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Remembering Emmett Till
From: World Footprints LLC
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Join World Footprints as we remember Emmett Till, recount the bravery of Mamie Till-Mobley and learn about a connection with Rosa Parks.

  • Added: Nov 13, 2022
  • Length: 21:04
Expanding Our Origin Story (hour/no bb or bed)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Cauline Yates was at a family reunion the first time she heard she was a descendant of Thomas Jefferson.

Bought by KHEN-LP, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., Royalton Community Radio, and KCHW


  • Added: Nov 10, 2022
  • Length: 52:00
  • Purchases: 4
Expanding Our Origin Story (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: Black History Month specials
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Cauline Yates was at a family reunion the first time she heard she was a descendant of Thomas Jefferson.

Bought by WNED Buffalo, KCBX, WFAE, KWMU St. Louis, KCSB-FM and more


  • Added: Nov 10, 2022
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 17
Expanding Our Origin Story (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: Black History Month specials
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Cauline Yates was at a family reunion the first time she heard she was a descendant of Thomas Jefferson.

Bought by KUCB, Kansas Public Radio, CHSR-FM 97.9, KMUN, KRDP and more


  • Added: Nov 10, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 9
Expanding Our Origin Story (promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason promo
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Cauline Yates was at a family reunion the first time she heard she was a descendant of Thomas Jefferson.

Bought by KCBX, KWMU St. Louis, KUAC, South Dakota Public Broadcasting - Radio, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and more


  • Added: Nov 10, 2022
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 6
TSSAAPR221102 The Soul Show - Stevie Wonder's "Talking Book" at 50
From: Mike Canton
Series: The Soul Show (3 hours, with soft ending after Hour 2))
Caption: Mike Canton, Host/Producer of The Soul Show
Embedded in the usual eclectic mix is an Hour 2 feature on Stevie Wonder's 1972 masterpiece, Talking Book. Enjoy!

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: Nov 03, 2022
  • Length: 02:56:57
  • Purchases: 1
EE 22-44: When CAFOs come to your neighborhood, 10/28/2022
From: WFIU
Series: Earth Eats
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A conversation about the The Smell of Money–a documentary film about environmental justice in rural communities.

  • Added: Oct 27, 2022
  • Length: 54:00
Art at the Intersection: Saving a Community Legacy
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Dr. Tee Ford-Ahmed, Credit: Naima Wolfe
Director of Communications for the Mount Zion Baptist Church Preservation Society in Athens Ohio Dr. Tee Ford-Ahmed talks about repurposing a vacan...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WSLR, RADIOLEX, KMUN, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif. and more


  • Added: Oct 25, 2022
  • Length: 28:56
  • Purchases: 6
Kevin Washington and Ra Spirit Combine Spirituality with Diasporic Outlook
From: KBEM
Series: Minnesota Music Profiles
Caption: jazz88 logo 2022, Credit: Tim Nyberg (Octane Creative)
Kevin Washington views himself as an artist in the tradition of Pharaoh Sanders and john and Alice Coltrane, of spirituality and healing. When Kevi...

  • Added: Oct 14, 2022
  • Length: 08:00
Kevin Washington and Ra Spirit Combine Spirituality with Diasporic Outlook at Walker West Performance
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: jazz88 logo 2022, Credit: Tim Nyberg (Octane Creative)
Kevin Washington views himself as an artist in the tradition of Pharaoh Sanders and john and Alice Coltrane, of spirituality and healing. Kevin lea...

  • Added: Oct 14, 2022
  • Length: 08:00
Expanding the Franchise (hour/no bb)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Dwayne Betts was only a teenager when he was convicted of carjacking and sentenced to 9 years in prison. Today, he’s an acclaimed poet and accompli...

Bought by KHEN-LP, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WRST-FM Oshkosh, Royalton Community Radio, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle and more


  • Added: Sep 29, 2022
  • Length: 52:00
  • Purchases: 6
Expanding the Franchise (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Dwayne Betts was only a teenager when he was convicted of carjacking and sentenced to 9 years in prison. Today, he’s an acclaimed poet and accompli...

