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The Bay Area is diverse. Its elected officials are mostly white
From: KSFP
Series: Civic
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The San Francisco Bay Area is one of the most diverse in the U.S., but that diversity is rarely seen in the make-up of the region's political leade...

  • Added: Oct 13, 2021
  • Length: 29:27
UpFront Soul #2021.39 October 5-11 Hispanic Heritage Month Celebration
From: WERU
Series: UpFront Soul with Sanguine Fromage
Caption: Arturo O'Farrill
We'll celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with Celia Cruz, Joe Bataan, and Willie Bobo, and we'll spend the second hour in conversation with pianist,...

Bought by KAAD-LP, KHNS, KZUM, KSTK, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and more


  • Added: Sep 30, 2021
  • Length: 01:57:59
  • Purchases: 11
BIPOC Media, Uplifting and Serving Communities From the Grassroots
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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If Black Lives Matter, how are journalists and media organizations considering Black pain in their coverage? And how are journalists and editors ac...

Bought by KWMR, RadioFreePalmer, KVNF, and KDNK


  • Added: Aug 24, 2021
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 4
Black Candidates, BIPOC Media: Making Coverage Complex and Better
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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New York City will likely elect its second African American mayor in November. Eric Adams, currently the Brooklyn Borough President, was declared t...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer and KWMR


  • Added: Jul 29, 2021
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 2
Black, Latinx Media: Cause for Celebration & Critique
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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The subversive, healing, and celebratory powers of music and media are at the heart of this week’s conversation, featuring Saida Pagán, a contribut...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, RadioFreePalmer, KDNK, and KWMR


  • Added: Jun 23, 2021
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 4
UpFront Soul #2021.24 June 15-21
From: WERU
Series: UpFront Soul with Sanguine Fromage
Caption: Beyonce
We'll hear songs of beauty, strength, and power, kicking off with Beyonce, featuring a new track from the Sons of Kemet, plus powerful music from H...

Bought by KAAD-LP, Georgia Public Broadcasting, WLPR , WOUB, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and more


  • Added: Jun 11, 2021
  • Length: 01:57:50
  • Purchases: 8
UpFront Soul #2021.22 June 1-7
From: WERU
Series: UpFront Soul with Sanguine Fromage
Caption: Rasheed Ali
We'll spin a track from 1968 featuring Rasheed Ali's new album, plus we'll start off an Afro-Latin set with new music from Arturo O'Farrill & the A...

Bought by KAAD-LP, WLPR , Georgia Public Broadcasting, WOUB, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and more


  • Added: May 27, 2021
  • Length: 01:57:59
  • Purchases: 8
Meet poet and playwright Darrel Alejandro Holnes
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Darrel Alejandro Holnes, Credit: Emma Pratte
Poet and playwright Darrel Alejandro Holnes explores immigration and belonging through poetry and theater.

Bought by WORT, WMPG, and KZUM


  • Added: May 03, 2021
  • Length: 28:42
  • Purchases: 3
UpFront Soul #2021.09-March 1-7, 2021
From: WERU
Series: UpFront Soul with Sanguine Fromage
Caption: Jon Batiste
We're bringing you a boatload of new funk, soul, and jazz from Jon Batiste, Tanika Charles, David Walters, and more, plus we'll remember Fania foun...

Bought by KAAD-LP, KHNS, KZUM, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WLPR and more


  • Added: Feb 26, 2021
  • Length: 01:57:59
  • Purchases: 10
The Pandemic, Loss and Racial Inequity
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Jorge Garza has created an Azteca pop series based on front line workers during the COVID-19 pandemic., Credit: Jorge Garza
Up next on Making Contact we turn our attention to those Americans who are bearing the brunt of the coronavirus fallout. According to the CDC, Blac...

  • Added: Dec 22, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
Girlhood (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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Newbery Medal-winning children’s author Meg Medina talks about the power of writing in Spanglish, and relates her own childhood to her 2019 book Me...

Bought by WJCT, WLIW, WPCA-LP, WNED Buffalo, KXCV and more


  • Added: Apr 16, 2020
  • Length: 53:57
  • Purchases: 9
Girlhood (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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Newbery Medal-winning children’s author Meg Medina talks about the power of writing in Spanglish, and relates her own childhood to her 2019 book Me...

