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The Empathy Tours (promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason promo
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Jalane Schmidt recently brought a group of Virginia teachers to see Charlottesville’s tiny monument to its enslaved residents. One teacher had a st...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KXCV, and WNMU-FM


  • Added: Jun 15, 2023
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 3
NL 23-25: On A Turquoise Cloud: Duke Ellington After The War, 1945-47, 6/12/2023
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights
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Ellington kept his orchestra together in a changing economic landscape, continuing to create memorable music and expanding his compositional horizons.

  • Added: Jun 08, 2023
  • Length: 59:01
Visions of Style (hour/no bb or bed)
From: With Good Reason
Series: Black History Month specials
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In the late 70s, the University of Virginia inherited 10,000 glass plate negatives from the Holsinger Studio.

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KHEN-LP, RadioStPete Florida, and Royalton Community Radio


  • Added: May 18, 2023
  • Length: 52:00
  • Purchases: 4
Visions of Style (promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: Black History Month specials
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In the late 70s, the University of Virginia inherited 10,000 glass plate negatives from the Holsinger Studio.

Bought by KUHF, KXCV, and WNMU-FM


  • Added: May 18, 2023
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 3
Visions of Style (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: Black History Month specials
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In the late 70s, the University of Virginia inherited 10,000 glass plate negatives from the Holsinger Studio.

Bought by Kansas Public Radio, KXCV, KVSC, WYAP, Harford Community Radio and more


  • Added: May 18, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 8
Visions of Style (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: Black History Month specials
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In the late 70s, the University of Virginia inherited 10,000 glass plate negatives from the Holsinger Studio.

Bought by Morehead State Public Radio, KUHF, WTJU, KXCV, KEDT and more


  • Added: May 18, 2023
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 8
Outdoor Archives (hour/no bb or bed)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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We often think of cemeteries as separate worlds unto themselves.

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KHEN-LP, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, Royalton Community Radio, and KCHW


  • Added: May 11, 2023
  • Length: 52:00
  • Purchases: 5
Outdoor Archives (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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We often think of cemeteries as separate worlds unto themselves.

Bought by WFHB, Kansas Public Radio, KMUN, Harford Community Radio, KHNS and more


  • Added: May 11, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 8
Outdoor Archives (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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We often think of cemeteries as separate worlds unto themselves.

Bought by WTJU, WMUU-LP, RadioStPete Florida, WRST-FM Oshkosh, KEDT and more


  • Added: May 11, 2023
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 7
Outdoor Archives (promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason promo
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We often think of cemeteries as separate worlds unto themselves.

Bought by KXCV and WNMU-FM


  • Added: May 11, 2023
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 2
National Writers Series: Alvin Hall
From: Interlochen Public Radio
Series: National Writers Series: Season Four
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WDET's Jerome Vaughn talks with financial advisor and author Alvin Hall.

Bought by WNMU-FM, Michigan Radio, and WKAR


  • Added: Apr 25, 2023
  • Length: 54:30
  • Purchases: 3
Revisiting Ecopoet Camille T. Dungy
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Camille T Dungy, Credit: Beowulf Sheehan
Ecopoet and two-time NEA Literature Fellow Camille T Dungy discusses how history and race complicates nature writing

Bought by KECG, WSLR, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., KZUM, WDCB and more


  • Added: Apr 19, 2023
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 6
Becoming Jazz Violinist Regina Carter
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Caption: Regina Carter, Credit: Bob Travis; (CC-BY-2.0)
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Woman: First of a two-part podcast with violinist and NEA Jazz Master Regina Carter

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago


  • Added: Mar 28, 2023
  • Length: 29:05
  • Purchases: 1
Meet Tsione Wolde-Michael--the new head of the President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Tsione Wolde-Michael
The new executive director of the President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities(PCAH) Tsione Wolde-Michael talks about the work of committee...

Bought by WSLR, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., KZUM, and WXAV 88.3FM Chicago


  • Added: Mar 21, 2023
  • Length: 28:39
  • Purchases: 5
Save the Small Sums (hour/no bb or bed)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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In 1865, the Freedman’s Bank was written into law by President Lincoln to help newly freed enslaved people save money and buy land.

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., Royalton Community Radio, KHEN-LP, RadioStPete Florida and more


  • Added: Mar 16, 2023
  • Length: 52:00
  • Purchases: 8
Save the Small Sums (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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In 1865, the Freedman’s Bank was written into law by President Lincoln to help newly freed enslaved people save money and buy land.

Bought by Kansas Public Radio, KVSC, WRMU, WFHB, WYAP and more


  • Added: Mar 16, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 9
Save the Small Sums (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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In 1865, the Freedman’s Bank was written into law by President Lincoln to help newly freed enslaved people save money and buy land.

Bought by WTJU, KXCV, WMUU-LP, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WRST-FM Oshkosh and more


  • Added: Mar 16, 2023
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 8
Save the Small Sums (promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason promo
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In 1865, the Freedman’s Bank was written into law by President Lincoln to help newly freed enslaved people save money and buy land.

Bought by KXCV, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., and WNMU-FM


  • Added: Mar 16, 2023
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 3
Presenting Art for the City of Pittsburgh
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Janis Burley Wilson, Credit: Joey Kennedy
Artistic Director Janis Burley Wilson discusses the culturally-specific multidisciplinary programming of the August Wilson African American Cultura...

Bought by KZUM, WSLR, RADIOLEX, KMUN, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago and more


  • Added: Mar 07, 2023
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 7
Life Without Boundaries (hour/no bb or bed)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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19th and 20th century poet, Alice Meynell–a.k.a. “the penciling mama”--described motherhood as “life without boundaries.”

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KHEN-LP, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., Royalton Community Radio, KCHW and more


  • Added: Mar 03, 2023
  • Length: 52:00
  • Purchases: 6
Life Without Boundaries (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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19th and 20th century poet, Alice Meynell–a.k.a. “the penciling mama”--described motherhood as “life without boundaries.”

Bought by Kansas Public Radio, KMUN, WRMU, WFHB, KVSC and more


  • Added: Mar 03, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 10
Life Without Boundaries (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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19th and 20th century poet, Alice Meynell–a.k.a. “the penciling mama”--described motherhood as “life without boundaries.”

Bought by WLPR , WTJU, KXCV, KEDT, WMUU-LP and more


  • Added: Mar 03, 2023
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 8
Life Without Boundaries (promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason promo
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19th and 20th century poet, Alice Meynell–a.k.a. “the penciling mama”--described motherhood as “life without boundaries.”

Bought by KXCV and KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: Mar 03, 2023
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 2
Meet Drummer and 2023 NEA Jazz Master Louis Hayes!
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Louis Hayes, Credit: Janette Beckman
Drummer and 2023 NEA Jazz Master Louis Hayes talks about his long and distinguished career as a musician.

Bought by WDCB, KMUW, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KZUM and more


  • Added: Feb 27, 2023
  • Length: 28:54
  • Purchases: 6
Bringing a Harlem Renaissance Playwright to the Stage
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Timothy Johnson
Director Timothy Johnson talks about bringing the brilliant work of Harlem Renaissance playwright Eulalie Spence to the stage.

Bought by WDCB, WSLR, RADIOLEX, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif. and more


  • Added: Feb 21, 2023
  • Length: 28:57
  • Purchases: 8