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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
God's Little Acre: Revealing underrepresented stories of America's African heritage, Part 2
From: World Footprints LLC
Series: God's Little Acre
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Join World Footprints as we uncover the hidden stories of this important piece of Newport's and America’s past from God's Little Acre.

  • Added: Mar 01, 2023
  • Length: 39:27
God’s Little Acre: America’s Colonial African Cemetery preserving history in stone – Part 1
From: World Footprints LLC
Series: God's Little Acre
Caption: Arthur Flagg and family markers, Credit: Photo: Tonya Fitzpatrick
Tonya and Ian Fitzpatrick walk through the grounds of God's Little Acre--the oldest and largest colonial African burial ground, and they share unde...

  • Added: Feb 24, 2023
  • Length: 28:36
Black History Month
From: Mississippi Public Broadcasting
Series: Sounds Jewish
Caption: Sounds Jewish, Credit: Mississippi Public Broadcasting
Sounds Jewish celebrates Black History Month with hot Jewish music performed by African-American singers and instrumentalists

  • Added: Feb 17, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
The Whipping Man
From: L.A. Theatre Works
Series: L.A. Theatre Works
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A gripping Civil War drama with an unusual twist.

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, KFCF FM, KWMR, KMUN, KUOW and more


  • Added: Feb 14, 2023
  • Length: 01:58:02
  • Purchases: 25
EP220 Joe "Guitar" Hughes
From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: Crusin' The Blues with Mr. Jack
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A great Blues musician who deserves recognition for his contribution to the genre.

Bought by WLPR


  • Added: Feb 14, 2023
  • Length: 59:44
  • Purchases: 1
Gail Myers, Ph.D,, creator and director of the multimedia documentary film project, Rhythms of the Land: A Love Story of Land and Family
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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Did you know that Black farmers faced grave injustices, racist policies and land loss while attempting to feed their families and communities? Join...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Feb 09, 2023
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
NL 23-08: Here Comes The Sun: Nina Simone On RCA, 2/13/2023
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights
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In late 1966 the fiercely individualistic singer and pianist Nina Simone signed with RCA Records and continued her genre-bending explorations of ja...

  • Added: Feb 09, 2023
  • Length: 59:02
Right to Recreation: The History of African American Leisure Sites
From: Jack Eidt
Series: EcoJustice Radio
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Historian Alison Rose Jefferson discusses her book ‘Living The California Dream: African American Leisure Sites During The Jim Crow Era’. She demon...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Feb 07, 2023
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 1
10-11: From Slavery to Stardust: What Would Healing Look Like?, 2/22/2023
From: Bioneers
Series: Bioneers - Revolution From the Heart of Nature
Caption: Dedan Gills and Belvie Rooks
What’s it like to be in someone else’s skin? What if the color of the skin is different – say, black and white? What might happen when the descenda...

  • Added: Feb 06, 2023
  • Length: 28:30
Digging Into Broadway's Black History
From: Garrett Stack
Series: Broadway Bound
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Black Americans have been major stars of the musical theater since 1906. Who was the first black Broadway star? What was the first all-black musica...

  • Added: Feb 05, 2023
  • Length: 01:58:00
AG 23-08: Live Nina!, 2/20/2023
From: WFIU
Series: Afterglow
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Nina Simone, the “High Priestess of Soul,” was an enigmatic and eccentric figure in the world of jazz. This week on Afterglow, we’ll feature Simone...

  • Added: Feb 02, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
MN Reads: "The Stories Whiteness Tells Itself" by David Mura
From: WDSE
Series: MN Reads
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Author David Mura talks about his new book "The Stories Whiteness Tells Itself"

  • Added: Feb 02, 2023
  • Length: 17:13
AG 23-07: Mr. B: The Great Billy Eckstine, 2/13/2023
From: WFIU
Series: Afterglow
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On this episode, we’ll explore the life and career of “Mr. B” Billy Eckstine, a singer and bandleader who broke boundaries as a black icon in a seg...

  • Added: Jan 30, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
NL 23-06: Black Composers In Hollywood: Duke Ellington and John Lewis, 1959, 1/30/2023
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights
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The first in a recurring series of shows explores Duke Ellington’s music for the 1959 film Anatomy Of A Murder and John Lewis’ score for Odds Again...

  • Added: Jan 20, 2023
  • Length: 59:02
Black Composers in Hollywood: Duke Ellington and John Lewis
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights Classic Jazz: Specials
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This hour explores Duke Ellington’s music for the 1959 film Anatomy Of A Murder and John Lewis’ score for Odds Against Tomorrow, released the same ...

Bought by KRCU Public Radio and KAZU Seaside, Calif.


  • Added: Jan 20, 2023
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 2
StoryCorps Griot: Monica Mickle and Rev. Harry Blake
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Rev. Harry Blake came to StoryCorps to speak with his daughter Monica Mickle about how his experiences growing up the son of a sharecropper in Loui...

  • Added: Jan 17, 2023
  • Length: 02:44
Director's Cut: Best of WGR 2022 (hour/no bb or bed)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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This year, we’re bringing you some of our favorite segments from 2022.

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WRGY, Royalton Community Radio, and KCHW


  • Added: Jan 13, 2023
  • Length: 52:00
  • Purchases: 4
Director's Cut: Best of WGR 2022 (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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This year, we’re bringing you some of our favorite segments from 2022.

Bought by KEDT, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WMUU-LP, WRGY, WRST-FM Oshkosh and more


  • Added: Jan 13, 2023
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 7
Director's Cut: Best of WGR 2022 (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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This year, we’re bringing you some of our favorite segments from 2022.

Bought by Kansas Public Radio, KMUN, WLPR , WFHB, CHSR-FM 97.9 and more


  • Added: Jan 13, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 7
Director's Cut: Best of WGR 2022 (promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason promo
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This year, we’re bringing you some of our favorite segments from 2022.

Bought by WLPR , KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., and WNMU-FM


  • Added: Jan 13, 2023
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 3

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