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In this episode. We explore America’s ongoing and persistent issues when it comes to race and social justice... in particular how race can be weapo...
- Added: May 28, 2020
- Length: 29:30
HOUR ONE: "Our Virtual Reality" - One of the most popular video games during the pandemic is "Animal Crossing." Can our virtual existence give us r...
- Added: May 15, 2020
- Length: 01:58:58
On this edition of PEACE TALKS RADIO, Megan Kamerick interviews Layla Saad, the author of "Me and White Supremacy: Combat Racism, Change the World,...
Bought by WMPG and Radio Baha'i, WLGI
- Added: Mar 31, 2020
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 2
This week, we are returning to the topic of Carceral Capitalism. We interviewed the poet and author Jackie Wang in episodes 89 and 90 of Kite Line....
- Added: Mar 08, 2020
- Length: 29:42
This week, we share a moving keynote speech recently given at the University of Michigan by Michelle Jones. Jones has been featured on multiple epi...
- Added: Mar 08, 2020
- Length: 28:25
Last week, we began hearing the voices of prisoners on the topic of Angela Davis’s book, Are Prisons Obsolete? Up first, we have Anastazia Schmid’s...
- Added: Mar 08, 2020
- Length: 30:03
HOUR ONE: "Why Do We Meet?" - Studies show we're all disappointed with our friendships. Is it time to rethink the way we gather? HOUR TWO: "Hip H...
- Added: Feb 28, 2020
- Length: 01:58:59
Kingsolver takes us to 1950s Belgian Congo via the Prices, a missionary family. David Holway from UCSD gives us the rundown on local ant species wh...
- Added: Oct 04, 2019
- Length: 22:44
Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools is an examination of the experiences of black girls across the country whose intricate lives...
Bought by WRIR
- Added: Aug 25, 2019
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
HOUR ONE: "Weird World Of Mushrooms" - They can heal you. They can also kill you. This hour, take a trip into the wild world of toadstools. HOUR ...
- Added: Jun 07, 2019
- Length: 01:58:58
400 years since the first enslaved Africans arrived in Jamestown, many people agree reparations are due, but what would they look like? How about a...
Bought by KDNK
- Added: Jun 06, 2019
- Length: 28:00
- Purchases: 1
The fight to legalize marijuana has never been easy, as evidenced by the recent collapse of months-long efforts in New Jersey and New York. A key i...
Bought by KDNK
- Added: Apr 04, 2019
- Length: 28:00
- Purchases: 1
HOUR ONE: "Against Cynicism" - Why is the world so cynical? This hour, an irony-free exploration of cynicism. HOUR TWO: "Hip Hop Future" - "Strai...
- Added: Mar 08, 2019
- Length: 01:58:59
HOUR ONE: "Discovering America's Black DNA" - What happens when common DNA brings the black and white side of the family together for the first tim...
- Added: Oct 18, 2018
- Length: 01:58:59
Students at several prominent historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs), have demanded that school administrators address sexual assault...
Bought by WVAS
- Added: Aug 31, 2018
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
Darnell Moore the author of No Ashes in the Fire: Coming of Age Black and Free in America. A story of beauty and hope-and an honest reckoning with...
- Added: Aug 18, 2018
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 2
HOUR ONE: "Roadtrippin'"' - What makes a road trip something special? It's not the destination. HOUR 2: "Artificial Creativity" - Scientists are ...
- Added: Jul 05, 2018
- Length: 01:58:58
Afrofuturism is a growing genre-movement that spans literature, art, music, and film. It provides radical alternatives to dominant Western narrativ...
Bought by WMMT, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio, KQED, KVNF, WRIR and more
- Added: Jun 29, 2018
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 7
James Forman Jr., a former Washington, D.C., public defender, Yale University professor, and author of the Pulitzer Prize winner and The New York’s...
- Added: Jun 07, 2018
- Length: 24:54
HOUR ONE: "Hip Hop Future" - "Straight Outta Compton" turns 30 this year and hip hop has more influence than ever. What will it change next? HOUR...
- Added: Apr 12, 2018
- Length: 01:58:59
"For any child that has been struggling with their sexuality, who has seen that movie. That could have been a life saving moment for them." - Mike ...
- Added: Apr 09, 2018
- Length: 01:11:37
How do you feel about the future? Do you feel hopeful? Do you feel scared? Can we move forward together as a country? In our Season 1 finale, Carve...
Bought by WCNY
- Added: Mar 12, 2018
- Length: 30:48
- Purchases: 1
How do you stand against evil, but not the evildoer? How do you go to war for what's right with love for the people you're fighting? Carvell Wallac...
- Added: Mar 12, 2018
- Length: 38:36
Do you love America? No, seriously, Carvell Wallace wants to know: do you love America? Today, he talks with Van Jones and Rabia Chaudry about love...
- Added: Mar 12, 2018
- Length: 39:18