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Angelic Troublemaker: Bayard Rustin
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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On today's program we honor Bayard Rustin, one of the most central figures in the African American struggle for Civil Rights and Freedom. Rustin wa...

Bought by WXDU and C89.5 - KNHC Seattle


  • Added: Jun 09, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
New York city elections 2021: Kristin Richardson Jordan and Art Chang
From: Ray Samuels
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Kristin Richardson Jordan is our featured LGBTQ candidate.

  • Added: Jun 05, 2021
  • Length: 58:00
Austin Activist DaShawn Barr on Code-Switching and Summer 2020 Racial Justice Protests
From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
Series: Akins High School Spring 2021
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DaShawn Barr played a prominent role in the racial justice protests that occurred in Austin, Texas in summer 2020.

  • Added: May 28, 2021
  • Length: 05:35
MOVE Demands Justice for Children and The Return of Stolen Remains
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: On April 28, 2021, MOVE and community members gathered in front of Penn Museum to protest and demand the remains be returned., Credit: Joe Piette
On Making Contact - Members of MOVE, a Black radical liberation group, demand that the University of Pennsylvania and Princeton University return t...

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  • Added: May 12, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Colonial Mentality
From: WFHB
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This show is a selection of segments from four recent programs that highlight Colonial Mentality. Guests are Bill Mullen on James Baldwin; Walter J...

  • Added: May 04, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
210430: Distorted Democracy and the “Zero-Sum Game”, 4/30/2021
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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In the US, we’ve become accustomed to climate -- like nearly everything else -- being politicized. Even when potential solutions might benefit ever...

  • Added: Apr 28, 2021
  • Length: 58:59
2021-04-30 Distorted Democracy and the “Zero-Sum Game”
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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In the US, we’ve become accustomed to climate -- like nearly everything else -- being politicized. Even when potential solutions might benefit ever...

Bought by KZUM, Maine Public Radio, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting, WMUU-LP, KGUA and more


  • Added: Apr 28, 2021
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 13
Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine for April 21, 2021
From: Scott Harris
Series: Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine
Caption: Timely, In-
This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: Derek Chauvin Trial Guilty Verdict Won't Fix Crisis in U.S. Policing; Bide...

Bought by WKPW


  • Added: Apr 21, 2021
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 1
WorldCanvass: Gandhi at 150
From: Joan Kjaer
Series: WorldCanvass
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Mahatma Gandhi was one of the most original, impactful, and complex figures of the 20th century. Revered around the world for his activism, self-s...

  • Added: Apr 20, 2021
  • Length: 01:27:39
Mr. Trotter, the President, and the Klan
From: WFHB
Series: Interchange
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Our show is about William Monroe Trotter, owner and editor of the Boston Guardian from 1901 to 1934, and a radical race-first political agitator. K...

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  • Added: Apr 13, 2021
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 1
Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine for April 7, 2021
From: Scott Harris
Series: Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine
Caption: Timely, In-Depth Progressive Analysis Since 1991
This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: Biden’s Infrastructure Plan a Good Start, but Lacks Capacity to Address Cl...

Bought by WKPW


  • Added: Apr 07, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Jonquilyn Hill/ Through The Cracks Podcast
From: Generation Justice Admin
Caption: Jonquilyn Hill
Long time GJ member Jonquilyn Hill speaks with us about her new podcast Through the Cracks.

  • Added: Mar 01, 2021
  • Length: 58:18
Paul Robeson: An Essential American
From: WFHB
Series: Interchange
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Our show is about the great Paul Robeson. Our guests are Sharon Rudahl about her new graphic biography Ballad of an America published by (Rutgers U...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis and RADIOLEX


  • Added: Feb 23, 2021
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 2
2021-01-22 Fast, Fair, and Clean: The New Energy Transition
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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Hopes and expectations are high for President Biden’s first weeks in office. His recovery plans promise to take on COVID-19, a battered economy, an...

Bought by Ohm Radio , KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WMUU-LP, KSQD Santa Cruz, WDSE and more


  • Added: Jan 21, 2021
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 10
210122: Fast, Fair, and Clean: The New Energy Transition, 1/22/2021
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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Hopes and expectations are high for President Biden’s first weeks in office. His recovery plans promise to take on COVID-19, a battered economy, an...

  • Added: Jan 21, 2021
  • Length: 58:59
President Biden and America's Expectation
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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Today, a divided nation experiences one of the most tumultuous presidential transitions in US history. Leaders from marginalized communities across...

  • Added: Jan 20, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
St. Louis: Patterns of Segregation and Alibis for Abandonment
From: WFHB
Series: Interchange
Caption: Mill Creek Valley (St. Louis) circa 1948
Part Two of our conversation with Walter Johnson about his must-read book The Broken Heart of America: St. Louis and the Violent History of the Uni...

  • Added: Dec 15, 2020
  • Length: 59:01
St. Louis: Gateway to Genocide
From: WFHB
Series: Interchange
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Today’s guest is Walter Johnson, author of The Broken Heart of America: St. Louis and the Violent History of the United States. St. Louis turns out...

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  • Added: Dec 08, 2020
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 1
Black Immigrants in the Whitest State
From: Feet in 2 Worlds
Series: A Better Life
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Two young Black African immigrants in Maine talk about their state, which has the widest racial disparity in the country when it comes to coronavir...

Bought by KMUN and PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 20, 2020
  • Length: 28:01
  • Purchases: 2
Votes for Women
From: Brooklyn Public Library
Series: "Borrowed" Podcast from Brooklyn Public Library
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To honor the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment, we take a trip to Green-Wood cemetery to the grave of Sarah Smith Garnet, one of Brooklyn's B...

Bought by WCNY and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Nov 18, 2020
  • Length: 12:56
  • Purchases: 2
#SayHerName: Black Women, Police Violence and Abolition
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: #SayHerName, Credit: Wikimedia Commons
2020 will marked six years since the #SayHerName movement was created. Today, the deaths of Black women and girls at the hands of law enforcement s...

Bought by WXDU, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Nov 17, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine for October 28, 2020
From: Scott Harris
Series: Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine
Caption: Timely, In-Depth Progressive Analysis Since 1991
This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: Urgent Lawsuit Launched to Stop Trump Regime Voter Intimidation; Despite R...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida and WKPW


  • Added: Oct 28, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Concentrating Caliban: A Fund Drive Anthology
From: WFHB
Series: Interchange
Caption: Garrick Palmer. 'Benito Cereno,' Pencil signed proof; 1970.
Today, Interchange shared segments from three episodes that aired throughout the year – they all three touched on aspects of our current moment wit...

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  • Added: Oct 20, 2020
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 1
Census and Voting in New Mexico ( Sec. of State Maggie Toulouse Oliver and Nichole Rogers)
From: Generation Justice Admin
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This week, we tackle misinformation and misleading narratives about mail in ballots and the 2020 election with New Mexico Secretary of State Maggie...

  • Added: Oct 05, 2020
  • Length: 49:21
Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine for September 30, 2020
From: Scott Harris
Series: Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine
Caption: Timely, In-Depth Progressive Analysis Since 1991
This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: Leak of Trump’s Taxes Reveal He Paid No Income Tax in 10 of Last 15 Years,...

Bought by WKPW and KMXT


  • Added: Sep 30, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2

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