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NL 24-07: Suite History: Jazz Composers and the African-American Odyssey, 2/12/2024
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights
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From the 1940s to the 1990s, several jazz composers undertook several large-scale orchestral compositions that portrayed the journey of black peopl...

  • Added: Feb 08, 2024
  • Length: 59:03
Suite History - Four Jazz Composers and the African-American Odyssey
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights Classic Jazz: Specials
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From the 1940s to the 1990s, several jazz composers undertook several large-scale orchestral compositions that portrayed the journey of black peopl...

Bought by High Plains Public Radio, WSLR, KCSM, Morehead State Public Radio, WLRH and more


  • Added: Feb 08, 2024
  • Length: 59:03
  • Purchases: 20
EE 24-07: Author Jori Lewis on the natural and human history of the peanut , 2/16/2024
From: WFIU
Series: Earth Eats
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While peanut butter is one of my favorite foods, I can’t say that I have given much thought to the peanut as a crop, or paid any attention to its r...

  • Added: Feb 02, 2024
  • Length: 54:00
Expanding Our Origin Story (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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Cauline Yates was at a family reunion the first time she heard she was a descendant of Thomas Jefferson.

Bought by Kansas Public Radio, KIYU-FM, KICI Iowa City, WUGA (part of GPB), WJCU and more


  • Added: Feb 01, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 8
Expanding Our Origin Story (hour/no bb or bed)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Cauline Yates was at a family reunion the first time she heard she was a descendant of Thomas Jefferson.

Bought by KHEN-LP, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KECG, and Royalton Community Radio


  • Added: Feb 01, 2024
  • Length: 52:00
  • Purchases: 4
Expanding Our Origin Story (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Cauline Yates was at a family reunion the first time she heard she was a descendant of Thomas Jefferson.

Bought by WTJU, WMUU-LP, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KEDT, Royalton Community Radio and more


  • Added: Feb 01, 2024
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 6
Expanding Our Origin Story (promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason promo
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Cauline Yates was at a family reunion the first time she heard she was a descendant of Thomas Jefferson.

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KIYU-FM, and WNMU-FM


  • Added: Feb 01, 2024
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 3
"Black History Month Special" with Tracy K. Smith, Saeed Jones, and Meklit
From: Live Wire! Radio
Series: Live Wire Specials
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This Black History Month special episode features the 22nd U.S. Poet Laureate Tracy K. Smith, writer and poet Saeed Jones, and music from singer-so...

Bought by KUT, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, WLPR , WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KUPR low power FM and more


  • Added: Jan 23, 2024
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 11
SPECIAL ISeeU EPISODE: The Gay Black Civil Rights Financier
From: I See U with Eddie Robinson
Series: I SEE U with Eddie Robinson Specials
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I SEE U examines the mystique behind the late millionaire, Norris Herndon, as a disappearing family legacy looms and the public knows little about ...

Bought by KUHF


  • Added: Jan 22, 2024
  • Length: 53:29
  • Purchases: 1
Civics 101: The True Story Of Reconstruction
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Civics 101
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Reconstruction has long been taught as a lost cause narrative. We talk about what that narrative leaves out.

Bought by WAMU


  • Added: Jan 09, 2024
  • Length: 51:30
  • Purchases: 1
It's Time! Max Roach In The 1960s
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights Classic Jazz: Specials
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A centennial tribute to Max Roach, who set the pace for modern jazz drumming and became an outspoken activist for civil rights.

Bought by WNMU-FM, WSKG, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), WWNO, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and more


  • Added: Jan 09, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 7
NL 24-01: From Spirituals To Swing, 1/1/2024
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights
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A look at the historic 1938 Carnegie Hall concert and its 1939 follow up, featuring performances by Count Basie, Benny Goodman, and others.

  • Added: Dec 20, 2023
  • Length: 59:02
Black and Fine (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: Black History Month specials
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Some of America’s first maestros of European art music were enslaved and free Virginians of African descent.

Bought by WUTC, Kansas Public Radio, WFHB, WRMU, KMUN and more


  • Added: Nov 09, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 12
Black and Fine (hour/no bb or bed)
From: With Good Reason
Series: Black History Month specials
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Some of America’s first maestros of European art music were enslaved and free Virginians of African descent.

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KECG, and Royalton Community Radio


  • Added: Nov 09, 2023
  • Length: 52:00
  • Purchases: 4
Black and Fine (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: Black History Month specials
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Some of America’s first maestros of European art music were enslaved and free Virginians of African descent.

Bought by KCBX, KVCR, KZYX, Morehead State Public Radio, KUAC and more


  • Added: Nov 09, 2023
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 11
Black and Fine (promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: Black History Month specials
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Some of America’s first maestros of European art music were enslaved and free Virginians of African descent.

Bought by KCBX, KVCR, Morehead State Public Radio, KUAC, WUGA (part of GPB) and more


  • Added: Nov 09, 2023
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 8
The Birthplace of Mac n Cheese (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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You have Chef James Hemings, who cooked for Thomas Jefferson, to thank for the macaroni and cheese on your plate this Thanksgiving.

Bought by KSFR, Kansas Public Radio, WFHB, WRMU, KIYU-FM and more


  • Added: Nov 02, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 10
The Birthplace of Mac n Cheese (hour/no bb or bed)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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You have Chef James Hemings, who cooked for Thomas Jefferson, to thank for the macaroni and cheese on your plate this Thanksgiving.

Bought by KHEN-LP, KECG, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., and Royalton Community Radio


  • Added: Nov 02, 2023
  • Length: 52:00
  • Purchases: 4
The Birthplace of Mac n Cheese (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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You have Chef James Hemings, who cooked for Thomas Jefferson, to thank for the macaroni and cheese on your plate this Thanksgiving.

Bought by KRVS, WUGA (part of GPB), KPBS, WMUU-LP, KEDT and more


  • Added: Nov 02, 2023
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 7
The Birthplace of Mac n Cheese (promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason promo
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You have Chef James Hemings, who cooked for Thomas Jefferson, to thank for the macaroni and cheese on your plate this Thanksgiving.

Bought by KPBS, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KIYU-FM, Troy Public Radio, and WNMU-FM


  • Added: Nov 02, 2023
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 5
After They've Served (hour/no bb or bed)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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No matter how they served or where or when, for veterans, returning to civilian life is a big transition.

Bought by KHEN-LP, WGBH Radio Boston, KECG, RadioStPete Florida, Royalton Community Radio and more


  • Added: Oct 20, 2023
  • Length: 52:00
  • Purchases: 6
After They've Served (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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No matter how they served or where or when, for veterans, returning to civilian life is a big transition.

Bought by KICI Iowa City, KMUN, Kansas Public Radio, WFHB, WRMU and more


  • Added: Oct 20, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 11
After They've Served (promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason promo
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No matter how they served or where or when, for veterans, returning to civilian life is a big transition.

Bought by Mississippi Public Broadcasting, Connecticut Public (WNPR), WLPR , WHCP-LP Cambridge, New Hampshire Public Radio and more


  • Added: Oct 20, 2023
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 10
After They've Served (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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No matter how they served or where or when, for veterans, returning to civilian life is a big transition.

Bought by Mississippi Public Broadcasting, Connecticut Public (WNPR), WTJU, WCPN, KICI Iowa City and more


  • Added: Oct 20, 2023
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 18
The Jazz Phools
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Perry Bradford
When the aging jazz artist was hospitalized, his doctors thought they should get some background information on his life, and he told them that he ...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Oct 10, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1

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