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Need to Know Rochester: Black Males at Risk

From: WXXI Rochester

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

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

Prison Crisis: Local Solution?

From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact

The United States imprisons more people than any other country. In California a new policy called ‘realignment’ aims to reduce the number of peopl...

Added: Jun 22, 2012
Length: 29:01

Gloria's Glow

From: Zak Rosen

Caption: Gloria Lowe, Credit: Amanda Le Claire

How one woman is re-imagining the possibilities of living, working, and building a sustainable Detroit

Bought by PRX Remix and WAMC Northeast Public Radio

Added: Dec 05, 2011
Length: 07:14
Purchases: 2

Shake What Ya Got

From: Katie Klocksin

Tara Murphy has studied and performed just about every type of dance -- from ballet to flamenco to Indian. For the past 20 years, Tara has been fo...

Bought by KUOW, PRX Remix, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio

Added: Nov 23, 2011
Length: 04:11
Purchases: 3

In Maine, Southern Sudanese Celebrate Independence

From: Alyce Ornella

Caption: Veterans of the Second Sudanese Civil War stand under the new flag of South Sudan., Credit: Alyce Ornella

Portland, Maine is home to one of the largest Southern Sudanese refugee communities in the United States, many of whom settled in the city after fl...

Bought by WMPG and New Hampshire Public Radio

Added: Jul 10, 2011
Length: 02:24
Purchases: 2

Lorenzo Diggs and Joseph Ferdinand

From: Rachel Falcone
Series: Housing is a Human Right Storytelling Project Vol. 1

Caption: Lorenzo Diggs, Credit: Michael Premo

Two first-person stories about the struggle for home. Lorenzo Diggs takes us inside the harrowing conditions of the Bedford-Atlantic Armory shelter...

Bought by PRX Remix

Added: May 09, 2011
Length: 10:11
Purchases: 1

Rob Robinson and Beverly Corbin

From: Rachel Falcone
Series: Housing is a Human Right Storytelling Project Vol. 1

Caption: Young man walking in Brooklyn, Credit: Michael Premo

Two first-person stories about the struggle for home. Shortly after being promoted and relocated from New York to Miami, Rob Robinson is laid off a...

Bought by PRX Remix

Added: May 09, 2011
Length: 13:07
Purchases: 1

James Roberts

From: Rachel Falcone
Series: Housing is a Human Right Storytelling Project Vol. 1

James Roberts shares his journey trying to save his ailing partner William, who has HIV, and their home together. Full piece includes story with i...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KGNU Community Radio, and PRX Remix

Added: May 09, 2011
Length: 08:10
Purchases: 3

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

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

G Wani

From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies

Geoffrey is a guy with his feet in a couple places. He attends school full time, works two jobs, takes care of six siblings and a daughter, and ha...

Bought by WMPG and PRX Remix

Added: Jan 11, 2011
Length: 05:50
Purchases: 2

EZ Malone

From: Jay Allison
Series: Stories From Carmen

On her way home from her grandmother's funeral in 1996, Carmen happens to meet a remarkable African-American guitarist in a thrift shop in North Ca...

Bought by KUT, KGLT, and PRX Remix

Added: Nov 24, 2010
Length: 07:24
Purchases: 3

Carmen's Grandmother

From: Jay Allison
Series: Stories From Carmen

Produced in 1992 and originally aired on All Things Considered, this evergreen story chronicles Carmen Delzell's visit to her grandmother in the nu...

Bought by KUT, KUOW, and PRX Remix

Added: Nov 24, 2010
Length: 10:50
Purchases: 3

Portrait of the artist Wura-Natasha Ogunji

From: KUT
Series: Portrait of an Artist-a semi-regular series

Artist Wura-Natasha Ogunji sat down with producer Rebecca McInroy to discuss her inspirations, goals and life as an artist.

Added: Sep 03, 2010
Length: 08:12

Life Through a New Lens

From: Learning Matters
Series: Paul Vallas in New Orleans

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

Kady Amundson - "The Mentor"

From: Learning Matters
Series: The Real World of Teach for America

University of Tennessee graduate Kady Amundson’s days rarely end when school is over. At the start of her Teach for America assignment, her school ...

Added: Apr 22, 2010
Length: 06:16

Colleston Morgan - "The Realist"

From: Learning Matters

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

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

Bayoji Akingbola - "The Victim of Circumstance"

From: Learning Matters
Series: The Real World of Teach for America

Meet Tulane graduate Bayoji Akingbola. On paper, he was the perfect Teach for America candidate. But even the best teacher needs support. Was Bayoj...

Added: Apr 22, 2010
Length: 05:11

Incarcerated Parents

From: Radio Rookies

15-year-old Keith Tingman remembers his tenth birthday better than any other birthday before or since. That was the day he watched his mom get arre...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., Vocalo.org, KUOW, and PRX Remix

Added: Apr 01, 2010
Length: 07:43
Purchases: 4

Reality Check

From: David Schultz

Caption: Carolyn Parham, Credit: SpeakeasyDC

A mother of two faces a life-altering crisis when, just a few months out of rehab, a $5,000 check appears in her mailbox.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, PRX Remix, and KUOW

Added: Feb 28, 2010
Length: 05:52
Purchases: 3

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