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853: From Nashville to Nairobi: The History of Country Music in Kenya, 4/4/2024
From: Afropop Worldwide
Series: Afropop Worldwide
Caption: Steve Rogers
In this episode, we trace the history of country music in Kenya dating back to the 1920s and 30s when local populations first heard Jimmie Rodgers ...

  • Added: Apr 02, 2024
  • Length: 58:59
Blue Dimensions L27: "The Sorrow Songs" of the Black British experience from Angeline Morrison
From: Bluesnet Radio
Series: Blue Dimensions
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"The Sorrow Songs: Folk Songs Of Black British Experience," music from folk singer Angeline Morrison about being black and growing up in and living...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), KJZX-Austin, Royalton Community Radio, WRGY, KHNS and more


  • Added: Jun 28, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 11
781: The Year Of Return / 782: Listen To Your City, 4/1/2023
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "The Year Of Return" - 2019 marked the "year of return" to Ghana – attracting visitors from throughout the African diaspora. Now, scores ...

  • Added: Mar 31, 2023
  • Length: 01:59:01
Making Home (hour/no bed or bb)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Lauren K. Alleyne lived the first part of her life in Trinidad and then moved to America at 18 and has been there since. Her poems explore what it’...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KCHW, KHEN-LP, and WYAP


  • Added: Feb 02, 2023
  • Length: 52:00
  • Purchases: 4
Making Home (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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Lauren K. Alleyne lived the first part of her life in Trinidad and then moved to America at 18 and has been there since. Her poems explore what it’...

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


  • Added: Feb 02, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 10
Making Home (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Lauren K. Alleyne lived the first part of her life in Trinidad and then moved to America at 18 and has been there since. Her poems explore what it’...

Bought by WTJU, WRST-FM Oshkosh, WMUU-LP, KXCV, WRGY and more


  • Added: Feb 02, 2023
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 7
Making Home (promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason promo
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Lauren K. Alleyne lived the first part of her life in Trinidad and then moved to America at 18 and has been there since. Her poems explore what it’...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and KXCV


  • Added: Feb 02, 2023
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 2
Bob Francois - President and Booking Manager of Rara Bel Poze - 33rd Lowell Folk Festival
From: MergingArts Productions
Series: MergingArts Conversations
Caption: Rara Bel Poze
Bob Francois - President and Booking Manager of Rara Bel Poze - 33rd Lowell Folk Festival

  • Added: Jan 01, 2023
  • Length: 15:00
In Houston, Three Tastes of West Africa
From: Southern Foodways Alliance
Series: Gravy Podcast
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Gravy investigates why Houston is the center of a West African renaissance.

  • Added: Dec 15, 2022
  • Length: 28:22
StoryCorps Griot: Atiba Mbiwan, Didi Ndando, and Egbe Monjimbo
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Sisters Didi Ndando and Egbe Monjimbo talk with Atiba Mbiwan, who honored the memory of their late brother Acha by taking on the family’s last name.

  • Added: Dec 06, 2022
  • Length: 02:47
Blue Dimensions K41: Pharaoh Sanders' Most Classic Piece In Its 32+ Minute Entirety
From: Bluesnet Radio
Series: Blue Dimensions
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"The Creator Has A Master Plan" from the late Pharaoh Sanders, in its magnificent 32+-minute entirety.

Bought by KJZX-Austin, GCR (Global Community Radio), KKRN, KMXT, WOUB and more


  • Added: Oct 05, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 14
EP5: Volker's Story
From: Memory Wars
Series: Memory Wars
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How does a society create meaningful places of encounter? Spaces where you just can't look away from the past?

Bought by KUHF, WHRV, Georgia Public Broadcasting, WCQS, WMRA and more


  • Added: Sep 28, 2022
  • Length: 51:57
  • Purchases: 6
EP4: Mallory's Story
From: Memory Wars
Series: Memory Wars
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Once we accept culpability for a sinful past, what does accountability look like? Even generations after?

Bought by KUHF, WHRV, Georgia Public Broadcasting, WCQS, WMRA and more


  • Added: Sep 28, 2022
  • Length: 51:57
  • Purchases: 6
EP3: Charlotte's Story
From: Memory Wars
Series: Memory Wars
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When Charlotte was a teenager she asked her mother a question: was my grandfather a Nazi? It began a years-long quest to learn more about what her ...

