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#23-06 American Impressions: NSO with Er-Gene Kahng
From: All Classical Public Media
Series: Played In Oregon
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Violinist Er-Gene Kahng joins the Newport Symphony for an all-American program including Dvorak's New World Symphony.

Bought by KPOV, WCNY, Rhythm & News Service, RadioFreePalmer, KWAX and more


  • Added: Feb 01, 2023
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 6
WoodSongs 835: Sweet Honey in the Rock
From: WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour
Series: WoodSongs
Caption: The legendary Sweet Honey in the Rock on the WoodSongs Stage.
On this week's broadcast of WoodSongs, folksinger Michael Johnathon welcomes Grammy winning folk and civil rights legends, an all-woman, African-Am...

Bought by KUPR low power FM, Radio Bristol, GCR (Global Community Radio), Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), KHNS and more


  • Added: Jan 11, 2023
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 49
AG 23-05: The Underrated Lorez Alexandria and Ethel Ennis, 1/30/2023
From: WFIU
Series: Afterglow
Caption: Lorez Alexandria
This week, I’ll introduce you to the music of two underrated female singers, revered among jazz aficionados: Lorez Alexandria and Ethel Ennis.

  • Added: Jan 09, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
S07 Ep10: Women of Color: Performers, Part 6, 11/5/2022
From: WCNY
Series: Feminine Fusion
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Once again, we highlight women of color performing outstanding classical music.

  • Added: Nov 04, 2022
  • Length: 58:30
Episode #652 -Big Maybelle
From: Matt "The Cat" Baldassarri
Series: Juke In The Back With Matt The Cat
Caption: Juke In The Back with Matt The Cat, Credit: Public Domain
The "Juke In The Back" highlights the often ignored early career of Big Maybelle, one of the great female blues shouters. Matt The Cat highlights h...

Bought by KMUW, KCSM, Royalton Community Radio, KJZX-Austin, WHRV and more


  • Added: Oct 30, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 10
Episode #649 - Little Miss Cornshucks
From: Matt "The Cat" Baldassarri
Series: Juke In The Back With Matt The Cat
Caption: Juke In The Back with Matt The Cat, Credit: Public Domain
Little Miss Cornshucks was an influential figure in post WWII Rhythm & Blues. Lavern Baker copied Cornshucks' country girl stage act down to the na...

Bought by Royalton Community Radio, KJZX-Austin, KSRQ, WHRV, WVTF and more


  • Added: Oct 09, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 10
What if a different part of the women’s movement had gained more attention?
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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(August 24th, 2022 release date) In 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v Wade, imperiling all women’s freedoms, and creating a new pipelin...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, KMUN, KDNK, WNYE, and KWMR


  • Added: Aug 23, 2022
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 5
The Fantastic Jazz Harp of Dorothy Ashby
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights Classic Jazz: Specials
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Throughout jazz history the harp has rarely been heard as a soloing or primary instrument, but in the 1950s and 60s Dorothy Ashby, a musician out o...

Bought by WJCT, KRCU Public Radio, WVTF, KLCC, WNMU-FM and more


  • Added: Jul 27, 2022
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 6
Building Community and Halting the Gas Export Boom on the Gulf Coast - EcoJustice Radio
From: Jack Eidt
Series: EcoJustice Radio
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The Gulf Coast of Louisiana and Texas face a petrochemical and fracked gas export boom. Super-heat-charged hurricanes strike almost every year. As ...

  • Added: Jul 25, 2022
  • Length: 58:00
Linda Villarosa: the Dobbs Decision: a Death Sentence for Black Women?
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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Is the Supreme Court decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health a death sentence for women of color? The overturning of Roe v. Wade not only creat...

Bought by KWMR, RadioStPete Florida, RadioFreePalmer, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KMUN and more


  • Added: Jul 13, 2022
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 7
Aliyah Hicks
From: WGTE Public Media
Series: The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor
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Normally, The Rough Draft Diaries looks back on someone's success months or years after they've mastered their skill or goal. Today, we're chatting...

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: Jun 07, 2022
  • Length: 06:03
  • Purchases: 1
EE 22-23: The Hoosier Young Farmers Podcast–a special presentation on Earth Eats, 6/3/2022
From: WFIU
Series: Earth Eats
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Hear the voices of farmers across the state talking about their farming lives and the challenges they face.

  • Added: Jun 01, 2022
  • Length: 54:01
Collective Real Estate: Land Without Landlords?
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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Decades of discrimination have left millions of African Americans shut out of the housing market and at risk of being targeted by predatory lenders...

