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Sidney Barnes on Minnie Riperton
From: Ayana Contreras
Caption: Minnie Riperton with Sidney Barnes on album cover
Singer, Musician, and Producer Sidney Barnes tells me the story of how singer Minnie Riperton came to accept her voice as beautiful.

  • Added: Feb 04, 2009
  • Length: 03:46
Calls from Home
From: Nick Szuberla
Caption: Thousand Kites
Voices of prisoner family members sending holiday messages to their incarcerated loved ones across the country. Powerful stories, poems, songs, an...

Bought by Prairie Public, WFHB, WRNC-LP, WGCU, WDSE and more


  • Added: Dec 18, 2008
  • Length: 59:24
  • Purchases: 8
Gees Bend Quilter
From: Tanya Ott
Caption: PRX default Piece image
one of the famous Gees Bend quilters talks about the tradition of quilting and their rise to international fame

Bought by NPR Station Showcase with PRX


  • Added: Aug 29, 2008
  • Length: 09:02
  • Purchases: 1
WWOZ Jazzfest Feature-Mr Ike
From: David Weinberg
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A visit to the home of Mardi Gras Indian Chief Mr. Ike

  • Added: Jun 06, 2008
  • Length: 04:46
Controversy at Brooklyn's MoCADA
From: NYCity News Service
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Artist Dread Scott is known for his political work. His latest exhibit in Brooklyn is ruffling a few feathers over its depiction of police brutali...

  • Added: May 23, 2008
  • Length: 04:00
Harlem Speaks
From: Donna Descoteaux
Series: Living Well Show
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In honor of Black History Month, The Living Well Show celebrates the Harlem Renaissance.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, KDUR, and KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Feb 18, 2008
  • Length: 28:38
  • Purchases: 3
Dee Dee Bridgewater: Red Earth
From: AARP Radio
Series: Prime Time Radio
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Dee Dee Bridgewater: Red Earth and No more hair dye?this week on Prime Time Radio.

  • Added: Jan 11, 2008
  • Length: 59:54
WWOZ Street Talk-The Wild Mohicans Mardi Gras Indian Tribe
From: David Weinberg
Series: WWOZ- Street Talk
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Since He was a kid, Wild Man Ivory wanted to be a mardi gras indian. It took a near death experience in Korea before that dream became a reality.

  • Added: Aug 11, 2007
  • Length: 10:16
100 Families Oakland
From: Robynn Takayama
Caption: PRX default Piece image
This arts program attempts to generate positivity in Oakland, CA

Bought by KZSC and KVMR


  • Added: Jun 01, 2007
  • Length: 04:28
  • Purchases: 2
This I Believe - Judith Jamison
From: This I Believe
Series: This I Believe
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Choreographer Judith Jamison believes being "good" includes being open, honest and true to oneself.

Bought by WEZU, WEZU, and KJZZ


  • Added: Mar 30, 2007
  • Length: 03:35
  • Purchases: 3
"Cropped" by Cydney Edwards
From: WBEZ
Series: Louder Than a Bomb 2007
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Billie Holiday writing the song "Strange Friuit" - This poet is a student at Morgan Park High School (Chicago, IL).

  • Added: Mar 22, 2007
  • Length: 02:47
In the Shadow of the Voting Rights Act
From: Kezia Simister
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While the Voting Rights Act of 1965 was an enormous victory, for a time it also meant more hardship for some African Americans in the South. Charmi...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 28, 2006
  • Length: 06:05
  • Purchases: 1
If Lucille Were a Person...
From: Zak Rosen
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Blues scholar on the importance of B.B. King

Bought by KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA, Radio New Zealand, WABE, WTJU, PRX Remix and more


  • Added: Dec 07, 2006
  • Length: 05:39
  • Purchases: 6
Kevin Goodman, Big Chief of the Flaming Arrows
From: Sarah Yahm
Caption: PRX default Piece image
the Big Chief of the Flaming Arrows mardi gras indian tribe talks about his new life post-katrina in Austin

  • Added: Sep 06, 2006
  • Length: 04:12
Pieces of a Puzzle: Chuck Close and the Gee's Bend Quilters
From: Philip Graitcer
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Chuck Close and the Gee's Bend Quilters create works of art from tiny pieces

Bought by KCUR


  • Added: Jul 23, 2006
  • Length: 06:30
  • Purchases: 1
This I Believe - Frank X Walker
From: This I Believe
Series: This I Believe
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Kentucky poet Frank X Walker believes creativity helps people stay happy and enriches our world.

Bought by WEZU, WEZU, KJZZ, and KWCW


  • Added: Jun 12, 2006
  • Length: 03:46
  • Purchases: 4
David Adjaye, Architect who Makes Buildings as Conceptual Artworks
From: Claudia Cragg
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Nobel Peace Center Architect Takes on Denver's Museum of Contemporary Art

  • Added: May 05, 2006
  • Length: 08:43
Karsumo's Story
From: Hana Baba
Caption: PRX default Piece image
How one man went from an African war zone to performing on the stages of California.

Bought by KUSP and KVMR


  • Added: Feb 02, 2006
  • Length: 16:55
  • Purchases: 2
Coming Full Circle
From: Hana Baba
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Hip hop migrates to Cuba, and back again

  • Added: Feb 02, 2006
  • Length: 05:51
Rahsaan Patterson Interview
From: Youth Outlook
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my interview with soul singer rahsaan Patterson

  • Added: May 19, 2005
  • Length: 14:34
Living Flag
From: Dmae Lo Roberts
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Street performance piece with Artist damali ayo as she panhandles around the country to create dialogue about reparations for slavery.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KFAI Minneapolis, KRUA, WBHM and more


  • Added: Jul 20, 2004
  • Length: 04:02
  • Purchases: 10
The Fire This Time
From: Christopher Sprinkle
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Spoken-word poetry detailing memories of the 1991 Los Angeles Uprising

Bought by WSLR and KSFR


  • Added: Jul 02, 2004
  • Length: 06:04
  • Purchases: 2
paintmixers
From: Dmae Lo Roberts
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artist damali ayo's search through paint stores to match paint to her skin tones.

  • Added: Mar 28, 2004
  • Length: 05:07
Sound Suits
From: Hillary Frank
Caption: PRX default Piece image
The artist Nick Cave creates full body suits made of objects that make sound, and then dances in them.

Bought by PRX Remix, Remix Radio, KTNA, WFUV, and WHQR


  • Added: Dec 09, 2003
  • Length: 05:33
  • Purchases: 5

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