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Unprisoned Radio Hour: Stories of Being Black and Male in America

From: Eve Abrams
Series: Unprisoned

In this hour we hear three stories about what it's like being Black and male in the United States of America. The first story, from season 1 of Un...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.

Dem 2 Brothers & a Grill

From: Out of the Blocks
Series: Out of the Blocks, Quick Hits

The same people who told me it wouldn't work, they come every day.

Bought by PRX Remix

Fishing with Delton

From: Out of the Blocks
Series: Out of the Blocks, Quick Hits

Born and raised in Compton. It was big to come out here and see something different.

Bought by PRX Remix

New Beginnings

From: Out of the Blocks
Series: Out of the Blocks, Quick Hits

I got shot two times, and i walked out of Shock Trauma three hours later. It was made clear to me that my work wasn't done.

Bought by PRX Remix

Episode 111: Silvon Simmons

From: Criminal
Series: Criminal

“My first instinct, to be honest, was they shot this guy and now there’s a coverup.” -Liz Riley, Special Assistant Public Defender, Monroe County P...

New Pine Valley Restaurant

From: Out of the Blocks
Series: Out of the Blocks, Quick Hits

Dr. Martin Luther King, I waited on him. He had ham and egg and hash browns.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and PRX Remix

Upton Boxing Center

From: Out of the Blocks
Series: Out of the Blocks, Quick Hits

Some guys come in and think you can turn pro next week, but once they come in here and find out what you have to go through, it’s like a wake-up ca...

Bought by PRX Remix

Patapsco Mart

From: Out of the Blocks
Series: Out of the Blocks, Quick Hits

I smile, even when it hurts.

Bought by PRX Remix

Antonio McDuffy

From: Out of the Blocks
Series: Out of the Blocks, Quick Hits

You have to command your area. This is my area. This is where I make a living.

Bought by PRX Remix

Soul Source

From: Out of the Blocks
Series: Out of the Blocks, Quick Hits

I get so much love from the customers in here. It’s better than where I came from.

Bought by PRX Remix

Vander Pearson

From: Out of the Blocks
Series: Out of the Blocks, Quick Hits

I've been here through the good times and the bad times. At one time, I was the only business on this block.

Bridge of Hope

From: Out of the Blocks
Series: Out of the Blocks, Quick Hits

Our mindsets are not just similar, but almost like we’re reading from the same book… and actually we are.

Bought by PRX Remix

Out of the Blocks: Penn-North (full version)

From: Out of the Blocks
Series: Out of the Blocks

Voices from the epicenter of unrest in Baltimore

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis

Out of the Blocks: Penn-North (mini version)

From: Out of the Blocks
Series: Out of the Blocks

Caption: The intersection on Pennsylvania & North Avenues in Baltimore, Credit: Wendel Patrick

Voices from the epicenter of unrest in Baltimore

Bought by WESM 91.3 FM, PRX Remix, and KFAI Minneapolis

From Reform to Transform: California's Prop 47 and the Movement to End Mass Incarceration

From: Chris Moore-Backman
Series: Bringing Down the New Jim Crow

From Reform to Transform introduces listeners to passionate racial and social justice advocates in California who crafted, promoted, and saw throug...

Bought by WUAL and KGNU Community Radio

Bopping: Art in the Making from the West Side of Chicago by Tariq Weaver

From: WBEZ
Series: Vocalo Presents

What are the origins of this dance? How did it begin? Who are the rising talents of this subculture based on the West Side of Chicago? And how has ...

PPW 12: Lomax’s and Prison Poetry

From: Narrative Arts
Series: Prison Poetry Workshop Podcasts

Alan Lomax traveled the south visiting prisons and recording songs and interviews. Lomax was a great collector of folk music of the 20th century an...

Bought by KUER, PRX Remix, and KFOK-LPFM

I'm Not A Drag Queen! I'm Sylvester!

From: Sarah Danson

A bio of the single best disco artist, who changed performance forever, Sylvester.

The Story of Black America: From Slavery to Civil Rights and the Modern Era

From: N Lorde

In-depth documentary on the Story of Black America - from slavery to the civil rights movement. It’s fast-paced with a great original musical score...

Bought by KUT

In Maine, Southern Sudanese Celebrate Independence

From: Alyce Ornella

Caption: Veterans of the Second Sudanese Civil War stand under the new flag of South Sudan., Credit: Alyce Ornella

Portland, Maine is home to one of the largest Southern Sudanese refugee communities in the United States, many of whom settled in the city after fl...

Bought by WMPG and New Hampshire Public Radio

Still Singing the Blues: New Orleans and South Louisiana

From: Richard Ziglar
Series: Still Singing the Blues

Caption: Louisiana blues diva Carol Fran performs at her 76th birthday party., Credit: Photo by Barry Yeoman

Still Singing the Blues: New Orleans and South Louisiana features musicians in New Orleans and South Louisiana who continue to perform the blues—of...

Bought by Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), KMUW, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), KZMU Moab Community Radio, KCMJ Community Radio and more