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2206: Inside the Writers Room: Empire + A Conversation with Virgil Williams, 2/10/2022
From: Austin Film Festival's On Story®
Series: Austin Film Festival's On Story®
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This week on On Story we’ll hear from some of the writing team behind the first season of the immensely popular Fox drama series EMPIRE and later w...

  • Added: Feb 09, 2022
  • Length: 54:00
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
RDD: The Freedom of Choice
From: WGTE Public Media
Series: The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor
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On this episode of The Rough Draft Diaries, we tell the story of Chuck Ealey's long and winding road to the College Football Hall. Especially long ...

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: Feb 07, 2022
  • Length: 06:40
  • Purchases: 1
Celebrating Black History Month
From: Mississippi Public Broadcasting
Series: Sounds Jewish
Caption: Sounds Jewish, Credit: Mississippi Public Broadcasting
“Sounds Jewish” marks Black History Month with songs of solidarity and celebration featuring African-Americans and Jewish-Americans.

Bought by KSTK and WLPR


  • Added: Feb 04, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
Their name was Pauli Murray
From: Out in the Bay - Queer Radio from San Francisco
Caption: Pauli Murray circa 1931, age 21, Credit: Courtesy of Amazon Studios
Pauli Murray was a 20th century Black Queer civil rights trailblazer and legal scholar you’ve probably never heard of. On this edition of Out in th...

Bought by KALW, KVSC, KUT, and WORT


  • Added: Jan 31, 2022
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 4
EE 22-04: Groundwork Indy helps to build personal and community resilience through garden and conservation work, 1/21/2022
From: WFIU
Series: Earth Eats
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Join us for a community garden tour and conversation with Phyllis Boyd, former director of Groundwork Indy.

  • Added: Jan 20, 2022
  • Length: 54:01
StoryCorps Griot: Raynita Snipes Johnson and Gene Robinson
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: United States Army veteran Maceo Snipes. He served in World War II, and was murdered shortly after returning home from service., Credit: Courtest of Raynita Snipes Johnson.
Raynita Snipes Johnson remembers her great-uncle, US Army veteran Maceo Snipes, a Black man lynched for voting in 1946.

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: Jan 18, 2022
  • Length: 02:23
  • Purchases: 1
Leaveil Degree of The Whispers​: You Want That Relationship To Be Stronger in Time
From: Shefik Macauley
Series: Shefik presents Invocation: The Journey Continues
Caption: Leaveil Degree, Credit: Shefik
Time - Leaveil Degree is a member of The Whispers. The group scored 15 top-ten R&B singles, and eight top-ten R&B albums, with two of them, "The Wh...

  • Added: Dec 24, 2021
  • Length: 01:24
Darnell Chavis of Solo: Strength Is a Very Empowering Thing
From: Shefik Macauley
Series: Shefik presents Invocation: The Journey Continues
Caption: Darnell Chavis, Credit: Shefik
Strength - Solo is a R&B musical group. The original members were Robert Anderson, Darnell Chavis, Eunique Mack, and Dan Stokes. The group recorded...

  • Added: Dec 13, 2021
  • Length: 01:24
John Stoehr on Critical Race Theory Pt. 2
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: John Stoehr
It’s right in the Declaration of Independence that everyone is created equal. So why is an entire political party so scared of talking critically a...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 07, 2021
  • Length: 28:56
  • Purchases: 1
Dream of Detroit
From: WGTE Public Media
Series: The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor
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Dream of Detroit combines community organizing with housing and land development to build a healthy community and empower a marginalized neighborho...

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: Nov 29, 2021
  • Length: 06:16
  • Purchases: 1
Life Is Music (Encore from 08/28)
From: Simply Timeless Radio
Series: Simply Timeless (Subscribable)
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When we listen to the world around us, we can hear rhythms, harmonies, and melodies. Life really is filled with music. Join host Jay Daniels for "l...

  • Added: Nov 29, 2021
  • Length: 01:50:40
EP184 Masters of Modern Blues Floyd Jones & Eddie Taylor
From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: Crusin' The Blues with Mr. Jack
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An historical recording with an amazing lineup of musicians from Chicago.

