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I get so much love from the customers in here. It’s better than where I came from.

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  • Added: Mar 16, 2018
  • Length: 03:58
  • Purchases: 1
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I've been here through the good times and the bad times. At one time, I was the only business on this block.

  • Added: Mar 12, 2018
  • Length: 04:16
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Painting, landscaping, demo work, dish washer... I'm available.

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  • Added: Feb 01, 2018
  • Length: 04:19
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: The Riot in New Orleans... the Struggle for the Flag. 900 block Canal Street., Credit:  The Collins C. Diboll Vieux Carre Digital Survey at The Historic New Orleans Collection at The Historic New Orleans Collection
TriPod: New Orleans at 300 returns to remember the 1866 massacre at the city’s Mechanics' Institute. It’s part of a series of episodes on the Recon...

  • Added: Oct 19, 2017
  • Length: 10:23
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I've heard it called 'fabric graffiti.' I don't know if it's necessarily allowed or not, but I'm not going to ask.

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  • Added: Oct 05, 2017
  • Length: 04:28
  • Purchases: 1
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Coming home from prison, it’s kind of hard to find a job. But I didn’t let that get to me. This is a dirty job, but somebody’s got to do it.

  • Added: Sep 20, 2017
  • Length: 04:20
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Melanated people are here. We are thriving. Our businesses are thriving. The return to kings and queens is here. We are vibrating higher by the mil...

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  • Added: Sep 13, 2017
  • Length: 04:16
  • Purchases: 1
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'To flourish' means: To create an environment where you thrive.

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  • Added: Sep 07, 2017
  • Length: 04:19
  • Purchases: 1
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Everybody knows me. Everybody sees me. Some people call me The Lady in the Window.

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  • Added: Aug 30, 2017
  • Length: 04:17
  • Purchases: 1
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I repossess autos, boats, motorcycles, things of that nature. It’s rough. I’m just the messenger.

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  • Added: Aug 16, 2017
  • Length: 04:09
  • Purchases: 1
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This week on The Rough Draft Diaries you'll meet Crystal Taylor. She's a virtual assistant providing business writing, editing services, academic w...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Aug 08, 2017
  • Length: 06:52
  • Purchases: 1
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Will Lucas is an entrepreneur, businessman, podcast host, and commissioner serving on the University of Toledo's Board of Trustees, the Ohio Casino...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jun 12, 2017
  • Length: 06:40
  • Purchases: 1
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This week on The Rough Draft Diaries, we're entering the world of comic books with Imani Lateef. Imani owns Peep Game Comix, a digital comics platf...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: May 30, 2017
  • Length: 06:31
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Overcoming racism and low expectations
Lenzy R. Wallace Jr., PH.D., an African American, has had three successful careers, succeeding despite the odds. At 90 years old and actively retir...

  • Added: May 18, 2017
  • Length: 39:01
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This week on The Rough Draft Diaries, you'll meet Megan Yasu Davis. Megan is the founder of The Kitchen Salon, a natural and locked hair resource f...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: May 15, 2017
  • Length: 06:41
  • Purchases: 1
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Since 1938, a weekly African-American owned newspaper called The Evening Whirl has covered crime in St. Louis with a style all its own, using allit...

  • Added: Jan 13, 2017
  • Length: 16:14
Caption: Archel Bernard, The Bombchel Factory, Credit: James K Holder
In the midst of the Ebola crisis in 2015, Archel Bernard moved from Atlanta, Georgia to Monrovia, Liberia and started a fashion company--that emplo...

Bought by KSJD, WRIR, KWMR, and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Aug 25, 2016
  • Length: 53:58
  • Purchases: 4
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The past finalist on NBC's The Apprentice shares insights into community building with nonprofits in Austin, Tx, lessons learned working with Donal...

  • Added: Apr 29, 2016
  • Length: 21:42
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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
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A piece that explains how African-American students across the country are struggling to find stylists capable of doing their hair, and what length...

Bought by WORT, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., KLCC, 90.5 WSNC, and KRZA


  • Added: Nov 13, 2015
  • Length: 03:28
  • Purchases: 5
Caption: Allyson Hobbs, Stanford
Companies are now paying consultants to increase the diversity of their workforce with an eye on innovation and the bottom line. But shouldn't it b...

Bought by KSJD, WMUU-LP, and KSJD


  • Added: Sep 23, 2015
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Nenna Joiner on MIW, Credit: Oddua Productions
Our guest Nenna Joiner of Feelmore 510, Oakland knows a lot about sex toys and will chat with us about how she got into that business, and what kee...

  • Added: Aug 23, 2015
  • Length: 22:51
Caption: Lillie Cotlon (L) and Burnell Cotlon (R), Credit: Ian Spencer Cook for StoryCorps
Burnell Cotlon owns and operates the only grocery store in the Lower Ninth Ward. When it opened in 2014, it was the first grocery store to serve th...

Bought by WMUU-LP and WTJU


  • Added: Aug 21, 2015
  • Length: 02:11
  • Purchases: 2
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An entrepreneur since age 10, John Hope Bryant is today responsible for more than $1.5 billion of private capital supporting low-wealth home owners...

  • Added: Jul 14, 2015
  • Length: 01:12:39
Caption: Susan Mernit on MIW, Credit: Oddua Productions
On this episode of Making It Work we will chat with Susan Mernit about her latest non-profit organization, Hack the Hood, and how they are making a...

  • Added: Jun 15, 2015
  • Length: 24:25