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Caption: Lillie Cotlon and Burnell Cotlon in front of Burnell’s store, ‘Burnell’s Lower Ninth Ward Market’ in New Orleans, Louisiana on August 19, 2015., Credit: By Ian Spencer Cook for StoryCorps.
Eight years after their original StoryCorps interview, Burnell Cotlon reflects with his mother, Lillie Cotlon, about opening up a store in New Orle...

  • Added: Sep 25, 2023
  • Length: 06:09
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On this week's WBB talk show, we have a couple of gifted guests. One uses her superpowers to introduce Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and ...

  • Added: Nov 27, 2019
  • Length: 01:00:01
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Welcome to this week's WBB Talkshow. This week, we're excited to introduce you to a fantastic line-up of business owners.

  • Added: Nov 12, 2019
  • Length: 01:00:00
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On this week's WBB talk show, we feature two amazing women who have found solutions to some of the problems affecting the African-American community.

  • Added: Oct 28, 2019
  • Length: 01:00:10
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On this week's WBB talk show, we feature two guests who are remarkable and dynamic examples of women walking in their purpose unapologetically.

  • Added: Sep 02, 2019
  • Length: 01:00:00
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On this week's WBB talk show, we're taking you on a journey to West Africa. That is where the soul of today's guest was marinated in tradition and ...

  • Added: Aug 12, 2019
  • Length: 59:59
Caption: Lillie Cotlon (L) and Burnell Cotlon (R), Credit: Ian Spencer Cook for StoryCorps
Burnell Cotlon owns and operates the only grocery store in the Lower Ninth Ward. When it opened in 2014, it was the first grocery store to serve th...

Bought by WMUU-LP and WTJU


  • Added: Aug 21, 2015
  • Length: 02:11
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Susan Mernit on MIW, Credit: Oddua Productions
On this episode of Making It Work we will chat with Susan Mernit about her latest non-profit organization, Hack the Hood, and how they are making a...

  • Added: Jun 15, 2015
  • Length: 24:25
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
Caption: Mark Goldsmith speaks to former inmates
In this edition of Tiny Spark, we explore what happens when someone refuses to accept the idea of a "lost cause" and instead gets down to the work ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 23, 2011
  • Length: 14:56
  • Purchases: 2
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The Road to Rehabilitation is littered with good intentions and foreclosures. Host Audra Wilson discovers that many Americans were literally addic...

Bought by WCSU-FM


  • Added: Oct 10, 2010
  • Length: 09:52
  • Purchases: 1