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In a 150 year old court case, the roots of the "The Vanishing Indian" myth
From: Anne Hoffman
Caption: Nanticoke Heritage Day in Millsboro, November, 2014, Credit: KARL MALGIERO/DELAWARE PUBLIC MEDIA
1855, in Millsboro, Delaware, a man named Levin Sockum was doing very well for himself. He was a Nanticoke business owner. His name was clearly Na...

  • Added: Nov 16, 2018
  • Length: 06:12
Episode 19: Buffalo Soldier
From: The Stoop
Series: The Stoop
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In this episode, we hear about Shelton Johnson, a park ranger at Yosemite National Park who reenacts the story of a Buffalo Soldier- a history that...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 15, 2018
  • Length: 07:49
  • Purchases: 1
Voices of Vietnam: Fighting on Two Fronts (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: WGR Special Series
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African Americans who fought for their country in Vietnam often experienced the same kinds of racism they had endured back home. While white and ...

Bought by KOSU, Georgia Public Broadcasting, WPCA-LP, New Hampshire Public Radio, WCQS and more


  • Added: Jul 20, 2018
  • Length: 53:58
  • Purchases: 12
Voices of Vietnam: Fighting on Two Fronts (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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-African Americans who fought for their country in Vietnam often experienced in the ranks the racism their families endured back home. While white...

Bought by WCNY, KWMR, WMUU-LP, WTJU, WRGY and more


  • Added: Jul 20, 2018
  • Length: 53:58
  • Purchases: 10
Facing Race in Montana
From: Ray Fanning
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Facing Race in Montana looks at various racial issues that are often invisible to many residents of one of the whitest states in America.

  • Added: Jun 19, 2018
  • Length: 58:31
UpFront Soul #2018.22 - May 28-June 3, 2018
From: WERU
Series: UpFront Soul with Sanguine Fromage
Caption: The Skull Snaps
We'll usher in a New Day with the Skull Snaps, celebrate Gemini birthdays with Cannonball Adderly and Joe Thomas, and check out Indigenous hip-hop ...

Bought by WJAB, WLPR , WOUB, KSRQ, Royalton Community Radio and more


  • Added: May 24, 2018
  • Length: 01:57:59
  • Purchases: 8
UpFront Soul #2018.19 May 7-13, 2018
From: WERU
Series: UpFront Soul with Sanguine Fromage
Caption: Redbone
We'll hear new music from Yasmin Lacey, check out an Indigenous set featuring Redbone, A Tribe Called Red, and N'we Jinan (joined by Penbscot youth...

Bought by WJAB, KBBI Alaska, KZUM, KSRQ, WOUB and more


  • Added: May 03, 2018
  • Length: 01:57:59
  • Purchases: 10
UpFront Soul #2017.14 - April 3-9, 2017
From: WERU
Series: UpFront Soul with Sanguine Fromage
Caption: Nataanii Means
We'll hear Indigenous hip-hop from Nataanii Means, AK Rebel, and Prolific the Rapper, hear empowering tunes from The O'Jays and The Chi-Lites, and ...

Bought by WOMR, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KZUM, WOUB, KSRQ and more


  • Added: Mar 30, 2017
  • Length: 01:57:59
  • Purchases: 6
UpFront Soul #2017.12 - March 20-26, 2017
From: WERU
Series: UpFront Soul with Sanguine Fromage
Caption: A Tribe Called Red
We'll hear new music from Nicole Willis and Rasheed Ali, check out some Indigenous sounds from Prolific the Rapper and A Tribe Called Red, and cele...

Bought by WOMR, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., Royalton Community Radio, WOUB, KSRQ and more


  • Added: Mar 16, 2017
  • Length: 01:57:59
  • Purchases: 7
Kill 'Em Dead with Needle and Thread
From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
Series: Stories Summer Institute 2016 Documentaries
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Jeremiah Williams, better known as Flag Boy Twin, may have left New Orleans, but he brought his rich heritage as a Mardi Gras Indian with him. Part...

Bought by KALW


  • Added: Jul 27, 2016
  • Length: 08:50
  • Purchases: 1
Pulitzer 100: Encounters at the Heart of the World (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: WGR Special Series
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-In her Pulitzer Prize-winning book Encounters at the Heart of the World, historian Elizabeth Fenn recounts the story of the Plains Mandan tribe as...

Bought by WLPR and KEDT


  • Added: Jun 10, 2016
  • Length: 53:57
  • Purchases: 2
Witches, Slaves, and Heroines (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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-Demystifying the legend of Pocahontas. -The stories of three remarkable enslaved women in Canada who fought back. And more…..

