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We Thought He Had a Black Heart
From: Third Coast International Audio Festival
Series: 2012 ShortDocs: Neighbor Stories
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Through their journey down Letaba road, Brandon, Keith, and Jameel quickly realise that appearances may not be the entire story and that there is m...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 24, 2012
  • Length: 03:01
  • Purchases: 1
Music of the Brass Angel: John Coltrane
From: Howard Burchette
Series: Jazz Time
Caption: John Coltrane with Alice Coltrane
This musical introduction to the music of JOHN COLTRANE contains six songs and is one hour in length. It is divided into three segments which allow...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, KSRQ, and KREV-LP


  • Added: Jun 29, 2012
  • Length: 50:03
  • Purchases: 3
FuseBox Radio Broadcast for Week of May 23, 2012
From: FuseBox Radio Broadcast
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Another 3 hour mixshow episode of Intelligent Hip-Hop Radio & 21st Century Black Radio of the syndicated FuseBox Radio Broadcast with DJ Fusion & J...

  • Added: May 29, 2012
  • Length: 03:07:34
Controversial Pepsi Ad - "Love Hurts"
From: Dawn Newton
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Director Brad Bosley said he's completely surprised by the controversy surrounding his Pepsi Super Bowl commercial that has confused Bill O'Reilly ...

  • Added: May 15, 2012
  • Length: 02:31
The Rise of Santa Muerte
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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Over the past decade, Mexican drug traffickers trying to get their products to the U.S. have had a spiritual “protector.” Her name is Santa Muerte—...

Bought by WJCT


  • Added: May 14, 2012
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Pro-Slavery Constitution
From: Zach Miller
Series: BeyondtheBlackLetter
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The greatest re-write in American constitutional history, on this episode of BeyondtheBlackLetter.

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, and PRX Remix


  • Added: May 09, 2012
  • Length: 20:25
  • Purchases: 3
Classical Composers & Musicians of African Descent Vol. I
From: Howard Burchette
Series: The Classics
Caption: Le Chevalier de Saint-Georges
This limited series of classical music will feature four composers of African descent and two musicians of African descent. On this program today...

Bought by KWAX, WNMU-FM, WMNR, 'The Sea', KPIP-LP and more


  • Added: Apr 26, 2012
  • Length: 53:05
  • Purchases: 7
Moments with Jazz Master Jack DeJohnette
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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4 Moments with legendary drummer and NEA Jazz Master Jack DeJohnette

Bought by Harford Community Radio, WRTI, KCSM, WICR, WART FM and more


  • Added: Apr 18, 2012
  • Length: 04:58
  • Purchases: 11
Indie on Demand Reviews KINYARWANDA
From: Daniel Persons
Series: The Indie on Demand Movie Review
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A review of the Rwandan genocide drama.

  • Added: Apr 12, 2012
  • Length: 01:59
Affrilachian Poets
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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Appalachia is often imagined as rural and white, but a new wave of African-American writers is challenging the notion of a single Appalachian regio...

Bought by WJCT, WMMT, KUER, KRZA, XRAY.fm and more


  • Added: Apr 09, 2012
  • Length: 28:57
  • Purchases: 9
Indie on Demand Reviews THE INTERRUPTERS
From: Daniel Persons
Series: The Indie on Demand Movie Review
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A Review of the Latest Documentary from HOOP DREAMS' Steve James

  • Added: Mar 21, 2012
  • Length: 02:00
A Bitter Harvest: California, Marijuana, and the New Jim Crow
From: Chris Moore-Backman
Series: Bringing Down the New Jim Crow
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This documentary views Michelle Alexander's "The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness" through the lens of California's ma...

Bought by KGNU Community Radio, 90.5 WSNC, KFOK-LPFM, WDSE, and WZEN.org


  • Added: Mar 02, 2012
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
99% Invisible #44- The Pruitt-Igoe Myth (Standard 4:30 Version)
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)
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How a St. Louis public housing marvel became "hell on earth."

