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NEA Jazz Master Moments with Organist, Dr. Lonnie Smith
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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In these moments, we learn about the (soulful) power of the organ, especially in the hands of Dr. Lonnie Smith.

Bought by WKSU, Harford Community Radio, WRTI, KCSM, Delmarva Public Media and more


  • Added: Mar 31, 2017
  • Length: 02:57
  • Purchases: 12
NEA Jazz Master Moments with Vocalist, Dee Dee Bridgewater
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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In these short pieces, Dee Dee talks about scatting, her big break, and studying the moves of Betty Carter.

Bought by WKSU, Harford Community Radio, WRTI, KCSM, Harford Community Radio and more


  • Added: Mar 31, 2017
  • Length: 03:27
  • Purchases: 13
Freeman Vines: The Hanging Tree Guitar
From: Music Maker Relief Foundation
Series: Music Maker Minute - Race in U.S.
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Luthier, Freeman Vines talks about the guitar he's building from the wood of the old hanging tree.

  • Added: Mar 09, 2017
  • Length: 09:15
Blackout Improv Offers Comic Tonic
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
Caption: Blackout Improv's Kory LaQuess Pullam, John Gebretatose and Joy Dolo., Credit: Nancy Rosenbaum
Blackout Improv is one of the Twin Cities' newest improv comedy groups. But they want to do more than just make people laugh. KFAI's Nancy Rosenbau...

  • Added: Feb 24, 2017
  • Length: 04:33
BHM Special: Driving While Black (promo)
From: With Good Reason
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The untold stories of all-black sports leagues - Celebrated poet Kiki Petrosino on poetry and police violence - Mapping the KKK - A history of revo...

Bought by WKMS, WNSB, and KMUD


  • Added: Feb 17, 2017
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 3
BHM Special: Driving While Black (hour)
From: With Good Reason
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The untold stories of all-black sports leagues - Celebrated poet Kiki Petrosino on poetry and police violence - Mapping the KKK - A history of revo...

Bought by WKMS, WNSB, WMUU-LP, KGNU Community Radio, and WLIW


  • Added: Feb 17, 2017
  • Length: 53:56
  • Purchases: 5
BHM Special: Driving While Black (half)
From: With Good Reason
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The untold stories of all-black sports leagues - Celebrated poet Kiki Petrosino on poetry and police violence

Bought by WVAS, WNSB, WRST-FM Oshkosh, and KRZA


  • Added: Feb 17, 2017
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 4
Driving While Black (promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason promo
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The untold stories of all-black sports leagues - Celebrated poet Kiki Petrosino on poetry and police violence - Mapping the KKK - A history of revo...

Bought by WCPN and WNMU-FM


  • Added: Feb 17, 2017
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 2
Driving While Black (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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The untold stories of all-black sports leagues - Celebrated poet Kiki Petrosino on poetry and police violence - Mapping the KKK - A history of revo...

Bought by Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), WCNY, WTJU, XRAY.fm, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and more


  • Added: Feb 17, 2017
  • Length: 53:56
  • Purchases: 10
Driving While Black (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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The untold stories of all-black sports leagues - Celebrated poet Kiki Petrosino on poetry and police violence

Bought by WJCT, WCQS, WFHB, WNSB, KMUD and more


  • Added: Feb 17, 2017
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 11
Johanne Reid, Romare Bearden Foundation Co-Director
From: The Hangar Studios
Series: Sandi Klein's Conversations with Creative Women
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Johanne Bryant Reid managed to merge her business career with her passion for the arts. While working at Merrill Lynch as Manager of its Global Hum...

Bought by WCNY, CI Dolphin Radio, and WRIR


  • Added: Jan 23, 2017
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 3
Richard Mosse Brings Beauty, Suffering Into Focus At Dayton Art Institute Exhibit
From: renee wilde
Series: Culture Couch
Caption: Richard Mosse in front of one of his Aerochrome images
Richard Mosse’s images of the ongoing conflict in the Democratic Republic of The Congo, are shot on film which is no longer made. In the past, it ...

