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Aaron Kelly's Bones
From: La Siréna Imakhu
Series: Wednesday's African Child: Goth Tales of My Black People
Caption: Imakhu, from her show, "Wednesday's African Child"
Storyteller Imakhu's popular African American version of this classic comical folktale about a hateful man who will not die. From Imakhu's one-woma...

Bought by KUT and Remix Radio


  • Added: Jan 15, 2010
  • Length: 13:45
  • Purchases: 2
Black word nerds
From: Will Wright
Caption: Chris Rock, Credit: Seattle Times
How do Black people think Anglos (white people) think they talk?

Bought by 90.5 WSNC, KUER, and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Aug 08, 2009
  • Length: 02:58
  • Purchases: 3
Camp Lovewave's 305th Show-Chris Gardner
From: Terran Lovewave
Caption: PRX default Piece image
This show honors heroes and people of passion and is highlighted by host, Terran Lovewave's interview with the author of "The Pursuit of Happyness"...

  • Added: Feb 09, 2009
  • Length: 59:47
Legal Emancipation
From: Radio Rookies
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At 15 emancipation has brought both freedom and hardship for Radio Rookie Jordan Teklay. Now 17, he's trying to understand what it means to be an a...

Bought by The Story, KUOW, New Hampshire Public Radio, and KUNM


  • Added: Oct 01, 2008
  • Length: 09:58
  • Purchases: 4
The Man Inside My Head by Elisha Miles
From: WBEZ
Series: Louder Than a Bomb 2008
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Her first year in the competition, Elisha says this piece is about being friends with your imaginary friend once again. Elisha Miles is 14 years o...

  • Added: Apr 02, 2008
  • Length: 02:54
Classic Mardi Gras Songs Profiles - Do Watcha Wanna
From: David Kunian
Series: Mardi Gras Song Profiles
Caption: Honey Bannister - Flag Boy - <br>Creole Wild West Mardi Gras Indians, Credit: Erika Goldring
An explanation of the history and recording of the Mardi Gras Standard "Do Watcha Wanna" by the mighty Rebirth Brass Band

Bought by KSLU


  • Added: Jan 18, 2008
  • Length: 04:05
  • Purchases: 1
Me and George W (No good deed goes unpunished)
From: Richard Frohlich
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Storyteller De Cee Cornish tells a tale of two boys from very different worlds who met one day in Houston, TX

Bought by Marfa Public Radio


  • Added: May 20, 2007
  • Length: 13:35
  • Purchases: 1
What is it with Women and Shoes?
From: Steve Zwick
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We hop on a pink Hummer and infiltrate the murky world of women and shoe parties. Our worst fears are confirmed!

  • Added: Apr 17, 2007
  • Length: 08:09
Do You Like the Curtains?
From: La Siréna Imakhu
Series: The Best of Queen Mother Imakhu
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Queen Mother Imakhu gives homage to African American southern "hant" tales in this original, humorous, and eerie rendition of a true urban story.

Bought by KUT, KUT, and Remix Radio


  • Added: Feb 02, 2007
  • Length: 05:52
  • Purchases: 3
The White Before Christmas
From: La Siréna Imakhu
Series: True Urban Legends
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Spoof: The urban youth version of ,"The Night Before Christmas."

Bought by Georgia Public Broadcasting, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KVNF, KUOW, KRUA and more


  • Added: Dec 06, 2005
  • Length: 04:04
  • Purchases: 7
Burn Baby Burn
From: Merle Kessler
Caption: PRX default Piece image
How "Burn Baby Burn" went from war cry to hot sauce.

  • Added: Aug 07, 2005
  • Length: 01:39
The Watsons Go To Birmingham-1963
From: Vermont Public
Series: Camel's Hump Radio
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Ten-year-old Kenny chronicles the events of a fateful summer for the Watson Family of Flint, Michigan.

Bought by KTNA


  • Added: May 04, 2005
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 1
1997 Lorenzo Thomas - The New Age
From: Naropa University
Series: Jack Kerouac Disembodied School of Poetics
Caption: PRX default Piece image
black arts movement poet reads an anti war poem

Bought by KUNM


  • Added: Mar 23, 2005
  • Length: 01:21
  • Purchases: 1
George Dubya: An Old School Mix
From: Michael Stark
Caption: PRX default Piece image
......as heard on "The Tom Joyner Morning Show"

Bought by KZYX


  • Added: Aug 02, 2004
  • Length: 17:23
  • Purchases: 1
Living Flag
From: Dmae Lo Roberts
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Street performance piece with Artist damali ayo as she panhandles around the country to create dialogue about reparations for slavery.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KFAI Minneapolis, KRUA, WBHM and more


  • Added: Jul 20, 2004
  • Length: 04:02
  • Purchases: 10
Sweet Phil from Sugar Hill
From: Phyllis Fletcher
Caption: the producer with her parents
A man has 14 children with 13 different women, dies young, and leaves them to learn about him through each other, and through the letters he wrote ...

Bought by KUER, SpiritHouse Inc/Youth Noise Network, WYBC, KCUR, NPR Station Showcase with PRX and more


  • Added: Feb 10, 2004
  • Length: 28:57
  • Purchases: 10