Bought by KUHF, WAMU, Colorado Public Radio, Georgia Public Broadcasting, WHRV and more


  • Added: Sep 28, 2022
  • Length: 51:57
  • Purchases: 8
EP2: Haley's Story
From: Memory Wars
Series: Memory Wars
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Why would someone return to a place of unspeakable trauma and what does it take for them to feel welcomed?

Bought by KUHF, WAMU, Colorado Public Radio, Georgia Public Broadcasting, WCQS and more


  • Added: Sep 28, 2022
  • Length: 51:57
  • Purchases: 8
EP1: The Two Reconstructions
From: Memory Wars
Series: Memory Wars
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We start with three generations of German women, and go back in time from there. Through defeat, occupation, and rebuilding. How did two reconstruc...

Bought by KUHF, Georgia Public Broadcasting, WAMU, Colorado Public Radio, WCQS and more


  • Added: Sep 28, 2022
  • Length: 51:57
  • Purchases: 8
721: The Year Of Return / 722: What's Wrong With Work?, 9/3/2022
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: 'The Year Of Return' - 2019 marked the "year of return" to Ghana – attracting visitors from throughout the African diaspora. Now, scores...

  • Added: Sep 02, 2022
  • Length: 01:59:01
The Big Ponder #36: The Street
From: Goethe-Institut
Series: The Big Ponder – A Transatlantic Podcast
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As a lifelong photographer and filmmaker, Harald Rumpf has spent decades exploring the cities that his subjects call home. In this retrospective of...

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: May 12, 2022
  • Length: 28:14
  • Purchases: 1
Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine for February 16, 2022
From: Scott Harris
Series: Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine
Caption: Timely, In-Depth Progressive Analysis Since 1991
This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: Europe’s Dependence on Russian Gas Key Element in the Ukraine Crisis; GOP ...

Bought by RADIOLEX and WETS


  • Added: Feb 16, 2022
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 2
Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine for February 2, 2022
From: Scott Harris
Series: Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine
Caption: Timely, In-Depth Progressive Analysis Since 1991
This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: Rhetoric Over Ukraine Heats Up as Cracks Appear in NATO Alliance; Biden Se...

Bought by RADIOLEX, WETS, and WKPW


  • Added: Feb 02, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Blue Dimensions J45: "Pursuance" and "Psalm" from Coltrane's "A Love Supreme: Live In Seattle" and the debut of DeAndre Lettsome
From: Bluesnet Radio
Series: Blue Dimensions
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The last two parts of John Coltrane's "A Love Supreme: Live In Seattle," new music from pianist Hiromi, and the debut of saxophonist DeAndre Lettsome

Bought by KJZX-Austin, WMOT, KKRN, Royalton Community Radio, WJSU and more


  • Added: Nov 03, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 14
National Writers Series: Imbolo Mbue and Alan Lightman
From: Interlochen Public Radio
Series: National Writers Series: Season Three
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Discussions with authors Imbolo Mbue and Alan Lightman.

Bought by WKAR, Michigan Radio, and WKAR


  • Added: Jul 22, 2021
  • Length: 54:30
  • Purchases: 3
The Big Ponder #11: Home
From: Goethe-Institut
Series: The Big Ponder – A Transatlantic Podcast
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Is ‘home’ a place or more of a feeling? Jocelyn Robinson speaks with three American expats who unpack the relationship between self and place, draw...

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: May 06, 2021
  • Length: 27:58
  • Purchases: 1
WorldCanvass: Gandhi at 150
From: Joan Kjaer
Series: WorldCanvass
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Mahatma Gandhi was one of the most original, impactful, and complex figures of the 20th century. Revered around the world for his activism, self-s...

  • Added: Apr 20, 2021
  • Length: 01:27:39
Poet and Editor Kwame Dawes
From: New Letters on the Air
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Born in Ghana and raised in Jamaica, the poet Kwame Dawes is the editor of Nebraska's literary magazine, PRAIRIE SCHOONER, and the 2021 successor t...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio) and WNJR


  • Added: Apr 15, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2