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MN Reads: "Sam and the Incredible African and American Food Fight" by Shannon Gibney
From: WDSE
Series: MN Reads
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Shannon Gibney talks about her new picture book "Sam and the Incredible African and American Food Fight"

  • Added: Apr 20, 2023
  • Length: 08:04
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
StoryCorps: Margaret Powell and Folashade Alao
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Margaret Powell and Folashade Alao at their StoryCorps in Decatur, Georgia on January 31, 2023, Credit: Kevin Alarcon
Folashade Alao remembers when she presented a Bill of Rights to her mother, Margaret Powell, and how it shaped their relationship.

Bought by Allegheny Mountain Radio


  • Added: Apr 17, 2023
  • Length: 02:37
  • Purchases: 1
EE 23-26: “Our bodies aren’t the problem,” rethinking the stories we tell about weight and health , 4/14/2023
From: WFIU
Series: Earth Eats
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A conversation with dietician Jessica Wilson about what we get wrong when we focus on weight.

  • Added: Apr 13, 2023
  • Length: 54:01
Roughhousing
From: ROS: Crushed
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Host Iggy Monda takes listeners inside America’s locker rooms and field houses to explore hazing in high school sports today. Through deeply person...

Bought by WUAL, WILL, WJCT, and WVXU


  • Added: Apr 07, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 4
EE 23-14: "Local man likes pizza", 3/31/2023
From: WFIU
Series: Earth Eats
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Producer Toby Foster gets in-the-weeds about home pizza making with Pete Giordano.

  • Added: Mar 30, 2023
  • Length: 54:01
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
EE 23-11: Jori Lewis on the complex story of the peanut, 3/10/2023
From: WFIU
Series: Earth Eats
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While peanut butter is one of my favorite foods, I can’t say that I have given much thought to the peanut as a crop, or paid any attention to its r...

  • Added: Mar 08, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
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
StoryCorps Griot: Eunice Wiley
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Eunice Wiley and Martha Bireda at their StoryCorps interview in Punta Gorda, Florida on January 23, 2017., Credit: By Vero Ordaz for StoryCorps.
Eunice Wiley shares how becoming one of the only Black teachers at a predominantly white Florida elementary school helped define her as a teacher.

Bought by Allegheny Mountain Radio


  • Added: Feb 27, 2023
  • Length: 02:20
  • Purchases: 1
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
THE EMERGENCE OF MARVIN GAYE - E1 of 2 - [1961 - 1971]
From: Paul Ingles
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Music specials host Paul Ingles and a panel of music scholars recall and celebrate the career of Motown music legend Marvin Gaye. This first of 2 ...

Bought by Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), RadioStPete Florida, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., KAZU Seaside, Calif., WXXI Rochester and more


  • Added: Feb 17, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 22
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
Anthony Grooms
From: New Letters on the Air
Caption: PRX default Piece image
This week on NEW LETTERS ON THE AIR... Anthony Grooms is a two-time winner of the Lillian Smith Book Prize, given to writers who tackle issues of ...

  • Added: Feb 13, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
John Penny’s Jazz Recycles Many Jazz Styles and He Reflects on Jazz Cultural Backgrounds
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: John Penny, Credit: Andrea Canter
Guitarist John Penny Is in touch with many jazz styles, and he uses many as sources for his new compositions. Also, when John performs, he offers i...

  • Added: Feb 12, 2023
  • Length: 08:00

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