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F-Word- February/March: The Pandering Months
From: Laura Flanders
Series: The F-Word: Laura Flanders' Bi-Weekly Commentary
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::The latest commentary by Laura Flanders, The F-Word :: "Here we are again, ending Black History Month, starting Women’s History month. ...Do we n...

  • Added: Feb 28, 2020
  • Length: 03:30
How the Diversity Industry is Failing and What We Can Do to Fix It
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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In an era when companies spend hundreds of millions of dollars on diversity and inclusion programs, the proportion of African Americans in tech, me...

Bought by KDNK and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Feb 19, 2020
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 2
70 Million: The Work of Closing a Notorious Jail
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Inex Bordeaux holds up a sign while doing street outreach in north St. Louis to raise awareness about the Close the Workhouse campaign., Credit: Carolina Hidalgo
Five years after Michael Browns death at the hands of a police officer galvanized criminal justice reform activists in St. Louis, they're gaining s...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle


  • Added: Jan 31, 2020
  • Length: 29:59
  • Purchases: 1
200103: Dr. Robert Bullard: The Stephen H. Schneider Award for Outstanding Climate Communication, 1/3/2020
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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Climate One honors Dr. Robert Bullard with the ninth annual Stephen Schneider Award for Outstanding Climate Science Communications. Often described...

  • Added: Jan 02, 2020
  • Length: 58:57
2020-01-03 Dr. Robert Bullard: The Father of Environmental Justice
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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Climate One honors Robert Bullard with the ninth annual Stephen Schneider Award for Outstanding Climate Science Communications. Often described as ...

Bought by WJCT, Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota, WMUU-LP, WFHB, and KSQD Santa Cruz


  • Added: Jan 02, 2020
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 5
2019-12-29 Ken Taylor Tribute
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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Remembering Philosophy Talk's co-creator, chief cheerleader, and guiding light, Ken Taylor.

Bought by WFHB, KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, GCR (Global Community Radio), KMUN, KSKQ and more


  • Added: Dec 27, 2019
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 7
Giving Birth While Black
From: With Good Reason
Series: Black History Month specials
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Dr. Rochanda Mitchell is an expert in fetal medicine. She’s also a black woman pregnant with her first child who understands all too well that eve...

Bought by WKSU, KBIA, WCPN, High Plains Public Radio, WGTE Public Media and more


  • Added: Nov 07, 2019
  • Length: 53:55
  • Purchases: 20
Giving Birth While Black (Half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: Black History Month specials
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Dr. Rochanda Mitchell is an expert in fetal medicine and a black woman pregnant with her first child. She understands all too well that even highl...

Bought by KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA, Kansas Public Radio, WLIW, KRDP, WYAP and more


  • Added: Nov 07, 2019
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 10
Newark: Fixing The People’s Water
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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The people of Newark, New Jersey—the majority of whom are black and brown—are grappling with a lead contamination crisis that has drawn comparisons...

  • Added: Oct 30, 2019
  • Length: 28:00
StoryCorps: Romario Vassell and Guy Bryant
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Romario Vassell (left) and Guy Bryant (right)
Guy Bryant talks to his foster son, Romario Vassell, about what it means to be a foster parent to more than 50 kids.

Bought by Allegheny Mountain Radio


  • Added: Oct 25, 2019
  • Length: 02:55
  • Purchases: 1
The Conflicting Ideals in Jefferson’s Architecture (Hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: Black History Month specials
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The most important architectural thinker of the young American republic was Thomas Jefferson. He also held captive more than 600 enslaved men, wom...

Bought by WGTE Public Media, Morehead State Public Radio, KICI Iowa City, Vermont Public, WHYY and more


  • Added: Oct 17, 2019
  • Length: 53:56
  • Purchases: 15
The Conflicting Ideals in Jefferson’s Architecture (Half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: Black History Month specials
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The most important architectural thinker of the young American republic was Thomas Jefferson. He also held captive more than 600 enslaved men, wome...

