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Let's Hear from Pulitzer Prize-winning Poet Jericho Brown
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Jericho Brown, Credit: Brian Cornelius
Jericho Brown reads and discusses his work, his creative process, and Black queer poetry’s capacity to expand concepts of love

Bought by WMPG, WSLR, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KZUM and more


  • Added: Jun 13, 2023
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 6
StoryCorps: Shirley Duhart and Dale Strasser
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Shirley Duhart and Dale Strasser at their StoryCorps in Atlanta, Georgia on January 17, 2023
Polio survivor Shirley Duhart tells her longtime friend and doctor, Dale Strasser, about why wearing stylish shoes has been so empowering.

Bought by Allegheny Mountain Radio


  • Added: Apr 25, 2023
  • Length: 03:02
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps Griot: Eunice Wiley
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Eunice Wiley and Martha Bireda at their StoryCorps interview in Punta Gorda, Florida on January 23, 2017., Credit: By Vero Ordaz for StoryCorps.
Eunice Wiley shares how becoming one of the only Black teachers at a predominantly white Florida elementary school helped define her as a teacher.

Bought by Allegheny Mountain Radio


  • Added: Feb 27, 2023
  • Length: 02:20
  • Purchases: 1
Kevin Washington and Ra Spirit Combine Spirituality with Diasporic Outlook
From: KBEM
Series: Minnesota Music Profiles
Caption: jazz88 logo 2022, Credit: Tim Nyberg (Octane Creative)
Kevin Washington views himself as an artist in the tradition of Pharaoh Sanders and john and Alice Coltrane, of spirituality and healing. When Kevi...

  • Added: Oct 14, 2022
  • Length: 08:00
EE 22-32: Black farmers in the Midwest look to history for inspiration moving forward, 8/5/2022
From: WFIU
Series: Earth Eats
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Hear stories from Black farmers in Ohio, and Ojibwe wild rice traditions in Minnesota.

  • Added: Aug 04, 2022
  • Length: 54:00
Henry Threadgill--creating on music's cutting edge
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Henry Threadgill, Credit: Nhumi Threadgill
Composer, multi-instrumentalist, and 2021 NEA Jazz Master Henry Threadgill reflects on his musical life and shares his thoughts about improvised mu...

Bought by KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., WDCB, New England Public Media, Spokane Public Radio, KZUM and more


  • Added: Jul 13, 2022
  • Length: 28:47
  • Purchases: 6
Saluting Zora Neale Hurston and her biographer the late Valerie Boyd
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Valerie Boyd, Credit: Courtesy: Valerie Boyd
We’re marking Women’s history month by replaying my in-depth interview with the late Valerie Boyd who wrote the acclaimed “Wrapped in Rainbows: the...

Bought by RADIOLEX, KZUM, RadioFreePalmer, KWMR, Spokane Public Radio and more


  • Added: Mar 08, 2022
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 6
EE 22-04: Groundwork Indy helps to build personal and community resilience through garden and conservation work, 1/21/2022
From: WFIU
Series: Earth Eats
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Join us for a community garden tour and conversation with Phyllis Boyd, former director of Groundwork Indy.

  • Added: Jan 20, 2022
  • Length: 54:01
Dream of Detroit
From: WGTE Public Media
Series: The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor
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Dream of Detroit combines community organizing with housing and land development to build a healthy community and empower a marginalized neighborho...

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: Nov 29, 2021
  • Length: 06:16
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps MVI: Saleemah Muhammad and Abdul-Rasheed Muhammad
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Lieutenant Colonel Abdul-Rasheed Muhammad talks to his wife, Saleemah Muhammad, about becoming the first Muslim chaplain in the U.S. Armed Forces, ...

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: Nov 08, 2021
  • Length: 02:34
  • Purchases: 1
Raj Patel and Rupa Marya, INFLAMED & Jimmie Allen, MY VOICE IS A TRUMPET
From: Francesca Rheannon
Series: Writer's Voice
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We talk with physician and activist Rupa Marya and her co-author writer and food activist Raj Patel about their book, Inflamed: Deep Medicine and t...

  • Added: Oct 09, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
StoryCorps Military Voices Initiative: La'Shanda Holmes and Jeanine Menze
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Lieutenant Commander La’Shanda Holmes talks to her mentor, Commander Jeanine Menze, about being the first two Black female pilots in the United Sta...

