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Black History Matters: Stereotype Threat
From: c j armentano
Series: Black History Matters
Caption: Emmett Till and mother Mamie
Professors Marva Lewis and Marvin Dunn discuss "stereotype threat" and its effect on African Americans sense of safety when interacting with police...

Bought by WBST, RadioStPete Florida, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and KPIP-LP


  • Added: Jul 16, 2016
  • Length: 03:59
  • Purchases: 4
Muhammad Ali As Conscientious Objector
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
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In this excerpt from the Peace Talks Radio series, learn about the history of Conscientious Objectors in the U.S. and the high profile role that th...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and WRGY


  • Added: Jun 06, 2016
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 2
A Bow To Prince: An Appreciation of The Artist (Hour 2)
From: Paul Ingles
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Music host Paul Ingles continues his appreciation of Prince, the legendary musician who died April 21, 2016 at the age of 57. NPR Music's Ann Powe...

Bought by WUTC, Spokane Public Radio, WJAB, KZYX, WMNF and more


  • Added: Apr 22, 2016
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 7
March 21, 2016
From: WFHB
Series: Bring It On!
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William Hosea and Leila Randle hear about the Indiana University Thomas I. Atkins Living Learning Center and The Twenty-First Century Scholar Progr...

  • Added: Mar 22, 2016
  • Length: 58:19
March 7, 2016
From: WFHB
Series: Bring It On!
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William Hosea and Liz Mitchell premiere the launch of "Dark Past, Bright Future- a regular feature segment on historical perspectives commonly omit...

  • Added: Mar 07, 2016
  • Length: 59:36
Oscar Gold
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
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This year saw the Academy Awards ceremony awash in racial controversy.

  • Added: Feb 29, 2016
  • Length: 06:00
MLK Day Celebration featuring guest speaker Brittney Packnett
From: WFHB
Series: Daily Local News
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Brittney Packnett gives a passionate speech to honor the civil rights leader birthday.

Bought by WSLR


  • Added: Jan 21, 2016
  • Length: 03:59
  • Purchases: 1
Syracuse Community Leaders Fight to End Poverty
From: Syracuse University Broadcast Journalism - 2
Caption: These are the six components of the Anti Poverty Initiative. Each component is designed to help people in the community more efficiently by targeting their specific needs.
This is a story about how leaders of charities and organizations that help people in poverty, are joining together to help lower poverty. A couple ...

  • Added: Dec 16, 2015
  • Length: 03:42
Improving the Relationship Between Citizens and Police
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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We asked a number of different stakeholders for their top ideas about improving the relationship between citizens and their law enforcement officer...

Bought by KUHF, KTOO, WRGY, RadioFreePalmer, WCPN and more


  • Added: Jul 01, 2015
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 14
The problem with "sounding white"
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
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We are always adjusting the way we sound. It especially depends on the social situation we are in. Linguists call it "code switching," a term origi...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 04, 2015
  • Length: 06:19
  • Purchases: 2
#1413 - Religious Objects: S. Brent Plate, Part 2
From: Sandburg Media
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S. Brent Plate on materiality and lived experience. Natasha Alford on Memphis, Martin Luther King, and Ferguson.

  • Added: Oct 06, 2014
  • Length: 41:08
What's Next In Ferguson, MO? - One Degree of Separation
From: Nick Jaworski
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What's Next in Ferguson, MO? After the shooting of Michael Brown, many are left wondering what are the best ways to move forward. Nick Jaworski ta...

  • Added: Sep 04, 2014
  • Length: 53:23
Maya Angelou in Conversation with Studs Terkel: March 13, 1970
From: The WFMT Radio Network
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Maya Angelou discusses growing up in Stamps, Arkansas, and early adulthood experiences as recounted in her recently released autobiography I Know W...

Bought by PRX Demo Station, KAAD-LP, KRDP, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KMUZ and more


  • Added: May 28, 2014
  • Length: 01:04:47
  • Purchases: 27
Mandela's long goodbye
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Nelson Mandela, Credit: omg.com
Sandip Roy believes that Nelson Mandela has yet one more lesson to teach the world.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 02, 2013
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 1
Recalling Mandela (Peace Talks Radio) [29:00]
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Half Hour Episodes
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Nelson Mandela's life and times are recalled in conversation with radio documentarian Joe Richman who researched Mandela's story for a major 2004 d...

Bought by KZYX, Radio Catskill, Radio Baha'i, WLGI, WNMU-FM, KUNM and more


  • Added: Jun 24, 2013
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 7
You’ll Be Mine: Bringing Musical Tourism To West Memphis
From: Eleanor Boudreau
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Every year, more than 10 million visitors come to Memphis, and spend more than three billion dollars, much of it on music-related tourism. But few ...

  • Added: May 15, 2013
  • Length: 03:58
Roots Thinning In Rural America
From: Eleanor Boudreau
Series: Roots Thinning In Rural America
Caption: Beverly Johnson is the Program Director at the Alex Haley House and Museum. She is also a relative of Haley.
A century ago more than 60 percent of Americans lived in rural areas. Today 16 percent do. As more and more people flock to cities what used to be ...

Bought by WABE and PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 19, 2013
  • Length: 03:54
  • Purchases: 2
In Bed Stuy, Brooklyn: Old buildings, new residents
From: Cassie Wagler
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There is an effort underway in Bedford-Stuyvesant, or Bed Stuy, to protect the old architecture by turning parts of the neighborhood into historic ...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 22, 2011
  • Length: 05:20
  • Purchases: 1
Asthma Epidemic
From: Judy Lubow
Series: Planet Warning
Caption: PRX default Piece image
For reasons yet unknown, more and more Americans each year have been contracting asthma. In spite of the fact that 17% of black children now have...

  • Added: May 26, 2011
  • Length: 02:00
The Economic Trauma of the Great Recession
From: Judy Lubow
Series: Planet Warning
Caption: PRX default Piece image
The Great Recession officially ended in Jun 2009 but the American workforce is still suffering from its traumatic effects.

  • Added: Feb 16, 2011
  • Length: 02:00
Oscar Grant and Police Accountability
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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We take a look at the Police killing of Oscar Grant in Oakland, and the debate over who gets to decide when an officer has done something wrong.

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio


  • Added: Jul 15, 2010
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Reviving the Forgotten Continent
From: A World of Possibilities
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The future of Africa.

  • Added: Dec 14, 2009
  • Length: 55:00
Breaking Through the Blue Wall of Silence
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Oakland protestors lay in the position Oscar Grant was in when he was killed, Credit: Andrew Stelzer
Who gets to decide when an officer has done something wrong—the police chief or the people? Cities across the country are creating civilian oversig...

Bought by KVSC


  • Added: Aug 05, 2009
  • Length: 28:56
  • Purchases: 1
From High School To High Security
From: Youth Radio
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Reginald Dwayne Betts went from the high school honor roll to the penitentiary. He spent nine years in prison beginning at age 16 for a carjacking ...

Bought by KUOW, Vocalo.org, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 02, 2009
  • Length: 02:16
  • Purchases: 3
Religion Gets Me High
From: Youth Outlook
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This week on YO!Radio -- father and son go on 3 million dollar spacewalk, girls outsmart boy and religion is the anti-drug. PLUS: Youth Speaks goes...

  • Added: Dec 03, 2008
  • Length: 07:22