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StoryCorps Griot: Myeshia Oates and Derek Bart
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Myeshia Oates and Derek Bart at their StoryCorps interview in Santa Clarita, CA on August 23, 2021.
Nearly 30 years after surviving a house fire as a kid, Myeshia Oates reunites with the Los Angeles County firefighter who saved her life, Derek Bart.

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: Sep 27, 2021
  • Length: 03:17
  • Purchases: 1
Gay Calif. Supreme Court Justice values struggle
From: Out in the Bay - Queer Radio from San Francisco
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Martin Jenkins makes history as the first openly gay Supreme Court of California justice, and only the third Black man ever to serve on the state's...

  • Added: Sep 09, 2021
  • Length: 29:30
National Writers Series: Dax-Devlon Ross and Susie Yang
From: Interlochen Public Radio
Series: National Writers Series: Season Three
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Discussions with authors Dax-Devlon Ross ("Letters to My White Male Friends") and Susie Yang ("White Ivy").

Bought by Michigan Radio and WKAR


  • Added: Aug 28, 2021
  • Length: 54:30
  • Purchases: 2
'Funeral Diva' poet Pamela Sneed: "We can heal"
From: Out in the Bay - Queer Radio from San Francisco
Caption: Pamela Sneed's poetic memoir "Funeral Diva" is described as a “coming of age in New York City during the late 1980s.”, Credit: Patricia Silva
Pamela Sneed’s prose and poetry can reach out and grab you. She reads selections from her memoir, Funeral Diva, and shares some of her life story. ...

Bought by KALW and WORT


  • Added: Aug 27, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
StoryCorps Griot: Rev. Farrell Duncombe and Howard Robinson
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: The late Rev. Farrell Duncombe (left) spoke with his friend Howard Robinson for a StoryCorps conversation in 2010 about how his role models helped shape him as a leader in his Alabama community.
Rev. Farrell Duncombe talks about growing up in Montgomery, AL, and the role models who shaped him, including his Sunday school teacher, Rosa Parks.

  • Added: Aug 12, 2021
  • Length: 03:15
StoryCorps Griot: Dr. Charlene Drew Jarvis and Ernest Jarvis
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Dr. Charles Drew, pictured in a lab at Howard University in 1942, was known as the father of blood banking for pioneering the way we store and transport blood today., Credit: Dr. Charlene Jarvis
In the 1940s, Dr. Charles Drew was a surgeon and blood scientist, and today he is known as the “Father of Blood Banks.” His daughter, Dr. Charlene ...

Bought by Allegheny Mountain Radio and WYAP


  • Added: Aug 09, 2021
  • Length: 02:55
  • Purchases: 2
In Real Life
From: L.A. Theatre Works
Series: L.A. Theatre Works
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A hilarious and harrowing account of an actor's journey.

Bought by KMUN, KFCF FM, Spokane Public Radio, KWMR, KMUN and more


  • Added: Jul 28, 2021
  • Length: 01:58:02
  • Purchases: 22
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
Top of Mind - Juneteenth, Chestnut Trees, Fashion Bonding
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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Topic 1: Juneteenth; Topic 2: Chestnut Trees; Topic 3: Fashion Bonding

Bought by KOWS, RADIOLEX, GCR (Global Community Radio), and WYAP


  • Added: Jun 22, 2021
  • Length: 51:34
  • Purchases: 4
Austin Activist DaShawn Barr on Code-Switching and Summer 2020 Racial Justice Protests
From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
Series: Akins High School Spring 2021
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DaShawn Barr played a prominent role in the racial justice protests that occurred in Austin, Texas in summer 2020.

  • Added: May 28, 2021
  • Length: 05:35
Local Austin Activist Clifford Gillard on "Creating a Lasting Something"
From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
Series: Akins High School Spring 2021
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Clifford has been a long-standing community activist on Austin’s east side. He routinely conducts focus groups, hosts various community meetings, a...

  • Added: May 28, 2021
  • Length: 08:50
Big Freedia, “Queen of Bounce” — no guns, more twerking!
From: Out in the Bay - Queer Radio from San Francisco
Caption: Big Freedia is credited with bringing New Orleans "Bounce" music to the rest of the USA, Credit: Brad Hebert
New Orleans musician Big Freedia is famous for her music and twerking; her life story and anti-gun activism are less well known.

