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Digging Into Broadway's Black History
From: Garrett Stack
Series: Broadway Bound
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Black Americans have been major stars of the musical theater since 1906. Who was the first black Broadway star? What was the first all-black musica...

  • Added: Feb 05, 2023
  • Length: 01:58:00
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
BIPOC Media: Building Local Power Through Reporting
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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What are the stories that will be driving news coverage in the coming year for communities of color and our network partners in the media that serv...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KWMR, RadioFreePalmer, KMUN, KDNK and more


  • Added: Feb 01, 2023
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 7
Blue Dimensions L06: It's "Unjust" — but Ben Wolfe's new album is great
From: Bluesnet Radio
Series: Blue Dimensions
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"Unjust" — the new album from bassist Ben Wolfe with Immanuel Wilkins, Nicholas Payton, Joel Ross, and Nicole Glover

Bought by KJZX-Austin, GCR (Global Community Radio), KKRN, Royalton Community Radio, KHNS and more


  • Added: Feb 01, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 15
Barrett Strong: Motown's Money Man (A Tribute)
From: Paul Ingles
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In this special hour - BARRETT STRONG: MOTOWN'S "MONEY" MAN - you’ll hear some of the songs the late Motown songwriter and performer Barrett Strong...

Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., WXXI Rochester, Wyoming Public Radio, KBBI Alaska, WKMS and more


  • Added: Jan 30, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 14
2306: Refeed: Writing One Night In Miami: A Conversation with Kemp Powers, 2/9/2023
From: Austin Film Festival's On Story®
Series: Austin Film Festival's On Story®
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This week on On Story we’ll hear from award-winning screenwriter, playwright, producer and director, Kemp Powers who wrote the critically acclaimed...

  • Added: Jan 30, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
Blue Dimensions L05: Jazz Is Dead — and quite well — with Phil Ranelin and Wendell Harrison
From: Bluesnet Radio
Series: Blue Dimensions
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The 16th album in the "Jazz Is Dead" series featuring Phil Ranelin and Wendell Harrison, plus several other recent Jazz Is Dead series albums.

Bought by KJZX-Austin, KKRN, Royalton Community Radio, WOUB, KHNS and more


  • Added: Jan 25, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 13
An American Voice in Paris: The Odyssey of Carole Fredericks
From: Charles Spira
Caption: By Courtesy of Carole D Fredericks Foundation, Credit: Alain 'Pingouin' Regis
In a lively interview with her sister, we learn about the celebrated career in France, of the American Blues singer Carole Fredericks, who as a 27 ...

Bought by New England Public Media


  • Added: Jan 04, 2023
  • Length: 26:14
  • Purchases: 1
EP216 Hubert Sumlin
From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: Crusin' The Blues with Mr. Jack
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He was ranked as #43 in Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Guitarists of all time. That is a great legacy to leave behind.

Bought by WLPR


  • Added: Dec 19, 2022
  • Length: 59:49
  • Purchases: 1
Blue Dimensions L01: Quentin Baxter's "Art Moves Jazz" and Charlton Singleton's "Crossroads," two albums that are like siblings
From: Bluesnet Radio
Series: Blue Dimensions
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two "sibling" albums sharing many of the same musicians, Quentin Baxter's "Art Moves Jazz" and Charlton Singleton's "Crossroads."

Bought by KJZX-Austin, KMUN, Spokane Public Radio, KKRN, Royalton Community Radio and more


  • Added: Dec 14, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 11
Brenda Mallory: Federal Action on Environmental Justice
From: Broken Ground
Series: Season 4: Women of Environmental Justice
Caption: Brenda Mallory
Interview with Brenda Mallory, Chair of the White House Council on Environmental Quality.

  • Added: Dec 01, 2022
  • Length: 21:42
Chandra Taylor: The Impact of Everyday Environmentalists
From: Broken Ground
Series: Season 4: Women of Environmental Justice
Caption: Chandra Taylor
Interview with Chandra Taylor, leader of the Southern Environmental Law Center's Environmental Justice Initiative.

