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265: Midwifing a Movement: Community Birth Centers and the Care Economy, 11/15/2023
From: Bioneers
Series: Bioneers - Revolution From the Heart of Nature
Caption: Indra Lusero
In this episode, we visit with Leseliey Welch and Indra Lusero, parents and birth justice advocates who are helping lead a movement to create commu...

  • Added: Nov 13, 2023
  • Length: 28:30
Let's Hear from Pulitzer Prize-winning Poet Jericho Brown
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Jericho Brown, Credit: Brian Cornelius
Jericho Brown reads and discusses his work, his creative process, and Black queer poetry’s capacity to expand concepts of love

Bought by WMPG, WSLR, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KZUM and more


  • Added: Jun 13, 2023
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 6
Kemp Harris
From: Art of the Song
Series: Art of the Song
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SHOW 963 (Air Dates: June 12 - 18, 2023) This week on Art of the Song we talk with Kemp Harris. This Boston based and beloved artist is one of the ...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), KRZA, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), KUNM, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and more


  • Added: Jun 04, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 22
UpFront Soul #2023.23 June 6-11, 2023 Pride Spectacular
From: WERU
Series: UpFront Soul with Sanguine Fromage
Caption: Sylvester
We'll throw a Pride parade for your ears with fabulous music from Sylvester, Billie Holiday, Billy Porter, Big Freedia, The Village People, and more!

Bought by WOMR, RADIOLEX, Georgia Public Broadcasting, KZUM, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio] and more


  • Added: Jun 02, 2023
  • Length: 01:57:59
  • Purchases: 11
The Write Question - Prince Shakur
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Writer, activist, and organizer Prince Shakur discusses his debut memoir, "When They Tell You To Be Good" (Tin House Books).

Bought by KSJD, Yellowstone Public Radio, WETS, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KVNF and more


  • Added: Apr 13, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 6
Kemp Harris
From: Art of the Song
Series: Art of the Song
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SHOW 923 (Air Dates: Sept 5 - 11, 2022) This week on Art of the Song we talk with Kemp Harris. This Boston based and beloved artist is one of the v...

Bought by KRZA, KUGS Bellingham, Wash., WOMR, WCUW 91.3 FM, KZMU Moab Community Radio and more


  • Added: Aug 29, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 22
Theater director Saheem Ali talks about centering communities of color in Shakespeare
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Saheem Ali, Credit: Courtesy of The Public Theater
Associate Artistic Director of The Public Theater as well as the director of the Pulitzer Prize-winning play “Fat Ham,” Saheem Ali talks about wo...

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


  • Added: Jun 21, 2022
  • Length: 28:31
  • Purchases: 4
UpFront Soul #2022.24 June 14-20
From: WERU
Series: UpFront Soul with Sanguine Fromage
Caption: Shea Diamond
It's the Pride Spectacular edition of UpFront Soul! We'll dance with Frenchie Davis, Frankie Knuckles, and Sylvester, hear high-energy hits from Sh...

Bought by WOMR, RADIOLEX, KAAD-LP, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KCHW and more


  • Added: Jun 09, 2022
  • Length: 01:57:59
  • Purchases: 11
Just in time for the Tony Awards--Revisiting Michael R. Jackson
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Michael R. Jackson, Credit: Zack DeZon
Michael R. Jackson--the creator of A Strange Loop—talks about the origins and evolution of the prize-winning musical.

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


  • Added: Jun 07, 2022
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 4
Podcast Playlist Presents: Celebrate Pride Month with These Podcasts
From: Podcast Playlist from CBC Radio
Series: Podcast Playlist from CBC Radio Specials
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June is Pride Month! Today we have stories to celebrate the history, courage, and diversity of the LGBT community.

Bought by WPSU, RadioStPete Florida, New Hampshire Public Radio, KRVS, KUHF and more


  • Added: May 27, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
Their name was Pauli Murray
From: Out in the Bay - Queer Radio from San Francisco
Caption: Pauli Murray circa 1931, age 21, Credit: Courtesy of Amazon Studios
Pauli Murray was a 20th century Black Queer civil rights trailblazer and legal scholar you’ve probably never heard of. On this edition of Out in th...

Bought by KALW, KVSC, KUT, and WORT


  • Added: Jan 31, 2022
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 4
Crys Matthews
From: Art of the Song
Series: Art of the Song
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SHOW 876 (Air Dates Oct 11 - 17, 2021) This week on Art of the Song our guest is singer-songwriter-music educator, Crys Matthews. A North Carolina ...

