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Visions of Style (hour/no bb or bed)
From: With Good Reason
Series: Black History Month specials
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In the late 70s, the University of Virginia inherited 10,000 glass plate negatives from the Holsinger Studio.

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KHEN-LP, RadioStPete Florida, and Royalton Community Radio


  • Added: May 18, 2023
  • Length: 52:00
  • Purchases: 4
Visions of Style (promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: Black History Month specials
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In the late 70s, the University of Virginia inherited 10,000 glass plate negatives from the Holsinger Studio.

Bought by KUHF, KXCV, and WNMU-FM


  • Added: May 18, 2023
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 3
Visions of Style (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: Black History Month specials
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In the late 70s, the University of Virginia inherited 10,000 glass plate negatives from the Holsinger Studio.

Bought by Kansas Public Radio, KXCV, KVSC, WYAP, Harford Community Radio and more


  • Added: May 18, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 8
Visions of Style (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: Black History Month specials
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In the late 70s, the University of Virginia inherited 10,000 glass plate negatives from the Holsinger Studio.

Bought by Morehead State Public Radio, KUHF, WTJU, KXCV, KEDT and more


  • Added: May 18, 2023
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 8
The Mothers of Gynecology
From: Distillations
Series: Innate
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The history of why Black women are more likely to die when giving birth than White women.

Bought by WVTF and WNED Buffalo


  • Added: May 15, 2023
  • Length: 56:56
  • Purchases: 2
Bad Blood, Bad Science
From: Distillations
Series: Innate
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The word “Tuskegee” has become shorthand for the Black community’s mistrust of the medical establishment. But what really happened?

  • Added: May 15, 2023
  • Length: 59:05
The African Burial Ground
From: Distillations
Series: Innate
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Is it possible to study human remains ethically?

  • Added: May 15, 2023
  • Length: 44:44
Outdoor Archives (hour/no bb or bed)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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We often think of cemeteries as separate worlds unto themselves.

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KHEN-LP, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, Royalton Community Radio, and KCHW


  • Added: May 11, 2023
  • Length: 52:00
  • Purchases: 5
Outdoor Archives (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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We often think of cemeteries as separate worlds unto themselves.

Bought by WFHB, Kansas Public Radio, KMUN, Harford Community Radio, KHNS and more


  • Added: May 11, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 8
Outdoor Archives (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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We often think of cemeteries as separate worlds unto themselves.

Bought by WTJU, WMUU-LP, RadioStPete Florida, WRST-FM Oshkosh, KEDT and more


  • Added: May 11, 2023
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 7
Outdoor Archives (promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason promo
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We often think of cemeteries as separate worlds unto themselves.

Bought by KXCV and WNMU-FM


  • Added: May 11, 2023
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 2
National Writers Series: Alvin Hall
From: Interlochen Public Radio
Series: National Writers Series: Season Four
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WDET's Jerome Vaughn talks with financial advisor and author Alvin Hall.

Bought by WNMU-FM, Michigan Radio, and WKAR


  • Added: Apr 25, 2023
  • Length: 54:30
  • Purchases: 3
StoryCorps: Shirley Duhart and Dale Strasser
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Shirley Duhart and Dale Strasser at their StoryCorps in Atlanta, Georgia on January 17, 2023
Polio survivor Shirley Duhart tells her longtime friend and doctor, Dale Strasser, about why wearing stylish shoes has been so empowering.

Bought by Allegheny Mountain Radio


  • Added: Apr 25, 2023
  • Length: 03:02
  • Purchases: 1
MN Reads: "Sam and the Incredible African and American Food Fight" by Shannon Gibney
From: WDSE
Series: MN Reads
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Shannon Gibney talks about her new picture book "Sam and the Incredible African and American Food Fight"

  • Added: Apr 20, 2023
  • Length: 08:04
Revisiting Ecopoet Camille T. Dungy
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Camille T Dungy, Credit: Beowulf Sheehan
Ecopoet and two-time NEA Literature Fellow Camille T Dungy discusses how history and race complicates nature writing

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


  • Added: Apr 19, 2023
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 6
StoryCorps: Margaret Powell and Folashade Alao
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Margaret Powell and Folashade Alao at their StoryCorps in Decatur, Georgia on January 31, 2023, Credit: Kevin Alarcon
Folashade Alao remembers when she presented a Bill of Rights to her mother, Margaret Powell, and how it shaped their relationship.

Bought by Allegheny Mountain Radio


  • Added: Apr 17, 2023
  • Length: 02:37
  • Purchases: 1
EE 23-26: “Our bodies aren’t the problem,” rethinking the stories we tell about weight and health , 4/14/2023
From: WFIU
Series: Earth Eats
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A conversation with dietician Jessica Wilson about what we get wrong when we focus on weight.

  • Added: Apr 13, 2023
  • Length: 54:01
Roughhousing
From: ROS: Crushed
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Host Iggy Monda takes listeners inside America’s locker rooms and field houses to explore hazing in high school sports today. Through deeply person...

Bought by WUAL, WILL, WJCT, and WVXU


  • Added: Apr 07, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 4
EE 23-14: "Local man likes pizza", 3/31/2023
From: WFIU
Series: Earth Eats
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Producer Toby Foster gets in-the-weeds about home pizza making with Pete Giordano.

  • Added: Mar 30, 2023
  • Length: 54:01
Becoming Jazz Violinist Regina Carter
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Caption: Regina Carter, Credit: Bob Travis; (CC-BY-2.0)
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Woman: First of a two-part podcast with violinist and NEA Jazz Master Regina Carter

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago


  • Added: Mar 28, 2023
  • Length: 29:05
  • Purchases: 1
Meet Tsione Wolde-Michael--the new head of the President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Tsione Wolde-Michael
The new executive director of the President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities(PCAH) Tsione Wolde-Michael talks about the work of committee...

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


  • Added: Mar 21, 2023
  • Length: 28:39
  • Purchases: 5
Save the Small Sums (hour/no bb or bed)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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In 1865, the Freedman’s Bank was written into law by President Lincoln to help newly freed enslaved people save money and buy land.

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., Royalton Community Radio, KHEN-LP, RadioStPete Florida and more


  • Added: Mar 16, 2023
  • Length: 52:00
  • Purchases: 8
Save the Small Sums (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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In 1865, the Freedman’s Bank was written into law by President Lincoln to help newly freed enslaved people save money and buy land.

Bought by Kansas Public Radio, KVSC, WRMU, WFHB, WYAP and more


  • Added: Mar 16, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 9
Save the Small Sums (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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In 1865, the Freedman’s Bank was written into law by President Lincoln to help newly freed enslaved people save money and buy land.

Bought by WTJU, KXCV, WMUU-LP, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WRST-FM Oshkosh and more


  • Added: Mar 16, 2023
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 8
Save the Small Sums (promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason promo
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In 1865, the Freedman’s Bank was written into law by President Lincoln to help newly freed enslaved people save money and buy land.

Bought by KXCV, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., and WNMU-FM


  • Added: Mar 16, 2023
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 3

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