  • Added: Oct 04, 2021
  • Length: 02:25
Episode 37: What Gets Told
From: Criminal
Series: This is Love
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“History was dependent upon people like me remembering.” A conversation with Betty Reid Soskin, shortly before her 100th birthday.

  • Added: Sep 10, 2021
  • Length: 26:16
Creativity Culture & Capital
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Sheoyki Jones
This week is a bit different: the podcast is divided into two parts with one subject: investing in the creative economy with Laura Callanan, foundi...

Bought by KMUN, RADIOLEX, KFAI Minneapolis, KZUM, and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 10, 2021
  • Length: 28:54
  • Purchases: 5
"Wilkerson, Isabel — America’s Great Migration: 1915-1970 Part One"
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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In the years between 1915 and 1970 almost six million black American citizens from the south migrated to northern and western cities seeking freedo...

  • Added: Mar 04, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
Glenn Kaino and Tommie Smith Take a Stand
From: Cathy Byrd
Series: Fresh Art International
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In 1968, Black American athlete Tommie Smith set a new world record. He became a gold medalist when he raced to win the 200-meter event at the Summ...

  • Added: Jan 14, 2021
  • Length: 20:52
Episode 26: The Kinseys
From: Criminal
Series: This is Love
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Bernard Kinsey met Shirley Pooler in 1963, when they were both students at Florida A&M University, after a protest to integrate the movie theaters ...

  • Added: Jan 05, 2021
  • Length: 31:58
Episode 146: Ten Doors
From: Criminal
Series: Criminal
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In 1978, Tim Jenkin was charged under South Africa’s Terrorism Act for disseminating anti-apartheid material, and sentenced to 12 years in prison. ...

  • Added: Dec 16, 2020
  • Length: 29:22
StoryCorps: Hadiyah-Nicole Green-Argieard and Tenika Floyd
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Hadiyah-Nicole Green-Argieard and Tenika Floyd at their StoryCorps interview in Atlanta, Georgia on January 28, 2017., Credit: Jacqueline Van Meter for StoryCorps.
Dr. Hadiyah-Nicole Green speaks with her cousin Tenika Floyd about being raised by her Auntie and Uncle, and how their separate battles with cancer...

Bought by WERA-LP


  • Added: Jul 13, 2020
  • Length: 02:48
  • Purchases: 1
Yolanda Franklin-Moore: I Have So Many Wishes Every Single Day
From: Shefik Macauley
Series: Shefik presents Invocation: The Journey Continues
Caption: Yolanda Franklin-Moore, Credit: Shefik
Wishes - Yolanda Franklin-Moore is Fashion Designer and Owner of Xande Fadee, an innovative fashion and accessories line. She is a highly skilled f...

  • Added: Jul 06, 2020
  • Length: 01:11
WoodSongs 798: The Fairfield Four and The McCrary Sisters
From: WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour
Series: WoodSongs
Caption: The legendary Fairfield Four perform on the WoodSongs Stage.
On this week's WoodSongs broadcast, folksinger Michael Johnathon welcomes two of the most prominent and respected names in the worlds of pop, rock,...

Bought by KLRE, Angelica Community Radio, KTRL, KMUN, KSRQ and more


  • Added: Jun 18, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 39
StoryCorps Griot: Albert Sykes and Aidan Sykes (UPDATE)
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Albert and Aidan Sykes in Jackson, Mississippi, 2020, Credit: Albert Sykes.
Albert Sykes returns to StoryCorps with his son Aidan--now 14-- to talk about how Aidan is feeling as a young Black man in 2020.

Bought by WERA-LP and WYAP


  • Added: Jun 16, 2020
  • Length: 02:41
  • Purchases: 2
Edra Soto on the Architecture of Connecting with Communities
From: Cathy Byrd
Series: Fresh Art International
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Edra Soto is a Puerto Rico born, Chicago based, interdisciplinary artist, educator and curator whose architectural projects connect with communitie...

  • Added: Feb 04, 2020
  • Length: 12:39
Doing Business Her Way on Stage at any Age
From: Angel Livas
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Today's show is a compilation of interviews captured during the HOPE Global Forum in Atlanta, GA.

  • Added: Jul 16, 2019
  • Length: 58:57
How to Light it up, Smoke it, and Blow your Competition away
From: Angel Livas
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On this week's WBB talk show, we focus on integrating highly effective processes in your business specifically in the cannabis industry.

  • Added: Jun 30, 2019
  • Length: 01:00:11