Bought by WCNY, KTSW 89.9, WTJU, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 10, 2016
  • Length: 53:57
  • Purchases: 5
Witches, Slaves, and Heroines (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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-The myths and truths behind the lives of two native women—Pocahontas and Tituba. -The stories of three remarkable enslaved women in Canada who fou...

Bought by WJCT, WABE, KRZA, WLIW, WUGA (part of GPB) and more


  • Added: Jun 10, 2016
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 9
Pulitzer 100 Encounters at the Heart of the World (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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-In her Pulitzer Prize-winning book Encounters at the Heart of the World, historian Elizabeth Fenn recounts the story of the Plains Mandan tribe as...

Bought by WCNY, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WMUU-LP, and WTJU


  • Added: Jun 10, 2016
  • Length: 53:57
  • Purchases: 5
More Than A Runaway: Maroons In Louisiana
From: WWNO
Series: TriPod: New Orleans At 300
Caption: Image of the St. Malo Maroon community from an 1883 edition of Harper's Weekly., Credit: THE HISTORIC NEW ORLEANS COLLECTION
This episode of TriPod: New Orleans at 300 looks at runaway slaves known as maroons.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KUER, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 02, 2016
  • Length: 09:37
  • Purchases: 3
WorldCanvass: Research to Real Life (Part 2)
From: Joan Kjaer
Series: WorldCanvass
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What does it mean to be a ‘research university?’ WorldCanvass guests answer that question from multiple perspectives on this program called “Resea...

  • Added: Jan 29, 2016
  • Length: 34:47
The Ties that Bind a Community
From: Sharayah Lane
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Story about the 23rd and Cherry Fellowship Hall in Seattle's Central District neighborhood. The story follows Nick, a recovering drug addict, on hi...

  • Added: Dec 12, 2015
  • Length: 05:08
George Fletcher at the 1911 Pendleton Roundup
From: Jonathan Thomas Stratman
Series: Who Died Today
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The true story of American Black cowboy, George Fletcher and Indian cowboy, Jackson Sundown, at the 1911 Pendleton Roundup.

Bought by KZYX


  • Added: Apr 13, 2015
  • Length: 02:49
  • Purchases: 1
Joseph Godfrey and his alliance to the Dakota
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
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Joseph Godfrey was born a slave and sought refuge among the Dakota Indians. Years later, when the U.S.-Dakota war broke out, he joined the fight. K...

  • Added: Feb 03, 2014
  • Length: 04:29
George Bonga
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
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George Bonga was born to an Ojibwe mother and an African-American father in 1802. A member of the Leech Lake band of Ojibwe, he became a fur trader...

Bought by Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota


  • Added: Jan 30, 2014
  • Length: 04:15
  • Purchases: 1
The Beat: Doris Stengel - "My Two River Life"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Beat
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Doris Stengel grew up on the North Dakota prairie, and then moved to the woods and lakes of Minnesota. She's been a high school teacher and has men...

  • Added: Sep 05, 2013
  • Length: 04:49
Dealing With Diabetes
From: Capital Public Radio
Caption: Carolyn Jackson in dialysis, Credit: Andrew Nixon/Capital Public Radio
November is American Diabetes Month and this award-winning program tells first-person stories from the Type 2 diabetes epidemic. Health Care Report...

Bought by WESM 91.3 FM, KPVL, 90.5 WESA, WEZU, KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle and more


  • Added: Oct 23, 2012
  • Length: 54:03
  • Purchases: 8
Everyone's A Little Bit Racist
From: Janean Jorgensen
Series: Broadway Matinee - Songs from the Stage & Screen
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Vaudeville and Broadway songs that are incorrect in these times

Bought by 89.1 Trapper Radio KNWT, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KKRN, Spokane Public Radio, Robin Hood Radio/ WHDD AM 1020/FM 91.9-WLHV FM 88.1 /WGHQ AM 920 and more


  • Added: Oct 03, 2012
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 6
Heroes Come in Many Colors
From: Loyola Productions, Inc.
Series: Heroes Come in Many Colors
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The contributions of the Black Man—celebrating Black History Month. Remembering: Sugar Ray Robinson, Joe Louis, Estaban, Phillis Wheatley, Bill Pic...

  • Added: Dec 07, 2010
  • Length: 37:38
Intersection by Demetrius Amparan
From: WBEZ
Series: Louder Than a Bomb 2008
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His second year in the competition, Demetrius says this piece is about fitting into all four of his races. Demetrius Amparan is 17 years old and w...

Bought by SpiritHouse Inc/Youth Noise Network


  • Added: Apr 02, 2008
  • Length: 03:06
  • Purchases: 1