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An American Voice in Paris: The Odyssey of Carole Fredericks
From: Charles Spira
Caption: By Courtesy of Carole D Fredericks Foundation, Credit: Alain 'Pingouin' Regis
In a lively interview with her sister, we learn about the celebrated career in France, of the American Blues singer Carole Fredericks, who as a 27 ...

Bought by New England Public Media


  • Added: Jan 04, 2023
  • Length: 26:14
  • Purchases: 1
Generational Gene
From: Fluent Knowledge
Series: My Body Odyssey
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Generational Gene may seem a special case; a middle-aged school superintendent with a father and grandfather who’ve contracted Type 2 diabetes, Gen...

  • Added: Nov 01, 2022
  • Length: 18:29
Talking About Race and Racism
From: Loki Mulholland
Series: The Uncomfortable Truth
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How should we talk about race and racism in America when the divide between Black and white can be so vast?

  • Added: Nov 12, 2020
  • Length: 01:08:18
EP138 Excello Records' Two Slims: Slim Harpo & Lightnin' Slim
From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: Crusin' The Blues with Mr. Jack
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Excello Records was Nashville's first Blues label

  • Added: May 21, 2020
  • Length: 59:38
EP137 Elmore James
From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: Crusin' The Blues with Mr. Jack
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The music of Elmore James is explored in this episode.

  • Added: May 19, 2020
  • Length: 59:25
EP136 Marquise Knox
From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: Crusin' The Blues with Mr. Jack
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A Young bluesman who's passion is keeping the flame of the Blues lit along with the acknowledgment of, and giving credit to, it's ancestral roots.

  • Added: May 14, 2020
  • Length: 01:00:00
A home takes heart
From: Narrative Arts
Series: Storm Stories
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In this episode, two women tell us about losing their homes and communities and what they're doing about it.

  • Added: Mar 12, 2020
  • Length: 17:47
Neighborhood Love
From: Narrative Arts
Series: Storm Stories
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When Cedric saw little being done to help one community in Wilmington during Hurricane Florence, he had to act fast.

Bought by WOUB


  • Added: Mar 12, 2020
  • Length: 09:27
  • Purchases: 1
Jeghetto (Missy Elliott’s WTF, The Voice) – Under The Puppet #35
From: Grant Baciocco
Series: Under The Puppet
Caption: Jeghetto, Credit: Jeghetto
Tarish Pipkins performs puppetry under the name Jeghetto. The creations that emerge from Jeghetto’s Workshop are incredibly unique and endlessly fa...

  • Added: Dec 30, 2019
  • Length: 36:32
NEA Jazz Moments with Saxophonist Pharoah Sanders
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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"You can play notes, but if you don't put anything in the notes, that's what it is...just notes." - Pharoah Sanders.

Bought by WKSU, Harford Community Radio, WRTI, KCSM, Harford Community Radio and more


  • Added: Jul 06, 2016
  • Length: 02:57
  • Purchases: 11
The Secret Basketball Game That Desegregated Louisiana High School Sports
From: WWNO
Series: TriPod: New Orleans At 300
Caption: The Purple Knights pose on the court; Harold Sylvester is kneeling next to his coach., Credit: HAROLD SYLVESTER / AMISTAD RESEARCH CENTER
In this episode, Laine Kaplan-Levenson discusses the first integrated high school sports contest in Louisiana between St. Aug and Jesuit--and talks...

Bought by WAER Syracuse, NY


  • Added: Mar 08, 2016
  • Length: 11:26
  • Purchases: 1
The Price of Admission: A Musical Biography of Florence Beatrice Price
From: WQXR
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Florence Beatrice Price wrote more than 300 musical compositions. Some of her works have been lost, others are unpublished, and some of piano and v...

Bought by Georgia Public Broadcasting, WUGA (part of GPB), WFMT Station Account, Troy Public Radio, WVIA and more


  • Added: Jun 11, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 14
Dealing With Diabetes
From: Capital Public Radio
Caption: Carolyn Jackson in dialysis, Credit: Andrew Nixon/Capital Public Radio
November is American Diabetes Month and this award-winning program tells first-person stories from the Type 2 diabetes epidemic. Health Care Report...

