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My Identity by Alex Thibodeau

From: WBEZ
Series: Vocalo Presents

Vocalo contributor Alex Thibodeau talks about growing up biracial outside of Detroit… without the benefit of knowing his Jamaican father. He shares...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and PRX Remix

Added: Sep 16, 2014
Length: 10:55
Purchases: 2

Sneakerheads by Alexis Thompson

From: WBEZ
Series: Vocalo Presents

At some point or another we've all known a person that's really into shoes, but have you ever met a "sneakerhead"? Produced at Vocalo (90.7 FM Chic...

Added: Sep 15, 2014
Length: 05:18

Ray Brown: Black and Radical in Vietnam

From: WBEZ
Series: Vocalo Presents

Ray has been an activist most of his life. He organized lunch counter sit-ins and participated in the March on Washington. When he was drafted to f...

Added: Sep 15, 2014
Length: 23:59

Martin Woods on Challenges for Black Opera Singers

From: WBEZ
Series: Vocalo Presents

Martin Woods talks to Audra Wilson about the challenges and the rewards of being a Black Operatic Baritone from the West Side of Chicago, and takin...

Bought by WFHB

Added: Sep 15, 2014
Length: 08:55
Purchases: 1

StoryCorps: Alton Yates and Toni Yates

From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps

Alton Yates tells his daughter, Toni, about being part of a small group of Air...

Bought by WEZU, New Hampshire Public Radio, WEZU, WTJU, and PRX Remix

Added: Sep 03, 2014
Length: 04:24
Purchases: 5

08: Goldmines & Gum Boots (Standard Length)

From: Everything Sounds
Series: Everything Sounds (Standard Length)

Everything Sounds explores the the origins and sounds of South African gumboot dancing.

Added: Apr 22, 2014
Length: 04:30

StoryCorps Griot: Clayton Sherrod

From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps

Clayton Sherrod looks back to 1964, when at 19 years old he became executive chef at an all--white country club in Birmingham, Alabama.

Bought by WDBM, WMUU-LP, WEZU, and KMUD

Added: Jan 17, 2014
Length: 02:13
Purchases: 4

Rumba and the radio

From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents

If you happen to walk by the Radio Habana Social Club on Valencia Street on a Sunday afternoon, you might hear Rumba, the music of Cuba. Radio Haba...

Added: Oct 09, 2013
Length: 07:00

What Twilight Didn't Teach Me About Love

From: Philly Youth Radio
Series: At the Heart, From the Heart

Many songs, books, and movies focus on love and romance, but what happens when they become one’s only source for learning? Philly Youth Radio’s Jay...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, and PRX Remix

Added: Feb 12, 2013
Length: 04:23
Purchases: 3

08: Gold Mines & Gum Boots

From: Everything Sounds
Series: Everything Sounds

Everything Sounds explores the the origins and sounds of South African gumboot dancing.

Bought by PRX Remix

Added: Dec 20, 2012
Length: 12:53
Purchases: 1

"Marathon Man" of Jazz Celebrates a Lifetime of Making Music

From: Rebecca Sheir

Andrew White may very well be the most famous jazz legend... you've never heard of.

Added: Sep 24, 2012
Length: 07:00

Remembering a legendary Bay Area jazz club

From: KALW

Caption: “Keystone Korner: Portrait of a Jazz Club” by Kathy Sloane is published by Indiana University Press.

It was a special time for jazz in the Bay Area. For most of the ‘70s and the early ‘80s, a small club called Keystone Korner presented a dazzling a...

Bought by WCSU-FM

Added: Jan 16, 2012
Length: 10:00
Purchases: 1

Stereotyping and Name Profiling

From: Bryan Cox
Series: Hey Get Off My Lawn

You've seen him on "The Tonight Show", now comic Saleem joins us on the Lawn

Added: Nov 22, 2011
Length: 05:15

The Vinyl Countdown -- album #115: LaVern Baker

From: Alexa Lim
Series: The Vinyl Countdown

The Vinyl Countdown is a journey through a vinyl collection that spans 4,000 albums and would stand over 40 feet tall. It is our goal to listen to...

Added: Oct 03, 2011
Length: 06:02

StoryCorps Griot: Earl and Ashley Reynolds

From: StoryCorps

Earl Reynolds Jr. tells his daughter, Ashley, about meeting James Brown at his father's barbershop in Roanoke, Virginia.

Bought by Radio Catskill, WEZU, Delta College Public Radio, and KUOW

Added: Sep 28, 2011
Length: 02:40
Purchases: 4

StoryCorps Griot: Ellaraino and Baki AnNur

From: StoryCorps

72-year-old Ellaraino tells her friend Baki AnNur about meeting her great-grandmother for the first time.

Bought by WEZU

Added: Sep 27, 2011
Length: 02:22
Purchases: 1

StoryCorps Griot: Andrea and Jay McKnight

From: StoryCorps

Andrea McKnight and her husband, Jay, remember meeting as teenagers in the 1950s.

Bought by WEZU

Added: Aug 10, 2011
Length: 02:19
Purchases: 1

THE GUARD -- John McDonagh

From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes

Filmmaker John McDonagh talks embracing serendipity, racism as a character device, and when stunt work goes wrong.

Added: Jul 29, 2011
Length: 17:49

Practically Speaking: Strung Out on Credit

From: Ayana Contreras
Series: Practically Speaking

The Road to Rehabilitation is littered with good intentions and foreclosures. Host Audra Wilson discovers that many Americans were literally addic...

Bought by WCSU-FM

Added: Oct 10, 2010
Length: 09:52
Purchases: 1

"Man In The Mirror: Reflecting On How Man Reflected On MJ"

From: Dred-Scott Keyes

PERFORMANCE ARTIST, KANENE HOLDER, WAS ONE OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WHO SPONTANEOUSLY GATHERED OUTSIDE OF HARLEM’S FAMED APOLLO THEATERN FOR AN IMPRO...

Added: Jun 22, 2010
Length: 57:43

Sonari is Mixed

From: Ayana Contreras