  • Added: May 26, 2021
  • Length: 29:29
Vaccine Hesitancy: Building Public Trust For Public Health
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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The Biden administration has promised to make Covid-19 vaccines available to all US adults by May 1st, but getting a vaccine to those who need them...

Bought by KDNK, KWMR, and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Mar 24, 2021
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 3
GN_6.39_ College Behind Bars
From: Good News Good Planet
Series: Good News Good Planet - Season 6
Caption: Good News for a Good Planet - Change your focus, change your world.
Bard College, a small Private University in New York State, offers the Bard Prison Initiative, or BPI, to interested inmates who have committed ser...

  • Added: Mar 10, 2021
  • Length: 02:33
Ep. 451: Matthew Gavin Frank, Davy Rothbart & Cheryl Sanford, Andrew Bird & Jimbo Mathus, 3/5/2021
From: Live Wire! Radio
Series: Live Wire
Caption: Davy Rothbart & Cheryl Sanford
This episode features writer Matthew Gavin Frank, filmmaker Davy Rothbart & his subject Cheryl Sanford of the documentary film "17 Blocks," and mus...

  • Added: Mar 04, 2021
  • Length: 58:59
WAMU Presents: Through The Cracks
From: WAMU
Series: WAMU Presents
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An hour-long radio special available to all public radio stations. This special program features selected portions of the Through The Cracks podcas...

Bought by Iowa Public Radio, KUT, New Hampshire Public Radio, WITF, KFAI Minneapolis and more


  • Added: Mar 02, 2021
  • Length: 51:26
  • Purchases: 21
GN_5.11_PeaceForPlay
From: Good News Good Planet
Series: Good News Good Planet - Season 5
Caption: Good News for a Good Planet - Change your focus, change your world.
A former Chicago gang member enters rival territory to ask for peace.

  • Added: Feb 27, 2021
  • Length: 02:30
Ep. 450: Kevin Young, Ibtihaj Muhammad, Clyde W. Ford, and Amythyst Kiah, 2/26/2021
From: Live Wire! Radio
Series: Live Wire
Caption: Amythyst Kiah
In celebration of Black History Month, this episode features poet Kevin Young, groundbreaking Olympic fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad, writer and historian...

  • Added: Feb 25, 2021
  • Length: 59:01
"Black History Month Special" with Kevin Young, Ibtihaj Muhammad, Clyde W. Ford, and Amthyst Kiah
From: Live Wire! Radio
Series: Live Wire Specials
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In celebration of Black History Month, this special episode features poet Kevin Young, groundbreaking Olympic fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad, writer and h...

  • Added: Feb 22, 2021
  • Length: 59:01
Writer Sharon G. Flake Highlights Human Trafficking and Survivors in "The Skin I'm In"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: What We're Reading
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Tammy Bobrowsky talks with young adult writer Sharon G. Flake. Her new novel is called "The Life I’m In", it’s the story of a young woman trapped i...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Feb 20, 2021
  • Length: 16:38
  • Purchases: 1
Songs of the People: Indigenous Roots of Black Folk Music
From: Native Voice One
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An uplifting exploration of the Indigenous musical traditions of pre-20th century Black music.

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio and KMUN


  • Added: Feb 01, 2021
  • Length: 27:56
  • Purchases: 2
GN_4.60_BarberShopMeds
From: Good News Good Planet
Series: Good News Good Planet - Season 4
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Using the barbershop in black communities to help black men stay healthy.

  • Added: Jan 26, 2021
  • Length: 02:30
Diary of a 5th Grade Reject
From: Ariel Mejia
Series: ASM Youth Radio Fall 2020
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Hi I’m Makayla and my piece is about my adventures being a fifth grade reject.

  • Added: Jan 21, 2021
  • Length: 13:40
The Fire Next Time
From: Ariel Mejia
Series: ASM Youth Radio Fall 2020
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My name is Shawn Hughes. I wrote this piece consciously, recapping one of my most important moments of the year. In the midst of two pandemics, eve...

  • Added: Jan 21, 2021
  • Length: 06:54
On Passing
From: Brooklyn Public Library
Series: "Borrowed" Podcast from Brooklyn Public Library
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Belle da Costa Greene and Nella Larsen are two librarians of color, one who is white passing, and the other of mixed heritage who wrote famously ab...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Nov 18, 2020
  • Length: 32:46
  • Purchases: 1

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