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WoodSongs 1009: Dom Flemons and Burnett Sisters
From: WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour
Series: WoodSongs
Caption: “The American Songster” Dom Flemons on the WoodSongs Stage.
On this week's WoodSongs broadcast, folksinger Michael Johnathon welcomes Dom Flemons co-founder of the Grammy®-winning Carolina Chocolate Drops pl...

Bought by Allegheny Mountain Radio, KMSU, KEDT, KCHW, KUPR low power FM and more


  • Added: Feb 07, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 72
The Success of Guaranteed Income: Cash Relief for Black Moms (August 30, 2023 release)
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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This year, Mother’s Day, May 14th coincides with the formal end of the National Covid-19 Emergency. Poor parents will be taking a hit — but Guarant...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KMUN, KDNK, KWMR, WNYE and more


  • Added: Aug 11, 2023
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 7
Cash Relief for Black Moms: The Success of Guaranteed Income
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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This Mother’s Day, May 14th coincides with the formal end of the National Covid-19 Emergency. Poor parents will be taking a hit — but Guaranteed In...

Bought by KWMR, Radio Catskill, RadioFreePalmer, RadioStPete Florida, KDNK and more


  • Added: May 17, 2023
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 6
Black History Month -- Remember the Ladies
From: KSFR
Series: Equal Time with Martha Burk
Caption: Host Martha Burk
It's Black History Month, and that means the gals along with the guys. Visit two women you probably never heard of who were "firsts" in their field...

  • Added: Feb 09, 2023
  • Length: 02:47
StoryCorps: Denise Baken, Richard Yingling, and Christian Yingling
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Denise Baken (center) with her children Christian Yingling (left) and Richard Yingling (right) at their StoryCorps interview in Baltimore, MD on August 23, 2019., Credit: By Emilyn Sosa for StoryCorps.
Denise Baken tells her children about her family's legacy of military service—and the battles faced along the way.

Bought by Allegheny Mountain Radio, PRX Remix, and WHRV


  • Added: Sep 26, 2019
  • Length: 02:19
  • Purchases: 3
73: Bridget 'Biddy' Mason
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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At the age of 42, Bridget Mason won a court case in California that freed her and her daughters from slavery. She went on to become a California re...

  • Added: Sep 11, 2019
  • Length: 05:14
57: Stagecoach Mary
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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Born in 1832, Mary Fields was the first African-American female Star Route mail carrier in the United States. Wearing two guns that she sometimes b...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 30, 2019
  • Length: 04:32
  • Purchases: 1
"Shout, Sister, Shout: The Sister Rosetta Tharpe Story
From: Dred-Scott Keyes
Series: The Cutting Edge
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An interview/music mix with Gayle Wald, author of "Shout, Sister, Shout. The story of Rock and Roll trailblazer, Sister Rosetta Tharpe"

Bought by Prairie Public, KMUW, and WSGE


  • Added: Mar 27, 2016
  • Length: 02:26:14
  • Purchases: 3
Reclaimed Soul: Women Behind Megastars
From: WBEZ
Series: Vocalo Presents
Caption: Betty Davis, former wife of Miles Davis
This week, Ayana Contreras brings us vintage music from women whose careers were overshadowed by their associations with megastars. From the ex-wif...

Bought by WDBM


  • Added: Oct 14, 2014
  • Length: 13:30
  • Purchases: 1
Southern Fiction Writer Stephanie Powell Watts
From: New Letters on the Air
Caption: Stephanie Powell Watts
2012 Ernest J. Gaines Award Winner Stephanie Powell Watts knows what it's like to be an African American Jehovah's Witness in the South. She talks ...

Bought by WJCU


  • Added: Feb 28, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Why I am Homeless
From: Emily Berman
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With striking honesty, Carol Unger, of Washington D.C., explains how she became homeless.

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Oct 27, 2011
  • Length: 03:50
  • Purchases: 1