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In light of the recent events regarding race in America, we revisit MacArthur Genius and Guggenheim Fellow, Claudia Rankine, who discusses her mo...
- Added: Jun 09, 2020
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 2
This week on the show: Fighting slavery worldwide -
In this edition: Millions of people are forced to toil in forms of modern slavery across the ...
- Added: Mar 12, 2020
- Length: 30:00
In this episode, Laura interviews MacArthur Genius Award winning choreographer Okwui Okpokwasili about her groundbreaking experimental work to comm...
Bought by KDNK and RadioFreePalmer
- Added: Mar 11, 2020
- Length: 28:00
- Purchases: 2
In last week’s episode, we introduced Johdy Polk, who spoke to us about her time behind the prison walls, and urged audiences to see the other ways...
- Added: Mar 08, 2020
- Length: 29:56
This week, Johdy Polk, from Gainesville, Florida, describes her time inside a women’s prison, while sharing cutting observations on growing up as a...
- Added: Mar 08, 2020
- Length: 29:14
This week, we are returning to the topic of Carceral Capitalism. We interviewed the poet and author Jackie Wang in episodes 89 and 90 of Kite Line....
- Added: Mar 08, 2020
- Length: 29:42
This week, we share a moving keynote speech recently given at the University of Michigan by Michelle Jones. Jones has been featured on multiple epi...
- Added: Mar 08, 2020
- Length: 28:25
Last week, we began hearing the voices of prisoners on the topic of Angela Davis’s book, Are Prisons Obsolete? Up first, we have Anastazia Schmid’s...
- Added: Mar 08, 2020
- Length: 30:03
This week, we start in on the topic of Are Prisons Obsolete Over the next couple of Kite Line episodes, we will be sharing the words and writings o...
- Added: Mar 08, 2020
- Length: 28:51
For this week’s episode we share the first part of a conversation between Micol Seigel and Jackie Wang. Wang is the author of the recent book, Carc...
- Added: Mar 08, 2020
- Length: 29:19
This week, we start by finishing the discussion between Micol Seigel and Jackie Wang. You can hear more of their conversation on carceral capitalis...
- Added: Mar 08, 2020
- Length: 29:03
This week, we are airing selections from a panel discussion that took place earlier this month here in Bloomington. Andrea Ritchie and Victoria Law...
- Added: Mar 08, 2020
- Length: 27:43
Dr. Olivia Hooker, who lived to be 103, sat down with her goddaughter Janis Porter to discuss her groundbreaking life as the first African American...
- Added: Mar 03, 2020
- Length: 02:05
This week, we share a conversation we had with Andrea Ritchie, an attorney and activist whose work focuses on police violence against the queer com...
- Added: Feb 17, 2020
- Length: 29:35
A’shanti Gholar is the founder of the Brown Girl's Guide to Politics and the national political director for Emerge America--a national organizatio...
Bought by KKRN, Louisville Public Media, KSJD, KUT, KCSB-FM and more
- Added: Jan 08, 2020
- Length: 54:00
- Purchases: 8
On this week's WBB talk show, we have a couple of gifted guests. One uses her superpowers to introduce Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and ...
- Added: Nov 27, 2019
- Length: 01:00:01
Have you ever felt like a stranger in your own home? Well, in the affluent black community of Oak Bluffs on Martha’s Vineyard, Abigail McGrath felt...
- Added: Nov 22, 2019
- Length: 04:48
Welcome to this week's WBB Talkshow.
This week, we're excited to introduce you to a fantastic line-up of business owners.
- Added: Nov 12, 2019
- Length: 01:00:00
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
“A singer with a strong, lustrous tone and an amiably regal presence onstage.” So says the New York Times of the acclaimed vocalist, composer and a...
Bought by RadioFreePalmer, WMUU-LP, KMXT, and KUFM - Montana Public Radio
- Added: Nov 04, 2019
- Length: 29:34
- Purchases: 4
“A singer with a strong, lustrous tone and an amiably regal presence onstage.” So says the New York Times of the acclaimed vocalist, composer and a...
Bought by RadioFreePalmer, WMUU-LP, KMXT, and KUFM - Montana Public Radio
- Added: Nov 04, 2019
- Length: 29:04
- Purchases: 4
On this week's WBB talk show, we feature two amazing women who have found solutions to some of the problems affecting the African-American community.
- Added: Oct 28, 2019
- Length: 01:00:10
From Guatemalan Mercado Global to Harlem Fashion Row (HFR) this diverse collection of designers are all giving back to their communities with socia...
- Added: Sep 29, 2019
- Length: 40:03
Denise Baken tells her children about her family's legacy of military service—and the battles faced along the way.
Bought by Allegheny Mountain Radio, PRX Remix, and WHRV
- Added: Sep 26, 2019
- Length: 02:19
- Purchases: 3
On this week's WBB talk show, we feature two guests who are remarkable and dynamic examples of women walking in their purpose unapologetically.
- Added: Sep 02, 2019
- Length: 01:00:00
