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LaMont Dottin

From: Radio Diaries
Series: The Unmarked Graveyard: Stories from Hart Island

Back in 1995, LaMont Dottin was 21 years old and a freshman at Queens College when, one evening, he didn’t come home. His mother went to the local ...

BLACK LIVES MATTER meets BLACK ROCK CITY

From: David Boyer
Series: THE INTERSECTION at Burning Man

One principle guiding Burning Man is "Radical Inclusion." But it's never been racially diverse. Activists like Favianna Rodriguez are changing that.

The Forgotten Coup, January 6th & the Small Town Americans on the Frontlines of Democracy

From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends

Could a successful coup happen in the US? The ongoing Congressional hearings into the events of January 6 show that just a handful of election offi...

Bought by KWMR, RadioFreePalmer, RadioStPete Florida, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KMUN and more

Unprisoned Radio Hour: Stories of Being Black and Male in America

From: Eve Abrams
Series: Unprisoned

In this hour we hear three stories about what it's like being Black and male in the United States of America. The first story, from season 1 of Un...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.

You Never Get Nothing Back They Take: The Myth of Protect and Serve

From: Eve Abrams
Series: Unprisoned

Season 2, Episode 7 You Never Get Nothing Back They Take is a verité romp following Zelly and his lawyer Kelly as they attempt to retrieve Zelly's...

Bought by PRX Remix

The Myth of the Super Predator

From: Eve Abrams
Series: Unprisoned

Season 2, Episode 4 'The Myth of the Super Predator debunks an idea first made famous by then-first lady Hillary Clinton, an idea we still haven't...

Bought by PRX Remix

Pioneering Female Police Officer Repaired Bonds Through Talent Shows

From: Eve Abrams
Series: Unprisoned

Season 1.5, Episode 2 In 1968, Yvonne Bechet became one of the first female police officers in New Orleans. She was also the first African America...

Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo.

The Bombing of MOVE, 35 Years Later (Updated)

From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact

Our radio adaptation of the film, Let the Fire Burn. Directed by Jason Osder, examines the controversial, 1985 clash between police in Philadelphia...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio

Lynching and Lunacy: Mab Segrest on the Racist Roots of American Psychiatry

From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends

Acclaimed “Race Traitor” author, Mab Segrest, takes Laura through deep south to trace the racist roots of American psychiatry. They explore the inf...

Bought by KDNK and RadioFreePalmer

New Beginnings

From: Out of the Blocks
Series: Out of the Blocks, Quick Hits

I got shot two times, and i walked out of Shock Trauma three hours later. It was made clear to me that my work wasn't done.

Bought by PRX Remix

Episode 120: The Tunnel

From: Criminal
Series: Criminal

In the late 1800s, North Carolina was trying to build a railway system through the Western part of the state. In December of 1882, something went w...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.

Episode 111: Silvon Simmons

From: Criminal
Series: Criminal

“My first instinct, to be honest, was they shot this guy and now there’s a coverup.” -Liz Riley, Special Assistant Public Defender, Monroe County P...

Patapsco Mart

From: Out of the Blocks
Series: Out of the Blocks, Quick Hits

I smile, even when it hurts.

Bought by PRX Remix

Bridge of Hope

From: Out of the Blocks
Series: Out of the Blocks, Quick Hits

Our mindsets are not just similar, but almost like we’re reading from the same book… and actually we are.

Bought by PRX Remix

From Reform to Transform: California's Prop 47 and the Movement to End Mass Incarceration

From: Chris Moore-Backman
Series: Bringing Down the New Jim Crow

From Reform to Transform introduces listeners to passionate racial and social justice advocates in California who crafted, promoted, and saw throug...

Bought by WUAL and KGNU Community Radio

Two Days in Ferguson, MO

From: Nick Jaworski
Series: One Degree of Separation

Caption: A memorial at the location of Michael Brown's shooting in Ferguson, MO., Credit: Nick Jaworski

**A MUST-HEAR EPISODE FOR ANYBODY INTERESTED IN THE EVENTS THAT OCCURRED IN FERGUSON, MO.** Nick visits the town of Ferguson, MO in the aftermath ...

Bought by KVNF

Along Saint Claude

From: Eve Abrams

Caption: Eppy Livaccari, Credit: Jonathan Traviesa

Gentrification is just the newest name for the changes happening in New Orleans' neighborhoods downriver from the French Quarter. Along Saint Claud...

Bought by WCPN

The Race to an Emergency

From: KALW

Caption: Lesley Philips and Sharena Thomas, Credit: The People's Community Medics

A special hour-long documentary, where host Martina Castro and reporter Ali Budner trace the path of a 9-1-1 call in Oakland, California to figure ...

Bought by PRX Remix

The Race to an Emergency--(2 Part show)

From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact

When you call 911, who answers the phone? How do they decide who to send to the scene, and how fast will they get there? We bring you a 2-part spec...

A New Way of Life and the New Underground Railroad

From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact

Caption: Susan Burton, A New Way of Life Re-Entry Project executive director and founder

After serving time, finding food, a job and a place to live with a criminal record can become an almost impossible task. On this edition, Women bu...

King's Last March

From: American Public Media
Series: American RadioWorks: Black History

Although it was one of the most challenging and controversial chapters of his career, the final year of King's life has not been the focus of signi...

Bought by KANW, KUAT, WABE, WWNO, RadioStPete Florida and more