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This I Believe - Pius Kamau

From: This I Believe
Series: This I Believe

Surgeon Pius Kamau believes in caring for his patients, even when they don?t care for a black doctor.

Bought by WEZU, WEZU, and KJZZ

Added: Jun 12, 2006
Length: 03:38
Purchases: 3

This I Believe - Frank X Walker

From: This I Believe
Series: This I Believe

Kentucky poet Frank X Walker believes creativity helps people stay happy and enriches our world.

Bought by WEZU, WEZU, KJZZ, and KWCW

Added: Jun 12, 2006
Length: 03:46
Purchases: 4

Thembi's AIDS Diary

From: Radio Diaries

A year in the life of a South African teenager.

Bought by WUTC, Remix Radio, PRX to iTunes, WRNC-LP, KPFA and more

Added: May 30, 2006
Length: 27:09
Purchases: 17

Surrender

From: Rigel Crockett

A story about Prohibition, the Drug War, music, and Savannah?s maritime history music

Added: Apr 25, 2006
Length: 17:46

Remembering Doris

From: Judah Bruce Leblang

A remembrance of a special woman, my godmother

Added: Apr 22, 2006
Length: 04:29

Southwest Side Stories: The Hot Place to Be

From: ChiTownGirl group

Here's why Cornell Park is the hot place to be.

Added: Mar 09, 2006
Length: 02:17

Handcuffs-Observations in a Courtroom

From: Jacob C. Norman
Series: Practical Perspecitves

Observations in a Courtroom

Added: Feb 23, 2006
Length: 02:50

Basketball

From: SpiritHouse Inc/Youth Noise Network

A 15 year-old, five-foot tall girl explores why basketball is important to her.

Bought by WMNF, 90.5 WSNC, and WXLV-FM

Added: Feb 20, 2006
Length: 07:50
Purchases: 3

The Art of Spitting: a radio portrait of Slick Vic Low

From: Aaron Henkin

Baltimore poet and MC Slick Vic Low reflects on his childhood and his longterm relationship with the microphone

Bought by KUCB

Added: Feb 17, 2006
Length: 07:59
Purchases: 1

A Review of Rise Up Singing: Black Women Writers on Motherhood

From: Nanci Olesen

Nanci Olesen describes her (very positive) reaction to Rise Up Singing, Black Women Writers on Motherhood

Added: Feb 16, 2006
Length: 01:34

Southwest Side Stories: The Tracks On Trumbull

From: ashley woods

The death of a man who crossed the tracks.

Added: Jan 25, 2006
Length: 01:41

Katrina Survivor: New Orleans jazz singer Charmaine Neville

From: Miae Kim

Hurrican Katrina survivor's first -hand account

Bought by KSJD, KGOU, KTNA, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., and KFAI Minneapolis

Added: Nov 08, 2005
Length: 27:10
Purchases: 5

Musicians on the Record: Buddy Guy

From: WXPN
Series: Musicians on the Record

Blues man Buddy Guy reflects on his favorite album, B.B King's "Live at the Regal".

Bought by Musicians' Radio, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., KDLG, Prairie Public, and KUT

Added: Oct 17, 2005
Length: 04:51
Purchases: 5

In Praise of New Orleans Brass Bands

From: Eve Abrams

This oral essay sings the praises of one of New Orleans' greatest gifts to the world: brass bands.

Bought by 90.5 WSNC and WKMS

Added: Sep 25, 2005
Length: 06:00
Purchases: 2

Toilet Paper Scrap Chronicles Civil Rights Ordeal

From: Wisconsin Public Radio

A six-foot piece of jail-grade toilet paper from 1963 captures Civil Rights struggle

Bought by WABE, KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA, KUOW, KFAI Minneapolis, 90.5 WSNC and more

Added: Sep 02, 2005
Length: 07:23
Purchases: 7

Burn Baby Burn

From: Merle Kessler

How "Burn Baby Burn" went from war cry to hot sauce.

Added: Aug 07, 2005
Length: 01:39

Summer on 64th

From: Curie Youth Radio

Tonette sends an audio postcard from her favorite Chicago block: we eavesdrop on the guys at the corner, see Ms. P come out onto her porch, and hea...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, KSFR, PRX Remix, YouthCast, Radijojo World Children's Radio Network and more

Added: Jul 13, 2005
Length: 01:58
Purchases: 7

The Black Ghosts of Paris

From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront

Julia Browne lives in Canada but she feels a strong, even eerie connection to Paris - a feeling that the black writers, intellectuals and performer...

Bought by WTIP, KCUR, WBEZ, and WYSO

Added: Jul 12, 2005
Length: 13:24
Purchases: 4

Blues File: preview 2005 Pocono Blues Festival

From: WXPN
Series: Blues File

Preview: 2005 Pocono Blues Festival

Bought by KKRN, WEFT, WQJC, KUHB, and KDLG

Added: Apr 02, 2005
Length: 03:02
Purchases: 5

What a fellowship!

From: Judah Bruce Leblang

A young man's visit to his Godmother's African-American Baptist church

Bought by The PRX Podcast

Added: Feb 01, 2005
Length: 07:23
Purchases: 1

Martin Luther King Jr.: A Champion of Labor

From: Dick Meister

Some of Martin Luther King Jr.'s Most important work was done in behalf of the labor movement.

Bought by WGHC-LP 98.3 FM Chicago, KPFT, and WYSO

Added: Jan 12, 2005
Length: 02:23
Purchases: 3

Harmful, Undeserved Punishment

From: Dick Meister

Ex-convicts are unfairly denied voting rights.

Added: Dec 02, 2004
Length: 02:47

Monty Alexander ENCORE: On Bob Marley's 'Redemption Song'

From: David Schulman
Series: Musicians in their own words

In words and in music, the jazz pianist shows how Bob Marley's late song of slavery and freedom is "almost like a hymn."

Bought by PRX Remix, KMHD, KLCC, KNAU, and WHQR

Added: Oct 01, 2004
Length: 01:30
Purchases: 5

Movin' Out the Bricks

From: Long Haul Productions
Series: Homeplace Series

A year in the life of Catherine "Coco" Means, as she leaves her long-time home in a Chicago public housing development and moves to her first priva...

Bought by 90.5 WSNC, KGNU Community Radio, Vocalo.org, PRX Remix, PRX to iTunes and more