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This Week in Blues History #46 - February 10-16

From: Steve c/o Ernest Franz
Series: This Week in Blues History

This time, we profile Stick McGhee’s 1949 anthem to good times and cheap booze — a big hit that saved a fledgling Atlantic Records from bankruptcy.

Added: Aug 21, 2018
Length: 03:29

This Week in Blues History #45 - February 3-9

From: Steve c/o Ernest Franz
Series: This Week in Blues History

This time, we profile B.B. King, who hit the number one spot on the Billboard R&B charts with “Three O’Clock Blues,” this week in 1952.

Added: Aug 18, 2018
Length: 03:29

Pilgrimage (hour)

From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes

-In 1898, a black man named John Henry James was lynched in Charlottesville, Virginia, right across the street from what is now With Good Reason's ...

Bought by WCNY, WDSE, WCSU-FM, KWTF community radio for Sonoma County, WTJU and more

Added: Aug 10, 2018
Length: 53:55
Purchases: 12

Pilgrimage (half)

From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes

-In 1898, a black man named John Henry James was lynched in Charlottesville, Virginia, right across the street from what is now With Good Reason's ...

Bought by WFHB, WNMU-FM, KMUN, and WJCU

Added: Aug 10, 2018
Length: 28:59
Purchases: 4

AN OUTRAGE: REFLECTIONS ON RACISM, PAST & PRESENT (HALF)

From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes

-“An Outrage’ is a documentary film about lynching in the American South. From the end of the Civil War well into the middle of the twentieth centu...

Bought by WJCT, WVAS, WUGA (part of GPB), KRDP, WYAP and more

Added: Aug 03, 2018
Length: 28:58
Purchases: 9

This Week in Blues History #44 - January 27-February 2

From: Steve c/o Ernest Franz
Series: This Week in Blues History

This time, we profile Guitar Slim, who — much to everyone’s surprise — hit the top of the R&B charts with “The Things That I Used To Do,” in 1954.

Added: Jul 26, 2018
Length: 03:29

This Week in Blues History #43 - January 20-26

From: Steve c/o Ernest Franz
Series: This Week in Blues History

January 1953 was a busy month for recording in Chicago, involving sessions, this week, with “Homesick” James Williamson and Johnny Shines.

Added: Jul 21, 2018
Length: 03:29

Voices of Vietnam: Fighting on Two Fronts (hour)

From: With Good Reason
Series: WGR Special Series

African Americans who fought for their country in Vietnam often experienced the same kinds of racism they had endured back home. While white and ...

Bought by KOSU, Georgia Public Broadcasting, WPCA-LP, New Hampshire Public Radio, WCQS and more

Added: Jul 20, 2018
Length: 53:58
Purchases: 12

Voices of Vietnam: Fighting on the Two Fronts (half)

From: With Good Reason
Series: WGR Special Series

African Americans who fought for their country in Vietnam often experienced the same kinds of racism they had endured back home. While white and...

Bought by KRZA and WNMU-FM

Added: Jul 20, 2018
Length: 29:00
Purchases: 2

Voices of Vietnam: Fighting on Two Fronts (hour)

From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes

-African Americans who fought for their country in Vietnam often experienced in the ranks the racism their families endured back home. While white...

Bought by WCNY, KWMR, WMUU-LP, WTJU, WRGY and more

Added: Jul 20, 2018
Length: 53:58
Purchases: 10

Voices of Vietnam: Fighting on Two Fronts (half)

From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes

-African Americans who fought for their country in Vietnam often experienced in the ranks the racism their families endured back home. While white...

Bought by WVAS, KMUN, KRDP, WJCU, and WFHB

Added: Jul 20, 2018
Length: 29:00
Purchases: 5

This Week in Blues History #42 - January 13-19

From: Steve c/o Ernest Franz
Series: This Week in Blues History

January 1953 was a busy month for recording in Chicago, involving sessions, this week, with Elmore James, Arthur Spires, and Johnny Williams.

Added: Jul 17, 2018
Length: 03:29

Ep. 11: All Eyez on Andrew Moore

From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: MinneCulture Podcast

Andrew Moore’s front yard used to host an enormous political art installation. His front yard installation was steeped in political turmoil and sho...

Bought by KVSC

Added: Jul 09, 2018
Length: 15:25
Purchases: 1

The Babalawo - Secrets of Santeria

From: Javier Leiva

I searched for a Santeria priest to get answers about spirtual possessions, animal sacrifices, and secret rituals.

Added: Jun 24, 2018
Length: 42:35

An African-American and Latinx History of the United States: A Conversation with Paul Ortiz

From: John Shuck

A "Bottom-Up" history of the U.S. from an African-American and Latinx viewpoint.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and WJAB

Added: Jun 04, 2018
Length: 57:01
Purchases: 2

1619, Past and Present (hour)

From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes

-- Cassandra Newby-Alexander explores how we should commemorate 1619 and what’s at stake when we ignore it. -- Richard Chew explains how a Britis...

Bought by WCNY, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, WTJU, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WMUU-LP and more

Added: May 25, 2018
Length: 53:54
Purchases: 10

1619, Past and Present (half)

From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes

Nearly 400 years ago, in 1619, the first Africans arrived in English-speaking North America. Cassandra Newby-Alexander explores how we should comme...

Bought by WNED Buffalo, WJCT, WUGA (part of GPB), WFHB, KRZA and more

Added: May 25, 2018
Length: 28:59
Purchases: 9

StoryCorps Griot:Max Knauer and Kittie Weston-Knauer

From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps

Kittie Weston-Knauer is the oldest female BMX bicycle racer in the United States. It was her son Max who introduced her to the sport more than 30 y...

Bought by KALW, WEZU, and WVBI-LP

Added: May 17, 2018
Length: 02:17
Purchases: 3

This Week in Blues History #40 - December 30-January 5

From: Steve c/o Ernest Franz
Series: This Week in Blues History

This time we profile “Open the Door, Richard” — a 1947 novelty record that quickly embedded itself into the American consciousness.

Added: May 15, 2018
Length: 03:29

Sambusas In The Land Of Bland

From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices

A tiny Minnesota company tried to make a business out of selling spicy, beef pastries to local Somalis. But folks in that community wanted to make ...

Added: Apr 22, 2018
Length: 04:10

Muggles Abroad (hour)

From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes

An English professor who loves the Harry Potter books brings a few lucky students each year to London to visit the magical sites in the fantasy ser...

Bought by WCNY, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, Harford Community Radio, WTJU, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and more