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HOUR ONE: "Living With Loneliness" - In countries all over the world, rates of loneliness are skyrocketing. How did it become a condition of modern...

  • Added: Apr 09, 2021
  • Length: 01:59:00
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My name is Shawn Hughes. I wrote this piece consciously, recapping one of my most important moments of the year. In the midst of two pandemics, eve...

  • Added: Jan 21, 2021
  • Length: 06:54
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In this episode, I reveal a secret that i've kept from my parents for 16 years. What direction will this go?

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 27, 2020
  • Length: 24:50
  • Purchases: 1
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Topic 1: Building Your Personal Brand. Topic 2: Beekeeping. Topic 3: Workers' Rights.

Bought by KTXK


  • Added: Aug 21, 2020
  • Length: 54:31
  • Purchases: 1
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A piece by Mya Torres. I made my piece about how social media ruined not only MY relationship with self-love, but many others.

  • Added: Aug 18, 2020
  • Length: 05:59
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A piece by Lael Saphir. My piece is about what it feels like to be a P.O.C. dancer in a community that excludes you.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 18, 2020
  • Length: 06:47
  • Purchases: 1
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I'm Shawn Hughes and a student from Walter Payton College Prep. This project details, despite the success, the complications and struggles that our...

  • Added: Aug 18, 2020
  • Length: 07:15
Caption: Woman holding a rainbow flag with BLM, Credit: OutCaster Justin
Gay teenager attends a Black Lives Matter protest in a suburb of NYC.

  • Added: Jul 31, 2020
  • Length: 08:15
Caption: Adam B. Shapiro, Credit: Shefik
Perseverance - Adam B. Shapiro is an award-winning actor, known for HBO's "The Normal Heart" (2014), "Master of None" (2015), and "The Cobbler" (20...

  • Added: Jul 31, 2020
  • Length: 03:33
Caption: Michael Alig, Credit: Shefik
Resilience - Michael Alig is an artist and party promoter, who served almost 17 years in prison for manslaughter. He was a co-founder and ringleade...

  • Added: Jul 28, 2020
  • Length: 04:07
Caption: Sony Turner, Credit: Shefik
Dreams - Sonny Turner is best known for replacing Tony Williams as lead singer of The Platters. The group had 40 charting singles on the Billboard ...

  • Added: Jul 22, 2020
  • Length: 01:26
Caption: Brendon Hamilton, Credit: Shefik
Remorse - Brendon Hamilton has been writing and performing since he was a young child. Influenced by some of rock, pop, and R&B's greatest recordin...

  • Added: Jul 20, 2020
  • Length: 02:44
Caption: Alvaro Alencar, Credit: Shefik
Change - Alvaro Alencar has over 140 records in his career spanning 20+ years. In this time, he has won 13 Latin Grammy Awards, over 25 Latin Gramm...

  • Added: Jul 19, 2020
  • Length: 02:01
Caption: Sipho Gumbo, Credit: Shefik
Revolution - Sipho Gumbo, the creator of Yangu Beauty, sought out a leading expert in skincare chemistry to help transform her authentic recipes in...

  • Added: Jul 16, 2020
  • Length: 04:24
Caption: Neddy Smith, Credit: Shefik
Faith - Neddy Smith is a professional musician and CEO at NedGJean International. He composes and writes his music, not only in a traditional style...

  • Added: Jul 13, 2020
  • Length: 02:40
Caption: Neddy Smith, Credit: Shefik
Change - Neddy Smith is a professional musician and CEO at NedGJean International. He composes and writes his music, not only in a traditional styl...

  • Added: Jul 10, 2020
  • Length: 02:25
Caption: Robert D. Siano, Esq., Credit: Shefik
Change - Robert D. Siano, Esq. has practiced law for over thirteen years and is an experienced attorney that handles matters involving entertainmen...

  • Added: Jul 09, 2020
  • Length: 01:31
Caption: Jason Stuart, Credit: Shefik
Forgiveness - Jason Stuart has a major role in the historic bio film "The Birth of a Nation". He has worked with heavy hitters George Clooney, Faye...

  • Added: Jul 08, 2020
  • Length: 02:02
Caption: Dr. Hassan Tetteh, Credit: Shefik
Change - Dr. Hassan Tetteh is a board-certified surgeon specializing in thoracic surgery, critical care, heart and lung transplantation, research a...

  • Added: Jul 08, 2020
  • Length: 01:27
Caption: Doreen Bazile, Credit: Shefik
Change - Doreen Bazile is a social worker. She sees many different patients with distinct needs and issues, regarding spirituality and religion, fa...

  • Added: Jul 08, 2020
  • Length: 01:24
Caption: Robert D. Siano, Esq., Credit: Shefik
Perseverance - Robert D. Siano, Esq. has practiced law for over thirteen years and is an experienced attorney that handles matters involving entert...

  • Added: Jul 07, 2020
  • Length: 01:42
Caption: Chuck McDermott, Credit: Shefik
Perseverance - Over the last 40 years, Chuck McDermott has left his musical mark on audiences on both coasts of the United States. Over the last fe...

  • Added: Jul 07, 2020
  • Length: 03:28
Caption: This pencil and watercolor by Lt. Francis Meynell shows Africans liberated by the British Navy. The Albanez (erroneously identified as Albaroz in the National Maritime Museum catalog) was a Brazilian vessel, captured by the Royal Navy ship, Albatross, off, Credit: Image is in the public domain. Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial 4.0 International.
What were thought to be the remains of America's last slave ship--the Clotilda--were unearthed on a muddy river bank in the Mobile-Tensaw Delta in ...

  • Added: Jul 06, 2020
  • Length: 04:51
Caption: André Wallace, Credit: Shefik
Birds - André Wallace is a City Council Member at Mount Vernon, New York. He is also the owner of a construction company, CDCD, LLC.

  • Added: Jul 06, 2020
  • Length: 02:26
Caption: Peppermint, Credit: Shefik
Identity - The hardest working woman in show business, drag queen and recording artist Peppermint has conquered the New York scene with her high-en...

  • Added: Jul 06, 2020
  • Length: 04:29