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2441: Anna Julia Cooper, 10/8/2024
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk: Weekly
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The life and thought of the pioneering African-American philosopher.

  • Added: Sep 17, 2024
  • Length: 01:00
240911: The Black Panthers in Algeria , 9/11/2024
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact (Automated Delivery)
Caption: "Black Power to Black People: Branding the Black Panther Party" [https://www.flickr.com/photos/36521980095@N01/52743460491] , Credit: by danxoneil, licensed under CC BY 2.0
On today’s Making Contact, our friends from the podcast, Kerning Cultures, bring us “Black Panthers in Algeria.” It’s the story of when Elaine Mokh...

  • Added: Sep 06, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
United Airlines pilot and author, Carole Hopson’s A PAIR OF WINGS
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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Host Diana Korte speaks with United Airlines pilot and author, ⁠Carole Hopson,⁠ who has crafted a riveting, adventure-filled historical novel, ⁠A P...

  • Added: Sep 05, 2024
  • Length: 10:17
Billie Holiday + Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee
From: Nicholas Williams
Series: American Songcatcher | 59 min
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Lacking any formal training, Billie Holiday is considered among the greatest jazz vocalists of all time, with one of the most tumultuous lives of a...

Bought by KAZU Seaside, Calif.


  • Added: Aug 31, 2024
  • Length: 59:03
  • Purchases: 1
Son House (Part 2)
From: Nicholas Williams
Series: American Songcatcher | 8 Minute Shorts
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Highly regarded as the “King of the Delta Blues” and a “Father of the Blues”, Son House was a force of nature who’s emotive guitar playing and prea...

  • Added: Aug 27, 2024
  • Length: 08:00
Son House (Part 1)
From: Nicholas Williams
Series: American Songcatcher | 8 Minute Shorts
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Highly regarded as the “King of the Delta Blues” and a “Father of the Blues”, Son House was a force of nature who’s emotive guitar playing and prea...

  • Added: Aug 27, 2024
  • Length: 08:00
Taking The Reins
From: Rebecca McInroy
Series: American Compassion
Caption: American Compassion, Credit: Bonnie Siegler
The Passage of The Civil Rights Act

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Aug 08, 2024
  • Length: 51:42
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps: Freedom School Summer
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Freedom School students Deborah Carr, Stephanie Hoze, Theresia Clark-Banks, Julia Clark-Ward, Glenda Funchess, and Don Denard came to StoryCorps to...

  • Added: Aug 05, 2024
  • Length: 03:09
Gary Phillips discusses "Ash Dark as Night"
From: Steven Nester
Series: Poets of the Tabloid Murder
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In the follow-up to One-Shot Harry, fearless crime photographer and occasional private eye Harry Ingram finds himself in the LAPD's crosshairs aft...

  • Added: Aug 04, 2024
  • Length: 28:47
Bernice Reagon & The Freedom Singers
From: David Dunaway
Caption: Freedom Singers with Pete Seeger, Bob Dylan, and Joan Baez, Credit: Dave Gahr
This award-winning 57 minute documentary evokes the history of the civil rights movement through its music and actuality. The late Bernice Reagon l...

  • Added: Jul 30, 2024
  • Length: 58:00
2nd Annual Buffalo Soldiers Day
From: KRCL
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The 2nd Annual National Buffalo Soldiers Day Commemoration is on July 29. KRCL’s Lara Jones and Olivia Jaramillo sat down with Robert Burch and Ram...

  • Added: Jul 25, 2024
  • Length: 04:50
761: Shake It Fo Ya Hood: New Orleans Bounce, 8/1/2024
From: Afropop Worldwide
Series: Afropop Worldwide
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For this Hip Deep edition, Afropop digs into the close-knit scene, talking to dancers, producers, MCs, and managers from over 30 years of bounce, a...

