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Honorée Fanonne Jeffers THE LOVE SONGS OF W.E.B. DuBOIS & The And I Thought Ladies
From: Francesca Rheannon
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We talk with Honorée Fanonne Jeffers, award-winning poet and now novelist, about The Love Songs of W.E.B. DuBois, just out from Harper Collins. Th...

  • Added: Sep 06, 2021
  • Length: 58:38
180: Dr. Mae Carol Jemison
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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On September 12, 1992, Dr. Mae Carol Jemison became the first Black female astronaut. She's an engineer, a scientist, a physician, and an educator....

Bought by KMUN, WRFA-LP, and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 13, 2021
  • Length: 04:55
  • Purchases: 3
Conversations in African American Music: Spirituals Revisited
From: WGTE Public Media
Caption: Dr. Louise Toppin
Dr. Louise Toppin, noted soprano and professor of voice at the University of Michigan, takes us on a tour of African American folk music: the spiri...

Bought by WNMU-FM, WVIA, and WXXI Rochester


  • Added: Aug 11, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
StoryCorps Griot: Malinda Edwards and Mildred Betts
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Willie Edwards Jr. died in 1957. He was killed by Klansmen who told him to either jump off a bridge or be shot., Credit: Malinda Edwards and Mildred Betts
Malinda Edwards talks to her sister Mildred Betts about the murder of her father, Willie Edwards Jr. at the hands of the Ku Klux Klan in 1957.

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: Aug 10, 2021
  • Length: 03:17
  • Purchases: 1
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
The Power of Planting
From: WGTE Public Media
Series: The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor
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After being hospitalized for a month due to a complicated surgery that resulted in a blood infection, Sonia Flunder-Mcnair turned to food and the p...

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: Aug 09, 2021
  • Length: 12:18
  • Purchases: 1
EP175 Hip Linkchain
From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: Crusin' The Blues with Mr. Jack
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Hip Linkchain/Lankchan was a first rate Chicago Blues musician whom is due recognition for his part in the American Blue scene.

Bought by WLPR


  • Added: Aug 02, 2021
  • Length: 56:58
  • Purchases: 1
Preserving African American History
From: World Footprints LLC
Caption: Martha's Vineyard Shearer Cottage Guests is part of the African American Heritage Trail, Credit: Courtesy Lee van Allen/Shearer Family
How should we think about history when there's nothing to support a narrative?

  • Added: Jul 27, 2021
  • Length: 30:00
What's New? (July 2021)
From: Simply Timeless Radio
Series: Simply Timeless (Subscribable)
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Every day, we get to hear the sounds of new jazz being released by talented artists from around the world, and this week, we share some of those di...

  • Added: Jul 23, 2021
  • Length: 01:50:40
Ep. 33: James Garrett Jr. on Why Black Architecture Matters
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: MinneCulture Podcast
Caption: James Garret Jr., Credit: 4RM+ULA
James Garrett Jr. is an architect at 4RM+ULA architects. His family has deep ties to St. Paul’s Rondo neighborhood. During his childhood, James fel...

  • Added: Jul 19, 2021
  • Length: 19:20
Ep. 30: The Godfather of Black Space in Minneapolis
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: MinneCulture Podcast
Caption: A.B. Cassius just after he was granted a liquor license for his cafe., Credit: Hennepin County Library and the children of John Glanton
Anthony Brutus Cassius was questioned by the FBI, fought to be the first Black person in Minnesota to get a liquor license, and his famous greasy b...

Bought by MPR News Stations and WGZS


  • Added: Jul 09, 2021
  • Length: 56:32
  • Purchases: 2
S05 Ep46: Women of Color: Composers, Part 4, 7/17/2021
From: WCNY
Series: Feminine Fusion
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This week we hear an hour dedicated to music composed by Women of Color. These remarkable women have worked to overcome both gender and racial bia...

