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Caption: Nunnabove: Bennet, Wisdom, Candace, and Mattie Nunn (L to R), Credit: Kaden Demer
Two Minnesota family bands, the Steeles and the Nunns, talk about making music with family members.

  • Added: Jun 11, 2024
  • Length: 06:58
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6 works, including SAINT-GEORGES: L'amant anonyme (1780) (1780) . Haymarket Opera Company Orchestra/Craig Trompeter.

  • Added: Jun 10, 2024
  • Length: 57:01
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6 works, including RAVEL: Tzigane: Rhapsodie de concert. London Symphony Orchestra/Claudio Abbado; Salvatore Accardo, violin.

  • Added: Jun 07, 2024
  • Length: 57:01
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6 works, including RAVEL: Tzigane: Rhapsodie de concert. London Symphony Orchestra/Claudio Abbado; Salvatore Accardo, violin.

  • Added: Jun 07, 2024
  • Length: 57:01
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4 works, including DVORAK: Piano Concerto in G Minor, Op. 33. St. Louis Symphony Orchestra/Walter Susskind; Rudolf Firkusny, piano.

  • Added: Jun 07, 2024
  • Length: 57:00
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4 works, including SMYTH: violin Concerto. BBC Philharmonic Orchestra/Odaline de la Martinez; Sophie Langdon, violin.

  • Added: Jun 07, 2024
  • Length: 57:01
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Building intimate friendships can be difficult, especially for men and masculine-of-center people. Guest host Omisade Burney-Scott talks to four Bl...

  • Added: May 29, 2024
  • Length: 58:23
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As her health begins to wain, Hazel passes the baton to her daughter Cheryl who guides PCR through the treacherous waters of attacks, blackballing,...

  • Added: May 14, 2024
  • Length: 01:14:51

  • Added: Apr 22, 2024
  • Length: 57:37
  • Purchases: 1
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Connecting with our ancestors through dreaming, an interview with Dr. Stephanie R. Burns. We can choose to communicate only with benevolent ancesto...

  • Added: Apr 09, 2024
  • Length: 53:32
Caption: Cover of the book, "America's Black Capital", Credit: Hachette Book Group
On this week's episode, we speak with Dr. Jeffrey O.G. Ogbar about his latest book, “America's Black Capital: How African Americans Remade Atlanta ...

Bought by WUWM, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, RadioFreePalmer, and KMUN


  • Added: Apr 08, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: Laamar at First Ave's Best New Bands show in 2024, Credit: James Napoli
In the wake of the police killing of Philando Castile, North Minneapolis native Geoffrey Lamar Wilson turned to music as an act of protest and reme...

  • Added: Apr 08, 2024
  • Length: 05:39
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There have been fewer than 50 full face transplant recipients in the world. And up until 2019, there had been zero done for African-Americans. Toda...

  • Added: Mar 29, 2024
  • Length: 50:00
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Urban shamanism and setting sacred space. Dreams, like myths, can be regarded as stories that are not true but that say something true. The essence...

  • Added: Mar 15, 2024
  • Length: 54:13
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Get ready to elevate your soul with DJ Bella Scratch on Bella's SoulFRESH! Tune in for an eclectic mix of modern soul music, insightful artist inte...

  • Added: Feb 10, 2024
  • Length: 02:00:00
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This Black History Month special episode features the 22nd U.S. Poet Laureate Tracy K. Smith, writer and poet Saeed Jones, and music from singer-so...

Bought by KUT, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, WLPR , WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KUPR low power FM and more


  • Added: Jan 23, 2024
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 11
Caption: Dom Flemons
In honor of Black History Month, OHR pays tribute to African Americans’ profound contribution to American music. Forged into the roots of blues, j...

  • Added: Jan 11, 2024
  • Length: 58:59
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Ruby Amanfu shares her unbeatable spirit in an episode that covers the full range of her artistic output and depth of her listening habits. Join he...

  • Added: Dec 14, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
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Learning to let go and move forward even when we are afraid. The Dream Journal has a conversation with new mother Sahlah Dubel who goes deep with a...

  • Added: Dec 11, 2023
  • Length: 55:57
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Leading lady Tank (Tarriona Ball) of the two-time GRAMMY nominees, Tank and the Bangas, chats with host Beane (American Idol) about her childhood, ...

  • Added: Nov 30, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
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The grandmother of Juneteenth, Opal Lee, joins a special edition of I SEE U and shares her perspective on the commercialization of this cultural ev...

Bought by Connecticut Public (WNPR), WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., High Plains Public Radio, KFCF FM, Baltimore Public Media and more


  • Added: Nov 30, 2023
  • Length: 53:30
  • Purchases: 18
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Katherine of The Dream Journal speaks with Akinke Lucas about dreaming ourselves whole. Ancestral dreaming involves learning how to distinguish bet...

  • Added: Oct 30, 2023
  • Length: 54:52
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When Tami Charles’ son was in kindergarten, he asked her: “If Dr. King was such a good guy who wanted all these wonderful things for everyone, Momm...

Bought by Oregon Public Broadcasting, WRKF, RadioStPete Florida, Wyoming Public Radio, WUWM and more


  • Added: Oct 17, 2023
  • Length: 53:30
  • Purchases: 14
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Mary Johnson-Roy first came to StoryCorps in 2011, to speak with Oshea Israel, the man who murdered her son. 12 years later, they share the latest ...

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio and WYAP


  • Added: Oct 13, 2023
  • Length: 11:50
  • Purchases: 2