  • Added: Jul 23, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
When actors teach: Embodying the lives of an enslaved woman and a medical patient
From: Connecticut Public (WNPR)
Series: Audacious with Chion Wolf
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On this episode of Audacious, meet a woman who was a character interpreter of an enslaved woman, and a man whose job it is to act like a patient to...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio)


  • Added: Jul 13, 2024
  • Length: 50:00
  • Purchases: 1
Can Assassins Really Kill You?
From: Paul McDonald
Caption: "The odd thing about assassins, Dr. King, is that they think they've killed you.", Credit: Chicago Sun Times, April 1968
One white boy's recollections of Dr. King and Malcolm X.

Bought by WABE, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KGOU, WBHM, KSFR and more


  • Added: Jul 09, 2024
  • Length: 02:02
  • Purchases: 8
Music as Escape (hour/no bb or bed)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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The Soulmasters was a 1960’s interracial soul band from Danville, VA. Jerry Wilson and John Irby were the two African-American lead singers and the...

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


  • Added: Jul 04, 2024
  • Length: 52:00
  • Purchases: 3
Music as Escape (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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The Soulmasters was a 1960’s interracial soul band from Danville, VA. Jerry Wilson and John Irby were the two African-American lead singers and the...

Bought by KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA, WFHB, Kansas Public Radio, RadioStPete Florida, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and more


  • Added: Jul 04, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 11
Music as Escape (promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason promo
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The Soulmasters was a 1960’s interracial soul band from Danville, VA. Jerry Wilson and John Irby were the two African-American lead singers and the...

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


  • Added: Jul 04, 2024
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 3
Music as Escape (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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The Soulmasters was a 1960’s interracial soul band from Danville, VA. Jerry Wilson and John Irby were the two African-American lead singers and the...

Bought by WTJU, WMUU-LP, KEDT, and WRGY


  • Added: Jul 04, 2024
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 4
The Road to Rickwood Episode 1 - Postgame
From: WWNO
Series: The Road to Rickwood
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On June 20 2024, Major League Baseball will host a regular season game at Rickwood Field in Birmingham, Alabama. But the 114-year-old stadium has a...

Bought by KUT, KAZU Seaside, Calif., and KERA


  • Added: Jun 27, 2024
  • Length: 51:31
  • Purchases: 3
When Sunday Comes (hour/no bb or bed)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Much has been said about the golden age of gospel music in the 1940s and 50s. But what about the gospel music that came later when hip-hop and soul...

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


  • Added: Jun 27, 2024
  • Length: 52:00
  • Purchases: 3
When Sunday Comes (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Much has been said about the golden age of gospel music in the 1940s and 50s. But what about the gospel music that came later when hip-hop and soul...

Bought by WMUU-LP, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KEDT, WRGY, and WTJU


  • Added: Jun 27, 2024
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 5
When Sunday Comes (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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Much has been said about the golden age of gospel music in the 1940s and 50s. But what about the gospel music that came later when hip-hop and soul...

Bought by KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA, Kansas Public Radio, KIYU-FM, WFHB, KVSC and more


  • Added: Jun 27, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 9
When Sunday Comes (promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason promo
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Much has been said about the golden age of gospel music in the 1940s and 50s. But what about the gospel music that came later when hip-hop and soul...

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


  • Added: Jun 27, 2024
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 3
The Road to Rickwood Episode 4 - Postgame
From: WWNO
Series: The Road to Rickwood
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On June 20 2024, Major League Baseball will host a regular season game at Rickwood Field in Birmingham, Alabama. But the 114-year-old stadium has a...

Bought by KJZZ, KAZU Seaside, Calif., KUT, and WBHM


  • Added: Jun 25, 2024
  • Length: 51:29
  • Purchases: 4
Marching for Justice: The Untold Story of the Wide Awakes - A Smithsonian Associates Interview with Jon Grinspan
From: Paul VOGELZANG
Series: Smithsonian Associates Interview Series, Not Old Better Show
Caption: The Not Old Better Show, Smithsonian Associates Series, Credit: Paul Vogelzang
 New Episode Alert!  Dive into history with the Not Old Better Show! ️✨ Join us as Smithsonian historian Jon Grinspan reveals the untold story...

  • Added: Jun 17, 2024
  • Length: 31:27

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