jan 31, 2017
  • Length: 01:00:47
December 5, 2016
From: WFHB
Series: Bring It On!
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Beverly Calender- Anderson and Leila Randle speak with Gary radio producer and personality Dinahlynn Biggs, host of the syndicated “Dinahlynn Biggs...

  • Added: Dec 06, 2016
  • Length: 59:20
November 28, 2016
From: WFHB
Series: Bring It On!
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Cornelius Wright and William Hosea speak with Jim Sims, the newly elected president of the Monroe County Branch of the National Association for the...

  • Added: Dec 05, 2016
  • Length: 58:40
November 14, 2016
From: WFHB
Series: Bring It On!
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William Hosea and Amrita Meyers speak with Stanley N-ju-guna, Jacob Mills, and Nick Greven, leaders of student organizations Students for a Democra...

  • Added: Dec 05, 2016
  • Length: 54:05
Faith Leaders Organizing for Racial Justice and Peaceful Communities
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Three people who are engaged in one part of the community organizing efforts going on around the country to secure racial equity. All three share i...

Bought by KUHF, WUFT, KUOW, and WXDU


  • Added: Oct 27, 2016
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 4
Faith Leaders Organizing for Racial Justice and Peaceful Communities
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Half Hour Episodes
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Three people who are engaged in one part of the community organizing efforts going on around the country to secure racial equity. All three share ...

Bought by KMUN, Radio Baha'i, WLGI, KSFR, and KUNM


  • Added: Oct 26, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
PODCAST: Interview with Urban Intellectuals reporter Koba - discusses Colin Kaepernick
From: Jacqueline Parke
Caption: SF 49ers Colin Kaepernick
San Francisco 49ers Colin Kaepernick has thrust himself into the spotlight by not standing during the National Anthem.

  • Added: Oct 05, 2016
  • Length: 38:37
September 19, 2016
From: WFHB
Series: Bring It On!
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Clarence Boone and Leila Randle hear about the newly launched Progressive Thought Matters organization from leader Robin Winston. The organization...

  • Added: Sep 19, 2016
  • Length: 58:19