Bought by WTJU, KUHF, WRST-FM Oshkosh, KEDT, WRGY and more


  • Added: Sep 29, 2022
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 7
Expanding the Franchise (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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Dwayne Betts was only a teenager when he was convicted of carjacking and sentenced to 9 years in prison. Today, he’s an acclaimed poet and accompli...

Bought by Kansas Public Radio, WJCU, Harford Community Radio, WFHB, KRDP and more


  • Added: Sep 29, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 6
Expanding the Franchise (promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason promo
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Dwayne Betts was only a teenager when he was convicted of carjacking and sentenced to 9 years in prison. Today, he’s an acclaimed poet and accompli...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KUHF, and WNMU-FM


  • Added: Sep 29, 2022
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 3
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
EE 22-39: A conversation with Jori Lewis, author of Slaves for Peanuts, 9/23/2022
From: WFIU
Series: Earth Eats
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While peanut butter is one of my favorite foods, I can’t say that I have given much thought to the peanut as a crop, or paid any attention to its r...

  • Added: Sep 22, 2022
  • Length: 54:01
NL 22-39: Trane '62: John Coltrane's Classic Quartet Begins, 9/19/2022
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights
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Recordings that saxophonist John Coltrane made with Duke Ellington, Eric Dolphy, and the rhythm section of McCoy Tyner, Jimmy Garrison and Elvin Jo...

  • Added: Sep 13, 2022
  • Length: 59:01
Art at the Intersection: Carlton Turner on Cultivating Community in Mississippi
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Community Farm, Credit: Courtesy of Sipp Culture
Carlton Turner talks about the work of Sipp Culture which uses story to uncover and support cultural and economic development in Utica, Mississippi.

Bought by KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., RADIOLEX, and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 06, 2022
  • Length: 28:54
  • Purchases: 3
How Hot is Your Honey? (hour/no bb or bed)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Chef Ralph Brown’s parents fed the neighborhood for years. Now, he’s keeping that tradition going.

Bought by KHEN-LP, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KWIT, Royalton Community Radio, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle and more


  • Added: Sep 02, 2022
  • Length: 52:00
  • Purchases: 7
How Hot is Your Honey? (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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Chef Ralph Brown’s parents fed the neighborhood for years. Now, he’s keeping that tradition going.

Bought by KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, Kansas Public Radio, WJCU, WFHB, KMUN and more


  • Added: Sep 02, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 8
How Hot is Your Honey? (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Chef Ralph Brown’s parents fed the neighborhood for years. Now, he’s keeping that tradition going.

Bought by KUHF, WTJU, KEDT, KHEN-LP, WRST-FM Oshkosh and more


  • Added: Sep 02, 2022
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 9
How Hot is Your Honey? (promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason promo
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Chef Ralph Brown’s parents fed the neighborhood for years. Now, he’s keeping that tradition going.

Bought by KUHF, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KWIT, WNMU-FM, and Troy Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 02, 2022
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 5
Lighting Up a Better Future (Hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
Caption: Legalize parage
Advocates argue that after bearing the brunt of harsh marijuana laws, people of color deserve a spot in Virginia’s commercial cannabis industry.

Bought by WTJU, KHEN-LP, KWIT, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WMUU-LP and more


  • Added: Aug 25, 2022
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 11
Lighting Up a Better Future (Hour no BB or Bed)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
Caption: Legalize parage
Advocates argue that after bearing the brunt of harsh marijuana laws, people of color deserve a spot in Virginia’s commercial cannabis industry.

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KRDP, and WYAP


  • Added: Aug 25, 2022
  • Length: 52:00
  • Purchases: 3
Lighting Up a Better Future (Promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason promo
Caption: Legalize Parade
Advocates argue that after bearing the brunt of harsh marijuana laws, people of color deserve a spot in Virginia’s commercial cannabis industry.

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KWIT, WRST-FM Oshkosh, Troy Public Radio, and WNMU-FM


  • Added: Aug 25, 2022
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 5

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