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Denial of the Funk: The Impact of Racism on our Nation's Health
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Portrait of Dr. Cornel West, Credit: Gage Skidmore (from creative commons)
On today's show, we hear from noted author, scholar, and self-described intellectual freedom fighter, Dr. Cornel West. In his discussions, West use...

Bought by WUWM, RadioStPete Florida, RadioFreePalmer, and KMUN


  • Added: Jan 09, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
The Challenge
From: Brooklyn Public Library
Series: Borrowed and Banned
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Student activists in York, Pennsylvania organized a silent protest when hundreds of books were banned from their classrooms, paving the way for las...

  • Added: Dec 13, 2023
  • Length: 28:10
The Prophetic Lens: The Camera and Black Moral Agency from MLK to Darnella Frazier
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Phil Allen, Jr.
This program is a second in a conversation with author Phil Allen, Jr., in which he highlights the prophetic potential of the camera. Its imagery p...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Sep 27, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
07-17: Backlash Moment: Converging at the Crossroads of Identity and Justice, 6/30/2021
From: Bioneers
Series: Bioneers - Revolution From the Heart of Nature
Caption: Kimberle Crenshaw (foreground) with Eve Ensler
When Donald Trump rode a wave of white anxiety into the White House, it was part of a backlash to the Obama presidency, one that revealed an increa...

  • Added: Jun 21, 2021
  • Length: 28:30
No Common Ground
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Karen Cox
Polarizing debates over the meaning behind Confederate monuments have intensified lately. There are legal battles to remove them. Legislative maneu...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Apr 20, 2021
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 1
WorldCanvass: Pursuing Racial Justice
From: Joan Kjaer
Series: WorldCanvass
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A wide-ranging discussion about the pursuit of racial justice in a historically white institution like the University of Iowa; racial barriers that...

  • Added: Oct 27, 2020
  • Length: 01:27:08
Say I'm Dead
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: E. Dorolas Johnson
Most of us wish to know our family history. Our ancestry. It’s part of understanding and coming to terms with our own identity. But, what if there ...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Jun 23, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 4: Great Things Happen When You Just #DoYou
From: L. Michelle Smith
Series: The Culture Soup Podcast
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Ep 4 features pop culture and politics journalist & host from NBC BLK, MSNBC, NY Times and Essence writer, @JarrettHill. He talks plagiarism, Fir...

  • Added: Nov 23, 2018
  • Length: 43:18
White Supremacy
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Dr. Katharine Gerbner
Before the 17th century, being white didn’t even exist as a racial category. The idea of “whiteness” evolved in the slave-based economies of the En...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Jul 25, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
An African-American and Latinx History of the United States: A Conversation with Paul Ortiz
From: John Shuck
Caption: Paul Ortiz
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
Reclaiming Humanity From Commodification and Bureaucratization
From: John Shuck
Series: Progressive Spirit
Caption: Daina Ramey Berry
A historian and a journalist speak about the devaluation of human life past and present in America.

Bought by KPIP-LP and WETS


  • Added: Jul 21, 2017
  • Length: 58:01
  • Purchases: 2
Toxic Inequality
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Thomas M. Shapiro
Income and wealth inequality is now a regular topic of conversation. The standard of living for most Americans’ since the Great Recession is either...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Jul 20, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
I Heart Obama
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Erin Aubry Kaplan
In his nearly two terms as president, Barack Obama has solidified his status, as something black people haven’t had for fifty years: a folk hero.

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Mar 10, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
LIVE LAW 5: One Confederate Flag
From: LIVE LAW
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In the summer of 1970, when she was 21, Patrice Gaines spent several weeks in jail facing charges for possession of heroin. She was a drug abuser s...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 07, 2015
  • Length: 11:48
  • Purchases: 1
LIVE LAW 1: Stupid Motions
From: LIVE LAW
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Calvin Duncan spent over 28 years in prison for a crime he didn’t commit. In prison, he taught himself the law. He became a jailhouse lawyer and he...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: May 25, 2015
  • Length: 17:08
  • Purchases: 1
Ferguson is Everywhere
From: Open Source
Series: Open Source with Christopher Lydon
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The protests carry on and for now, as the protestors say, Ferguson is everywhere — not just in the news, but in our institutions, our interactions,...

Bought by WDSE


  • Added: Dec 09, 2014
  • Length: 58:37
  • Purchases: 1
Life Elsewhere on Racism - Becoming a More Perfect Union
From: WMNF
Series: Life Elsewhere
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A thoughtful array of ideas about race, with the voices of President Obama, young James Batley, and theatre professor Fanni Green.

  • Added: Nov 27, 2013
  • Length: 03:47
On the Other Side of the Myth: A Conversation with Michelle Alexander and Tim Wise
From: Chris Moore-Backman
Series: Bringing Down the New Jim Crow
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This second installment in the series titled Bringing Down the New Jim Crow features the first ever dialog between legal scholar Michelle Alexander...

Bought by KGNU Community Radio, KFOK-LPFM, and WDSE


  • Added: Jul 02, 2012
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3