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Wanting North by Tanya Barfield
From: Playing on Air
Series: Playing on Air Singles [8-35 minute short plays, plus interviews]
Caption: April Matthis
The 1840s South. In the thick plantation air, two enslaved sisters spin a poetry of escape. Today’s the day: Field Girl is making her run for freed...

  • Added: Jan 29, 2018
  • Length: 20:56
Joe Frank & Julius Lester-All Mixed Up
From: Peter Bochan
Series: All Mixed Up
Caption: Julius Lester
Celebrating two radio legends who passed through Pacifica radio station WBAI in New York City in the seventies on their way to greater glory- I was...

  • Added: Jan 21, 2018
  • Length: 59:36
The Hampton Years
From: WIL LAVEIST
Series: The Wil LaVeist Show
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Playwright Jacqueline E. Lawton explores the education of famous artists John Biggers and Samella Lewis.

  • Added: Jan 19, 2018
  • Length: 50:20
Charles Neville: "Loving Kindness is My Religion"
From: Music Inside Out
Series: Music Inside Out
Caption: Saxophonist Charles Neville
Saxophonist Charles Neville was born into one of New Orleans' most famous musical families, and enjoyed a career spanning more than 60 years before...

Bought by KMUW


  • Added: Dec 14, 2017
  • Length: 51:59
  • Purchases: 1
Dr. Michael White and His Mighty Clarinet
From: Music Inside Out
Series: Music Inside Out
Caption: Dr. Michael White, Credit: Derek Bridges
To Dr. Michael White, it's not just a clarinet, but a time machine. “I listened to Johnny Dodds’ recordings. I listened to Sidney Bechet. I listen...

Bought by KMUW


  • Added: Nov 09, 2017
  • Length: 52:12
  • Purchases: 1
The Untold Story of the First Annual Fred Yiran African Arts Day
From: KVSC
Series: Untold Stories of Central Minnesota
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In today’s Untold Stories of Central Minnesota, Arts & Cultural Heritage Producer Jeff Carmack takes us down to Lake George to experience the first...

  • Added: Oct 13, 2017
  • Length: 30:36
Yarn Bomb street artist Lauryn Byrd
From: Out of the Blocks
Series: Out of the Blocks, Quick Hits
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I've heard it called 'fabric graffiti.' I don't know if it's necessarily allowed or not, but I'm not going to ask.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 05, 2017
  • Length: 04:28
  • Purchases: 1
Ep. 5: Charles Burnett
From: Todd Melby
Series: The Drunk Projectionist
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Critic Terrence Rafferty of GQ called "Killer of Sheep," a film by Charles Burnett, "one of the most striking debuts in movie history." In this epi...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Sep 20, 2017
  • Length: 26:17
  • Purchases: 2
The National Endowment for the Arts speaks with four time Tony Award winner Ron Simons
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Ron Simons
Ron Simons became a producer to shine a light on untold stories.

Bought by WMUU-LP


  • Added: Aug 11, 2017
  • Length: 29:06
  • Purchases: 1
Jazz from Gallery 41 : A Conversation with Jazz Legend Don Cherry
From: Ron Pelletier
Series: Jazz from Gallery 41
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Jazz from Gallery 41 Host/Producer Ron Pelletier shares a conversation with Jazz legend Don Cherry recorded in Los Angeles, CA in January, 1982.

  • Added: Jul 20, 2017
  • Length: 01:00:00
The Slam Poet Laureate of Winona
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
Caption: Nicholle Ramsey, slam poet, Credit: Sylvia Thomas
Slam poets and sonnet lovers usually don’t hang out together. But in Winona, Minnesota, they do. KFAI’s Sylvia Thomas reports on an unusual poetry ...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 28, 2017
  • Length: 04:54
  • Purchases: 1
Reviving North Carolina Towns Through Arts and Tourism
From: World Footprints LLC
Caption: Whirligig, Credit: Photo by Tonya Fitzpatrick
Join us as we experience the art of central and eastern North Carolina and get a history lesson aboard the Confederate Ironclad ship the CSS Neuse ...

  • Added: Jun 20, 2017
  • Length: 59:55
The National Endowment for the Arts celebrates a new exhibit at the National Museum of African American History and Culture
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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The new exhibit at NMAAH&C illuminate history, community and culture. Co-curator Aaron Bryant walks us through it.