Bought by Kansas Public Radio, KVSC, WLIW, KMUN, WYAP and more


  • Added: Oct 17, 2019
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 10
New Beginnings
From: Out of the Blocks
Series: Out of the Blocks, Quick Hits
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I got shot two times, and i walked out of Shock Trauma three hours later. It was made clear to me that my work wasn't done.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 10, 2019
  • Length: 04:13
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 120: The Tunnel
From: Criminal
Series: Criminal
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In the late 1800s, North Carolina was trying to build a railway system through the Western part of the state. In December of 1882, something went w...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Sep 05, 2019
  • Length: 20:27
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 111: Silvon Simmons
From: Criminal
Series: Criminal
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“My first instinct, to be honest, was they shot this guy and now there’s a coverup.” -Liz Riley, Special Assistant Public Defender, Monroe County P...

  • Added: Sep 05, 2019
  • Length: 31:22
New Justice: A World Beyond Prisons
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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Prisons, police and punishment through incarceration. Are they with us forever in the land of the free? Sustained campaigns for change are beginnin...

Bought by KSPC, KDNK, and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Aug 07, 2019
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 3
Bring It On! - July 22, 2019
From: WFHB
Series: Bring It On!
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Hosts Clarence Boone and Roberta Radovich speak with Dr. Terri Francis, director of the IU Black Film Center/Archive, and Dr. Vincent Bouchard, IU ...

  • Added: Jul 22, 2019
  • Length: 59:01
A Fiery Unrest: Why Plymouth Avenue Burned
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: MinneCulture In-Depth
Caption: Silver's Grocery on Plymouth Avenue in North Minneapolis in 1967., Credit: Minneapolis Star & Tribune Negatives, July 1, 1967-August 31, 1967: Box 263. Minneapolis and St Paul Newspaper Negatives Collection. Minnesota Historical Society.
During the summer of 1967, Plymouth Avenue in North Minneapolis went up in flames. This was during a period known as the Long, Hot Summer when frus...

Bought by KVSC and MPR News Stations


  • Added: Jul 18, 2019
  • Length: 52:58
  • Purchases: 2
Bring It On! - July 15, 2019
From: WFHB
Series: Bring It On!
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Hosts Clarence Boone and Liz Mitchell speak with William Morris, the jazz DJ Bloomington's WFIU’s and formerly at WFHB. Then, they speak with Kim ...

  • Added: Jul 15, 2019
  • Length: 59:01
Bring It On! - July 8, 2019
From: WFHB
Series: Bring It On!
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Hosts Clarence Boone and Jacinda Townsend speak with Tanya Bell, the General Counsel and President of the Indiana Black Expo (IBE), about this year...

  • Added: Jul 08, 2019
  • Length: 59:01
Bring It On! - July 1, 2019
From: WFHB
Series: Bring It On!
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Hosts Amrita Myers and William Hosea speak with Notre Dame University Director of Diversity and Inclusion, Eric Love, about police relations in Sou...

  • Added: Jul 01, 2019
  • Length: 59:01
Demand for Power
From: Claudine Ebeid McElwain
Series: Broken Ground
Caption: by the Southern Environmental Law Center
An elderly couple steps up to defend their farm and neighbors when pipeline developers won’t back down from a risky, environmentally damaging proje...

  • Added: Jul 01, 2019
  • Length: 27:53
Bring It On! - June 24, 2019
From: WFHB
Series: Bring It On!
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Hosts Clarence Boone and William Hosea speak with State Representative Robin Shackleford, who is the current chair of the Indiana Black Legislative...

  • Added: Jun 24, 2019
  • Length: 59:01
Bring It On! - June 17, 2019
From: WFHB
Series: Bring It On!
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Hosts Clarence Boone and Roberta Radovich speak with Shatoyia Moss, the Director of Bloomington's Safe and Civil City Program, and Mathilde "Tilly"...

  • Added: Jun 17, 2019
  • Length: 59:01
Bring It On! - June 10, 2019
From: WFHB
Series: Bring It On!
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Hosts Clarence Boone and Roberta Radovich speak with Dr. Virginia Githiri about starting her own business, PopKorn Kernels with a Twist. They also...

  • Added: Jun 10, 2019
  • Length: 59:01

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