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This time, we profile Sid Hemphill, who was recorded by Alan Lomax for the Library of Congress, this week in 1942.
- Added: Mar 31, 2018
- Length: 03:29
This time, we profile Eddie Boyd, who recorded the only national chart hit for Chicago's J.O.B. label, this week in 1952.
- Added: Mar 18, 2018
- Length: 03:29
This time, we profile Sleepy John Estes, who ran into a little difficulty making his way to a recording session in New York City, this week in 1938.
- Added: Mar 09, 2018
- Length: 03:29
The first thing you say to someone you just met is most likely a polite greeting: "Hello! What's your name?" But not everyone is that thoughtful.
Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio
- Added: Sep 18, 2017
- Length: 06:29
- Purchases: 1
“I started being like, I can’t talk about these things. You’re basically taught to bottle up your feelings in middle school.”
RadioActive Youth M...
Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio
- Added: Sep 18, 2017
- Length: 05:49
- Purchases: 2
People sometimes take unlikely paths to get where they're going. This is the story of an unlikely scholar.
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio
- Added: Sep 15, 2017
- Length: 04:54
- Purchases: 1
Many people have heard of the brutal dictatorships that ruled Soviet Eastern Europe in the twentieth century. RadioActive youth producer and high s...
- Added: Sep 15, 2017
- Length: 04:55
RadioActive producer Kamna Shastri tries to understand where she fits into conversations about race and identity as an Indian-American with albinism.
- Added: Sep 14, 2017
- Length: 03:52
In the United States, we take the right to get an education for granted but that's not the case for many refugees. RadioActive's Faisa Muse brings ...
- Added: Sep 13, 2017
- Length: 05:12
Lots of teens struggle with depression or anxiety, but what’s less talked about is psychotic disorders in teens and what the struggle is like. Radi...
Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio
- Added: Sep 13, 2017
- Length: 06:03
- Purchases: 1
Elinor Jones Toutant was homeschooled for most of her education, even though her family isn't one you'd expect to make that choice.
- Added: Sep 13, 2017
- Length: 05:03
Bob Henry and Selina Trieff came to Cape Cod, Massachusetts to paint in the 1950s. For six decades, they thrived in love and art. Bob’s work has al...
Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and PRX Remix
- Added: Jun 08, 2017
- Length: 04:51
- Purchases: 2
America has a long, long, long history of embracing immigrants one day, generally because it needed them for economic reasons, a variation of slave...
Bought by KVSC
- Added: Jun 01, 2017
- Length: 27:50
- Purchases: 1
Michelle Annett loves being a librarian, but she also loves pickleball. She decided to combine the two into a fundraiser- she opens up the gym thr...
- Added: May 15, 2017
- Length: 05:29
My son Charles was so severely bullied in middle school he is currently being treated for post-traumatic stress disorder. The bullies came in many ...
- Added: Apr 28, 2017
- Length: 23:54
The schools claim there is zero tolerance for bully, but one school system practices bullying against students and parents alike.
- Added: Apr 18, 2017
- Length: 21:35
Developmentally disabled kids play right along with their typically developing peers on this new basketball team, started by their former Special E...
- Added: Jan 26, 2017
- Length: 04:39
The Miracle Workers of Holton Elementary School are Christal Mark, Ricky Gay, Mary Pace, Robin Barber, Cheryll Hughes and Latonya Brown-Oliver. Wha...
- Added: Oct 21, 2016
- Length: 23:46
Our pilot episode focuses on the upcoming Presidential Primary Election in Ohio: In a political season rife with loud angry voices looking to shake...
- Added: Jun 24, 2016
- Length: 30:13
Today’s show is called Prelude to Summer. We end up on a parking lot late at night on the first day of summer, sprawled out on sleeping bags and lo...
- Added: Apr 22, 2016
- Length: 22:10
This story explores Michelle Obama's early life, expectations surrounding her ascendency as First Lady, and the impact she will leave on the office...
Bought by WWNO, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., WHCP-LP Cambridge, WTJU, CI Dolphin Radio and more
- Added: Mar 21, 2016
- Length: 06:33
- Purchases: 12
Character Development's first episode features Jenny Halpin, director of the OWRC, and Jacob Kovacs, the OWRC's operations specialist. They reflect...
- Added: Feb 08, 2016
- Length: 20:32
Jay Ipson
is a survivor of the first magnitude. He learned his survival skills under the most harrowing conditions known to man. As a young boy, he...
- Added: Jan 28, 2016
- Length: 26:37
Mack Hopkins has been apart of the Seattle floating home community since 1968. He’s seen the community go from affordable homes to million dollar o...
Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio
- Added: Dec 29, 2015
- Length: 05:00
- Purchases: 1
Aristotle said it best: “Nature abhors a vacuum.” Whenever there is a void in our lives we fill it, consciously or otherwise. Too often, people tr...
- Added: Oct 23, 2015
- Length: 26:45
