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Author of "1968: A Story As Relevant Today As It Was Then", Bill Natale sits down to discuss race relations in Chicago and his new book with Elysab...
- Added: Dec 07, 2015
- Length: 47:02
There’s a picture that’s usually painted while working with at-risk youth. The success story. But things are usually far more complicated. Jimmy Gu...
- Added: Dec 03, 2015
- Length: 08:15
The downhome blues singer Alabama Mike is a “church house” tenor who was a Blues Award nominee for Traditional Male Artist of the Year by the Blues...
Bought by Public Radio East, GCR (Global Community Radio), KRPS, KDLG, WEAA and more
- Added: Nov 20, 2015
- Length: 54:20
- Purchases: 6
What comes after Whips and Chains? Solitary confinement. Lisa Guenther of Vanderbilt University discusses the reformist good intentions of Benjamin...
- Added: Nov 17, 2015
- Length: 59:45
Michael Honey discusses non-violent theorist and organizer James Lawson, and John Handcox, the Great Depression-era tenant farmer and union advocate.
Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio
- Added: Nov 11, 2015
- Length: 25:20
- Purchases: 1
A perfect choice for Breast Cancer Awareness month is Waking Up by Cori Thomas. It juxtaposes the experiences of an American urbanite's and an Afri...
- Added: Nov 05, 2015
- Length: 18:02
For tonight’s show, "The United States of Apartheid," we welcome Gerald Horne.
- Added: Oct 13, 2015
- Length: 01:00:15
Pioneer jazz flutist Frank Wess sports spirited while Puerto Rican rhythms abound with beauty via Willie Colon. Exotic rhythms interpreted by Ted G...
Bought by KCMJ Community Radio, WVBI-LP, and WOUB
- Added: Oct 06, 2015
- Length: 01:59:57
- Purchases: 3
Veteran police major and executive director of LEAP (Law Enforcement Against Prohibition) Neill Franklin discuss his journey from being Drug War en...
- Added: Sep 30, 2015
- Length: 15:06
The infamous poet Nikki Giovanni reads from her recent books, CHASING UTOPIA, BICYCLES, and ACOLYTES and discusses the influence of history, commun...
Bought by KGNU Community Radio, WMUU-LP, WNJR, and WABE
- Added: Sep 17, 2015
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 4
5th graders from DC's Watkins Elementary discuss - and sing about - Kwame Alexander's poetic story of brothers and basketball "The Crossover." LA L...
- Added: Sep 13, 2015
- Length: 22:44
Voices from the epicenter of unrest in Baltimore
Bought by WESM 91.3 FM, PRX Remix, and KFAI Minneapolis
- Added: Aug 13, 2015
- Length: 06:00
- Purchases: 3
From Reform to Transform introduces listeners to passionate racial and social justice advocates in California who crafted, promoted, and saw throug...
Bought by WUAL and KGNU Community Radio
- Added: Jul 13, 2015
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 2
Joe R. Lansdale is the author of more than three dozen novels, including The Thicket, Edge of Dark Water, The Bottoms, and A Fine Dark Line. He has...
- Added: Jun 26, 2015
- Length: 15:19
Students at Lewiston High launched a town wide dialogue about race after the principal ordered to students to take down posters proclaiming “Black ...
Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and PRX Remix
- Added: May 27, 2015
- Length: 07:35
- Purchases: 3
Many families with LGBTQ members across generations are personally familiar with the “coming out” conversation.
Deidra Robinson and her father, Wi...
- Added: May 08, 2015
- Length: 02:02
This is an audio documentary on Greek Life. I explored the subtopics of why people choose to become greek and the controversial topic of hazing.
- Added: Apr 14, 2015
- Length: 07:49
A common topic among high schoolers when discussing the college application process and admittance is race. Listen to hear the opinions on affirmat...
- Added: Feb 20, 2015
- Length: 05:07
Short Description: We honor the life of the playwright and American Book Award-winning fiction writer J. California Cooper, who passed away Septemb...
- Added: Feb 20, 2015
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 2
We revisit up-and-coming playwright, Christina Anderson. A native of Kansas City, Kansas, her plays have been produced around the country--from Ne...
- Added: Feb 05, 2015
- Length: 30:00
- Purchases: 2
In this public reading entitled "Love Letters to Generations," Angela Jackson shares some of her work, including a reading from her first novel, th...
Bought by WMUU-LP, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., and WNJR
- Added: Jan 22, 2015
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 3
A news report from Santa Monica, California on "Reclaim MLK" actions there.
- Added: Jan 19, 2015
- Length: 04:42
It?s our last podcast of the summer, and we?re going out with two pieces about self-expression. DaeDae Williams shares a powerful poem about the c...
- Added: Jan 15, 2015
- Length: 07:52
Officer Denise Cookie Boulden is a Detective for the Seattle Police Department.
She’s well known for her work with youth and the elderly.
Detecti...
- Added: Jan 15, 2015
- Length: 06:31
This food-justice-related audio collage features the voices of Sir Charles Gardner and Carl Johnson, co-managers of Gardens United, a community gar...
- Added: Jan 02, 2015
- Length: 04:52