Bought by KZUM, WCPN, WTJU, and WMUU-LP


  • Added: May 31, 2017
  • Length: 26:59
  • Purchases: 4
RDD: Peep Game Comix
From: WGTE Public Media
Series: The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor
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This week on The Rough Draft Diaries, we're entering the world of comic books with Imani Lateef. Imani owns Peep Game Comix, a digital comics platf...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: May 30, 2017
  • Length: 06:31
  • Purchases: 1
NEA Jazz Master Moments with Organist, Dr. Lonnie Smith
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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In these moments, we learn about the (soulful) power of the organ, especially in the hands of Dr. Lonnie Smith.

Bought by WKSU, Harford Community Radio, WRTI, KCSM, Delmarva Public Media and more


  • Added: Mar 31, 2017
  • Length: 02:57
  • Purchases: 12
NEA Jazz Master Moments with Vocalist, Dee Dee Bridgewater
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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In these short pieces, Dee Dee talks about scatting, her big break, and studying the moves of Betty Carter.

Bought by WKSU, Harford Community Radio, WRTI, KCSM, Harford Community Radio and more


  • Added: Mar 31, 2017
  • Length: 03:27
  • Purchases: 13
Freeman Vines: The Hanging Tree Guitar
From: Music Maker Relief Foundation
Series: Music Maker Minute - Race in U.S.
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Luthier, Freeman Vines talks about the guitar he's building from the wood of the old hanging tree.

  • Added: Mar 09, 2017
  • Length: 09:15
Blackout Improv Offers Comic Tonic
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
Caption: Blackout Improv's Kory LaQuess Pullam, John Gebretatose and Joy Dolo., Credit: Nancy Rosenbaum
Blackout Improv is one of the Twin Cities' newest improv comedy groups. But they want to do more than just make people laugh. KFAI's Nancy Rosenbau...

  • Added: Feb 24, 2017
  • Length: 04:33
BHM Special: Driving While Black (promo)
From: With Good Reason
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The untold stories of all-black sports leagues - Celebrated poet Kiki Petrosino on poetry and police violence - Mapping the KKK - A history of revo...

Bought by WKMS, WNSB, and KMUD


  • Added: Feb 17, 2017
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 3
BHM Special: Driving While Black (hour)
From: With Good Reason
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The untold stories of all-black sports leagues - Celebrated poet Kiki Petrosino on poetry and police violence - Mapping the KKK - A history of revo...

Bought by WKMS, WNSB, WMUU-LP, KGNU Community Radio, and WLIW


  • Added: Feb 17, 2017
  • Length: 53:56
  • Purchases: 5
BHM Special: Driving While Black (half)
From: With Good Reason
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The untold stories of all-black sports leagues - Celebrated poet Kiki Petrosino on poetry and police violence

Bought by WVAS, WNSB, WRST-FM Oshkosh, and KRZA


  • Added: Feb 17, 2017
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 4
Driving While Black (promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason promo
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The untold stories of all-black sports leagues - Celebrated poet Kiki Petrosino on poetry and police violence - Mapping the KKK - A history of revo...

Bought by WCPN and WNMU-FM


  • Added: Feb 17, 2017
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 2
Driving While Black (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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The untold stories of all-black sports leagues - Celebrated poet Kiki Petrosino on poetry and police violence - Mapping the KKK - A history of revo...

Bought by Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), WCNY, WTJU, XRAY.fm, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and more


  • Added: Feb 17, 2017
  • Length: 53:56
  • Purchases: 10
Driving While Black (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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The untold stories of all-black sports leagues - Celebrated poet Kiki Petrosino on poetry and police violence

Bought by WJCT, WCQS, WFHB, WNSB, KMUD and more


  • Added: Feb 17, 2017
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 11
Johanne Reid, Romare Bearden Foundation Co-Director
From: The Hangar Studios
Series: Sandi Klein's Conversations with Creative Women
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Johanne Bryant Reid managed to merge her business career with her passion for the arts. While working at Merrill Lynch as Manager of its Global Hum...

Bought by WCNY, CI Dolphin Radio, and WRIR


  • Added: Jan 23, 2017
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 3

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