  • Added: Jul 09, 2021
  • Length: 58:30
WoodSongs 999: Joe Mullins & The Radio Ramblers and Gumbo, Grits & Gravy
From: WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour
Series: WoodSongs
Caption: Gumbo, Grits & Gravy on the WoodSongs Stage.
On this week's WoodSongs broadcast, folksinger Michael Johnathon welcomes the International Bluegrass Music Awards Entertainer of the Year Award wi...

Bought by KTRL, KEDT, WETS, KRZA, KKRN and more


  • Added: Jul 06, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 46
Blue Orleans
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Congo Square
Although the origin of the blues cannot be precisely known, it’s generally understood to have evolved in the Mississippi delta, just north of New O...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Jul 02, 2021
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 1
Liz King: Civil Rights In Our Public Schools
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Liz King
One front on which the fight for racial justice is being waged is in the area of education. We have been led to believe that education is the great...

Bought by WFHB and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 23, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Angelic Troublemaker: Bayard Rustin
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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On today's program we honor Bayard Rustin, one of the most central figures in the African American struggle for Civil Rights and Freedom. Rustin wa...

Bought by WXDU and C89.5 - KNHC Seattle


  • Added: Jun 09, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Jason Berry: Sleuth
From: Music Inside Out
Series: Music Inside Out
Caption: Jason Berry
Journalist, author and documentary filmmaker Jason Berry joins Gwen with fascinating stories and characters populating New Orleans’ cultural and mu...

  • Added: Jun 04, 2021
  • Length: 52:00
Big Freedia, “Queen of Bounce” — no guns, more twerking!
From: Out in the Bay - Queer Radio from San Francisco
Caption: Big Freedia is credited with bringing New Orleans "Bounce" music to the rest of the USA, Credit: Brad Hebert
New Orleans musician Big Freedia is famous for her music and twerking; her life story and anti-gun activism are less well known.

  • Added: May 26, 2021
  • Length: 29:29
BIPOC Journalists On Covering COVID and Racism
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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BIPOC journalists reflect on what it is to be veterans of two of the most devastating wars in recent history: the coronavirus pandemic and the cent...

Bought by KWMR


  • Added: May 26, 2021
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
What's New? (May 2021)
From: Simply Timeless Radio
Series: Simply Timeless (Subscribable)
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Join us for a journey of musical discovery as we uncover newly released jazz treasures from artists like Nnenna Freelon, John Pizzarelli, Dara Tuck...

  • Added: May 22, 2021
  • Length: 01:50:40
GN_3.33_National Freedom Day
From: Good News Good Planet
Series: Good News Good Planet - Season 3
Caption: Good News for a Good Planet - Change your focus, change your world.
February 1st is National Freedom Day, made into a holiday due to one man's efforts.

  • Added: May 17, 2021
  • Length: 02:30
GN_3.34_One Simple Question
From: Good News Good Planet
Series: Good News Good Planet - Season 3
Caption: Good News for a Good Planet - Change your focus, change your world.
A caring black musician is dedicated to convincing Ku Klux Klansmen to leave the organization through the power of music and conversation.

  • Added: May 17, 2021
  • Length: 02:30
585: Growing Justice / 586: Shock Value, 5/15/2021
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "Growing Justice" - Where does the racial justice movement need to go next? How about back to the land. HOUR TWO: "Shock Value" - When ...

  • Added: May 14, 2021
  • Length: 01:59:00
WoodSongs 928: John Gorka and War & Treaty
From: WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour
Series: WoodSongs
Caption: The power of War & Treaty on the WoodSongs Stage.
On this week's WoodSongs broadcast, folksinger Michael Johnathon welcomes world-renowned singer-songwriter plus electric husband & wife roots duo W...

Bought by Radio Bristol, WEJP-LP 107.1, GCR (Global Community Radio), KRZA, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and more


  • Added: May 04, 2021
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 24
Black Pain White Media: Introducing URL Media, a new, BIPOC network
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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If Black Lives Matter, how are journalists and media organizations considering Black pain in their coverage? And how are journalists and editors ac...

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


  • Added: Apr 21, 2021
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 4

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