Bought by KDNK, KWMR, RadioFreePalmer, KMUN, RadioStPete Florida and more


  • Added: May 25, 2022
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 6
Musician's Spotlight - Brandee Younger - 815
From: John Floridis
Series: Musician's Spotlight
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Grammy Award nominated harpist and composer Brandee Younger joins host John Floridis by phone from Harlem to discuss her most recent recording "Unr...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer and WMUU-LP


  • Added: May 01, 2022
  • Length: 59:16
  • Purchases: 2
RDD: Leila's Promise
From: WGTE Public Media
Series: The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor
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Meet the youngest guest of The Rough Draft Diaries, 9-year-old Leila and her non-profit Leila's Promise. An organization that looks to empower and ...

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: Mar 28, 2022
  • Length: 06:09
  • Purchases: 1
Blue Dimensions K12: Great Blues Women, Diunna Greenleaf, Trudy Lynn, & Big Mama Thornton
From: Bluesnet Radio
Series: Blue Dimensions
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new blues from Houston, Texas singers Diunna Greenleaf and Trudy Lynn — and Big Mama Thornton in concert in 1979

Bought by KMUW, KKRN, WMOT, Royalton Community Radio, KRPS and more


  • Added: Mar 16, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 13
UpFront Soul #2021.11 -March 15-21
From: WERU
Series: UpFront Soul with Sanguine Fromage
Caption: Betty Davis
We continue to celebrate Women's History Month with Betty Davis, Beyonce, Ana Tijoux, and Sharon Jones, plus new music from Tanika Charles. We'll c...

Bought by RADIOLEX, WOMR, WJSU, KCHW, KHNS and more


  • Added: Mar 10, 2022
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 12
Blue Dimensions K10: Catherine Russell sings with Steven Bernstein's Millennial Territory Orchestra
From: Bluesnet Radio
Series: Blue Dimensions
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new music from singer Catherine Russell with Steven Bernstein's Millennial Territory Orchestra, and new music from singer and songwriter Eugenie Jo...

Bought by KJZX-Austin, KKRN, Royalton Community Radio, KMUN, WJSU and more


  • Added: Mar 02, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 12
UpFront Soul #2022.09-March 1-7, 2022 - Women's History Month
From: WERU
Series: UpFront Soul with Sanguine Fromage
Caption: Mavis Staples
We'll hear the strong voices of women for Women's History Month, kicking off with Nona Hendryx and rolling on with Aretha Franklin, Mavis Staples, ...

Bought by WFUV, WKMS, High Plains Public Radio, WOMR, KCHW and more


  • Added: Feb 24, 2022
  • Length: 01:57:59
  • Purchases: 14
198: Mary McLeod Bethune
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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Mary McLeod Bethune was the daughter of former slaves and a founder of Bethune-Cookman University. She was often the only woman of color with a sea...

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: Feb 15, 2022
  • Length: 05:02
  • Purchases: 1
S06 Ep24: Women of Color: Performers, Part 5, 2/12/2022
From: WCNY
Series: Feminine Fusion
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Women of color are still something of an anomaly in the classical music world. This week, performances from outstanding women of color.

  • Added: Feb 04, 2022
  • Length: 58:30
S4 EP3: Authentically Me
From: The Nocturnists
Series: Stories from the World of Medicine
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Internist Ashley McMullen decides to let her hair go natural for the first time in over a decade — a process which serves as a metaphor for self-ac...

  • Added: Jan 21, 2022
  • Length: 41:05
Musician's Spotlight - Ruthie Foster - 808
From: John Floridis
Series: Musician's Spotlight
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Multiple Grammy Award nominee and multiple winner of several Blues Music Award Awards, singer songwriter Ruthie Foster visits with host John Florid...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Jan 17, 2022
  • Length: 59:16
  • Purchases: 2
EE 21-48: Earth Eats Presents the Hoosier Young Farmers Podcast, 11/26/2021
From: WFIU
Series: Earth Eats
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Hear the voices of farmers across the state talking about their farming lives and the challenges they face.

  • Added: Nov 22, 2021
  • Length: 54:00
Open for Business
From: WGTE Public Media
Series: The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor
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Today on The Rough Draft Diaries we talk to Dr. Shanda Gore, the principal of MBAC, Minority Business Assistance Center. A development division tha...

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: Nov 01, 2021
  • Length: 06:10
  • Purchases: 1