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EP158 Reverend John Wilkins
From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: Crusin' The Blues with Mr. Jack
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A Bluesman who plays gospel as well as blues.

  • Added: Jan 20, 2021
  • Length: 59:58
Dr. Synnika's Topical Poem of the Week
From: Synnika Lofton
Series: Dr. Synnika's Topical Poem of the Week
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Dr. Synnika's Topical Poem of the Week is a weekly show that uses poetry to explore the social, political, and racial conditions in America. Each e...

  • Added: Jan 05, 2021
  • Length: 03:30
Blue Dimensions I50: Kat Riggins Cries Out The Blues
From: Bluesnet Radio
Series: Blue Dimensions
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a new album "Cry Out" — strong new blues songs from singer and songwriter Kat Riggins —and several selections from a great debut album, "Omega," fr...

Bought by WMOT, KJZX-Austin, Raven Radio, KKRN, Royalton Community Radio and more


  • Added: Dec 09, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 14
Blue Dimensions I47: New Music From Vibraphonist Joel Ross, Cornetist Ron Miles, and Guitarist-Singer George Benson
From: Bluesnet Radio
Series: Blue Dimensions
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music from Joel Ross's new album "Who Are You?" with saxophonist Immanuel Wilkins

Bought by KMUN, KJZX-Austin, WMOT, Raven Radio, KKRN and more


  • Added: Nov 18, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 17
Reparations: Should We Pay for Someone Else's Sin?
From: Loki Mulholland
Series: The Uncomfortable Truth
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The United States government has a history of paying reparations to those who have been wronged but with one very striking exception: slavery. Shou...

  • Added: Nov 12, 2020
  • Length: 46:41
EP153 Fenton Robinson (revisted)
From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: Crusin' The Blues with Mr. Jack
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The JSP Records label recently released a new album of unreleased material of Chicago's Bluesman Fenton Robinson which was recorded in England and ...

  • Added: Nov 02, 2020
  • Length: 59:56
Blue Dimensions I44: South African pianist Nduduzo Makhathini's Modes of Communication
From: Bluesnet Radio
Series: Blue Dimensions
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featuring South African pianist Nduduzo Makhathini's album "Modes Of Communication: Letters From The Underworlds."

Bought by KJZX-Austin, WMOT, Raven Radio, KKRN, Royalton Community Radio and more


  • Added: Oct 28, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 16
Eric Deggans, NPR TV critic and Author of 'RACE-BAITER" on Language, Travel and Media
From: World Footprints LLC
Caption: Race-Baiting book cover
World Footprints talks race-baiting, travel, media and music with NPR TV critic Eric Deggans.

  • Added: Oct 07, 2020
  • Length: 40:26
Blue Dimensions I41: Saxophonist Teodross Avery Plays The Music Of Thelonious Monk
From: Bluesnet Radio
Series: Blue Dimensions
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saxophonist Teodross Avery takes on the music of Thelonious Monk on his album "Harlem Stories: The Music Of Thelonious Monk"

Bought by WMOT, Raven Radio, KKRN, Royalton Community Radio, KMUN and more


  • Added: Oct 07, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 15
RDD: Toledo Black Artist Coalition
From: WGTE Public Media
Series: The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor
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We're talking to a brand new organization on this week's RDD. It's the Toledo Black Artist Coalition, a collection of artists, educators, activists...

  • Added: Sep 22, 2020
  • Length: 06:15
Blue Dimensions I35: MONK'estra, Black Art Jazz Collective, Jazz Is Dead 3, and a Jubilant baritone
From: Bluesnet Radio
Series: Blue Dimensions
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MONK'estra plays music of its leader John Beasley, as well as its namesake Thelonious Monk. Also new music from Black Art Jazz Collective, Jazz Is ...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), Raven Radio, KHNS, KKRN, WMOT and more


  • Added: Aug 26, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 14
509: Growing Justice / 510: In Search Of Real Food, 8/22/2020
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "Growing Justice" - Where does the racial justice movement need to go next? How about back to the land. HOUR TWO: "In Search Of Real Food...