Bought by WESM 91.3 FM, KPVL, 90.5 WESA, WEZU, KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle and more


  • Added: Oct 23, 2012
  • Length: 54:03
  • Purchases: 8
Need to Know Rochester: Black Males at Risk
From: WXXI Rochester
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To be black and male in America carries with it a certain baggage. Two out of three black male students in Rochester are failing to graduate. "Need...

  • Added: Aug 15, 2012
  • Length: 27:10
My Blue Bucket
From: Third Coast International Audio Festival
Series: 2012 ShortDocs: Neighbor Stories
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A simple scene of sharing language, laughter, songs and daily chores with my neighbours in Kigali, Rwanda.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, KCUR, KUT, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 24, 2012
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 4
Josh White: The Music The Man (Part C)
From: Howard Burchette
Series: The Funk Show
Caption: Josh White Jr. , Credit: Silverwolf
Interview and discussion on the subject of the legendary JOSH WHITE with his son JOSH WHITE, Jr. his daughter JUDY WHITE-GOARD and his granddaughte...

  • Added: Apr 01, 2011
  • Length: 54:27
An Interview with Ms. Joanne Bland: Civil Rights Activist for the Selma Voting Rights Movement
From: KQAL
Series: Culture Clique
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On the last edition Culture Clique, Ms. Joanne Blackmon Bland discussed on Growing up in the Segregated South: The Selma Voting Rights Movement. Sh...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Mar 04, 2011
  • Length: 32:18
  • Purchases: 1
Life Through a New Lens
From: Learning Matters
Series: Paul Vallas in New Orleans
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One actor from the cast of the new HBO television show "Treme" is doing more than just acting.

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Apr 22, 2010
  • Length: 03:57
  • Purchases: 1
Colleston Morgan - "The Realist"
From: Learning Matters
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Meet Harvard graduate Colleston Morgan. His first two years as a Teach for America teacher were highly successful. So why did he leave the classro...

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Apr 22, 2010
  • Length: 04:33
  • Purchases: 1
"The Perfectionist"
From: Learning Matters
Series: The Real World of Teach for America
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She graduated from Princeton. She enrolled in Teach for America, worked hard and really wanted to be a role model. So why didn’t this teacher get t...

  • Added: Apr 22, 2010
  • Length: 05:47
Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get: Ron Banks/The Dramatics (Part One)
From: Howard Burchette
Series: The Funk Show
Caption: Ron Banks (top left) and the Dramatics, Credit: http://www.myspace.com/therealdramatics
Interview with RON BANKS, founder of the R&B vocal group THE DRAMATICS. Ron talks with HOWARD BURCHETTE about all of their hits, GEORGE CLINTON, TH...

Bought by WJAB


  • Added: Oct 29, 2009
  • Length: 55:14
  • Purchases: 1
What is Hip?: Emilio Castillo & the Tower of Power Vol. I
From: Howard Burchette
Series: The Funk Show
Caption: Tower of Power , Credit: www.towerofpower.com/
The story of the great horn band THE TOWER OF POWER. A special interview with founder Emilio Castillo about the history of this legendary band.

Bought by WUFT, Prairie Public, and WVAS


  • Added: Sep 25, 2009
  • Length: 58:07
  • Purchases: 3
A mother's interview
From: Nurudeen Titilope
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A son interviewing his mother on the ways and manners he was brought up.

  • Added: Feb 25, 2009
  • Length: 04:49
Inside the Capoeiristas' Circle
From: Aaron Henkin
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A profile of a centuries-old martial art with roots that go back to Angola, Africa

  • Added: Apr 03, 2008
  • Length: 18:30
Rediscovering Barbara Jordan
From: KUT
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One-hour documentary about the life and legacy of Barbara Jordan, the first black woman from the South to serve in the U.S. Congress.

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio, and KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 04, 2008
  • Length: 54:01
  • Purchases: 3