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Voices from the epicenter of unrest in Baltimore

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Apr 26, 2016
  • Length: 48:30
  • Purchases: 1
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What comes after Whips and Chains? Solitary confinement. Lisa Guenther of Vanderbilt University discusses the reformist good intentions of Benjamin...

  • Added: Nov 17, 2015
  • Length: 59:45
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For tonight’s show, "The United States of Apartheid," we welcome Gerald Horne.

  • Added: Oct 13, 2015
  • Length: 01:00:15
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Veteran police major and executive director of LEAP (Law Enforcement Against Prohibition) Neill Franklin discuss his journey from being Drug War en...

  • Added: Sep 30, 2015
  • Length: 15:06
Caption: The intersection on Pennsylvania & North Avenues in Baltimore, Credit: Wendel Patrick
Voices from the epicenter of unrest in Baltimore

Bought by WESM 91.3 FM, PRX Remix, and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Aug 13, 2015
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 3
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From Reform to Transform introduces listeners to passionate racial and social justice advocates in California who crafted, promoted, and saw throug...

Bought by WUAL and KGNU Community Radio


  • Added: Jul 13, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
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J.T. Johnson and Al Lingo remember having acid thrown on them after jumping into a whites-only swimming pool in St. Augustine, Florida in June of 1...

Bought by WEZU, KERA, KMUD, and KFOK-LPFM


  • Added: Jun 13, 2014
  • Length: 02:04
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. 1966, Credit: AFP/Getty Images
This program tells the untold story about Dr. Martin Luther King and his appearance on the most prestigious lecture series in Canada, shortly befor...

Bought by WXXI Rochester


  • Added: Apr 04, 2014
  • Length: 49:57
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: David Simon, Credit: American Library Association
In Treme, Simon explored New Orleans’ viability as an expression of its culture. After the 2005 levee failure, keeping New Orleans cuisine and musi...

Bought by Radio New Zealand


  • Added: Apr 03, 2014
  • Length: 52:02
  • Purchases: 1
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As whites fled Washington D.C. to live in the suburbs in the 1950s, Stronghold was born. This piece reveals how residents gave the neighborhood its...

  • Added: Feb 23, 2014
  • Length: 14:07
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Robin Steinberg is founder and executive director of The Bronx Defenders, which represents people in the criminal and civil courts who can't afford...

  • Added: Feb 17, 2014
  • Length: 29:47
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Whether looking at the 1920s or 2013, people's behavior and attitudes toward race are often influenced by factors beyond their own experience and c...

  • Added: Nov 21, 2013
  • Length: 15:45
Caption: Tina Hayes School of Etiquette Class
California has been in an ongoing struggle trying to figure out how to deal with overcrowding in prisons. The problems extend to the Division of Ju...

  • Added: Nov 06, 2013
  • Length: 07:19
Caption: "Struck down but not destroyed", Credit: Makalah
Check out Makalah's piece about the Trayvon Martin vigil in downtown Austin. She talks about her experience and asks citizens about their view on t...

  • Added: Sep 29, 2013
  • Length: 04:35
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Check out Makalah's piece about the Trayvon Martin vigil she attended last week. She talks about her experience and asks citizens about their view ...

  • Added: Jul 27, 2013
  • Length: 04:52
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Radio Curious visits with Pulitzer Prize winner, Isabel Wilkerson, author of “The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America’s Great Migration...

  • Added: Oct 15, 2012
  • Length: 29:02
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This moving and provocative documentary chronicles the historic journey of the “U.S./Mexico Caravan for Peace,” which from August 12th to Septembe...

Bought by KGNU Community Radio, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, and WDSE


  • Added: Sep 26, 2012
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: For Byron Encalade, oysters and culture are inseparable., Credit: Barry Yeoman
In Pointe-a-la-Hache, Louisiana, the oyster harvest feeds widows, sustains relationships, and keeps the rural economy humming. But the BP oil spill...

Bought by KUT and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 01, 2011
  • Length: 07:23
  • Purchases: 2
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LaDarrell Hagans is something of a full-time volunteer for Deval Patrick's reelection campaign for Governor of Massachusetts. Although LaDarrell k...

Bought by KUT and PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 27, 2010
  • Length: 04:44
  • Purchases: 2
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King Anyi Howell talks about the hard lesson he's learned being profiled by the police, and the "Jedi mind tricks" he employs to stay free from cus...

Bought by Vocalo.org, WMNF, and KUOW


  • Added: Oct 16, 2009
  • Length: 02:19
  • Purchases: 3
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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
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Chicagoans reflect on the inauguration of Barack Obama.

  • Added: Jan 22, 2009
  • Length: 18:36
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This week on YO!Radio -- Powell endorses Obama, Japanese teens don't want voting rights and brit burglar sends victim flowers.

  • Added: Oct 28, 2008
  • Length: 06:10
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A young man speaks about his political views and his experience protesting at the 2008 RNC

  • Added: Sep 05, 2008
  • Length: 02:24
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17 year old Ife Hampton describes her experience at the "Economic Summit" where democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama gave a moving speech.

  • Added: Mar 17, 2008
  • Length: 05:53