  • Added: Aug 21, 2020
  • Length: 01:58:57
Blue Dimensions I33: The Vibraphonic Reincarnation of Warren Wolf
From: Bluesnet Radio
Series: Blue Dimensions
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Good vibes! Vibraphonist Warren Wolf's album "Reincarnation," and vibraphonist Steve Yeager's "Vibraharp."

Bought by KJZX-Austin, WMOT, Raven Radio, KKRN, Royalton Community Radio and more


  • Added: Aug 12, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 15
Blue Dimensions I32: A Noteworthy Debut From Saxophonist Immanuel Wilkins
From: Bluesnet Radio
Series: Blue Dimensions
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the debut album of saxophonist Immanuel Wilkins, "Omega" and music from two of his mentors, trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire and pianist Jason Moran (w...

Bought by KJZX-Austin, GCR (Global Community Radio), WMOT, Raven Radio, KKRN and more


  • Added: Aug 05, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 16
Ocean and Freedom
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
Caption: View of Table Mountain. Cape Town, South Africa, Credit: Unsplash
This week on World Ocean Radio we share the final episode of the five-part Slavery: Heritage and Identity series. In this broadcast we look at the ...

  • Added: Aug 04, 2020
  • Length: 05:18
Amistad
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
Caption: Oil painting of La Amistad off the coast of Long Island , Credit: Courtesy of the New Haven Museum
This week on World Ocean Radio: part four of the five-part Slavery: Heritage and Identity series. In this episode we discuss the history of La Amis...

  • Added: Jul 28, 2020
  • Length: 05:30
Diving with Purpose
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
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In this episode of World Ocean Radio, part three of the five-part Slavery: Heritage and Identity series, we introduce listeners to Diving with a Pu...

  • Added: Jul 20, 2020
  • Length: 05:25
EP145 Byther Smith
From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: Crusin' The Blues with Mr. Jack
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An experience nof hearing a blue musician in a real blues club in Chicago.

  • Added: Jul 17, 2020
  • Length: 59:42
The Slave Route
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
Caption: UNESCO Slave Route: Resistance, Liberty, Heritage
In this episode of World Ocean Radio, part two of the four-part Slavery: Heritage and Identity series, we discuss trans-Atlantic slavery in the con...

  • Added: Jul 14, 2020
  • Length: 05:10
Blue Dimensions I28: Maceo! James Brown's former right-hand man's latest album "Soul Food - Cookin With Maceo"
From: Bluesnet Radio
Series: Blue Dimensions
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the new album from saxophonist Maceo Parker, and songs from singer/pianist Dena DeRose

Bought by WMOT, GCR (Global Community Radio), Raven Radio, KHNS, KKRN and more


  • Added: Jul 08, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 14
The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
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
Kimberlé Crenshaw: Intersectionality
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Kimberlé Crenshaw, Credit: Annabel Clark
Law Professor Kimberlé Crenshaw defined the concept of intersectionality 30 years ago. She developed that framework to understand how identities s...

Bought by WFHB


  • Added: Jun 22, 2020
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
491: Breaking The Chains / 492: Wonders Of The Human Body, 6/20/2020
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "Breaking The Chains" - You can trace a direct line from slavery to the mass incarceration of Black men. Should we defund the police? How...

  • Added: Jun 19, 2020
  • Length: 01:58:58
Blue Dimensions I24: Ambrose Akinmusire's Calloused Moments
From: Bluesnet Radio
Series: Blue Dimensions
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new music from trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire, pianist Christian Sands, bassist Christian McBride, and bluesmen Joe Louis Walker and Boo Boo Davis, p...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), KHNS, Raven Radio, WMOT, KKRN and more


  • Added: Jun 10, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 14
Blue Dimensions I23: Frank Bey's Dues Are All Paid Up
From: Bluesnet Radio
Series: Blue Dimensions
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Comeback singer Frank Bey's album "All My Dues Are Paid"

Bought by KJZX-Austin, KHNS, WMOT, Raven Radio, KKRN and more


  • Added: Jun 03, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 13