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Episode 1: And That Happened…
From: Dmae Lo Roberts
Series: Speaking Our Truths: The -Ism Youth Files
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Youth experienced challenges on their mental health during the pandemic that still continue to this day.

Bought by WMUU-LP


  • Added: Oct 21, 2023
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 2: World On Fire
From: Dmae Lo Roberts
Series: Speaking Our Truths: The -Ism Youth Files
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Social activism by youth during and after the pandemic helped their mental wellness.

Bought by WMUU-LP


  • Added: Oct 21, 2023
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
WoodSongs 1051: Torznzo Cannon and Ben Levin
From: WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour
Series: WoodSongs
Caption: Toronzo Cannon on the WoodSongs Stage.
On this week's WoodSongs broadcast, folksinger Michael Johnathon welcomes electrifying Chicago bluesman Toronzo Cannon plus Cincinnati blues pianis...

Bought by KTRL, Radio Bristol, KMSU, Allegheny Mountain Radio, KEDT and more


  • Added: Oct 12, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 60
WoodSongs 1037: Black Opry
From: WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour
Series: WoodSongs
Caption: The Kentucky Gentlemen on the WoodSongs Stage.
On this week's broadcast of WoodSongs, folksinger Michael Johnathon welcomes Black Opry founder Holly G plus The Kentucky Gentlemen, Jett Holden, R...

Bought by Radio Bristol, KMSU, WLPR , WVRU, Allegheny Mountain Radio and more


  • Added: Jul 05, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 60
WoodSongs 1018: Victor Wooten
From: WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour
Series: WoodSongs
Caption: Victor Wooten on the WoodSongs Stage.
On this week's WoodSongs broadcast, folksinger Michael Johnathon welcomes virtuoso bassist and founding member of the super-group Bela Fleck and th...

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


  • Added: Mar 08, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 44
WoodSongs 1027: WoodSongs Kids Celebration
From: WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour
Series: WoodSongs
Caption: The Wallace Sisters on the WoodSongs Stage.
On this week's broadcast of WoodSongs, folksinger Michael Johnathon it's a celebration of WoodSongs Kids from across the country for the entire bro...

Bought by Angelica Community Radio, KZUM, KKRN, KBRW, KENW and more


  • Added: Feb 08, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 31
WoodSongs 999: Joe Mullins & The Radio Ramblers and Gumbo, Grits & Gravy
From: WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour
Series: WoodSongs
Caption: Gumbo, Grits & Gravy on the WoodSongs Stage.
On this week's WoodSongs broadcast, folksinger Michael Johnathon welcomes the International Bluegrass Music Awards Entertainer of the Year Award wi...

Bought by KTRL, KEDT, WETS, KRZA, KKRN and more


  • Added: Jul 06, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 46
WoodSongs 969: Sugaray Rayford and Liz Brasher
From: WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour
Series: WoodSongs
Caption: The deep soul blues vocals of Sugaray Rayford.
On this week's WoodSongs broadcast, folksinger Michael Johnathon welcomes award winning Texas-born soul blues singer plus Memphis soul-singing gara...

Bought by WEJP-LP 107.1, WRGY, KHNS, GCR (Global Community Radio), KBBI Alaska and more


  • Added: Oct 22, 2020
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 40
Unprisoned Radio Hour: Stories of Being Black and Male in America
From: Eve Abrams
Series: Unprisoned
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In this hour we hear three stories about what it's like being Black and male in the United States of America. The first story, from season 1 of Un...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Aug 08, 2020
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 1
My Pride
From: Ariel Mejia
Series: ASM Youth Radio Fall 2019
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My piece depicts the systemic racism that has infested the educational system and environment.

  • Added: Dec 30, 2019
  • Length: 04:06
Don't Stay Quiet
From: Ariel Mejia
Series: ASM Youth Radio Fall 2019
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My Grandmother, who I loved dearly, passed away, and nobody spoke up until three days later: I was told.

  • Added: Dec 30, 2019
  • Length: 06:59
Upton Boxing Center
From: Out of the Blocks
Series: Out of the Blocks, Quick Hits
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Some guys come in and think you can turn pro next week, but once they come in here and find out what you have to go through, it’s like a wake-up ca...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 05, 2018
  • Length: 04:08
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 86: Willie Bosket
From: Criminal
Series: Criminal
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Before he was 10 years old, Willie Bosket had skipped school, started fires, picked pockets, and stolen a car. A psychiatrist at Bellevue called hi...

