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Girls Are in a Mental Health Crisis. What Can Schools Do?
From: Tradeoffs
Caption: Shekinah Jackson and friends.
Girls in the U.S. are in the midst of a growing mental health crisis, and schools are on the front line of finding solutions. But will Black and La...

  • Added: Sep 15, 2023
  • Length: 20:47
Black Pills
From: Distillations
Series: Innate
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If there is no such thing as biological race, why do we have race-specific drugs?

  • Added: May 15, 2023
  • Length: 54:18
One Doctor’s Crusade to Improve Health Literacy
From: Tradeoffs
Caption: Dr. Lisa Fitzpatrick believes plainspoken information from trusted messengers can help shrink health disparities, and some insurers are buying in., Credit: Ryan Levi
Black Americans report higher levels of mistrust in the health care system than white Americans and suffer worse outcomes in everything from matern...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Feb 03, 2023
  • Length: 20:23
  • Purchases: 1
Ebony Classics - Classical Music In Color
From: Howard Burchette
Series: The Classics
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"Ebony Classics - Classical Music In Color" features the music of people of color in the Classical music industry.

Bought by WILL


  • Added: May 31, 2022
  • Length: 01:00:50
  • Purchases: 1
Ebony Classics - Expressionism
From: Howard Burchette
Series: The Classics
Caption: ALICE RUTH MOORE DUNBAR-NELSON (1875-1935)
Enjoyable Music from musicians, vocalists, and composers of African Descent of Classical Music. This is a collection of some of the best classical ...

  • Added: Nov 20, 2021
  • Length: 56:21
Ebony Classics - The Color Rainbow
From: Howard Burchette
Series: The Classics
Caption: Blind Tom Wiggins, Credit: www.bookforum.com
"Ebony Classics - The Color Rainbow" continues displaying the music of people of color in the Classical music industry.

Bought by WNMU-FM


  • Added: Jul 27, 2021
  • Length: 59:40
  • Purchases: 1
Kevin Clash (Muppets, Sesame Street, Dark Crystal, Earth To Ned) - Under The Puppet #52
From: Grant Baciocco
Series: Under The Puppet
Caption: Kevin Clash, Credit: Kevin Clash
Kevin Clash made Sesame Street’s Elmo the global phenomenon he is today.  He worked with The Muppets starring as Clifford, who went on to host Mupp...

  • Added: Feb 16, 2021
  • Length: 01:34:21
The Sabotage of Black Education: The Fight Against Rahm Emanuel to Save Dyett High School
From: When We Fight, We Win!
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The continued closures of our public schools and high-stakes testing illustrate the institutionalized racism embedded in our educational system. Ji...

  • Added: Aug 02, 2020
  • Length: 58:23
How are the record number of people returning from Louisiana prisons making their way in the world?
From: Eve Abrams
Series: Unprisoned
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Season 1, Episode 14 Here’s what it’s like when you’re released from prison. You’re given a $20 debit card and a bus ride home. You need housing, ...

  • Added: Jul 29, 2020
  • Length: 09:21
As New Orleans Incarcerates More People, More Children Have a Parent Behind Bars
From: Eve Abrams
Series: Unprisoned
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Season 1, Episode 12 Over the last forty years, as incarceration has surged across the nation, so has the number of children with a family member...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 29, 2020
  • Length: 09:20
  • Purchases: 1
People who've served time are being left out of voting
From: Eve Abrams
Series: Unprisoned
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Season 1, Episode 1 Louisiana, unlike many of its Deep South neighbors, restores voting rights to citizens with felony convictions after they have...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 28, 2020
  • Length: 06:15
  • Purchases: 1
Bootstraps & Silver Spoons
From: Sanford School of Public Policy, Duke University
Series: Ways & Means "Shorts"
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New economic research reveals how difficult it is for some people to gain wealth in America, even when they do everything right.

  • Added: Oct 09, 2018
  • Length: 03:08
The businesswomen with high hopes for the cannabis industry
From: Stevie Hertz
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Women-owned businesses generated over $1.6 trillion in sales in 2017, but they still make up less than 2/5ths of all privately held companies. But,...

  • Added: Apr 19, 2018
  • Length: 04:20
Life of the Law #132: Death by Police - A Mother's (audio) Diary
From: Life of the Law
Series: Life of the Law
Caption: Andrea Irwin and boyfriend Jeff Jackson following the shooting death of Tony Robinson, Andrea's 19 year old son., Credit: Nate Royko Maurer
"What we don’t know is what happened in the 18 seconds that the police officer that was in the hallway. He ended up shooting my son seven times in ...

