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676.A: ANYTIME CLASSICAL, 5/3/2024 12:00 AM
From: CMI
Series: ANYTIME CLASSICAL
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6 works, including HANDEL: Concerto for 2 wind in F, HWV 333. The English Concert/Trevor Pinnock.

  • Added: May 02, 2024
  • Length: 57:00
Mega Ran
From: The Children's Hour Inc.
Series: The Children's Hour
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Mega Ran is one of the most prolific hip hop artists you have heard, but likely have not heard of. His music is featured in hundreds of video games...

Bought by KTNA, RadioFreePalmer, KRSC, KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio), KSTK and more


  • Added: Mar 04, 2024
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 10
03042024: Mega Ran, 3/4/2024
From: The Children's Hour Inc.
Series: The Children's Hour (Subscribable)
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Mega Ran is one of the most prolific hip hop artists you have heard, but likely have not heard of. His music is featured in hundreds of video games...

  • Added: Feb 28, 2024
  • Length: 58:00
Black Love
From: The Stoop
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From our words, to dance, to the everyday sounds that surround us, we explore the special ways we express and feel the love..

Bought by KALW, WFSU, KVCR, WGBH Radio Boston, Georgia Public Broadcasting and more


  • Added: Feb 06, 2024
  • Length: 52:10
  • Purchases: 12
StoryCorps: Trey Phillips and Andre Thomas
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Trey Phillips and Andre Thomas at their StoryCorps interview in New London, CT on January 21, 2018., Credit: By Aisha Turner for StoryCorps
Trey Phillips came to StoryCorps with his college roommate Andre Thomas to talk about their first year at school and the impact they had on each ot...

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: Oct 12, 2023
  • Length: 03:49
  • Purchases: 1
Meet Our (Almost) Six-Year-Old Librarian
From: Brooklyn Public Library
Series: "Borrowed" Podcast from Brooklyn Public Library
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If you ask Hannah Jean what would be her greatest wish, she will say running Brooklyn Public Library. Last month, she got to do just that.

  • Added: Jun 13, 2023
  • Length: 09:14
Take a road trip across America's queer history with Zaylore Stout
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
Caption: Zaylore Stout's "Our Gay History in 50 States", Credit: Zaylore Stout
Zaylore Stout (he/him) is a gay, African American attorney and author of "Our Gay History in Fifty States," which illustrates stories of queer Amer...

  • Added: Jun 01, 2023
  • Length: 05:52
Food, Family, and the Stories We Share: Hand-Patted Foods in Texas
From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
Series: The Folklorist Next Door
Caption: The Folklorist Next Door, Credit: Jeannelle Ramirez
Food is an expression of who we are. Table host and folklorist next door, Yvette Blair-Lavallais, catches up with two generations of two North Texa...

  • Added: Mar 25, 2023
  • Length: 13:08
Heritage Scraps from Heritage Hands: African-American Vintage Quilts
From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
Series: The Folklorist Next Door
Caption: The Folklorist Next Door, Credit: Jeannelle Ramirez
African American women have created beautiful works of art with quilting. Are you holding on to a piece of family history? Laura Casmore talks to...

  • Added: Mar 25, 2023
  • Length: 10:12
Happily Ever After
From: Brooklyn Public Library
Series: "Borrowed" Podcast from Brooklyn Public Library
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We love love at the library, so for Valentine's Day this year, we're devoting the episode Romance Novels! We'll learn how Romance covers hint at wh...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Feb 13, 2023
  • Length: 15:17
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps Griot: Martha High and Sandra Bears
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Martha High and Sandra Bears
Sandra Bears and Martha High remember singing together as The Jewels, before hitting the road with James Brown.

Bought by Allegheny Mountain Radio


  • Added: Dec 20, 2022
  • Length: 02:40
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps Griot: Atiba Mbiwan, Didi Ndando, and Egbe Monjimbo
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Sisters Didi Ndando and Egbe Monjimbo talk with Atiba Mbiwan, who honored the memory of their late brother Acha by taking on the family’s last name.

  • Added: Dec 06, 2022
  • Length: 02:47
An Ebony Classics Christmas
From: Howard Burchette
Series: Holiday Classics
Caption: Close-up Photo Of Violin, Musical Notes and Christmas decoration, Credit: www.istockphoto.com/photo/christmas-gm1168004602-322333414
An Ebony Classics Christmas Ebony Classics - is great Classical music that features the music of people of color in the Classical music industry.