Bought by ABC, KVNF, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 12, 2018
  • Length: 26:45
  • Purchases: 3
WoodSongs 912: The Legendary Shack Shakers and Donald Ryan & Barron Ryan
From: WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour
Series: WoodSongs
Caption: Master musicians Donald and Barron on the same piano!
On this week's WoodSongs broadcast, folksinger Michael Johnathon welcomes country fried rock and roll with The Legendary Shack Shakers plus dynamic...

Bought by WEJP-LP 107.1, KKRN, KRZA, GCR (Global Community Radio), KDLG and more


  • Added: Jan 04, 2018
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 12
Episode 58: Walnut Grove
From: Criminal
Series: Criminal
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In 2010, Michael McIntosh’s son was incarcerated at the Walnut Grove Youth Correctional Facility in the small town of Walnut Grove, Mississippi. On...

  • Added: Jan 13, 2017
  • Length: 32:55
The View from Room 205
From: WBEZ
Caption: The View from Room 205
"The View from Room 205" is a one-hour documentary that takes an unflinching look at the intersection of poverty and education in this country. It ...

Bought by KCPW Salt Lake City, KICI Iowa City, WRIR, KUAF Public Radio, KISU and more


  • Added: Jan 10, 2017
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 67
TEASER: The View from Room 205
From: WBEZ
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PREVIEW THE HOUR NOW! http://www.prx.org/pieces/194893-the-view-from-room-205 "The View from Room 205" is a one-hour documentary that takes an unf...

Bought by KUHF


  • Added: Dec 14, 2016
  • Length: 01:48
  • Purchases: 1
Black Lives Matter protest shapes Ohio ballot
From: George Drake, Jr.
Caption: Black Lives Matter protesters take over city hall in Columbus, OH., Credit: George Drake, Jr.
Black Lives Matter protesters take over a city council meeting to protest against police killings of blacks, and how Ty're King's death overlapped ...

  • Added: Sep 29, 2016
  • Length: 03:00
Love and Faith and Music
From: Steven Scher
Series: On The Bus
Caption: On The Bus
The foot soldiers of the civil rights movement were shot, beaten, jailed, even murdered. Yet they kept on marching. Love for their community and fa...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Feb 25, 2016
  • Length: 07:46
  • Purchases: 1
Black Power
From: Steven Scher
Series: On The Bus
Caption: On The Bus
From the Mississippi Delta, the call for Black Power electrified the nation in the 1960's. For some it was an affirmation of hope and strength, a p...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Feb 25, 2016
  • Length: 04:45
  • Purchases: 1
Making Seattle Beats Since He Was 8 Years Old
From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media
Caption: Upendo Moore makes beats. , Credit: Courtesy of Upendo Moore
Most young people don’t know what they want to do with their lives. This is a story about a high school student who was born into a calling – being...

  • Added: Dec 24, 2015
  • Length: 05:18
GHOST TOWN TO HAVANA -- Coach Roscoe Bryant and Eugene Corr Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: Coach Roscoe Bryant and Eugene Corr, San Francisco, CA 10/2/15, Credit: Andrea Chase
Coach Roscoe Bryant and filmmaker Eugene Corr talk baseball, family values, and the importance of play.

  • Added: Oct 27, 2015
  • Length: 28:01
East Oakland's Scraper bike team takes over the streets "with a positive heart"
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
Caption: R.B. oversees the work of the Scraper Bike Team in the backyard of El ColectiVelo bike shop in East Oakland, Credit: Audrey Dilling
At the end of a narrow alley off of International Boulevard, through the open doorway of El ColectíVelo bike shop, I’m greeted by a young boy. “R....

  • Added: Nov 28, 2014
  • Length: 06:25
StoryCorps: Darius Clark Monroe and David Ned
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Seventeen years after Darius Clark Monroe robbed a bank at gunpoint, he came to StoryCorps...

Bought by WEZU and PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 31, 2014
  • Length: 02:41
  • Purchases: 2
Jeff's Diary: Revisited
From: Radio Diaries
Series: The Radio Diaries Podcast
Caption: Jeff Rogers
When Jeff Rogers was 16 years old he started referring to himself as a “halfrican.” Jeff has a black father and a white mother. And like many teena...

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  • Added: Jun 23, 2014
  • Length: 19:02
  • Purchases: 1