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Life Without Boundaries (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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19th and 20th century poet, Alice Meynell–a.k.a. “the penciling mama”--described motherhood as “life without boundaries.”

Bought by WLPR , WTJU, KXCV, KEDT, WMUU-LP and more


  • Added: Mar 03, 2023
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 8
Life Without Boundaries (promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason promo
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19th and 20th century poet, Alice Meynell–a.k.a. “the penciling mama”--described motherhood as “life without boundaries.”

Bought by KXCV and KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: Mar 03, 2023
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 2
Meet Drummer and 2023 NEA Jazz Master Louis Hayes!
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Louis Hayes, Credit: Janette Beckman
Drummer and 2023 NEA Jazz Master Louis Hayes talks about his long and distinguished career as a musician.

Bought by WDCB, KMUW, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KZUM and more


  • Added: Feb 27, 2023
  • Length: 28:54
  • Purchases: 6
StoryCorps Griot: Eunice Wiley
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Eunice Wiley and Martha Bireda at their StoryCorps interview in Punta Gorda, Florida on January 23, 2017., Credit: By Vero Ordaz for StoryCorps.
Eunice Wiley shares how becoming one of the only Black teachers at a predominantly white Florida elementary school helped define her as a teacher.

Bought by Allegheny Mountain Radio


  • Added: Feb 27, 2023
  • Length: 02:20
  • Purchases: 1
Bringing a Harlem Renaissance Playwright to the Stage
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Timothy Johnson
Director Timothy Johnson talks about bringing the brilliant work of Harlem Renaissance playwright Eulalie Spence to the stage.

Bought by WDCB, WSLR, RADIOLEX, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif. and more


  • Added: Feb 21, 2023
  • Length: 28:57
  • Purchases: 8
THE EMERGENCE OF MARVIN GAYE - E1 of 2 - [1961 - 1971]
From: Paul Ingles
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Music specials host Paul Ingles and a panel of music scholars recall and celebrate the career of Motown music legend Marvin Gaye. This first of 2 ...

Bought by Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), RadioStPete Florida, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., KAZU Seaside, Calif., WXXI Rochester and more


  • Added: Feb 17, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 22
Happily Ever After
From: Brooklyn Public Library
Series: "Borrowed" Podcast from Brooklyn Public Library
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We love love at the library, so for Valentine's Day this year, we're devoting the episode Romance Novels! We'll learn how Romance covers hint at wh...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Feb 13, 2023
  • Length: 15:17
  • Purchases: 1
Anthony Grooms
From: New Letters on the Air
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This week on NEW LETTERS ON THE AIR... Anthony Grooms is a two-time winner of the Lillian Smith Book Prize, given to writers who tackle issues of ...

  • Added: Feb 13, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
John Penny’s Jazz Recycles Many Jazz Styles and He Reflects on Jazz Cultural Backgrounds
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: John Penny, Credit: Andrea Canter
Guitarist John Penny Is in touch with many jazz styles, and he uses many as sources for his new compositions. Also, when John performs, he offers i...

  • Added: Feb 12, 2023
  • Length: 08:00
NL 23-08: Here Comes The Sun: Nina Simone On RCA, 2/13/2023
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights
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In late 1966 the fiercely individualistic singer and pianist Nina Simone signed with RCA Records and continued her genre-bending explorations of ja...

  • Added: Feb 09, 2023
  • Length: 59:02
EE 23-07: Wake up and slow down with coffee, 2/10/2023
From: WFIU
Series: Earth Eats
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A conversation with Korie Griggs of the Color of Coffee Collective.

  • Added: Feb 09, 2023
  • Length: 54:01
CRUISIN' WITH SMOKEY ROBINSON: An Appreciation (Optional Hour #2)
From: Paul Ingles
Caption: Smokey Robinson & Stevie Wonder perform at the 2023 Grammy Awards
Hour 2 of CRUISIN’ WITH SMOKEY ROBINSON: AN APPRECIATION is hosted by music specials producer Paul Ingles and features a more music intensive colle...