Bought by WJCT, Kansas Public Radio, WSGE, WLIW, KRDP and more


  • Added: Apr 16, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 10
Girlhood (promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason promo
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Newbery Medal-winning children’s author Meg Medina talks about the power of writing in Spanglish, and relates her own childhood to her 2019 book Me...

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


  • Added: Apr 16, 2020
  • Length: :29
  • Purchases: 4
UpFront Soul #2019.32-August 12-18
From: WERU
Series: UpFront Soul with Sanguine Fromage
Caption: Joe Bataan
We'll hear Latin soul from Joe Bataan, Hector Lavoe and Willie Colon, Peruvian funk from Black Sugar, and a super-soulful Stevie Wonder cover from ...

Bought by KZUM, WLPR , WOUB, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., Royalton Community Radio and more


  • Added: Aug 08, 2019
  • Length: 01:57:59
  • Purchases: 7
UpFront Soul #2019.22-June 3-9
From: WERU
Series: UpFront Soul with Sanguine Fromage
Caption: Seguida
We'll get on down with Breakwater, check out some funky Latin sounds with Seguida & Flash & the Dynamics, and Keep Marchin' with Raphael Saadiq.

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WOUB, WLPR , Royalton Community Radio, WOMR and more


  • Added: May 30, 2019
  • Length: 01:57:59
  • Purchases: 6
All the Women in My Family Sing
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Deborah Santana
There’s a growing awareness of solidarity among women. They refuse to be silenced. What began as a Women’s March in January 2017 has now evolved in...

Bought by WJSU and KCBX


  • Added: Mar 01, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
2017-11-12 Oppressive Heat: Climate Change and Civil Rights
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
Caption: L-R: Ingrid Brostrom, Mystic, Rev. Gerald Durley
While solar panels and electric cars are typically associated with upper-class white folk, the transition to clean energy is also a civil rights is...

Bought by KTSW 89.9, KWIT, and NPR Now


  • Added: Nov 09, 2017
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine for the week ending August 18, 2017
From: Scott Harris
Series: Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine
Caption: Timely, in-depth, progressive analysis since 1991
This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: Trump Department of Justice Prepares to Sue Universities Over "Discriminat...

Bought by WMUU-LP and WRIR


  • Added: Aug 09, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Full Moon Hacksaw # 1571 (Hour 1 & 2) - 03/09/2017
From: KRDP
Series: Full Moon Hacksaw
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A great combination is Tito Puente’s hot Latin jazz playing a Freddie Hubbard tune, format is pared down for Ray Brown and Jimmy Rowles. Mr. Brown ...

Bought by WMOT, WVBI-LP, WJSU, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., and WKAR


  • Added: Mar 07, 2017
  • Length: 01:59:58
  • Purchases: 5
Support Communities
From: WFHB
Series: Kite Line
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This episode, we focus on two individuals who are working to organize support systems for communities that are directly affected or targeted by law...

  • Added: Mar 02, 2017
  • Length: 29:15
Full Moon Hacksaw # 1527 (Hour 1 & 2) - 05/05/2016
From: KRDP
Series: Full Moon Hacksaw
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Neckties records & drums are side effects of jazz radio & blues music collecting, take if from one who knows. This segment begins with a great litt...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio, WVBI-LP, WOUB, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., and WKAR


  • Added: May 03, 2016
  • Length: 01:59:54
  • Purchases: 5
Full Moon Hacksaw # 1513 (Hour 1 & 2) - 01/28/2016
From: KRDP
Series: Full Moon Hacksaw
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How do you do, we have over 40 years associated with jazz radio here in the desert southwest. In hour one of this week's national broadcast, guest ...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KCMJ Community Radio, WVBI-LP, WYAP, and WOUB


  • Added: Jan 27, 2016
  • Length: 01:59:56
  • Purchases: 5
Full Moon Hacksaw # 1507 (Hour 1 & 2) - 12/17/2015
From: KRDP
Series: Full Moon Hacksaw
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Binary bop begins the journey of spins and needles, drummer Stockton Helbing sounds pristine alongside veterans Benny Carter and Dizzy Gillespie. D...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio, WVBI-LP, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WOUB, and WYAP


  • Added: Dec 15, 2015
  • Length: 01:59:55
  • Purchases: 5