Bought by Rhythm & News Service, Spokane Public Radio, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio, Rhythm & News Service, Spokane Public Radio and more


  • Added: Feb 15, 2012
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 15
A Conversation with Robert Battle.
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Robert Battle discusses his first season as artistic head of the Alvin Ailey company. [33:04]

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: Feb 09, 2012
  • Length: 33:04
  • Purchases: 1
Jack Johnson and The Great "Race" Race
From: Richard Stull
Series: Doc Stull's Sports Today and in the Day
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America’s first African-American heavyweight boxing champion Jack Johnson challenges auto-racing champ Barney Oldfield... on the racetrack in pre-W...

Bought by KSLU


  • Added: Jan 27, 2012
  • Length: 02:43
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps Griot: Richard Bennett and Craig Williams
From: StoryCorps
Caption: Richard Bennett (R) talks with Craig Williams (L)
Iraq War veteran Richard Bennett talks with Craig Williams about how they became unlikely business partners.

Bought by WEZU and WCSU-FM


  • Added: Jan 17, 2012
  • Length: 01:53
  • Purchases: 2
Poet Michelle Boisseau
From: New Letters on the Air
Caption: Michelle Boisseau
Poet Michelle Boisseau talks about her collection A SUNDAY IN GOD-YEARS, which examines borders between black and white, free and slave, living and...

  • Added: Jan 02, 2012
  • Length: 29:00
Humankind: Rubin Carter's Hurricane
From: Humankind
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Memorialized in a Bob Dylan song and an Academy Award nominated Denzel Washington film, Rubin “Hurricane” Carter was a successful prize fighter, wh...

Bought by WEZU, WOUB, NPR Illinois, RadioFreePalmer, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi) and more


  • Added: Dec 28, 2011
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 28
A Symphony of Hopes and Dreams
From: With Good Reason
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A recent classical music piece was inspired by the poetry written by children in Birmingham, AL, in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr.

Bought by CI Dolphin Radio, KRPS, WNMU-FM, and 90.5 WSNC


  • Added: Dec 05, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
Moonwalk: A Memorial for MJ Pt. II
From: Howard Burchette
Series: The Funk Show
Caption: Michael Jackson
The musical history of MICHAEL JACKSON. The music of THE JACKSON FIVE (J5), THE JACKSONS and solo music of MICHAEL JACKSON are covered in this thre...

  • Added: Nov 30, 2011
  • Length: 59:12
Moonwalk: A Memorial for MJ Pt. III
From: Howard Burchette
Series: The Funk Show
Caption: Michael Jackson - Bad, Credit: Sony
The musical history of MICHAEL JACKSON. The music of THE JACKSON FIVE (J5), THE JACKSONS and solo music of MICHAEL JACKSON are covered in this thre...

  • Added: Nov 30, 2011
  • Length: 55:13
The Physics of Dance: Step by Step
From: With Good Reason
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Step dancing has become popular among black Greek organizations and is part of a tradition that goes back to African tribal rituals. It also is a w...

  • Added: Nov 07, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
Girl Scouts: Beyond Campfires and Cookies
From: With Good Reason
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The Girl Scouts of the United States of America have recently revamped their image and program with new badges focusing on skills like robotics and...

Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo.


  • Added: Nov 04, 2011
  • Length: 28:57
  • Purchases: 1
STAIRSTEPS Stories! VOL. 2 (Cubie Burke): The Untold Story of the Five Stairsteps
From: Howard Burchette
Series: The Funk Show
Caption: Cubie Burke (with Christina Johnson with the Dance Theatre of Harlem), Credit: http://www.dancephotolibrary.com/dance.php
The "FIVE STAIRSTEPS and CUBIE" was a family pop act who released hit records from 1968 to 1969 on both Curtom and Buddha Records. CUBIE BURKE was ...

  • Added: Oct 16, 2011
  • Length: 48:54
A Conversation with Kevin Young
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Poet Kevin Young talks about his book, Ardency: A Chronicle of the Amistad Rebels.

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: Aug 05, 2011
  • Length: 23:45
  • Purchases: 1

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