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COVID-19 Kites
From: WFHB
Series: Kite Line
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The country might be locked down, but struggles inside prisons and out continue to develop chaotically and unexpectedly intersect with the COVID-19...

  • Added: Dec 18, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
Episode 146: Ten Doors
From: Criminal
Series: Criminal
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In 1978, Tim Jenkin was charged under South Africa’s Terrorism Act for disseminating anti-apartheid material, and sentenced to 12 years in prison. ...

  • Added: Dec 16, 2020
  • Length: 29:22
Black Immigrants in the Whitest State
From: Feet in 2 Worlds
Series: A Better Life
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Two young Black African immigrants in Maine talk about their state, which has the widest racial disparity in the country when it comes to coronavir...

Bought by KMUN and PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 20, 2020
  • Length: 28:01
  • Purchases: 2
Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine for October 28, 2020
From: Scott Harris
Series: Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine
Caption: Timely, In-Depth Progressive Analysis Since 1991
This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: Urgent Lawsuit Launched to Stop Trump Regime Voter Intimidation; Despite R...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida and WKPW


  • Added: Oct 28, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
WorldCanvass: Pursuing Racial Justice
From: Joan Kjaer
Series: WorldCanvass
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A wide-ranging discussion about the pursuit of racial justice in a historically white institution like the University of Iowa; racial barriers that...

  • Added: Oct 27, 2020
  • Length: 01:27:08
On Just Being with Scott Russell Sanders
From: WFHB
Series: Interchange
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The centerpiece in today’s program is our talk about the essay “The Suffering of Strangers” which details a visit Sanders took to Charleston, South...

Bought by RADIOLEX


  • Added: Oct 27, 2020
  • Length: 59:06
  • Purchases: 1
The Pandemic Election (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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If you think poll taxes and literacy tests are voting barriers of the past, think again.

Bought by WCNY, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, WTJU, WMUU-LP, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and more


  • Added: Oct 23, 2020
  • Length: 53:57
  • Purchases: 13
The Pandemic Election (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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If you think poll taxes and literacy tests are voting barriers of the past, think again.

Bought by Kansas Public Radio, KRDP, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., WJCT, Harford Community Radio and more


  • Added: Oct 22, 2020
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 10
The Pandemic Election (promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason promo
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If you think poll taxes and literacy tests are voting barriers of the past, think again.

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WNED Buffalo, KXCV, and WNMU-FM


  • Added: Oct 22, 2020
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 4
Voter Suppression, Professional Tree Climbing, Basketball Graphic Novel
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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Topic 1 - Civil Rights Filmmaker Takes on Voter Suppression in “After Selma.” Topic 2 - Connecting with Nature through Professional Tree Climbing. ...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, RadioStPete Florida, and KOWS


  • Added: Oct 13, 2020
  • Length: 51:51
  • Purchases: 3
Census and Voting in New Mexico ( Sec. of State Maggie Toulouse Oliver and Nichole Rogers)
From: Generation Justice Admin
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This week, we tackle misinformation and misleading narratives about mail in ballots and the 2020 election with New Mexico Secretary of State Maggie...

  • Added: Oct 05, 2020
  • Length: 49:21
Reclaiming What’s Ours: Looting in an Age of Uprising
From: WFHB
Series: Interchange
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Though the riots and looting of the George Floyd uprising might seem spectacular or particular to our moment, looting as a strategy of black libera...

  • Added: Sep 08, 2020
  • Length: 59:01
Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine for September 2, 2020
From: Scott Harris
Series: Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine
Caption: Timely, In-Depth Progressive Analysis Since 1991
This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: Trump Encourages Armed Vigilante Groups, Leading to Deadly Street Violence...

Bought by KMXT and WKPW


  • Added: Sep 02, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Marking Revolution: Malcolm X and Black-Mindedness
From: WFHB
Series: Interchange
Caption: Malcolm X photographs Muhammad Ali after his victory over Sonny Liston in 1964. (Photo: Bob Gomel/CC)
Central to the political philosophy of Malcolm X is police brutality – this unaccountable violence undermines any claim that might be made to sugge...

Bought by WLPR


  • Added: Sep 01, 2020
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 1
509: Growing Justice / 510: In Search Of Real Food, 8/22/2020
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "Growing Justice" - Where does the racial justice movement need to go next? How about back to the land. HOUR TWO: "In Search Of Real Food...

  • Added: Aug 21, 2020
  • Length: 01:58:57
Look At The World Jaleel
From: Raymond Pang
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Listen to Helen as she makes sense of what happens when new motherhood, a global pandemic, and systemic racism collide. This piece was made by Ia...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio, KGUA, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 21, 2020
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 3
Engulfed in Flames (Radio Race 2020)
From: Alex Lewis
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Rodney Ford was 9 years old when he was forced to evacuate his home. What happened next was broadcast live on television. This piece was produced ...

Bought by WFHB and PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 18, 2020
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 2
Roland Martin: "Never Stop Fighting!"
From: Generation Justice Admin
Caption: Roland Martin
In this year's celebration of Black History Month and the 50th Anniversary of Africana Studies at the University of New Mexico, author and journali...

  • Added: Aug 14, 2020
  • Length: 50:32
The Plantation On Fire: Yannick Marshall on Liberalism and Anti-Colonialism
From: WFHB
Series: Interchange
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Our show today focuses primarily on liberalism as another version of white supremacy. It has always instructed the oppressed to “go slow” for any s...

  • Added: Aug 11, 2020
  • Length: 59:15
From Another Country: Bill Mullen on James Baldwin’s Revolutionary Life
From: WFHB
Series: Interchange
Caption: James Baldwin on the water of the Golden Horn, Istanbul © Sedat Pakay 1965. , Credit: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture.
In his book Mullen shows how Baldwin’s life is “a bracing testimonial to being the first African-American radical to make his sexuality an integral...

  • Added: Aug 04, 2020
  • Length: 59:19
The Sabotage of Black Education: The Fight Against Rahm Emanuel to Save Dyett High School
From: When We Fight, We Win!
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The continued closures of our public schools and high-stakes testing illustrate the institutionalized racism embedded in our educational system. Ji...

  • Added: Aug 02, 2020
  • Length: 58:23
Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine for July 29, 2020
From: Scott Harris
Series: Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine
Caption: Timely, In-Depth Progressive Analysis Since 1991
This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: Federal Forces Deployed to Portland Provoke Violence & Rebellion Against I...

  • Added: Jul 29, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
The Myth Justice is Blind to Money, Part 3: The City
From: Eve Abrams
Series: Unprisoned
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Season 2, Part 3 The Myth Justice is Blind to Money, Part 3 investigates the impact of the Federal Court’s involvement in Orleans Parish’s practic...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 29, 2020
  • Length: 14:42
  • Purchases: 1
The Myth Justice is Blind to Money, Part 2: The System
From: Eve Abrams
Series: Unprisoned
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Season 2, Episode 2 Part 2 of The Myth Justice is Blind to Money looks at one prior attempt to get rid of money bail, and how this attempt was thw...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 29, 2020
  • Length: 10:05
  • Purchases: 1
People who've served time are being left out of voting
From: Eve Abrams
Series: Unprisoned
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Season 1, Episode 1 Louisiana, unlike many of its Deep South neighbors, restores voting rights to citizens with felony convictions after they have...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 28, 2020
  • Length: 06:15
  • Purchases: 1

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