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Black Women In History
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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While Black women have played a critical role in the development of the nation, their stories have been mostly overlooked. In the new book, A Black...

Bought by KALW, RadioStPete Florida, KUHF, KUT, High Plains Public Radio and more


  • Added: Sep 22, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 7
Liberty & Justice For Some: Two Centuries of Independent Black Leaders & Political Movements
From: Fluent Knowledge
Series: The Purple Principle Podcast
Caption: Liberty  & Justice For Some: Two Centuries of Independent Black Leaders & Political Movements
Here’s a seemingly inexplicable historical event: How did the anti-slavery Republican party take the White House in 1861, only six years after its ...

  • Added: Sep 21, 2021
  • Length: 32:00
Black Candidates, BIPOC Media: Making Coverage Complex and Better
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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New York City will likely elect its second African American mayor in November. Eric Adams, currently the Brooklyn Borough President, was declared t...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer and KWMR


  • Added: Jul 29, 2021
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 2
Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine for July 28, 2021
From: Scott Harris
Series: Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine
Caption: Timely, In-Depth Progressive Analysis Since 1991
This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: Supreme Court’s Conservative Majority Deals Death Blow to Voting Rights Ac...

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  • Added: Jul 28, 2021
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 3
Civil Rights: Plessy v Ferguson
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Civics 101
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"Separate" did not start here.

  • Added: Jul 21, 2021
  • Length: 22:26
Civil Rights: Dred Scott v Sandford
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Civics 101
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The anticanon case that had to be undone through Constitutional amendment.

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago


  • Added: Jul 21, 2021
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine for July 7, 2021
From: Scott Harris
Series: Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine
Caption: Timely, In-Depth Progressive Analysis Since 1991
This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: Supreme Court Once Again Erodes Voting Rights Act, Affirming GOP Voter Sup...

Bought by WKPW


  • Added: Jul 07, 2021
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 1
"Divided States: Efforts to Pull Together When Things Fall Apart"
From: Shirley Jahad
Caption: PRX default Piece image
The theme of this special is a great fit for your programming needs in the days leading up to and the days following the July 4th holiday! This sel...

Bought by WNMU-FM, WWNO, WRKF, KUAF Public Radio, KMXT and more


  • Added: Jun 23, 2021
  • Length: 59:58
  • Purchases: 43
Babo In the Sunshine: Herman Melville and the Tryal Rebellion
From: WFHB
Series: Interchange
Caption: Anthony Imbert. Wrapper illustration for “Life in Philadelphia” (ca. 1829-30).
Today we revisit the great novella of Herman Melville, “Benito Cereno,” serialized in 1855 in Putnam’s Magazine. Written with the US Civil War on t...

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  • Added: Jun 23, 2021
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 1
Angelic Troublemaker: Bayard Rustin
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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On today's program we honor Bayard Rustin, one of the most central figures in the African American struggle for Civil Rights and Freedom. Rustin wa...

Bought by WXDU and C89.5 - KNHC Seattle


  • Added: Jun 09, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
New York city elections 2021: Kristin Richardson Jordan and Art Chang
From: Ray Samuels
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Kristin Richardson Jordan is our featured LGBTQ candidate.

  • Added: Jun 05, 2021
  • Length: 58:00
Austin Activist DaShawn Barr on Code-Switching and Summer 2020 Racial Justice Protests
From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
Series: Akins High School Spring 2021
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DaShawn Barr played a prominent role in the racial justice protests that occurred in Austin, Texas in summer 2020.

  • Added: May 28, 2021
  • Length: 05:35
MOVE Demands Justice for Children and The Return of Stolen Remains
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: On April 28, 2021, MOVE and community members gathered in front of Penn Museum to protest and demand the remains be returned., Credit: Joe Piette
On Making Contact - Members of MOVE, a Black radical liberation group, demand that the University of Pennsylvania and Princeton University return t...

Bought by WXDU


  • Added: May 12, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Colonial Mentality
From: WFHB
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This show is a selection of segments from four recent programs that highlight Colonial Mentality. Guests are Bill Mullen on James Baldwin; Walter J...

  • Added: May 04, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
210430: Distorted Democracy and the “Zero-Sum Game”, 4/30/2021
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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In the US, we’ve become accustomed to climate -- like nearly everything else -- being politicized. Even when potential solutions might benefit ever...

  • Added: Apr 28, 2021
  • Length: 58:59
2021-04-30 Distorted Democracy and the “Zero-Sum Game”
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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In the US, we’ve become accustomed to climate -- like nearly everything else -- being politicized. Even when potential solutions might benefit ever...

Bought by KZUM, Maine Public Radio, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting, WMUU-LP, KGUA and more


  • Added: Apr 28, 2021
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 13
Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine for April 21, 2021
From: Scott Harris
Series: Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine
Caption: Timely, In-
This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: Derek Chauvin Trial Guilty Verdict Won't Fix Crisis in U.S. Policing; Bide...

Bought by WKPW


  • Added: Apr 21, 2021
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 1
WorldCanvass: Gandhi at 150
From: Joan Kjaer
Series: WorldCanvass
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Mahatma Gandhi was one of the most original, impactful, and complex figures of the 20th century. Revered around the world for his activism, self-s...

  • Added: Apr 20, 2021
  • Length: 01:27:39
Mr. Trotter, the President, and the Klan
From: WFHB
Series: Interchange
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Our show is about William Monroe Trotter, owner and editor of the Boston Guardian from 1901 to 1934, and a radical race-first political agitator. K...

Bought by RADIOLEX


  • Added: Apr 13, 2021
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 1
Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine for April 7, 2021
From: Scott Harris
Series: Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine
Caption: Timely, In-Depth Progressive Analysis Since 1991
This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: Biden’s Infrastructure Plan a Good Start, but Lacks Capacity to Address Cl...

Bought by WKPW


  • Added: Apr 07, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Jonquilyn Hill/ Through The Cracks Podcast
From: Generation Justice Admin
Caption: Jonquilyn Hill
Long time GJ member Jonquilyn Hill speaks with us about her new podcast Through the Cracks.

  • Added: Mar 01, 2021
  • Length: 58:18
Paul Robeson: An Essential American
From: WFHB
Series: Interchange
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Our show is about the great Paul Robeson. Our guests are Sharon Rudahl about her new graphic biography Ballad of an America published by (Rutgers U...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis and RADIOLEX


  • Added: Feb 23, 2021
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 2
2021-01-22 Fast, Fair, and Clean: The New Energy Transition
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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Hopes and expectations are high for President Biden’s first weeks in office. His recovery plans promise to take on COVID-19, a battered economy, an...

Bought by Ohm Radio , KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WMUU-LP, KSQD Santa Cruz, WDSE and more


  • Added: Jan 21, 2021
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 10
210122: Fast, Fair, and Clean: The New Energy Transition, 1/22/2021
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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Hopes and expectations are high for President Biden’s first weeks in office. His recovery plans promise to take on COVID-19, a battered economy, an...

  • Added: Jan 21, 2021
  • Length: 58:59
President Biden and America's Expectation
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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Today, a divided nation experiences one of the most tumultuous presidential transitions in US history. Leaders from marginalized communities across...

  • Added: Jan 20, 2021
  • Length: 29:00

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