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Davis, Kenneth C. – "Independence, Where Does It Come From?"
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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Don’t Know Much About History, Everything you Need to Know About American History But Never Learned “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Jun 16, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Jazz in Europe
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Sam Wooding
The introduction of jazz to European society before the 1920s is a complex story. While it was met with both enthusiasm and resistance, its influen...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Jun 15, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Fred Watson– "What a Telescope Reveals"
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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Stargazer, the Life and Times of the Telescope The history of the telescope is a rich story of human ingenuity and perseverance involving some of ...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Jun 09, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Three of the Best
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Coleman Hawkins
Coleman Hawkins, Benny Carter, and Ben Webster. Each left an indelible mark on jazz, with their distinct styles and contributions to the developmen...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Jun 07, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
EP225 Howard and the White Boys
From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: Crusin' The Blues with Mr. Jack
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A top-notch respected and loved Chicago band that has been established since 1988

Bought by WLPR


  • Added: Jun 05, 2023
  • Length: 59:54
  • Purchases: 1
A Bite of the Big Apple
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: The Back Room, NYC
It was one of the most infamous times in the history of New York. The city became the hub of a new emerging music: jazz, and the Big Apple was the ...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Jun 02, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Sam Totten – "Genocide in Darfur"
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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Genocide is the intent to exterminate in whole or in part a specific group of people often based on nationality, ethnicity, race or religion. For t...

  • Added: Jun 01, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
Donald Trone– "Fiduciary Responsibility"
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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Though some people dislike the idea, money has become an important and complex aspect of life. Many choose to invest in stocks and mutual funds, ho...

  • Added: May 26, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
Chicago Rarities
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Lovie Austin
When the New Orleans community of Storyville was shuttered in 1917, musicians began traveling north to find work. No one could have been prepared f...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: May 26, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
230528 Nightowls
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
Caption: Teddy "Mr. Bear" McRae
Bands and songs featuring the character of a "night owl." Usually a male who stays out all night every night. She's waiting on him at the front ...

Bought by Delmarva Public Media, KFCF FM, Prairie Public, and WQCS


  • Added: May 23, 2023
  • Length: 04:09:21
  • Purchases: 4
EP224 Eric Bibb
From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: Crusin' The Blues with Mr. Jack
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Eric Bibb's musical career spans 50 years. His 2023 Album "Ridin' " is a collection of great words for our world today.

Bought by WLPR


  • Added: May 23, 2023
  • Length: 59:58
  • Purchases: 1
Last Witness: The Kerner Commission
From: Joe Richman
Caption: The Kerner Commission, Credit: Fred Harris
Former Senator Fred Harris is the last surviving member of the 1968 Kerner Commission, which was tasked to solve the problem of riots spreading thr...

  • Added: May 22, 2023
  • Length: 07:52
The End of Smallpox
From: Radio Diaries
Caption: Rahima Banu and her mother in 1975, Credit: Daniel Tarantola/WHO
Only one human disease has ever been completely eradicated: Smallpox. Rahima Banu, a woman from rural Bangladesh, was the last person in the world ...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago


  • Added: May 19, 2023
  • Length: 09:37
  • Purchases: 1
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
The Musical Review
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Paul Robeson
At the turn of the century, 1900, entertainment promoters discovered the value of staging musical reviews for introducing musical scores. In order ...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: May 19, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Paul M. Lisnik– "Juries: Fair or Corruptible"
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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The Hidden Jury, and Other Tactics Lawyers Use to Win What happens when a guilty person is acquitted of crime? Or worse, when an innocent person i...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: May 18, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Mothers of Gynecology
From: Distillations
Series: Innate
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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
Correcting Race
From: Distillations
Series: Innate
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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
‘That Rotten Spot’
From: Distillations
Series: Innate
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When the plague broke out in San Francisco in 1900, the public health department singled out Chinatown—as if Chinatown were the problem.

  • Added: May 15, 2023
  • Length: 51:34
Black Pills
From: Distillations
Series: Innate
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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
Bad Blood, Bad Science
From: Distillations
Series: Innate
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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
The African Burial Ground
From: Distillations
Series: Innate
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Is it possible to study human remains ethically?

  • Added: May 15, 2023
  • Length: 44:44
Return, Rebury, Repatriate
From: Distillations
Series: Innate
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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
WB_0515-For MTPR
From: Tom Berich
Caption: PRX default Piece image
World Bridges for Montana Public Radio - 0515

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: May 14, 2023
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 1
The Jam Session
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Natty Dominique
The Jam Session: It’s the proving ground for a musician. That’s where you test your chops. Your creativity. For 1920s jazz performers, these sessio...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: May 12, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1

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