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The Forgotten Coup, January 6th & the Small Town Americans on the Frontlines of Democracy
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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Could a successful coup happen in the US? The ongoing Congressional hearings into the events of January 6 show that just a handful of election offi...

Bought by KWMR, RadioFreePalmer, RadioStPete Florida, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KMUN and more


  • Added: Jul 20, 2022
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 7
How to Hold Back the Ocean
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Maurice Bailey at Shell to Shore collection in Athens GA, Credit: Claire Reynolds
More and more coastal communities want to build sea walls to prevent catastrophic flooding because of rising sea levels. But do they work? We talk ...

Bought by WXDU, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Jul 18, 2022
  • Length: 28:56
  • Purchases: 3
Marking Revolution: Malcolm X and Black-Mindedness
From: WFHB
Series: Interchange
Caption: Malcolm X photographs Muhammad Ali after his victory over Sonny Liston in 1964. (Photo: Bob Gomel/CC)
Central to the political philosophy of Malcolm X is police brutality – this unaccountable violence undermines any claim that might be made to sugge...

Bought by WLPR


  • Added: Sep 01, 2020
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 1
At the Crossroads of Commons and Closure with Historian Peter Linebaugh
From: WFHB
Series: Interchange
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The current uprisings, which are beginning to threaten the status quo of policing in the United States and bringing the demands of abolition into t...

  • Added: Aug 18, 2020
  • Length: 58:22
Fantastic Negrito and The Last Days of Oakland
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Eric Arnold, Credit: Fantastic Negrito at the UC Theater in Berkeley, Ca
In the last three years, Fantastic Negrito, an Oakland-based black roots revivalist has gone from busking at bus stops to winning a Grammy and tour...

  • Added: Nov 19, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
The 47% Mixdown-Mitt's Mess
From: Peter Bochan
Series: All Mixed Up
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"The 47% Mix" with Mitt Romney, Barack Obama, Martin Luther King, Ethel Waters, Ry Cooder, Menomena, The Mills Brothers, Bing Crosby, Alan Price, a...

Bought by KVMR


  • Added: Sep 26, 2012
  • Length: 19:31
  • Purchases: 1
Herbie Hancock - The Imagine Project -- Part 2
From: Reese Erlich
Series: Jazz Perspectives
Caption: Herbie Hancock
Hancock talks about his collaboration with African and Latin American stars.

  • Added: Jul 09, 2010
  • Length: 07:21
An Evening with Steel Pulse
From: Southwest Stages
Series: Southwest Stages
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An hour of music and interviews with Reggae Greats, Steel Pulse recorded live in October of 2004, at the Historic Lensic Theater in Santa Fe, NM.

Bought by KZYX, WNCU, and Wyoming Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 30, 2009
  • Length: 58:26
  • Purchases: 3
An Evening with Burning Spear Vol-2
From: Southwest Stages
Series: Southwest Stages
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Southwest Stages finishes off it's Evening of Music and Interviews Legendary Reggae Icons Burning Spear, recorded live at the Historic El Rey Theat...

Bought by KUPR low power FM, KHNS, and WNCU


  • Added: Jul 30, 2009
  • Length: 58:26
  • Purchases: 3
An Evening with Burning Spear Volume-1
From: Southwest Stages
Series: Southwest Stages
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An Evening of Music and Interviews Legendary Reggae Icons Burning Spear, recorded live at the Historic El Rey Theater in Albuquerque, NM.

Bought by KUPR low power FM, KZYX, WJAB, KHNS, and WNCU


  • Added: Jul 30, 2009
  • Length: 58:25
  • Purchases: 5
Tia Fuller
From: Reese Erlich
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Tia Fuller plays sax with Biance's band and heads her own jazz group. She talks about problems women face as jazz artists.

Bought by Marfa Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 02, 2009
  • Length: 07:09
  • Purchases: 1