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Author and scholar Gretchen E. Minton discusses her book, "Shakespeare in Montana: Big Sky Country's Love Affair with the World's Most Famous Write...
Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio, Spokane Public Radio, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., Yellowstone Public Radio, and Spokane Public Radio
- Added: Jan 19, 2021
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 5
Writer Jess Walter discusses his new book, "The Cold Millions."
Bought by Spokane Public Radio, KWMR, Yellowstone Public Radio, RadioStPete Florida, and KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.
- Added: Dec 29, 2020
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 5
When it comes to racism, many white Americans can intellectualize it and some can personalize it through the experience of others but the real chan...
- Added: Nov 13, 2020
- Length: 01:59:05
His lynching was said to have propelled the Civil Rights Movement but what really happened to the 14 year old boy from Chicago and what can we lear...
- Added: Nov 13, 2020
- Length: 01:47:41
Her book is back on the NYT Best Seller list and for a very good reason. “White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide” as been called both ...
- Added: Nov 12, 2020
- Length: 02:17:15
Who should own the narrative when it comes to talking about slavery and Jim Crow? Lance Wheeler, is the former Curator of Exhibition & Interpreters...
- Added: Nov 12, 2020
- Length: 53:24
The n-word is loaded with a history of hate and death. Today, the word's meaning has transformed but the echoes of its past remain. Who's word is i...
- Added: Nov 12, 2020
- Length: 01:33:06
Is there a subconscious belief amongst whites that only they can "save" people of color? Have they been conditioned by society to see themselves as...
- Added: Nov 12, 2020
- Length: 01:34:42
When white people are called out on their racism a response one often hears is, "Well, Black people are just as racist again me." Is racism the exc...
- Added: Nov 12, 2020
- Length: 01:08:24
Whites too often see themselves as the real victims of racism and they might have point but it’s not the one they thought they were making. Are whi...
- Added: Nov 12, 2020
- Length: 01:00:32
Many of us want to help change the narrative and be anti-racist partners in the good fight. This was true of civil rights activists coming to Missi...
- Added: Nov 12, 2020
- Length: 01:14:23
Education is the gateway to the future in America. Our system is built around it but major colleges and universities continue to be predominantly w...
- Added: Nov 12, 2020
- Length: 01:16:43
Don Carter is a former police officer who spent nearly 10 years on the beat. He knows how the system works. He's also African American.
- Added: Nov 12, 2020
- Length: 01:29:21
Being black in America is exhausting and even deadly. Racial Battle Fatigue (RBF) is real and impacts the health and well-being of millions. What i...
- Added: Nov 12, 2020
- Length: 01:06:39
His work helped close four of the most infamous cold cases of the Civil Right Movement. Jerry Mitchell is one of the most celebrated investigative ...
- Added: Nov 12, 2020
- Length: 48:16
When we say the words, “the talk”, it probably conjures up the awkward conversation one has with their children about the birds and the bees. Howev...
- Added: Nov 12, 2020
- Length: 58:43
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
Black History Month was official recognized in 1976 by President Gerald Ford and ever since then whites have asked why it is necessary. Today, do w...
- Added: Nov 12, 2020
- Length: 42:41
There always seems to be a peculiar twist in understanding our world. How it works. Just when we think of have a grip on it, like a greased pig, it...
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Sep 29, 2020
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
Interviews with authors Elaine Weiss and William Kent Krueger
Bought by WCMU Michigan and WKAR
- Added: Jul 23, 2020
- Length: 54:30
- Purchases: 2
In this episode, Laura interviews author and Yale historian Greg Grandin about his new book The End of the Myth: From the Frontier to the Border Wa...
Bought by KDNK and RadioFreePalmer
- Added: Feb 26, 2020
- Length: 28:00
- Purchases: 2
They are an unexpected husband and wife team: the Levinson’s. Sanford is a constitutional scholar. Cynthia is an award-winning author of children’...
- Added: Jul 30, 2019
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 2
Black opera singers have always contributed to the art form. In this Come As You Are we highlight their performances, featuring famous opera star L...
Bought by 'The Sea'
- Added: Jan 04, 2019
- Length: 01:51:56
- Purchases: 1
Thomas Buergenthal saw the Nazi concentration camps through a child’s eyes. Luckily, he survived and later became a lawyer and eventually a judge o...
Bought by KICI Iowa City, KICI Iowa City, and KRZA
- Added: Nov 14, 2018
- Length: 22:54
- Purchases: 3
A conversation with author and National Writers Series co-founder Doug Stanton.
Bought by WKAR and WDET Detroit Public Radio
- Added: Sep 11, 2018
- Length: 54:31
- Purchases: 2
