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Episode 5 - Inheriting the Shoebox
From: Daniel Kisslinger
Series: Help This Garden Grow
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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
Episode 4 - Mothering the Movement
From: Daniel Kisslinger
Series: Help This Garden Grow
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We hear Hazel become a mother of the newly coalesced global Environmental Justice movement and take EJ to the highest halls of power, while still c...

  • Added: May 14, 2024
  • Length: 01:03:18
Episode 3 - From the Center of the Donut
From: Daniel Kisslinger
Series: Help This Garden Grow
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We learn about and from Hazel's early fights scrapping with the power of the state, and the new possibilities for healing that she created.

  • Added: May 14, 2024
  • Length: 58:02
Episode 2 - "They Should've Never Built This"
From: Daniel Kisslinger
Series: Help This Garden Grow
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We go to the roots of the land where Altgeld Gardens sits and where Hazel's legacy lives, digging through the layers of indigenous, Black liberatio...

  • Added: May 14, 2024
  • Length: 43:53
Episode 1 - Help This Garden Grow
From: Daniel Kisslinger
Series: Help This Garden Grow
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We begin our story–the story of Hazel Johnson, of Altgeld Gardens, of Environmental Justice, and of how we each fit into the fight to change our li...

  • Added: May 14, 2024
  • Length: 43:27
"Colored Blues Singer" by Countee Cullen w/ Blind Willie Johnson
From: Michael Henrik Wynn
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Countee Cullen (1903-1946) was a well known African American poet during the Harlem Renaissance in the 1920s and 30s. In this video I have set a r...

  • Added: May 13, 2024
  • Length: 03:06
Episode #732 - Lowell Fulson
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" spotlights a true blues legend, Lowell Fulson. From his 1948 breakthrough, "Three O'Clock Blues" to his 1954 legendary smash...

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


  • Added: May 12, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 9
UpFront Soul #2024.18-May 14-20, 2024
From: WERU
Series: UpFront Soul with Sanguine Fromage
Caption: Della Reese
We'll have a Very Good Year with Della Reese, spin a tune from New Orleans favorite Ernie K-Doe, and get down with Nigerian saxophone legends Fela ...

Bought by WOMR, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., Prairie Public, KZUM, KAAD-LP and more


  • Added: May 12, 2024
  • Length: 01:57:59
  • Purchases: 14
72: The Secret Spot Episode 72: Secret Spotlight On The Masters Of 70s Soul, 5/11/2024
From: WERS
Series: The Secret Spot
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An hour of Slow Jams from the 70s

  • Added: May 11, 2024
  • Length: 58:41
New Music From Lalah Hathaway
From: KMUW
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This week, new music by the talented Lalah Hathaway. Also, the celebration continues during Stevie Wonder month. We’ll hear from filmmaker David P...

Bought by KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], WGZS, RadioFreePalmer, KHNS, KSLU and more


  • Added: May 09, 2024
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 6
Lots of New '24, and some (evergreen) Odes To Mum
From: Mike Canton
Series: The Soul Show (3 hours, with soft ending after Hour 2))
Caption: soulshowmike.org
Mike Canton presents some new and exciting tracks for 2024, including "New Cali Soul" from Big Apple quartet Infinity Soul. Also, new Billy Price,...

Bought by KCHW


  • Added: May 08, 2024
  • Length: 02:56:57
  • Purchases: 1
Blue Dimensions M19: Modern Boogie Woogie From Lluís Coloma & Erwin Helfer
From: Bluesnet Radio
Series: Blue Dimensions
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new boogie woogie from Lluís Coloma and Erwin Helfer from their album "Two Pianos Too Cool."

Bought by KMUN, KMXT, Royalton Community Radio, KHNS, WJSU and more


  • Added: May 08, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 13
Coping 101: STAND up w/ Aidah Hawkins
From: C89.5 - KNHC Seattle
Series: Coping 101
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As a first generation American from a family of Zanzibar immigrants, Aidah Hawkins knows a lot about Community. Currently in college pursuing a deg...

  • Added: May 07, 2024
  • Length: 17:33
"Staging Stories: Psalmayene 24 on Directing Across Time
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Psalmayene 24, Credit: Courtesy of the Folger Shakespeare Library
Playwright and director Psalmayene 24 discusses directing the world premiere of Kia Corthron's Tempestuous Elements at Arena Stage and preparing fo...