Bought by Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), WUTC, North State Public Radio, WRVO Public Media, KUHF and more


  • Added: Feb 08, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 7
Nicole Fleetwood discusses "Marking Time: Art in the Age of Mass Incarceration"
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Dr. Nicole Fleetwood, Credit: John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.
Art historian, curator, and 2021 MacArthur Fellow, Dr Fleetwood discusses the profound significance of the art created by incarcerated people.

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, Spokane Public Radio, WMPG, and RADIOLEX


  • Added: Feb 07, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
Right to Recreation: The History of African American Leisure Sites
From: Jack Eidt
Series: EcoJustice Radio
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Historian Alison Rose Jefferson discusses her book ‘Living The California Dream: African American Leisure Sites During The Jim Crow Era’. She demon...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Feb 07, 2023
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 1
CRUISIN' WITH SMOKEY ROBINSON: An Appreciation
From: Paul Ingles
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CRUISIN’ WITH SMOKEY ROBINSON: AN APPRECIATION is hosted by music specials producer Paul Ingles who is joined by three top music writers and educat...

Bought by WJCT, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), WUTC, Prairie Public, KSJE and more


  • Added: Feb 04, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 13
Making Home (hour/no bed or bb)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Lauren K. Alleyne lived the first part of her life in Trinidad and then moved to America at 18 and has been there since. Her poems explore what it’...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KCHW, KHEN-LP, and WYAP


  • Added: Feb 02, 2023
  • Length: 52:00
  • Purchases: 4
Making Home (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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Lauren K. Alleyne lived the first part of her life in Trinidad and then moved to America at 18 and has been there since. Her poems explore what it’...

Bought by KRDP, Kansas Public Radio, KMUN, WRMU, WFHB and more


  • Added: Feb 02, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 10
Making Home (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Lauren K. Alleyne lived the first part of her life in Trinidad and then moved to America at 18 and has been there since. Her poems explore what it’...

Bought by WTJU, WRST-FM Oshkosh, WMUU-LP, KXCV, WRGY and more


  • Added: Feb 02, 2023
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 7
Making Home (promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason promo
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Lauren K. Alleyne lived the first part of her life in Trinidad and then moved to America at 18 and has been there since. Her poems explore what it’...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and KXCV


  • Added: Feb 02, 2023
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 2
MN Reads: "The Stories Whiteness Tells Itself" by David Mura
From: WDSE
Series: MN Reads
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Author David Mura talks about his new book "The Stories Whiteness Tells Itself"

  • Added: Feb 02, 2023
  • Length: 17:13
Carolyn Mazloomi Shines a Light on African American Quilts
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Carolyn Mazloomi, Credit: GAle Zucker
Quilter, Curator, and 2014 Bess Lomax 2014 Bess Lomax Hawes National Heritage Fellow for Advocacy in the Folk and Traditional Arts, Dr. Carolyn Maz...

Bought by WMPG, WDCB, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., WSLR, KZUM and more


  • Added: Jan 24, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 6
NL 23-06: Black Composers In Hollywood: Duke Ellington and John Lewis, 1959, 1/30/2023
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights
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The first in a recurring series of shows explores Duke Ellington’s music for the 1959 film Anatomy Of A Murder and John Lewis’ score for Odds Again...

  • Added: Jan 20, 2023
  • Length: 59:02
Black Composers in Hollywood: Duke Ellington and John Lewis
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights Classic Jazz: Specials
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This hour explores Duke Ellington’s music for the 1959 film Anatomy Of A Murder and John Lewis’ score for Odds Against Tomorrow, released the same ...

Bought by KRCU Public Radio and KAZU Seaside, Calif.


  • Added: Jan 20, 2023
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 2
StoryCorps Griot: Monica Mickle and Rev. Harry Blake
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Rev. Harry Blake came to StoryCorps to speak with his daughter Monica Mickle about how his experiences growing up the son of a sharecropper in Loui...

  • Added: Jan 17, 2023
  • Length: 02:44
Director's Cut: Best of WGR 2022 (hour/no bb or bed)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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This year, we’re bringing you some of our favorite segments from 2022.

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WRGY, Royalton Community Radio, and KCHW


  • Added: Jan 13, 2023
  • Length: 52:00
  • Purchases: 4

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