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Episode 5: A Mental Health Journey
From: Dmae Lo Roberts
Series: Speaking Our Truths: The -Ism Youth Files
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Several youth describe their strategies and therapies for mental wellness. Powerful and helpful recovery stories for all ages.

Bought by WMUU-LP


  • Added: Oct 30, 2023
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
Hour 1: The Pandemic and After
From: Dmae Lo Roberts
Series: Speaking Our Truths: The -Ism Youth Files
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A compilation of Episodes 1 and 2 for stations desiring a 59 minute version.) 1) Youth experienced challenges on their mental health during the pa...

Bought by Prairie Public


  • Added: Oct 26, 2023
  • Length: 59:30
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 1: And That Happened…
From: Dmae Lo Roberts
Series: Speaking Our Truths: The -Ism Youth Files
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Youth experienced challenges on their mental health during the pandemic that still continue to this day.

Bought by WMUU-LP


  • Added: Oct 21, 2023
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 2: World On Fire
From: Dmae Lo Roberts
Series: Speaking Our Truths: The -Ism Youth Files
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Social activism by youth during and after the pandemic helped their mental wellness.

Bought by WMUU-LP


  • Added: Oct 21, 2023
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
Painter Mequitta Ahuja Talks about identity and self-portraiture.
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Mequitta Ahuja, Portrait of Her Mother, oil on canvas, Credit: Courtesy of the artist
Visual artist Mequitta Ahuja joins us on the podcast to talk about how she approaches portraiture, art-making as a form of grieving, and being insp...

Bought by KWMR, WMPG, and Harford Community Radio


  • Added: May 07, 2021
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 3
What Does Colorism Look Like In Seattle?
From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media
Series: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media Podcasts
Caption: RadioActive youth producers Ahlaam Ibraahim and Esa Tilija. Ibraahim says 'when you're born, they call you a lighty, and it's praised.', Credit: Esa Tilija
"When you're born, they call you a lighty, and it's praised." RadioActive Youth Producers Ahlaam Ibraahim and Esa Tilija explore the world of colo...

  • Added: Sep 13, 2017
  • Length: 14:18
Crossing East: Relations
From: Dmae Lo Roberts
Series: Crossing East - Asian American History series
Caption: Ellen Choy-Asians4BlackLives, Credit: Brooke Anderson Photography
Crossing East: Relations is one-hour documentary special produced by Dmae Roberts, executive producer of MediaRites’ Crossing East series with Roby...

Bought by KTSW 89.9, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KUT, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and Georgia Public Broadcasting


  • Added: Jun 28, 2017
  • Length: 58:28
  • Purchases: 5
DEFENDER -- Jeff Adachi Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: Jeff Adachi, San Francisco, CA 3/21/17, Credit: Andrea Chase
Jeff Adachi talks racism, reform, and the power of film.

  • Added: Apr 15, 2017
  • Length: 21:39
“How to Think Philosophically about Black Identity”
From: Prairie Public
Series: Why? Philosophical Discussions About Everyday Life
Caption: Tommie Shelby
Host Jack Russell Weinstein visits with Dr. Tommie Shelby, department of philosophy at Harvard University, the Caldwell Titcomb Professor of Africa...

Bought by WMUU-LP


  • Added: Jul 30, 2016
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 1
9: Beverly Parenti & Hediana Utarti, Bringing Hope Within Reach for Immigrants and Inmates
From: KALW
Series: Inflection Point with Lauren Schiller
Caption: Beverly Parenti, The Last Mile
Human trafficking is estimated to be in the millions--yet only a fraction of it is reported. And taxpayers spend $60,000 per person, per year on in...

Bought by KKRN, KWMR, KSJD, and WRIR


  • Added: May 20, 2015
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 4
In Grandma's House
From: Jesse Rhodes
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When his prejudiced grandmother catches him playing with an African-American boy at school, a young Chinese immigrant faces a dilemma: how can he s...

  • Added: May 14, 2015
  • Length: 04:42
Episode 40: We Know A Subconscious Habit Of Yours (Code Switching)
From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media
Series: RadioActive Monthly Podcast
Caption: RadioActive reporters Antonia Dorn and Kadian Vanloo
There’s no such thing as a normal you. Do you talk to your boss the same way you talk to your dog? Probably not. This is called code switching.

  • Added: Jan 15, 2015
  • Length: 14:57
Everyone's A Little Bit Racist
From: Janean Jorgensen
Series: Broadway Matinee - Songs from the Stage & Screen
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Vaudeville and Broadway songs that are incorrect in these times

Bought by 89.1 Trapper Radio KNWT, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KKRN, Spokane Public Radio, Robin Hood Radio/ WHDD AM 1020/FM 91.9-WLHV FM 88.1 /WGHQ AM 920 and more


  • Added: Oct 03, 2012
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 6
Latitude News Podcast #3 - Black in China
From: Latitude News
Caption: Jo Bai and her fellow English teachers in Yuyao, China.
Jo is African American. Jo lives in Yuyao, China. Jo gets a lot of attention.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 27, 2012
  • Length: 13:14
  • Purchases: 1
The Mixed Race Promise
From: PRX PromCom
Series: Promise Commentaries
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Commentary about the hopes of Mixed Race people and the Presidential race.

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh, Oregon Public Broadcasting, KCUR, Remix Radio, and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Sep 08, 2008
  • Length: 04:13
  • Purchases: 5