  • Added: Dec 01, 2022
  • Length: 24:30
Catherine Coleman Flowers: When Listening Becomes Activism
From: Broken Ground
Series: Season 4: Women of Environmental Justice
Caption: Catherine Coleman Flowers
Interview with Catherine Coleman Flowers, founder of the Center for Rural Enterprise and Environmental Justice.

  • Added: Dec 01, 2022
  • Length: 30:39
Heather McTeer Toney: Wrapping Communities in Climate Justice
From: Broken Ground
Series: Season 4: Women of Environmental Justice
Caption: Heather McTeer Toney
Interview with Heather McTeer Toney, Senior Adviser at Mom's Clean Air Force.

  • Added: Dec 01, 2022
  • Length: 21:32
Dr. Robert Bullard: Environmental Justice is Equal Justice
From: Broken Ground
Series: Season 2: Environmental Writers
Caption: Dr. Robert Bullard
Dr. Robert Bullard, widely considered the father of environmental justice, talks about the inequality of pollution and climate change.

  • Added: Dec 01, 2022
  • Length: 29:53
EP214 Muddy Waters "Folk Singer"
From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: Crusin' The Blues with Mr. Jack
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Muddy Waters went back to his bare roots on this 1964 album "Folk Singer".

Bought by WLPR


  • Added: Nov 23, 2022
  • Length: 57:14
  • Purchases: 1
EP213 Magic Slim
From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: Crusin' The Blues with Mr. Jack
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Magic Slim and the Teardrops stayed true to the sound of Chicago Blues

Bought by WLPR and WLPR


  • Added: Nov 23, 2022
  • Length: 59:59
  • Purchases: 2
EP212 Luther Allison
From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: Crusin' The Blues with Mr. Jack
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Luther Allison took Blues to a new level, yet stayed true to it's roots.

Bought by WLPR and WLPR


  • Added: Nov 23, 2022
  • Length: 59:59
  • Purchases: 2
Soundtrack to the Struggle Season 1
From: KCCK
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How jazz influenced the fight for racial equity.

Bought by 90.5 WSNC, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], WNCU, WUTC, and Morton College Radio


  • Added: Nov 22, 2022
  • Length: 01:39:38
  • Purchases: 5
Episode #31 A Billie Holiday Holiday
From: Rebecca Glotfelty
Series: The Red Jacket Jamboree, an old time radio variety show
Caption: Jennifer Barnett, Credit: Second Sandbar Productions
Join host Lena Dorey, the cast of The Red Jacket Jamboree and guests for a Christmas episode which pays tribute to jazz singer Billie Holiday. In ...

Bought by KBRP Community Radio, WNMU-FM, and Southern Branch Bluegrass


  • Added: Nov 21, 2022
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 3
Blue Dimensions K46: Charles Lloyd In Two Of His Three Trios For 2022
From: Bluesnet Radio
Series: Blue Dimensions
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Charles Lloyd's second and third "Trios" albums, and new music from Joshua Redman, Brad Mehldau, Christian McBride, and Brian Blade from their albu...

Bought by KKRN, Royalton Community Radio, WOUB, KHNS, WJSU and more


  • Added: Nov 09, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 13
Blues From the Road with Larry Garner 11-05-22
From: WBRH
Series: Blues From the Road with Larry Garner
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Blues From the Road with Larry Garner 11-05-22

  • Added: Nov 07, 2022
  • Length: 58:24
Blues From the Road with Larry Garner from 10-29-22
From: WBRH
Series: Blues From the Road with Larry Garner
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Blues From the Road with Larry Garner from 10-29-22

  • Added: Nov 02, 2022
  • Length: 59:30
Generational Gene
From: Fluent Knowledge
Series: My Body Odyssey
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Generational Gene may seem a special case; a middle-aged school superintendent with a father and grandfather who’ve contracted Type 2 diabetes, Gen...

  • Added: Nov 01, 2022
  • Length: 18:29
EE 22-44: When CAFOs come to your neighborhood, 10/28/2022
From: WFIU
Series: Earth Eats
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A conversation about the The Smell of Money–a documentary film about environmental justice in rural communities.

  • Added: Oct 27, 2022
  • Length: 54:00

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