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StoryCorps Griot: Bernetta McKindra and Ray Mabion II
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Bernetta McKindra and Ray Mabion II at their StoryCorps interview in Kansas City on September 15, 2023, Credit: Tamekia Jackson for StoryCorps
Bernetta came to StoryCorps with her friend, Raymond Mabion II to talk about her grandfather, and the food legacy he’s passed down.

  • Added: Jan 16, 2024
  • Length: 02:23
WoodSongs 1046: Hubby Jenkins and Down Hill Strugglers
From: WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour
Series: WoodSongs
Caption: Hubby Jenkins on the WoodSongs Stage.
On this week's WoodSongs broadcast, folksinger Michael Johnathon welcomes singer and multi-instrumentalist Hubby Jenkins plus old time string band ...

Bought by KUPR low power FM, KMSU, KEDT, KCHW, KJZX-Austin and more


  • Added: Dec 27, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 58
Revisiting Afro-Dominican Filmmaker Loira Limbal
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Loira Limbal, Credit: Erin Patrice O’Brien
Filmmaker Loira Limbal talks about her 2020 documentary Through the Night which examines a home-based 24-hour day-care center and the personal cost...

Bought by RADIOLEX, KZUM, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 27, 2022
  • Length: 29:02
  • Purchases: 4
StoryCorps Griot: Lana Cooper-Jones and Marla Cooper
From: StoryCorps
Caption: Lana Cooper-Jones and Marla Cooper at their StoryCorps interview in San Diego, CA on May 11, 2022., Credit: StoryCorps.
Lana Cooper-Jones and Marla Cooper sit down at StoryCorps to remember their dad and his commitment to celebrating Juneteenth.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jun 20, 2022
  • Length: 02:45
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps Griot: Jo Vill and Chad Vill
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Jo and Chad Vill in Brooklyn, N.Y., Credit: Nathan West
Chad Vill talks to his dad, Jo Vill, about following in his footsteps as a DJ, and starting a dance party on their block in the midst of the COVID-...

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: Aug 10, 2021
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 1
Best of the Best 2020: The Great Indoors
From: Third Coast International Audio Festival
Series: Best of the Best: The 2020 Third Coast Broadcast
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In this episode, three winning stories of the 2020 Third Coast/RHDF Competition each paint a unique portrait of survival and hope in the time of co...

Bought by WRVO Public Media, Prairie Public, New England Public Media, WGBH Radio Boston, WNMU-FM and more


  • Added: Nov 17, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 40
Wendell Brunious: Follow the Leader
From: Music Inside Out
Series: Music Inside Out
Caption: Wendell Brunious at the French Quarter Festival, April 2019, Credit: Scott Threlkeld
Trumpeter Wendell Brunious hails from one of New Orleans’ storied musical families -- with more than a half-dozen trumpet-playing siblings, and fat...

  • Added: Oct 06, 2020
  • Length: 52:02
WoodSongs ENCORE 905: Blind Boys of Alabama
From: WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour
Series: WoodSongs
Caption: Ricky Williams, Jimmy Carter and Ben Moore on the WoodSongs Stage.
On this week's ENCORE broadcast of WoodSongs, folksinger Michael Johnathon welcomes five-time Grammy Award-winning gospel group The Blind Boys of A...

Bought by WEJP-LP 107.1, WETS, KHNS, Rhythm & News Service, RadioFreePalmer and more


  • Added: May 21, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 22
Finding Our Fathers
From: University of Montana Journalism
Caption: Eboni (left) and Raven (right)
Raven and Eboni are friends who look like each other. And there are not a lot of people who like they do at their college in Missoula, Montana. But...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: May 02, 2019
  • Length: 05:45
  • Purchases: 1
WoodSongs 830: Bobby Rush and Jericho Woods
From: WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour
Caption: Blues legend Bobby Rush!
On this week's WoodSongs broadcast, folksinger Michael Johnathon welcomes blues legend Bobby Rush plus Kentucky roots rock band Jericho Woods.

Bought by KENW, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), KJJF, RadioFreePalmer, WLPR and more


  • Added: Jan 29, 2016
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 7
StoryCorps: Noah McQueen and Barack Obama
From: StoryCorps
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Just a few years ago, 18-year-old Noah McQueen was struggling in school, had been arrested multiple times, and spent time in juvenile detention. Bu...

Bought by WEZU


  • Added: Feb 27, 2015
  • Length: 03:26
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps: James Taylor and Darlene Lewis
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Darlene Lewis, who helps former inmates find employment, interviews James Taylor about his life after prison.

Bought by Public Radio for All, WMUU-LP, Blue Mountain Radio , WEZU, and WTJU


  • Added: Jan 09, 2015
  • Length: 02:14
  • Purchases: 5
StoryCorps: Herman and Sidney Blake
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Herman (L) and Sidney Blake
Herman Blake and his brother Sidney remember their childhood during the 1940s

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WEZU, and WITF


  • Added: Apr 26, 2013
  • Length: 02:20
  • Purchases: 3
The First Family of Soul! - Step By Step By Step
From: Howard Burchette
Series: Soul Roots
Caption: The 5 Stairsteps & Cubie
The Five Stairsteps, The 5 Stairsteps & Cubie, The Stairsteps, The Invisible Mans Band and Keni Burke are the First Family of Soul. They performed ...

Bought by Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota, WUFT, WUFT, KPIP-LP, WJAB and more


  • Added: Nov 03, 2010
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 7