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We break down the NBA Finals game 2, talk about Trevor Bauer and get into Kens Top 10 and the name game.

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: Jul 13, 2021
  • Length: 56:05
  • Purchases: 1
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We talk about the Phoenix Suns getting to the NBA Finals for the first time in 28 years and how the Milwaukee Bucks match up against them. We also ...

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: Jul 06, 2021
  • Length: 58:03
  • Purchases: 1
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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
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The NBA is weeks away from the playoffs and we talk about Anthony Davis coming back from injury for the Lakers. We also talk some social justice to...

  • Added: Apr 28, 2021
  • Length: 01:00:39
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Born in Ghana and raised in Jamaica, the poet Kwame Dawes is the editor of Nebraska's literary magazine, PRAIRIE SCHOONER, and the 2021 successor t...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio) and WNJR


  • Added: Apr 15, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
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We talk NFL free agency and NBA trades

  • Added: Mar 17, 2021
  • Length: 58:44
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
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
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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
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Traffic lights, a hair relaxant, gas masks, the zig-zag stitch on sewing machines...all of these important inventions have one thing in common, Gar...

  • Added: Feb 21, 2021
  • Length: 05:57
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On this week’s On Story Emmy Award® winning television producer, actor, comedian and writer Larry Wilmore discusses the creation of the influential...

  • Added: Feb 16, 2021
  • Length: 53:57
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From Lynn Nottage, the story of one woman’s rise from rags to riches … and back again.

Bought by KKRN, KMUN, KUOW, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KALW and more


  • Added: Feb 03, 2021
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 19
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Muyambi loved biking, so when his friends asked him to plan a cycling trip across his home country of Uganda he was thrilled. But challenges arose ...

Bought by Boise State Public Radio and KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: Dec 11, 2020
  • Length: 13:01
  • Purchases: 2
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For 50 years the nationally syndicated radio show, In Black America has given voice to people of color in America, and John L. Hanson Jr. has hoste...

  • Added: Dec 02, 2020
  • Length: 34:07
Caption: Wendell Brunious at the French Quarter Festival, April 2019, Credit: Scott Threlkeld
Trumpeter Wendell Brunious hails from one of New Orleans’ storied musical families -- with more than a half-dozen trumpet-playing siblings, and fat...

  • Added: Oct 06, 2020
  • Length: 52:02
Caption: André Wallace, Credit: Shefik
Rain - André Wallace is a City Council Member at Mount Vernon, New York. He is also the owner of a construction company, Creative Direction Constru...

  • Added: Jul 06, 2020
  • Length: 02:22
Caption: Ellis Marsalis, Credit: Snug Harbor
Ellis Marsalis joins Gwen Thompkins for a wide-ranging talk about his life in music - from modern jazz pianist, to jazz educator, to father of four...

  • Added: May 20, 2020
  • Length: 51:58
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Jamila Davenport of Durham, NC has been a lifelong fan of singer Kenny Loggins. When he comes to perform at the venue she manages, she comes face-t...

  • Added: Jul 22, 2019
  • Length: 04:21
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Black History Month kicks off at KVSC with the Untold Story of Central Minnesota take on Langston Hughes. Arts & Cultural Heritage Producer Jeff C...

  • Added: Jun 10, 2019
  • Length: 30:49
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According to the mythology of the Yoruba Tribe of Nigeria, the creation or the making of the earth was a collaborative effort between Olorun and or...

  • Added: Feb 01, 2019
  • Length: 01:54
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Author Greg Iles talks with National Writers Series co-founder Doug Stanton.

Bought by WKAR


  • Added: Jan 26, 2019
  • Length: 54:30
  • Purchases: 1
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A solo performance from a master storyteller.

Bought by KUNM, Spokane Public Radio, WNJR, WCPN, Spokane Public Radio and more


  • Added: Jan 15, 2019
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 17
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Novelist Tayari Jones talks with fellow writer Aaron Stander about her latest book, "An American Marriage."

Bought by WKAR and WDET Detroit Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 11, 2018
  • Length: 54:30
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Ed Cage and Nicole Paris
Ed Cage and Nicole Paris are a father-daughter beatboxing duo. At StoryCorps, they talk about how it all began.

Bought by KWMU St. Louis


  • Added: Jul 16, 2018
  • Length: 02:44
  • Purchases: 1
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The story of a shy teenager who wanted to meet the man of her dreams. Or at the very least, a straight guy. But some things are easier dreamed than...

  • Added: Mar 11, 2018
  • Length: 19:49