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Caption: Dr. Lisa Fitzpatrick believes plainspoken information from trusted messengers can help shrink health disparities, and some insurers are buying in., Credit: Ryan Levi
Black Americans report higher levels of mistrust in the health care system than white Americans and suffer worse outcomes in everything from matern...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Feb 03, 2023
  • Length: 20:23
  • Purchases: 1
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Co-Anchors Amrita Myers and Cornelius Wright invite William Palomo and Esmeralda Martinez to speak about the UndocuHoosiers Alliance, and their hop...

  • Added: Apr 18, 2017
  • Length: 57:17
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Joining us to speak on life as an elected official are Nicole Bolden, Bloomington City Clerk, Nicole Brown, Monroe County Clerk and the Honorable V...

  • Added: Mar 02, 2017
  • Length: 54:19
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Election Day 2016 has come and gone! As we are still sorting through the impact of the results, many (not just in the African American community) h...

  • Added: Jan 09, 2017
  • Length: 56:19
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Bring It On’s Cornelius Wright and Leila Randle welcome Dr. Justin Hunter, to discuss his triumphs and challenges as former Principal of Fairview ...

  • Added: Aug 24, 2016
  • Length: 59:01
Caption: Keith Smitherman works as a violence intervention specialist for Prescription for Hope. The program is run out of Eskenazi Hospital and connects victims of violent crime to social workers who help connect them to career and educational opportunities. , Credit: Jake Harper/Side Effects
Violent crime is on the rise in Indianapolis. And research shows that poverty is often a factor. But a hospital in the city is working with young...

Bought by WILL


  • Added: Jul 20, 2016
  • Length: 03:41
  • Purchases: 1
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On Today's Bring It On, William Hosea and Clarence Boone welcome radio personality William Morris, and Bloomingtonian Donald Griffin, Jr. to discus...

  • Added: Jun 27, 2016
  • Length: 57:45
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Congratulations to the Bring It On staff on their award from the Indiana Society of Professional Journalists! Joining Cornelius Wright and Amrita ...

  • Added: Apr 25, 2016
  • Length: 57:52
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William Hosea and Liz Mitchell welcome special guests - the two time Emmy Award-winning Dr. Tyron Cooper, IU professor in the Department of African...

  • Added: Apr 11, 2016
  • Length: 56:49
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William Hosea and Liz Mitchell premiere the launch of "Dark Past, Bright Future- a regular feature segment on historical perspectives commonly omit...

  • Added: Mar 07, 2016
  • Length: 59:36
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William Hosea and Leila Randle welcome Amina B. Pierson, Assistant Vice President of Community & Economic Development for Fifth Third Bank.

  • Added: Dec 07, 2015
  • Length: 56:23
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Michele Bratcher Goodwin's investigative research in human trafficking, the black market for body parts, reproductive rights, the politics of organ...

Bought by KSKA


  • Added: Nov 18, 2015
  • Length: 29:06
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: The most popular destinations for Megabus routes out of New Orleans are Atlanta and Houston., Credit: Eve Abrams
Ten years after New Orleans flooded following Hurricane Katrina, the city has changed. New Orleans is now home to far fewer Black people and far fe...

Bought by KZYX and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jul 27, 2015
  • Length: 13:00
  • Purchases: 2
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We are always adjusting the way we sound. It especially depends on the social situation we are in. Linguists call it "code switching," a term origi...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 04, 2015
  • Length: 06:19
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Herman Wallace's funeral
Laine Kaplan Levenson reports on continued efforts to use the story of the Angola 3 to combat long-term solitary confinement in prisons.

  • Added: Nov 06, 2013
  • Length: 05:39
Caption: A rock-climbing wall was one of the attractions set up for the Achievement School District picnic in Frayser.
Doors opened at three state-run schools in Memphis this week. This is the first time Tennessee has stepped in and completely taken charge of the da...

  • Added: Apr 22, 2013
  • Length: 03:51
Caption: The home of bluesman Memphis Slim, a historic site next to the Stax Museum. A partnership with the Memphis Symphony Orchestra plans to turn this house into a place where musicians can practice and record.
It has been more than 50 years since a small recording company moved into the old Capitol Movie theater on East McLemore Avenue, and took the name ...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 20, 2013
  • Length: 04:37
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Markus Welby Nearby Uniontown Alabama, Credit: SLG
Hear Why Local Residents Are Against TVA's Coal Ash Dumping in Alabama

  • Added: Aug 05, 2009
  • Length: 02:40