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There have been fewer than 50 full face transplant recipients in the world. And up until 2019, there had been zero done for African-Americans. Toda...

  • Added: Mar 29, 2024
  • Length: 50:00
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Urban shamanism and setting sacred space. Dreams, like myths, can be regarded as stories that are not true but that say something true. The essence...

  • Added: Mar 15, 2024
  • Length: 54:13
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Is melanin a genetic marker for superiority?

Bought by KCHW, KFCF FM, Spokane Public Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KWMR and more


  • Added: Feb 20, 2024
  • Length: 01:58:02
  • Purchases: 31
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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: Jan 19, 2024
  • Length: 01:59:01
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Learning to let go and move forward even when we are afraid. The Dream Journal has a conversation with new mother Sahlah Dubel who goes deep with a...

  • Added: Dec 11, 2023
  • Length: 55:57
Caption: Henrietta Lacks, Credit: Courtesy: Lacks family & Estate
David Kattenburg speaks about Henrietta Lacks and medical racism in America with Dorothy Roberts. Roberts is Professor of Law and Sociology at the ...

  • Added: Oct 01, 2023
  • Length: 34:56
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Feed your head, Grace Slick cried in the song White Rabbit. How about feeding the bacteria in your gut? Beer won’t make you smart. How about wine, ...

  • Added: Sep 16, 2023
  • Length: 56:05
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The history of why Black women are more likely to die when giving birth than White women.

Bought by WVTF and WNED Buffalo


  • Added: May 15, 2023
  • Length: 56:56
  • Purchases: 2
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"Race correction" is a practice based on the premise that Black bodies are inherently different from White bodies. Medical students are trying to c...

  • Added: May 15, 2023
  • Length: 48:57
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If there is no such thing as biological race, why do we have race-specific drugs?

  • Added: May 15, 2023
  • Length: 54:18
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The word “Tuskegee” has become shorthand for the Black community’s mistrust of the medical establishment. But what really happened?

  • Added: May 15, 2023
  • Length: 59:05
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Activists were angry that a museum held the skulls of enslaved people. Then they discovered it also had remains of Black children killed in 1985.

  • Added: May 14, 2023
  • Length: 56:58
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The faulty—and fatal—race logic of an 18th century yellow fever epidemic.

  • Added: May 09, 2023
  • Length: 40:50
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How race was invented to support racism.

  • Added: May 09, 2023
  • Length: 33:44
Caption: Dr. Lisa Fitzpatrick believes plainspoken information from trusted messengers can help shrink health disparities, and some insurers are buying in., Credit: Ryan Levi
Black Americans report higher levels of mistrust in the health care system than white Americans and suffer worse outcomes in everything from matern...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Feb 03, 2023
  • Length: 20:23
  • Purchases: 1
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Topic 1 - Green Lights for Migraines; Topic 2 - Black in Science; Topic 3 - Lithium Mining

Bought by RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Feb 02, 2023
  • Length: 51:45
  • Purchases: 1
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You only die once. But you can get close a few times.

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: Dec 15, 2022
  • Length: 52:00
  • Purchases: 1
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You only die once. But you can get close a few times.

Bought by KHEN-LP, WMUU-LP, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WRST-FM Oshkosh, WRGY and more


  • Added: Dec 15, 2022
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 10
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You only die once. But you can get close a few times.

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


  • Added: Dec 15, 2022
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 3
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HOUR ONE: "Astonishing African Futures" - The new Black Panther movie, "Wakanda Forever," is dominating the global box office. This hour, a litera...

  • Added: Dec 09, 2022
  • Length: 01:59:00
Caption: Drew Lanham in Beidler Forest
Interview with Drew Lanham, South Carolina author, Black birder and wildlife biologist.

  • Added: Dec 01, 2022
  • Length: 33:10
Caption: Dr. Robert Bullard
Dr. Robert Bullard, widely considered the father of environmental justice, talks about the inequality of pollution and climate change.

  • Added: Dec 01, 2022
  • Length: 29:53
Caption: Amanda Garcia, Clyde Robinson, Justin J. Pearson and George Nolan celebrate the 1-year anniversary of the pipeline's cancellation
The pipeline fight comes to a surprising end. But with so many environmental injustices remaining in Memphis, the work is far from over. MCAP will ...

  • Added: Sep 23, 2022
  • Length: 31:05
Caption: Scottie Fitzgerald at the National Civil Rights Museum
Though the pipeline’s construction seems inevitable, MCAP’s relentless activism has begun attracting the attention of national figures, who help en...

  • Added: Sep 23, 2022
  • Length: 29:47
Caption: Attorney Scott Crosby of Burch, Porter & Johnson
One landowner refuses to sell to the pipeline company, and soon receives pro bono legal help. Meanwhile, MCAP learns that allies aren't always who ...

  • Added: Sep 23, 2022
  • Length: 31:38