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We're All Just Shadows
From: One Hello World
Series: One Hello World
Caption: One Hello World, Credit: http://www.theonlymagicleftisart.com/
How could anybody be blind to the fact that, underneath it all, we’re all just shadows?

Bought by KUT, PRX Remix, and KGLT


  • Added: Oct 05, 2010
  • Length: 02:15
  • Purchases: 3
Practically Speaking: What's in a Name
From: Ayana Contreras
Series: Practically Speaking
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Are African-American parents that choose unique or African-sounding names putting their children at a disadvantage? Is society unduly prejudiced ag...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Mar 10, 2010
  • Length: 10:22
  • Purchases: 1
Sonari is Mixed
From: Ayana Contreras
Caption: sonari, as a child.
What is "The Black Experience"?

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, PRX Remix, and KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Mar 10, 2010
  • Length: 04:46
  • Purchases: 3
In Defense of Kwanzaa
From: Interfaith Voices
Caption: Melonyce McAfee
Kwanzaa is known as a pseudo-holiday, but when Melonyce McAfee and her family tried out, back in the early 90s, it turned out to be more meaningful...

Bought by WSLR, WJAB, WTIP, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and KUOW


  • Added: Dec 18, 2009
  • Length: 02:59
  • Purchases: 5
Khadija's Dream Routine
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Khadija Hussein is fourteen, and a Somali refugee living in Lewiston, Maine.

Bought by WMPG


  • Added: Jun 22, 2009
  • Length: 08:12
  • Purchases: 1
Tanya Ward: A Triumph Over Addiction
From: Lisa Albert
Caption: Tanya Ward, Credit: Lisa Marie Albert
Tanya Ward shares her experience of recovery from the disease of addiction. In and out of jail from the age of 16, a life on the run, living on one...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: May 16, 2009
  • Length: 08:32
  • Purchases: 2
This I Believe - Russel Honoré
From: This I Believe
Series: This I Believe
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Retired Army Lt. Gen. Russel Honoré believes hard work can build character and promote freedom.

Bought by KPIK-LP, WEZU, KFOK-LPFM, WEZU, WCSU-FM and more


  • Added: May 05, 2009
  • Length: 04:03
  • Purchases: 6
A mother's interview
From: Nurudeen Titilope
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A son interviewing his mother on the ways and manners he was brought up.

  • Added: Feb 25, 2009
  • Length: 04:49
A multi-"racial" take on Black history month.
From: Will Wright
Caption: metis/multi"race", Credit: Salon.com - census
People have been trying to think, and identify themselves, outside of "racial" boxes since even before W.E.B. DuBois called the color line the prob...

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Feb 10, 2009
  • Length: 03:52
  • Purchases: 1
This I Believe - Michael Gabby
From: This I Believe
Series: This I Believe
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Michael Gabby wasn't too optimistic going into the election. Now he's proud to believe in America.

Bought by WEZU and WEZU


  • Added: Feb 09, 2009
  • Length: 03:14
  • Purchases: 2
This I Believe - Geoffrey Canada
From: This I Believe
Series: This I Believe
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Educator and social activist Geoffrey Canada says he believes all children can learn and succeed.

Bought by WEZU, WCSU-FM, WEZU, and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 05, 2009
  • Length: 04:44
  • Purchases: 4
A Musician's Life: C.J. Chenier ( the prince of Zydeco music)
From: WXPN
Series: A Musician's Life
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As a young sax player, C.J. Chenier planned to pursue a career in jazz. Then his father Zydeco great Clifton Chenier, recruited his son to play in...

Bought by WGDR


  • Added: Nov 20, 2008
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 1
This I Believe - Howard White
From: This I Believe
Series: This I Believe
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Nike executive Howard White believes saying "hello" opens a door to deeper connections with people.

Bought by WEZU, WEZU, and KUOW


  • Added: Sep 22, 2008
  • Length: 03:58
  • Purchases: 3
Moving up the Income Class: Crystal Patterson
From: KUOW
Series: Sound Focus
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Fifty hours a week, at the University of Washington Medical Center ER, Crystal Patterson is so busy that she barely has time to go to the bathroom....

  • Added: Jul 30, 2008
  • Length: 08:55
Growing Up Without A Father
From: Listen Up New Orleans!
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Starting a relationship with a dad who's been absent

  • Added: Jul 21, 2008
  • Length: 04:49
Cliff - A Tribute to My Father
From: Jacob C. Norman
Series: Remembering Remus
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Reflections on My Father

  • Added: Jun 16, 2008
  • Length: 12:54
WWOZ Street Talk- Jr. Zulu Mentoring Program
From: David Weinberg
Series: WWOZ- Street Talk
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Today we take a trip outside the city; to the mall with the Jr. Zulu, a youth mentoring program, to teach shoppers how to decorate the infamous Zu...

  • Added: Feb 25, 2008
  • Length: 05:55
Episode 13: The New York African Burial Ground
From: ERIC V. TAIT, JR.
Series: Then I'll Be Free To Travel Home-the Legacy of the New York African Burial Ground
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The Battle to Preserve and Honor the New York African Burial Ground

Bought by WJAB, WDSE, and WNYC


  • Added: Jan 25, 2008
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
Footing the Bill: Who Pays for Absent Fatherhood?
From: WAMU
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Youth-produced piece on growing up in a fatherless household.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, PRX, and WXLV-FM


  • Added: Nov 09, 2007
  • Length: 05:59
  • Purchases: 3
Matters of Love and Faith
From: Pauline Bartolone
Caption: PRX default Piece image
An Audio Portrait of a Muslim Polygamous Family

  • Added: Nov 01, 2007
  • Length: 11:32
This I Believe - Yolanda Young
From: This I Believe
Series: This I Believe
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Washingtonian Yolanda Young believes not having loved her absent father allowed her to forgive him.

Bought by WEZU, WEZU, and KJZZ


  • Added: Oct 08, 2007
  • Length: 03:51
  • Purchases: 3
Not Guilty: Life After Exoneration
From: Evan Roberts
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After spending almost 13 years in prison for a crime he did not commit, Rick Walker and his family adapt to life after exoneration.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis and Remix Radio


  • Added: Jul 15, 2007
  • Length: 15:05
  • Purchases: 2
WWOZ Street Talk-The American Dream
From: David Weinberg
Series: WWOZ- Street Talk
Caption: PRX default Piece image
This is the story of how, NHS a non-profit organization, helped the Venerable and other low income families become homeowners.

  • Added: Jul 09, 2007
  • Length: 07:56
Remembering South Rome
From: LA Lands
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A compilation of memories of the historically black neighborhood of South Rome (Rome, Floyd County, Georgia), a community currently undergoing "red...

  • Added: Jun 08, 2007
  • Length: 06:31
Rap Over College?
From: Curie Youth Radio
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Keith has the smarts to go to a good college, but he wants to make it as a rapper.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio, PRX Remix, YouthCast, and WXLV-FM


  • Added: Jun 02, 2007
  • Length: 03:48
  • Purchases: 4

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