Bought by KWAX and WVTF


  • Added: Nov 30, 2022
  • Length: 57:42
  • Purchases: 2
Ebony Classics - Welcoming Spring
From: Howard Burchette
Series: The Classics
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"Welcoming Spring" is a classical music program featuring vocal classical music, piano classical music, and symphony orchestra music by musicians, ...

Bought by WNMU-FM


  • Added: Aug 04, 2022
  • Length: 01:00:45
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps Griot: Lana Cooper-Jones and Marla Cooper
From: StoryCorps
Caption: Lana Cooper-Jones and Marla Cooper at their StoryCorps interview in San Diego, CA on May 11, 2022., Credit: StoryCorps.
Lana Cooper-Jones and Marla Cooper sit down at StoryCorps to remember their dad and his commitment to celebrating Juneteenth.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jun 20, 2022
  • Length: 02:45
  • Purchases: 1
Ebony Classics - Classical Music In Color
From: Howard Burchette
Series: The Classics
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"Ebony Classics - Classical Music In Color" features the music of people of color in the Classical music industry.

Bought by WILL


  • Added: May 31, 2022
  • Length: 01:00:50
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps Griot: Rob Maiden and Daniel Jacob
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Daniel Jacob and Rob Maiden at their StoryCorps interview in Dallas, TX in 2014., Credit: Liyna Anwar for StoryCorps.
Rob Maiden tells his friend and fellow Mavs ManiAACs performer, Daniel Jacob, about what led him to join their hip--hop dance group of self--procla...

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: Apr 26, 2022
  • Length: 02:43
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps Griot: Ghuan Featherstone and Jordan Humphreys
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Ghuan Featherstone and Jordan Humphreys at their StoryCorps interview in Los Angeles, California on December 15th, 2021., Credit: Maja Sazdic for StoryCorps
Ghuan Featherstone came to StoryCorps with his mentee Jordan Humphreys to talk about their shared love of horses and horseback riding.

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: Feb 01, 2022
  • Length: 02:43
  • Purchases: 1
Ebony Classics - A Musical Movement
From: Howard Burchette
Series: The Classics
Caption: Francis Johnson 1792 - 1844, Credit: University Archives University of Pennsylvania
"Ebony Classics - A Musical Movement," is a chapter in the important history of people of African descent in classical music. This segment include...

Bought by WILL


  • Added: Jan 03, 2022
  • Length: 55:19
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps: Johannah Owusu and Madzimoyo Owusu
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Johannah and Madzimoyo at their StoryCorps Recording on July 10th, 2010, in Fort Wayne, Indiana., Credit: Photo by Jorge Rios for StoryCorps.
Madzimoyo Owusu talks with her daughter, Johannah Owusu, about the memory of Madzimoyo’s grandmother.

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: Nov 22, 2021
  • Length: 02:33
  • Purchases: 1
Ebony Classics - Expressionism
From: Howard Burchette
Series: The Classics
Caption: ALICE RUTH MOORE DUNBAR-NELSON (1875-1935)
Enjoyable Music from musicians, vocalists, and composers of African Descent of Classical Music. This is a collection of some of the best classical ...

  • Added: Nov 20, 2021
  • Length: 56:21
Open for Business
From: WGTE Public Media
Series: The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor
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Today on The Rough Draft Diaries we talk to Dr. Shanda Gore, the principal of MBAC, Minority Business Assistance Center. A development division tha...

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: Nov 01, 2021
  • Length: 06:10
  • Purchases: 1
Aretha Franklin Lady Soul!
From: Howard Burchette
Series: Music Lecture
Caption: Aretha Now, Credit: Atlantic Catalog Group
"Lady Soul! - The Music of Aretha Franklin" is a musical view of Aretha Franklin's career with Atlantic Records.

Bought by WJCT and KAZU Seaside, Calif.


  • Added: Oct 27, 2021
  • Length: 56:46
  • Purchases: 2
StoryCorps Griot: Mary Clark and Ron Gibson
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Mary Clark came to StoryCorps with her friend, Ron Gibson, to talk about the complicated history of their relationship, and where they are now.

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: Oct 04, 2021
  • Length: 02:48
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps Griot: Myeshia Oates and Derek Bart
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Myeshia Oates and Derek Bart at their StoryCorps interview in Santa Clarita, CA on August 23, 2021.
Nearly 30 years after surviving a house fire as a kid, Myeshia Oates reunites with the Los Angeles County firefighter who saved her life, Derek Bart.

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: Sep 27, 2021
  • Length: 03:17
  • Purchases: 1