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We meet Los Angeles based artist Mark Bradford—known for connecting art with the real world—when he represents the United States in the 57th Venice...
- Added: Sep 24, 2018
- Length: 09:01
What does it mean to be Black in 21st century America? The expression of Blackness in art has a history of intricate connections to civil rights an...
Bought by Interlochen Public Radio
- Added: Sep 14, 2018
- Length: 56:29
- Purchases: 1
Trinidad-born photographer Johanne Rahaman shares hope for a better world in her Black Florida project—a modern archive of images that tell the sto...
- Added: Aug 13, 2018
- Length: 15:55
The BLCK Family, a Miami-based creative collective, fosters opportunities for individual artists to share their original music and poetry in intima...
- Added: Aug 13, 2018
- Length: 11:51
Kittie Weston-Knauer is the oldest female BMX bicycle racer in the United States. It was her son Max who introduced her to the sport more than 30 y...
- Added: May 17, 2018
- Length: 02:17
- Purchases: 3
Rita Dove and Tracy K. Smith share a few things in common beyond the fact that they are African-American female artists. They are also professors a...
- Added: Mar 30, 2018
- Length: 28:16
American virtuoso Jason Moran is a genius jazz pianist known for performing experimental compositions in collaborative projects with visual artists...
- Added: Mar 26, 2018
- Length: 18:11
Melba Beals, one of the nine African-American students chosen to integrate Central High School in Little Rock, tells her story of faith under fire.
- Added: Mar 12, 2018
- Length: 53:59
- Purchases: 2
Wil talks with Jonathan Mason, International President, Phi Beta Sigma.
- Added: Jan 22, 2018
- Length: 16:51
Pastor Adina Kring was facing death's door, but then...
- Added: Jan 19, 2018
- Length: 52:17
Our mindsets are not just similar, but almost like we’re reading from the same book… and actually we are.
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Dec 11, 2017
- Length: 04:25
- Purchases: 1
Coming home from prison, it’s kind of hard to find a job. But I didn’t let that get to me. This is a dirty job, but somebody’s got to do it.
- Added: Sep 20, 2017
- Length: 04:20
Omar Ali is a hero in the eyes of his family. He embarked on a long journey that could have landed him nearly anywhere, fighting to find a safe spa...
Bought by KSFR
- Added: Sep 18, 2017
- Length: 05:47
- Purchases: 1
Who are helpers? Often it's people who know how much it means to be helped.
- Added: Sep 15, 2017
- Length: 05:12
- Purchases: 1
We all remember the influential teacher who made a difference in our lives. But for Drego Little, the teacher that changed his life was the one he ...
- Added: Sep 14, 2017
- Length: 05:56
- Purchases: 1
If what I tell you can help just one of you all, then I feel good because know that somebody actually heard what I was saying and took it to heart.
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Jul 31, 2017
- Length: 04:10
- Purchases: 1
David Grannum is a 16-year-old ballet dancer in Fall River, Massachusetts. He’s only been dancing ballet for four years but he’s caught the attenti...
- Added: Dec 11, 2016
- Length: 04:49
- Purchases: 2
For 22 years, Philadelphia FIGHT has hosted an entire month of free workshops, trainings, and outreach about HIV and AIDS. This year, Life of the L...
- Added: Aug 16, 2016
- Length: 01:01:58
Only recently did Mayyadda make the decision to perform professionally. But she’s come a long way in a short time, playing prestigious clubs such a...
- Added: Aug 09, 2016
- Length: 07:50
Sue Jay Johnson talks charisma, working fast, and fighting cultural stereotypes.
- Added: Jun 13, 2016
- Length: 14:15
Princess Shaw talks imagination, fighting through the storm, and the best day(s) of her life.
- Added: May 24, 2016
- Length: 16:02
Clarence ”Clancy” Haskett talks with his friend and former coworker about his long and successful career as a beer vendor for the Baltimore Orioles.
Bought by WEZU and Blue Mountain Radio
- Added: Apr 08, 2016
- Length: 02:09
- Purchases: 2
In this episode of TriPod, Laine Kaplan-Levenson discusses the slave revolt on the Brig Creole with Harvard Professor Walter Johnson.
- Added: Mar 01, 2016
- Length: 10:23
In the streets of Johannesburg, South Africa, Khanvisile Motsa brings hope to orphans from Africa's rural areas through providing a home, education...
- Added: Jan 15, 2016
- Length: 03:57
In this episode of Wish We Were here, we tell the story of Brian "Scoop" Nemeth, a man with high-functioning autism whose singular goal in life is ...
- Added: Dec 18, 2015
- Length: 59:05
