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Well of Souls: The Hidden History of the Banjo
From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library
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On this episode, we talked about the new book "Well of Souls," which dives further into the earliest history of the banjo than anyone has gone befo...

Bought by Raven Radio


  • Added: Feb 10, 2024
  • Length: 29:32
  • Purchases: 1
Crystal's Hymn
From: Lori Mortimer
Series: Mementos
Caption: Crystal Chandler wearing her memento, Credit: Lori Mortimer
Crystal Chandler finds the perfect memento of her grandfather, a former Seventh Day Adventist pastor, to take with her when she moves to New York.

  • Added: Sep 09, 2021
  • Length: 18:26
The Big Ponder #18: Road Trip
From: Goethe-Institut
Series: The Big Ponder – A Transatlantic Podcast
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Cariad Harmon and her partner John Kesling embark on a long-awaited cross-country road trip. Cariad interviews locals and fellow travelers of all k...

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Sep 02, 2021
  • Length: 28:33
  • Purchases: 1
The Big Ponder #11: Home
From: Goethe-Institut
Series: The Big Ponder – A Transatlantic Podcast
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Is ‘home’ a place or more of a feeling? Jocelyn Robinson speaks with three American expats who unpack the relationship between self and place, draw...

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: May 06, 2021
  • Length: 27:58
  • Purchases: 1
Best of the Best 2020: Letters to a Young Poet
From: Third Coast International Audio Festival
Series: Best of the Best: The 2020 Third Coast Broadcast
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In this episode, two young Black artists revisit memories to grapple with how they are seen by others, and how they see themselves.

Bought by WXXI Rochester, Prairie Public, WBEZ, WRVO Public Media, New England Public Media and more


  • Added: Nov 17, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 37
The Untold Story of the Jump In Resource Fair at Promise Neighborhood
From: KVSC
Series: Untold Stories of Central Minnesota
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In today’s Untold Story of Central Minnesota, Arts & Cultural Heritage Producer Jeff Carmack heads over to the Promise Neighborhood in St. Cloud on...

  • Added: Aug 29, 2020
  • Length: 29:09
F-Word: What lies ahead; Tulsa 1921 or Somewhere We Haven’t Built Yet?
From: Laura Flanders
Series: The F-Word: Laura Flanders' Bi-Weekly Commentary
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"Every Juneteenth has me thinking about life and the unknown, and the experience of those who lived two and half years enslaved, denied the news th...

  • Added: Jun 19, 2020
  • Length: 03:00
Love For Sale...
From: Peter Johnson
Series: The Author's Corner on Public Radio daily show: DECEMBER 2014
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...And Other Essays is the book's title, by author Clifford Thompson who reads a passage here. Observations with wit about life and people, from m...

  • Added: Dec 03, 2014
  • Length: 01:40
I Stayed Even Though He Beat Me - Nailah Stevenson's Story
From: WBEZ
Series: Vocalo Presents
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Nailah Stevenson talks candidly about why she stayed in an abusive relationship. And when she realized it was time to go.

  • Added: Oct 16, 2014
  • Length: 08:04
Acoustic Stories : Aaron Brown : "Lincoln"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Acoustic Stories
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Aaron J. Brown is an author and community college instructor from the Iron Range. He writes MinnesotaBrown.com and hosts Northern Community Radio's...

Bought by WTIP and KSRQ


  • Added: Feb 26, 2013
  • Length: 03:36
  • Purchases: 2
Denita's Dad
From: greg keener
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Radio 101 student Denita Wade remembers her father, a man she did not know very well.

  • Added: Sep 19, 2011
  • Length: 04:19
This WE Believe - Race
From: Phil Mariage
Caption: PRX default Piece image
3 'This I Believe' essays from older, middle and young generations on Race

  • Added: Feb 05, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
Black History: Thelonious Monk, February 17, 1982
From: Jonathan Thomas Stratman
Series: Who Died Today
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A founding father of bebop and modern jazz, wife Nellie called his style "Melodius Thunk."

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Jan 17, 2011
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 1
Black History: Ossie Davis, February 4, 2005
From: Jonathan Thomas Stratman
Series: Who Died Today
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One of our great actors. His mother called him by his initials R.C., but was mis-heard by the county clerk, so we knew him as Ossie.

  • Added: Jan 17, 2011
  • Length: 03:00
Practically Speaking: What's in a Name
From: Ayana Contreras
Series: Practically Speaking
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Are African-American parents that choose unique or African-sounding names putting their children at a disadvantage? Is society unduly prejudiced ag...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Mar 10, 2010
  • Length: 10:22
  • Purchases: 1
Black word nerds
From: Will Wright
Caption: Chris Rock, Credit: Seattle Times
How do Black people think Anglos (white people) think they talk?

Bought by 90.5 WSNC, KUER, and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Aug 08, 2009
  • Length: 02:58
  • Purchases: 3
The Mixed Race Promise
From: PRX PromCom
Series: Promise Commentaries
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Commentary about the hopes of Mixed Race people and the Presidential race.

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh, Oregon Public Broadcasting, KCUR, Remix Radio, and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Sep 08, 2008
  • Length: 04:13
  • Purchases: 5
Moran on Monk
From: WNYC
Series: WNYC's Fishko Files
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Pianist Jason Moran on Thelonious Monk

Bought by KVNF and KUT


  • Added: Jan 29, 2008
  • Length: 07:02
  • Purchases: 2
Our American Generations - Race- This I Believe essays
From: Phil Mariage
Series: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow
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5 generations share essays on Race from This I Believe archive

  • Added: Nov 10, 2007
  • Length: 24:40
Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow - Race
From: Phil Mariage
Series: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow
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5 generational essays from This I Believe archive on Race

  • Added: Oct 17, 2007
  • Length: 24:40
Our American Generations - This I Believe Essays -Race
From: Phil Mariage
Series: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow
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5 Generations sharing their This I Believe essays on Race

Bought by WCNY, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), and WUFT


  • Added: May 23, 2007
  • Length: 59:59
  • Purchases: 3
If Lucille Were a Person...
From: Zak Rosen
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Blues scholar on the importance of B.B. King

Bought by KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA, Radio New Zealand, WABE, WTJU, PRX Remix and more


  • Added: Dec 07, 2006
  • Length: 05:39
  • Purchases: 6
Realizing Racism in America
From: Next Generation Radio
Series: NPR's Next Generation Radio
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Bethany Ocansey reminisces about the influence of racism on her childhood and how it didn't affect her until she moved from Europe to America.

  • Added: Sep 11, 2006
  • Length: 03:55
The Mayor of Nichols
From: Third Coast International Audio Festival
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A remembrance of a friend from junior high school who was murdered in 2000 by a chicago policeman

Bought by PRX Remix and KUT


  • Added: Jun 28, 2005
  • Length: 34:33
  • Purchases: 2