Bought by WMPG, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., KZUM, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and more


  • Added: May 07, 2024
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 6
Building a Green Chicago
From: Feet in 2 Worlds
Series: Home, Interrupted
Caption: Senyo Ador conducts a solar energy site assessment in East Garfield Park for FarmWorks, a 2.6 acre urban farm that distributes local produce and supports people overcoming multiple barriers to employment to find secure jobs., Credit: Wendy Wei
In 2023, Illinois’ governor signed the Climate and Equitable Jobs Act to phase out fossil fuels by 2050 and renovate the state with green infrastru...

  • Added: May 07, 2024
  • Length: 28:40
UpFront Soul #2024.17-May 7-13, 2024
From: WERU
Series: UpFront Soul with Sanguine Fromage
Caption: Omar
We'll hear from Omar, the godfather of UK soul, as well as reissued soul from Rasputin's Stash and a set of Latin grooves, sending you off to the d...

Bought by WOMR, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., Prairie Public, Georgia Public Broadcasting, KZUM and more


  • Added: May 05, 2024
  • Length: 01:57:59
  • Purchases: 12
The Federal 5th Circuit Backtracks on Louisiana Congressional Maps, Throwing Out New Map Which Gave Black Voters & Candidates a Chance
From: Brian Beihl
Series: American Democracy Minute
Caption: The American Democracy Minute Radio Report
The Federal 5th Circuit Backtracks on Louisiana Congressional Maps, Throwing Out New Map Which Gave Black Voters & Candidates a Chance

Bought by WUTC and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: May 05, 2024
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Episode #731 - Jesse Belvin
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
"Juke In The Back" is proud to dedicate an entire show to Jesse Belvin, one of greatest talents to come out of LA in the 1950s. After meeting Marvi...

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


  • Added: May 05, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 9
51: Soul Spotlight:Masters of 80's R&B and Soul, 5/4/2024
From: WERS
Series: The Secret Spot
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The Secret Spot presents our picks for the artists who were masters of R&B during the 1980's

  • Added: May 04, 2024
  • Length: 58:20
Kicking off Stevie Wonder Month!
From: KMUW
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It’s Stevie Wonder Month on Soulsations! We celebrate the legendary musician who turns 74 on May 13th. We’ll enjoy his music and stories about him ...

Bought by KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], WGZS, RadioFreePalmer, KHNS, KSLU and more


  • Added: May 02, 2024
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 6
TSSAAPR240501 The Soul Show remembers Nick Daniels III of N.O.'s Dumpstaphunk
From: Mike Canton
Series: The Soul Show (3 hours, with soft ending after Hour 2))
Caption: soulshowmike.org
Join Mike Canton for a tribute to Nick Daniels III, half of the double-bass unit of Dumpstaphunk. This Big Easy band is renowned on the funk and j...

Bought by RADIOLEX


  • Added: May 01, 2024
  • Length: 02:56:57
  • Purchases: 1
Blue Dimensions M18: Alice Coltrane "The Carnegie Hall Concert" 1971
From: Bluesnet Radio
Series: Blue Dimensions
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Alice Coltrane in concert at Carnegie Hall in 1971 with Jimmy Garrison, Cecil McBee, Archie Shepp, Pharaoh Sanders, and many others

Bought by KMXT, KMUN, KJZX-Austin, Royalton Community Radio, KHNS and more


  • Added: May 01, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 14
UpFront Soul #2024.16-April 30-May 6, 2024
From: WERU
Series: UpFront Soul with Sanguine Fromage
Caption: Reuben Wilson
We'll open up with a rare gem from Lady Soul...Miss Aretha Franklin, hear a super fly set of Curtis Mayfield tunes from Reuben Wilson, Young Holt U...

Bought by WOMR, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., Georgia Public Broadcasting, WOUB, Prairie Public and more


  • Added: Apr 29, 2024
  • Length: 01:57:59
  • Purchases: 11
StoryCorps: Albert José Jones and Jay Haigler
From: StoryCorps
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In 1959, as a senior in college, Albert Jose Jones founded the first Black Scuba Diving Club in the U.S. Since then Albert and his fellow divers ha...

  • Added: Apr 29, 2024
  • Length: 02:51
Living the Word with Patricia Gould-Champ, Part i
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
Caption: Reverend Patricia Gould-, Credit: Charles McGuigan
Reverend Patricia Gould-Champ, a woman affectionately referred to as the Queen Mother, which, in her case, is not a petty, royal appellation. Rathe...

  • Added: Apr 29, 2024
  • Length: 26:36

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