  • Added: Apr 09, 2018
  • Length: 36:29
Experts push for more African-Americans in STEM fields
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: Doctor Scott Williams, African American mathematician retired from the Unviersit at Buffalo, discusses what it's like working as an African American in the STEM field., Credit: by ANGELICA A. MORRISON
Great Lakes states have produced several influential African-Americans in the sciences. There’s astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson – he’s from New ...

Bought by WVBI-LP, WRST-FM Oshkosh, WDET Detroit Public Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WSKG and more


  • Added: Feb 16, 2018
  • Length: 03:41
  • Purchases: 7
the Black Panthers
From: WIL LAVEIST
Series: The Wil LaVeist Show
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A discussion about the groundbreaking PBS documentary about The Black Panthers.

  • Added: Jan 22, 2018
  • Length: 37:16
Cannabis, Spirituality, & Racism (ENCORE)
From: John Shuck
Series: Progressive Spirit
Caption: Michael Eric Dyson and Stephen Gray
One of my most popular shows of 2017. Originally produced in April 2017.

Bought by KPIP-LP and WETS


  • Added: Dec 22, 2017
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 2
Environmental groups seeking new issues, new faces
From: Great Lakes Today
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Single-story option -- When you think of the environmental movement, what comes to mind? Preserving the wilderness at national parks? Or guaranteei...

Bought by WRVO Public Media, WCPN, WDET Detroit Public Radio, and North Country Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 19, 2017
  • Length: 03:24
  • Purchases: 4
Mental Health: Why Students of Color Suffer More
From: Syracuse University Broadcast Journalism
Caption: Eliquewa Santiago says college makes her struggle with mental health even more difficult. (c) 2016 Taylor Epps
Mental health is an issue that rarely gets discussed in the black community. For college students of color the issue gets even more difficult.

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Dec 08, 2016
  • Length: 04:22
  • Purchases: 2
"Shout, Sister, Shout: The Sister Rosetta Tharpe Story
From: Dred-Scott Keyes
Series: The Cutting Edge
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An interview/music mix with Gayle Wald, author of "Shout, Sister, Shout. The story of Rock and Roll trailblazer, Sister Rosetta Tharpe"

Bought by Prairie Public, KMUW, and WSGE


  • Added: Mar 27, 2016
  • Length: 02:26:14
  • Purchases: 3
Part Four: The Unspoken Crisis
From: KBIA
Series: Shortage in Rich Land
Caption: Marylouisa Cantu (left) with her case worker Lucretia Cox (center) and mother Star Tafolla, Credit: Bram Sable-Smith
Almost 17 percent of the babies born here in Dunklin County are born premature. According to data from the World Health Organization, if this were ...

  • Added: Jun 03, 2015
  • Length: 06:10
"Stokely: A Life"
From: Dred-Scott Keyes
Series: The Cutting Edge
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Kwame Ture, once known as Stokely Carmichael was born in Trinadad, later moving to the United States at the age of eleven. He would become a lead...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Nov 21, 2014
  • Length: 01:00:35
  • Purchases: 1
A Journey through Favelas of Rio de Janeiro
From: Gianluca Tramontana
Caption: A Favela in Rio
Journalist Gianluca Tramontana takes you through the favelas of Rio de Janeiro, introduces you to their people, examines their history and explores...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: May 15, 2014
  • Length: 01:00:13
  • Purchases: 1
With New Focus, Episcopal Church Of Louisiana Addressing A History Of Racism
From: Laine Kaplan-Levenson
Caption: Dr. Katharine Jefferts Schori is the Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church., Credit: Laine Kaplan-Levenson
The Episcopal Church of Louisiana spent the past year making plans for a new ministry, aiming to address its history of racism, as well as other fo...

  • Added: Feb 04, 2014
  • Length: 05:23
James Brown: Soul Brother #1 (the 1960s)
From: Howard Burchette
Series: Soul Roots
Caption: James Brown (1960s)
During the 1960s James Brown was known as Soul Brother #1. This was a title that no one else in Soul music, R& or Pop would or could claim. This p...

Bought by WUFT, CI Dolphin Radio, KPIP-LP, Radio Catskill, and Prairie Public


  • Added: Jan 12, 2014
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 5