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Dawn Powell
From: Radio Diaries
Series: The Unmarked Graveyard: Stories from Hart Island
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Dawn Powell wrote novels about people like herself: outsiders who’d come to New York City in the early twentieth century to make a name for themsel...

Bought by KALW


  • Added: Jan 25, 2024
  • Length: 22:02
  • Purchases: 1
PRESENT meets PAST at Burning Man
From: David Boyer
Series: THE INTERSECTION at Burning Man
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Most Burners don’t know much about the history of the land or its original inhabitants: the Pyramid Lake Paiute. Reporter Lucy Kang enlightens them.

  • Added: Aug 21, 2023
  • Length: 28:09
The Almost Astronaut
From: Joe Richman
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The story of how Ed Dwight went from being an Air Force captain to almost becoming the first Black astronaut in the world.

  • Added: May 19, 2023
  • Length: 16:36
EP223 Lightnin' Slim
From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: Crusin' The Blues with Mr. Jack
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Otis Hicks was a somewhat unsung Louisiana blues man who was an inspiration to another Louisianan who would one day become world famous!

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio) and WLPR


  • Added: Apr 11, 2023
  • Length: 01:00:08
  • Purchases: 2
EP221 Janis and Jorma 1964
From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: Crusin' The Blues with Mr. Jack
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An Historic early recording of Janis Joplin and Jorma Kaukonen

Bought by WLPR


  • Added: Mar 20, 2023
  • Length: 59:05
  • Purchases: 1
EP220 Joe "Guitar" Hughes
From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: Crusin' The Blues with Mr. Jack
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A great Blues musician who deserves recognition for his contribution to the genre.

Bought by WLPR


  • Added: Feb 14, 2023
  • Length: 59:44
  • Purchases: 1
EP209 Charlie Musselwhite "Mississippi Son"
From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: Crusin' The Blues with Mr. Jack
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Charlie Musselwhite has been playing the blues for over 60 years. His latest project takes him back to his roots in Mississippi.

Bought by WLPR and WLPR


  • Added: Oct 18, 2022
  • Length: 59:59
  • Purchases: 2
Viva Brother Nagi from Kerning Cultures
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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Nagi Daifallah was a young farm worker from Yemen who participated in the 1973 Grape Strike along with the UFW until he was murdered by a Sheriff....

  • Added: Sep 12, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
Gustav Mahler: Turmoil and Triumph
From: Charlie Warren
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"To write a symphony is, for me, to construct a world," said Mahler. Hear unique historical comment and quotes from biographers, authors, conductor...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, Spokane Public Radio, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), and WHRV


  • Added: Jul 12, 2022
  • Length: 59:16
  • Purchases: 5
EP201 Reflecting Back
From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: Crusin' The Blues with Mr. Jack
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A look back at the past 200 episodes of "Cruising the Blues With Mr. Jack".

Bought by WLPR


  • Added: May 19, 2022
  • Length: 59:28
  • Purchases: 1
EP200 The Chris Duarte Group
From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: Crusin' The Blues with Mr. Jack
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Chris Duarte hails from Texas and has a great defining sound all his own in the Blues Rock genre.

Bought by WLPR


  • Added: May 19, 2022
  • Length: 59:57
  • Purchases: 1
EP199 The 1991 Chicago Blues Fest P2
From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: Crusin' The Blues with Mr. Jack
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Part 2 of the opening night of the 8th Annual Chicago Blues Fest held on Friday, June 14th, 1991.

Bought by WLPR


  • Added: May 11, 2022
  • Length: 59:55
  • Purchases: 1
EP198 The 1991 Chicago Blues Fest P1
From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: Crusin' The Blues with Mr. Jack
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A trip back in time to 1991 and the 8th Annual Chicago Blues Fest.

Bought by WLPR


  • Added: May 11, 2022
  • Length: 59:46
  • Purchases: 1
EP197 No More Worlds To Conquer
From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: Crusin' The Blues with Mr. Jack
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A new 2022 Blues release from an artist who's known to be associated with Rock.

Bought by WLPR


  • Added: Apr 30, 2022
  • Length: 58:19
  • Purchases: 1
EP196 Salute to Chicago Blues Masters
From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: Crusin' The Blues with Mr. Jack
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In the year 2000 Telarc Blues label released a 3-album salute to three Chicago Blues Masters.

Bought by WLPR


  • Added: Apr 30, 2022
  • Length: 57:29
  • Purchases: 1
EP193 Fathers And Sons
From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: Crusin' The Blues with Mr. Jack
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Fathers And Sons was a classic recording from 1969 from the Chess Records label

  • Added: Apr 19, 2022
  • Length: 01:00:00
Operation Boulder from Kerning Cultures
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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Since 9/11, US governmental agencies have poured millions of dollars into spying on Arabs, Muslims and Arab Americans. Their surveillance has chang...

Bought by WXDU and C89.5 - KNHC Seattle


  • Added: Apr 15, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
EP189 Tinsley Ellis "Devil May Care"
From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: Crusin' The Blues with Mr. Jack
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Tinsley Ellis 20th album "Devil May Care"

Bought by WLPR


  • Added: Feb 09, 2022
  • Length: 59:09
  • Purchases: 1
EP184 Masters of Modern Blues Floyd Jones & Eddie Taylor
From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: Crusin' The Blues with Mr. Jack
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An historical recording with an amazing lineup of musicians from Chicago.

Bought by WLPR


  • Added: Nov 18, 2021
  • Length: 57:39
  • Purchases: 1
The Forgotten Story of Clinton Melton
From: Radio Diaries
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On December 3, 1955, a 33-year-old Black gas station attendant named Clinton Melton was shot and killed in Glendora, Mississippi. Two witnesses — i...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and WXAV 88.3FM Chicago


  • Added: Oct 18, 2021
  • Length: 11:44
  • Purchases: 2
Soul Sister: The Limits of Empathy
From: Radio Diaries
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In 1969, a white journalist named Grace Halsell, published a book called Soul Sister. It was her account of living as a “black woman” in the United...

  • Added: Oct 15, 2021
  • Length: 12:18
Last Witness: The Kerner Commission
From: Radio Diaries
Series: Last Witness
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Decades before our current debate over critical race theory, the 1968 Kerner Commission pointed the finger at structural racism for creating the co...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago and WXAV 88.3FM Chicago


  • Added: Oct 05, 2021
  • Length: 08:56
  • Purchases: 2
EP177 Damon Fowler "Alafia Moon"
From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: Crusin' The Blues with Mr. Jack
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Damon Fowler's 2021 album, "Alafia Moon"

  • Added: Aug 26, 2021
  • Length: 57:26
Episode 34: Lost and Found
From: Criminal
Series: This is Love
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On today’s episode: Home recordings, people recording their friends, neighbors, and strangers — for a look at how we live, and who we are, by liste...

  • Added: Aug 13, 2021
  • Length: 45:28
EP175 Hip Linkchain
From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: Crusin' The Blues with Mr. Jack
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Hip Linkchain/Lankchan was a first rate Chicago Blues musician whom is due recognition for his part in the American Blue scene.

Bought by WLPR


  • Added: Aug 02, 2021
  • Length: 56:58
  • Purchases: 1