Bought by Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), KNBA, KZMU Moab Community Radio, High Plains Public Radio, WETS and more


  • Added: Oct 04, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 21
Pride Grand Marshal Twins Encourage ‘Tough Conversations’
From: Out in the Bay - Queer Radio from San Francisco
Caption: The Green twins at the African American Art & Culture Complex’s Open Air Gallery in San Francisco, Credit: Janice Lee
“We are here for the tough conversations,” says Melorra Green, speaking for herself and sister Melonie Green. On this week’s Out in the Bay, the tw...

  • Added: Jun 22, 2021
  • Length: 29:29
Pulitzer Prize-winning Poet Jericho Brown
From: New Letters on the Air
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For National Pride Month, we'll hear from 2020 Pulitzer Prize-winner Jericho Brown, who describes the joy he finds in writing poetry and how his wo...

Bought by WNMU-FM and WNJR


  • Added: Jun 22, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
UpFront Soul #2021.25 June 22-28 - Pride Spectacular
From: WERU
Series: UpFront Soul with Sanguine Fromage
Caption: Billy Porter
We'll celebrate Pride in style with powerful tracks from Billy Porter and Passamahottie, plus we'll hit the dance floor with disco legends Sylveste...

Bought by RADIOLEX, KHNS, KAAD-LP, KMUN, WLPR and more


  • Added: Jun 19, 2021
  • Length: 01:57:59
  • Purchases: 10
Meet 2020 Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Jericho Brown
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Jericho Brown, Credit: Brian Cornelius
Jericho Brown talks about writing his Pulitzer Prize-winning poetry collection The Tradition

Bought by WMPG


  • Added: Jun 14, 2021
  • Length: 29:38
  • Purchases: 1
Angelic Troublemaker: Bayard Rustin
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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On today's program we honor Bayard Rustin, one of the most central figures in the African American struggle for Civil Rights and Freedom. Rustin wa...

Bought by WXDU and C89.5 - KNHC Seattle


  • Added: Jun 09, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Michael R. Jackson talks about creating Black queer musical theater
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Michael R. Jackson, Credit: Zack DeZon
Michael R. Jackson takes us through the making of A Strange Loop his prize-winning musical about a Black queer musical theater writer.

Bought by KALW, KZUM, WMPG, and RADIOLEX


  • Added: Jun 07, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
New York city elections 2021: Kristin Richardson Jordan and Art Chang
From: Ray Samuels
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Kristin Richardson Jordan is our featured LGBTQ candidate.

  • Added: Jun 05, 2021
  • Length: 58:00
The Fallen of 2020
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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This year on making contact, instead of our normal end of year show commemorating movement leaders we've lost, and highlighting their work, we reme...

  • Added: Dec 29, 2020
  • Length: 29:59
How To Go Clubbing (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Bars, nightclubs, dance, and music have long held a special place in LGBTQ culture. But even as shows like RuPaul’s Drag Race and Pose bring that c...

Bought by KXCV, WRST-FM Oshkosh, WNYO, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WMUU-LP and more


  • Added: Oct 08, 2020
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 13
How To Go Clubbing (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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Bars, nightclubs, dance, and music have long held a special place in LGBTQ culture. But even as shows like RuPaul’s Drag Race and Pose bring that c...

Bought by Kansas Public Radio, WJCT, WFHB, KMUN, WJCU and more


  • Added: Oct 08, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 6
How To Go Clubbing (promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason promo
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Bars, nightclubs, dance, and music have long held a special place in LGBTQ culture. But even as shows like RuPaul’s Drag Race and Pose bring that c...

Bought by KXCV, WNED Buffalo, WCNY, and WNMU-FM


  • Added: Oct 08, 2020
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 4
From Another Country: Bill Mullen on James Baldwin’s Revolutionary Life
From: WFHB
Series: Interchange
Caption: James Baldwin on the water of the Golden Horn, Istanbul © Sedat Pakay 1965. , Credit: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture.
In his book Mullen shows how Baldwin’s life is “a bracing testimonial to being the first African-American radical to make his sexuality an integral...

  • Added: Aug 04, 2020
  • Length: 59:19
UpFront Soul #2020.25- June 22-28- Pride Spectacular
From: WERU
Series: UpFront Soul with Sanguine Fromage
Caption: Passamahottie
We'll celebrate Pride in style with new music from Passamahottie, plus we'll hit the dance floor with disco legends Sylvester and the Village Peopl...

Bought by KRVS, KMUN, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KHNS, KAAD-LP and more


  • Added: Jun 19, 2020
  • Length: 01:57:59
  • Purchases: 10