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Musician's Spotlight - Patti Nolan - 858
From: John Floridis
Series: Musician's Spotlight
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Missoula based jazz singer and song interpreter Patti Nolan joins host John Floridis for her first visit to Musician's Spotlight. Born in Seattle,...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Jan 16, 2024
  • Length: 59:14
  • Purchases: 2
Womenfolk #230920
From: Ellen Stanley
Series: Womenfolk Radio
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Deidre McCalla's 50th Anniversary Interview

  • Added: Sep 25, 2023
  • Length: 01:58:02
Musician's Spotlight - Melody Angel - 843
From: John Floridis
Series: Musician's Spotlight
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Chicago based blues singer and guitarist Melody Angel joins host John Floridis to talk about her career, her blues pedigree (cousin of the iconic m...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Jul 03, 2023
  • Length: 58:31
  • Purchases: 2
Musician's Spotlight - The Suffers - 834
From: John Floridis
Series: Musician's Spotlight
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Gulf Coast Soul from the Suffers arrives to Musician's Spotlight, as singer Kam Franklin visits with host John Floridis. Kam dives deep into her Ho...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Feb 27, 2023
  • Length: 58:32
  • Purchases: 2
Musician's Spotlight - Ruthie Foster - 808
From: John Floridis
Series: Musician's Spotlight
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Multiple Grammy Award nominee and multiple winner of several Blues Music Award Awards, singer songwriter Ruthie Foster visits with host John Florid...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Jan 17, 2022
  • Length: 59:16
  • Purchases: 2
Black Women Writers in History
From: New Letters on the Air
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Women's History Month continues as we go to the archives to revisit Black Women Writers in History, a program that examines important African-Ameri...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, High Plains Public Radio, WRKF, WDCB and more


  • Added: Mar 17, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 28
Poet DaMaris Hill
From: New Letters on the Air
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We celebrate Black History Month with DaMaris Hill, the youngest and first living American poet to be signed to Bloomsbury Publishing. In the final...

Bought by WNMU-FM


  • Added: Feb 10, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Musician's Spotlight - Bettye LaVette Mspot Part Two - 761
From: John Floridis
Series: Musician's Spotlight
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Three time Grammy nominee Bettye LaVette is no mere singer. She is not a song writer, nor is she a "cover" artist. She is an interpreter of the hig...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, WMUU-LP, RadioStPete Florida, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, and KMXT


  • Added: Sep 11, 2020
  • Length: 29:34
  • Purchases: 5
Musician's Spotlight - Bettye LaVette Mspot Part One - 760
From: John Floridis
Series: Musician's Spotlight
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Three time Grammy nominee Bettye LaVette is no mere singer. She is not a song writer, nor is she a "cover" artist. She is an interpreter of the hig...

Bought by WMUU-LP, RadioStPete Florida, RadioFreePalmer, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, and KMXT


  • Added: Sep 11, 2020
  • Length: 29:04
  • Purchases: 5
Musician's Spotlight -Alicia Olatuja Mspot Part One- 718
From: John Floridis
Series: Musician's Spotlight
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“A singer with a strong, lustrous tone and an amiably regal presence onstage.” So says the New York Times of the acclaimed vocalist, composer and a...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, WMUU-LP, KMXT, and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 04, 2019
  • Length: 29:04
  • Purchases: 4
Bresha Meadows, Domestic Violence, and the State
From: WFHB
Series: Kite Line
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This week, we examine the intersections between domestic violence, along with other forms of gendered violence, the courts, and the prison system. ...

  • Added: Jun 13, 2017
  • Length: 29:40
American Book Award-winning Poet Nikki Giovanni
From: New Letters on the Air
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The infamous poet Nikki Giovanni reads from her recent books, CHASING UTOPIA, BICYCLES, and ACOLYTES and discusses the influence of history, commun...

Bought by KGNU Community Radio, WMUU-LP, WNJR, and WABE


  • Added: Sep 17, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
J. California Cooper: Past American Voice
From: New Letters on the Air
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Short Description: We honor the life of the playwright and American Book Award-winning fiction writer J. California Cooper, who passed away Septemb...

Bought by WCPN and WNJR


  • Added: Feb 20, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Carolyn Mosley - Teenage Daughter Murdered at High School
From: Abigail Mahnke, host of Inner Views
Caption: Carolyn & Ortralla Mosley
In 2003, Carolyn's 15-year-old daughter, Ortralla, was brutally stabbed by her boyfriend in the hallway of Reagan High School in Austin, TX. Caroly...

  • Added: Jan 30, 2011
  • Length: 24:45
Lady T: Remembering Teena Marie (Part A)
From: Howard Burchette
Series: The Funk Show
Caption: Teena Marie
A discussion with the late TEENA MARIE (March 5, 1956 – December 26, 2010). She discusses her long career and her rich musical history. This interv...

  • Added: Sep 23, 2009
  • Length: 59:43