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Moten to Basie
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Benny Moten
Benny Moten led the Kansas City Orchestra in the 1920s, arguably the most influential big bands of the era. His arrangements helped to create what...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Dec 28, 2012
  • Length: 58:55
  • Purchases: 1
America's Great Migration: 1915-1970 Part One
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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Radio Curious visits with Pulitzer Prize winner, Isabel Wilkerson, author of “The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America’s Great Migration...

  • Added: Oct 15, 2012
  • Length: 29:02
Red & the Bean
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Coleman Hawkins
The duet of Henry "Red" Allen and Coleman "The Bean" Hawkins, 1933.

  • Added: Aug 10, 2012
  • Length: 58:52
Madam CJ Walker: An African American Self-Made Millionaire
From: Liz Humes
Series: Wordy Birds
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On this episode of Wordy Birds we interview Alelia Bundles on her great-great grandmothers transformation into an entrepreneur and social activist-...

Bought by WCSU-FM


  • Added: Jul 17, 2012
  • Length: 27:30
  • Purchases: 1
The 1992 LA Rebellion: Twenty Years Later
From: Dred-Scott Keyes
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The Cutting Edge looks at the causes and aftermath of the 1992 L.A. rebellion.

  • Added: Apr 29, 2012
  • Length: 01:00:13
The Drug War's Casualties Speak Out
From: Jonah Engle
Caption: Dorsey Nunn addresses a rally to end the War on Drugs. MacArthur Park, Los Angeles, November 3, 2011., Credit: Jonah Engle
The War on Drugs has made America the world's leading jailer. Increasingly, the casualties of the drug war are speaking out.

  • Added: Mar 11, 2012
  • Length: 12:39
Immaculée Ilibagiza: One of 16 Women Who Survived The Rwanda Genocide
From: KQAL
Series: Culture Clique
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Immaculée Ilibagiza was one of sixteen women that survived the Rwanda Genocide in 1994. Listen to her story of survival and how it's changed her li...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Dec 07, 2011
  • Length: 30:34
  • Purchases: 1
Forgiving the Unforgivable: Community Reconciliation in Sierra Leone
From: A World of Possibilities
Caption: A Fambul Tok fire., Credit: Sara Terry
A look at a new Reconciliation process in Sierra Leone.

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Sep 05, 2011
  • Length: 54:56
  • Purchases: 1
A Conversation with Valerie Boyd
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Biographer Valerie Boyd talks about the life and work of Zora Neale Hurston.

Bought by WCSU-FM


  • Added: Aug 05, 2011
  • Length: 28:17
  • Purchases: 1
A Conversation with Isabel Wilkerson
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Isabel Wilkerson talks about her book, The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration, focusing on the transfer of Southern ...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, WSLR, WHFR, KUOW, KVNF and more


  • Added: Aug 05, 2011
  • Length: 25:33
  • Purchases: 16
Robin Kelley's Transcendental Thelonious Monk
From: Open Source
Caption: Robin Kelley
Christopher Lydon is in conversation hour with Robin Kelley, author of Thelonious Monk: The Life and Times of an American Original. His superb biog...

Bought by KMUW, Prairie Public, KFOK-LPFM, KUOW, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Apr 29, 2010
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
A Love Supreme
From: Joyride Media
Series: Black History Month Specials
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The making and influence of John Coltrane's "A Love Supreme."

Bought by 90.5 WESA, KPSQ-LP, Harford Community Radio, WJAB, WMOT and more


  • Added: Apr 29, 2010
  • Length: 01:58:20
  • Purchases: 17
Promotion In Doubt
From: Radio Rookies
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14-year-old AJ Frazier reports on how higher standards at his middle school impact his work ethic.

Bought by PRX Remix, KUOW, and YouthCast


  • Added: Mar 31, 2010
  • Length: 08:55
  • Purchases: 3
No More Rwandas!: Protecting the Innocents
From: A World of Possibilities
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Genocide has claimed the lives of millions of civilians worldwide. Now, in the aftermath of such atrocities, human rights advocates are beginning t...

  • Added: Jan 15, 2010
  • Length: 55:00
Reviving the Forgotten Continent
From: A World of Possibilities
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The future of Africa.

  • Added: Dec 14, 2009
  • Length: 55:00
Mr. Murdacity
From: Scott Thiry
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Audio documentary- A young white rapper out of North Side Minneapolis.

  • Added: Oct 07, 2009
  • Length: 05:08
World Changing and More Than Just Race
From: Smart City Radio
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Alex Steffan of Worldchanging.com joins us to talk about using solutions-based journalism to create a better world. And we'll talk to Professor Wi...

Bought by WFSU, Spokane Public Radio, WLRN, and WBEZ


  • Added: Jun 10, 2009
  • Length: 58:54
  • Purchases: 4
The Trouble With Black boys
From: Smart City Radio
Caption: PRX default Piece image
This week on Smart City...every city has a unique story: how it came to be, who it's citizens are, and what its future holds. We'll speak with de...

Bought by KUOW, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KUT-HD and more


  • Added: Apr 29, 2009
  • Length: 58:54
  • Purchases: 10
Growing the Green Collar Economy
From: A World of Possibilities
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A one hour interview with Majora Carter and Van Jones.

Bought by WRPI and KZMU Moab Community Radio


  • Added: Mar 12, 2009
  • Length: 55:00
  • Purchases: 2
No Longer in Black and White
From: With Good Reason
Caption: Harry Belafonte, Credit: Library of Congress
In the new Obama era, is the term "African-American cinema" relevant anymore?

  • Added: Feb 25, 2009
  • Length: 29:00
THE CASE FOR REPARATIONS
From: Dred-Scott Keyes
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A LOOK AT THE MOVEMENT FOR REPARATIONS FOR AFRICAN-AMERICANS

  • Added: Feb 02, 2009
  • Length: 59:11
Classic Mardi Gras Songs Profiles - Handa Wanda
From: David Kunian
Series: Mardi Gras Song Profiles
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In this short piece, the musicians who participated in the recording of the Mardi Gras standard "Handa Wanda" recall its origins and recording.

Bought by KSLU


  • Added: Jan 18, 2008
  • Length: 04:57
  • Purchases: 1
You Got To Know How To Pony: The Story of Chris Kenner
From: David Kunian
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A 34 minute documentary about the New Orleans singer and songwriter Chris Kenner.

  • Added: Sep 11, 2007
  • Length: 34:19
Aaron Dworkin Sphinx
From: WDET Detroit Public Radio
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Celeste Headlee interviews Sphinx founder

  • Added: Feb 08, 2007
  • Length: 19:15
The Undiscovered Explorer: Imagining York
From: Claire Schoen
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One hour documentary, narrated by Danny Glover, that explores the making of an American myth.

Bought by KUHF, KWIT, WEKU, WGBH Radio Boston, Iowa Public Radio and more


  • Added: Aug 18, 2006
  • Length: 01:03:13
  • Purchases: 14