  • Added: Jan 09, 2017
  • Length: 05:37
BHM Special: Natasha Trethewey on Native Guard (promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: Black History Month specials
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A conversation with Pulitzer Award-winning poet and former U.S. poet laureate Natasha Trethewey - Maya Angleou's global legacy - Highlights from Fu...

Bought by Georgia Public Broadcasting and WNSB


  • Added: Jan 04, 2017
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 2
BHM Special: Natasha Trethewey on Native Guard (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: Black History Month specials
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A conversation with Pulitzer Award-winning poet and former U.S. poet laureate Natasha Trethewey - Maya Angleou's global legacy - Highlights from Fu...

Bought by WGTE Public Media, WUGA (part of GPB), Georgia Public Broadcasting, WNSB, Georgia Public Broadcasting and more


  • Added: Jan 04, 2017
  • Length: 53:56
  • Purchases: 6
BHM Special: Natasha Trethewey on Native Guard (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: Black History Month specials
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A conversation with former U.S. poet laureate, Pulitzer Prize-winning Natasha Trethewey.

Bought by WNSB, KRZA, and KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: Jan 04, 2017
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 3
Leaps and Bounds
From: Saidu Tejan-Thomas Jr.
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David Grannum is a 16-year-old ballet dancer in Fall River, Massachusetts. He’s only been dancing ballet for four years but he’s caught the attenti...

Bought by HowSound and PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 11, 2016
  • Length: 04:49
  • Purchases: 2
Pulitzer100: Natasha Trethewey On Native Guard (promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason promo
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A conversation with Pulitzer Award-winning poet and former U.S. poet laureate Natasha Trethewey - Maya Angleou's global legacy - Highlights from Fu...

  • Added: Dec 09, 2016
  • Length: :30
Pulitzer100: Natasha Trethewey On Native Guard (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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A conversation with Pulitzer Award-winning poet and former U.S. poet laureate Natasha Trethewey - Maya Angleou's global legacy - Highlights from Fu...

Bought by WCNY, WTJU, WMUU-LP, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 09, 2016
  • Length: 53:56
  • Purchases: 4
Pulitzer100: Natasha Tretheway On Native Guard (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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A conversation with former U.S. poet laureate, Pulitzer Prize-winning Natasha Trethewey.

Bought by WJCT, Harford Community Radio, KRZA, KRDP, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and more


  • Added: Dec 09, 2016
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 10
Resistance and Resilience: The Cultural Legacy of the Black Panther Party
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Refa Senay
The Black Panther Party combined Black Power’s militancy with socialist ideology, and infused funk music with Franz Fanon’s writings. Their impact...

  • Added: Dec 03, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
Multimedia Artist Paul Rucker Shines Light on America's Dark History
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: NEA Audio Miscellany
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Paul Rucker's art education came from working as a janitor at the Seattle Art Museum. Now a gifted cellist, visual artist, and video producer, Paul...

Bought by WCPN and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Oct 20, 2016
  • Length: 06:44
  • Purchases: 2
Zora Neale Hurston
From: Dred-Scott Keyes
Series: The Cutting Edge
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This Cutting Edge Special looks at the life of writer and anthropologist Zora Neale Hurston.

  • Added: Oct 12, 2016
  • Length: 01:00:16
Jitney: A Conversation with Lou Bellamy and T. Mychael Rambo
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: MinneCulture In-Depth
Caption: Abdul Salaam El Razzac, Doub; Terry Bellamy, Turnbo, Credit: Penumbra Theatre
Penumbra Theatre in St. Paul is one of America's first black theater companies. This month, "Jitney" — a play by the great August Wilson — returns ...

  • Added: Oct 11, 2016
  • Length: 28:34
Oh Freedom! #2016.01 - Ashley Bryan
From: Susan Dickson-Smith
Series: Oh Freedom!
Caption: Ashley Bryan
Author and illustrator Ashley Bryan talks about his new book, “Freedom Over Me: Eleven Slaves, Their Lives and Dreams Brought to Life,” his experie...

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: Oct 05, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Mwende Katwiwa at Community Book Center
From: Sarah Holtz
Series: The Poetic City
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Mwende Katwiwa performs a poem about a police killing in New Orleans that occurred on Lundi Gras.

  • Added: Oct 04, 2016
  • Length: 02:24

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