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Ep2: Inequities in PA's Education Funding System
From: WITF
Series: Toward Racial Justice
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For decades, students of color have lagged behind their peers in academic achievement across the country. Unfortunately, in Pennsylvania, the schoo...

Bought by WLVT


  • Added: May 17, 2021
  • Length: 51:30
  • Purchases: 1
585: Growing Justice / 586: Shock Value, 5/15/2021
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: "Shock Value" - When ...

  • Added: May 14, 2021
  • Length: 01:59:00
Blue Dimensions J19: Benito Gonzalez Sings To The World On His Piano
From: Bluesnet Radio
Series: Blue Dimensions
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music from pianist Benito Gonzalez from his new album "Sing To The World" and some older tracks including his appearance on an Azar Lawrence album ...

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


  • Added: May 05, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 14
Ep1: COVID-19, Trust and Vaccines
From: WITF
Series: Toward Racial Justice
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Toward Racial Justice explores some of the racial disparities within the COVID-19 pandemic. We also look at the hesitancy regarding vaccines.

Bought by WLVT


  • Added: May 04, 2021
  • Length: 51:29
  • Purchases: 1
Mark My Words Sports Show (04-28-21)
From: KRDP
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The NBA is weeks away from the playoffs and we talk about Anthony Davis coming back from injury for the Lakers. We also talk some social justice to...

  • Added: Apr 28, 2021
  • Length: 01:00:39
Blue Dimensions J18: Bluesman Mr. Sipp is "Sippnotized" and Gary Bartz Is Featured On "Jazz Is Dead" #6
From: Bluesnet Radio
Series: Blue Dimensions
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new blues from bluesman "Mr. Sipp" on the album "Sippnotized" and jazz isn't dead on the album "Jazz Is Dead 6" where Gary Bartz joins the series p...

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


  • Added: Apr 28, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 14
Healing a Country’s Wounds: Transitional Justice
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Half Hour Episodes
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This time on Peace Talks Radio, we’ll talk about ways that countries have addressed systematic human rights violations after they emerge from perio...

Bought by Radio Baha'i, WLGI and KUNM


  • Added: Apr 27, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Blue Dimensions J13: "If Time Could Stand Still" from Gregory Tardy, and a haunting 90-year-old blues song by Skip James song lives on
From: Bluesnet Radio
Series: Blue Dimensions
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the latest from saxophonist Gregory Tardy, and a 1931 Skip James blues song finds new interpretation from Bobby Rush and Tomas Doncker

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  • Added: Mar 24, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 15
Mark My Words Sports Show (03-17-21)
From: KRDP
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We talk NFL free agency and NBA trades

  • Added: Mar 17, 2021
  • Length: 58:44
567: Discovering America's Black DNA / 568: Wonders Of The Human Body, 3/13/2021
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "Discovering America's Black DNA" - What happens when common DNA brings the black and white side of the family together for the first tim...

  • Added: Mar 12, 2021
  • Length: 01:58:58
Let KidZ Talk - Celebrating Black Heroes
From: DW From
Series: Let KidZ Talk
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We asked our peers to share one of their Black Heroes...

  • Added: Mar 03, 2021
  • Length: 04:51
Blue Dimensions J09: "Thank You Mr. Mabern" a tribute to the late pianist Harold Mabern from Leon Lee Dorsey - - with Mabern in the band.
From: Bluesnet Radio
Series: Blue Dimensions
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Leon Lee Dorsey's album "Thank You Mr. Mabern" is a tribute to the late pianist Harold Mabern, featuring recordings Dorsey made with Mabern and dru...

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  • Added: Feb 24, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 14
Blue Dimensions J08: Force Majeure from Dezron Douglas & Brandee Younger
From: Bluesnet Radio
Series: Blue Dimensions
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Music from harpist Brandee Younger and bassist Dezron Douglas from their album "Force Majeure," taken from live-streaming performances from their h...

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


  • Added: Feb 17, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 13
Judas and the Black Messiah (Film Review)
From: Beandrea July
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A review of the new film Judas and the Black Messiah from Los Angeles Film Critics' Association member Beandrea July.

  • Added: Feb 11, 2021
  • Length: 05:49
The Fire Next Time
From: Ariel Mejia
Series: ASM Youth Radio Fall 2020
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My name is Shawn Hughes. I wrote this piece consciously, recapping one of my most important moments of the year. In the midst of two pandemics, eve...

  • Added: Jan 21, 2021
  • Length: 06:54
EP158 Reverend John Wilkins
From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: Crusin' The Blues with Mr. Jack
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A Bluesman who plays gospel as well as blues.

  • Added: Jan 20, 2021
  • Length: 59:58
A Conversation with Charles Person
From: Loki Mulholland
Series: The Uncomfortable Truth: Civil Rights Movement
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One of the original 13 Freedom Riders, what Charles Person faced during the Civil Rights Movement was far worse than his time as a Marine in Vietnam.

  • Added: Jan 13, 2021
  • Length: 01:26:58
A Conversation with JoAnne Blackmon Bland
From: Loki Mulholland
Series: The Uncomfortable Truth: Civil Rights Movement
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Only 11 years old on Bloody Sunday, JoAnne faced the charging horses and the swinging batons of the state troopers.

  • Added: Jan 13, 2021
  • Length: 01:06:54
A Conversation with Dave Dennis
From: Loki Mulholland
Series: The Uncomfortable Truth: Civil Rights Movement
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Freedom Rider, Dave Dennis, never thought about getting involved in the Civil Rights Movement but he did want a date with a pretty young lady.

  • Added: Jan 13, 2021
  • Length: 01:31:59
A Conversation with Joan Trumpauer Mulholland
From: Loki Mulholland
Series: The Uncomfortable Truth: Civil Rights Movement
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Her mugshot has been called one of the most iconic in American history. The pretty white southern woman who defied Jim Crow and fought for civil ri...

  • Added: Jan 13, 2021
  • Length: 01:23:34
A Conversation with Ruby Bridges
From: Loki Mulholland
Series: The Uncomfortable Truth: Civil Rights Movement
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The little girl who went to school with federal marshals as escorts has something to say about what she went through and what we are going through ...

  • Added: Jan 13, 2021
  • Length: 01:02:02
Dr. Synnika's Topical Poem of the Week
From: Synnika Lofton
Series: Dr. Synnika's Topical Poem of the Week
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Dr. Synnika's Topical Poem of the Week is a weekly show that uses poetry to explore the social, political, and racial conditions in America. Each e...

  • Added: Jan 05, 2021
  • Length: 03:30
Blue Dimensions I50: Kat Riggins Cries Out The Blues
From: Bluesnet Radio
Series: Blue Dimensions
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a new album "Cry Out" — strong new blues songs from singer and songwriter Kat Riggins —and several selections from a great debut album, "Omega," fr...

Bought by WMOT, KJZX-Austin, Raven Radio, KKRN, Royalton Community Radio and more


  • Added: Dec 09, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 14
Blue Dimensions I47: New Music From Vibraphonist Joel Ross, Cornetist Ron Miles, and Guitarist-Singer George Benson
From: Bluesnet Radio
Series: Blue Dimensions
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music from Joel Ross's new album "Who Are You?" with saxophonist Immanuel Wilkins

Bought by KMUN, KJZX-Austin, WMOT, Raven Radio, KKRN and more


  • Added: Nov 18, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 17
Reparations: Should We Pay for Someone Else's Sin?
From: Loki Mulholland
Series: The Uncomfortable Truth
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The United States government has a history of paying reparations to those who have been wronged but with one very striking exception: slavery. Shou...

  • Added: Nov 12, 2020
  • Length: 46:41

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