Bought by WLPR


  • Added: Nov 18, 2021
  • Length: 57:39
  • Purchases: 1
EP183 Christone "Kingfish" Ingram 662
From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: Crusin' The Blues with Mr. Jack
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Kingfish's Sophomore release.

Bought by WNMU-FM


  • Added: Nov 18, 2021
  • Length: 01:00:00
  • Purchases: 1
EP180 Altered Five Blues Band
From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: Crusin' The Blues with Mr. Jack
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"Holler If You Hear Me" is the sixth album from this band.

  • Added: Nov 18, 2021
  • Length: 59:59
2145: HBO's 'Insecure' with Issa Rae & Larry Wilmore, 11/11/2021
From: Austin Film Festival's On Story®
Series: Austin Film Festival's On Story®
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This week on On Story, web series creator-turned cable TV sensation Issa Rae on her journey from YouTube to HBO, her desire for diversity on televi...

  • Added: Nov 11, 2021
  • Length: 54:00
StoryCorps MVI: Saleemah Muhammad and Abdul-Rasheed Muhammad
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Lieutenant Colonel Abdul-Rasheed Muhammad talks to his wife, Saleemah Muhammad, about becoming the first Muslim chaplain in the U.S. Armed Forces, ...

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: Nov 08, 2021
  • Length: 02:34
  • Purchases: 1
Musician's Spotlight - Randall Goosby - 802
From: John Floridis
Series: Musician's Spotlight
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Violinist Randall Goosby’s much anticipated debut recording is featured along with conversation with host John Floridis on the next Musician’s Spot...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, WMUU-LP, and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 01, 2021
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 3
Add Toni Stone to the Roster of Minnesota Baseball Legends
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
Caption: Baseball player Toni Stone poses for a photo. , Credit: Negro Leagues Baseball Museum
This fall marks the 30th anniversary of one of Minnesota’s most celebrated baseball moments: the Twins’ 1991 World Series championship. But this ye...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Oct 25, 2021
  • Length: 05:12
  • Purchases: 1
Geo Maher, A WORLD WITHOUT POLICE and John Cavanagh & Robin Broad, THE WATER DEFENDERS
From: Francesca Rheannon
Series: Writer's Voice
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We talk with Geo Maher about his new book, A World Without Police: How Strong Communities Make Cops Obsolete. Then, we hear the thrilling and hope...

  • Added: Oct 15, 2021
  • Length: 01:07:08
Raj Patel and Rupa Marya, INFLAMED & Jimmie Allen, MY VOICE IS A TRUMPET
From: Francesca Rheannon
Series: Writer's Voice
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We talk with physician and activist Rupa Marya and her co-author writer and food activist Raj Patel about their book, Inflamed: Deep Medicine and t...

  • Added: Oct 09, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
Crys Matthews
From: Art of the Song
Series: Art of the Song
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SHOW 876 (Air Dates Oct 11 - 17, 2021) This week on Art of the Song our guest is singer-songwriter-music educator, Crys Matthews. A North Carolina ...

Bought by Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), KNBA, KZMU Moab Community Radio, High Plains Public Radio, WETS and more


  • Added: Oct 04, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 21
StoryCorps Military Voices Initiative: La'Shanda Holmes and Jeanine Menze
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Lieutenant Commander La’Shanda Holmes talks to her mentor, Commander Jeanine Menze, about being the first two Black female pilots in the United Sta...

  • Added: Oct 04, 2021
  • Length: 02:25
The Apple Seed - Cleaning Up and Common Sense
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: The Apple Seed
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On this episode of the Apple Seed you'll hear the great storyteller and songwriter Micheal Reno Ferral tell the story of his family cleaning out ma...

Bought by Angelica Community Radio, KSJE, KTXK, KKRN, KICI Iowa City and more


  • Added: Sep 29, 2021
  • Length: 54:58
  • Purchases: 6
StoryCorps Griot: Marc Lawson and Karen Lawson
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Anderson and Karen Lawson remember their father, engineer, Gerald Lawson and how his pioneering spirit influenced their childhood in 1970’s Silicon...

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: Sep 22, 2021
  • Length: 02:42
  • Purchases: 1

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