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A deep exploration of the urban-rural divide and how one group is trying to bring both sides together
- Added: Nov 22, 2020
- Length: 28:19
When it comes to racism, many white Americans can intellectualize it and some can personalize it through the experience of others but the real chan...
- Added: Nov 13, 2020
- Length: 01:59:05
His lynching was said to have propelled the Civil Rights Movement but what really happened to the 14 year old boy from Chicago and what can we lear...
- Added: Nov 13, 2020
- Length: 01:47:41
Her book is back on the NYT Best Seller list and for a very good reason. “White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide” as been called both ...
- Added: Nov 12, 2020
- Length: 02:17:15
How should we talk about race and racism in America when the divide between Black and white can be so vast?
- Added: Nov 12, 2020
- Length: 01:08:18
Who should own the narrative when it comes to talking about slavery and Jim Crow? Lance Wheeler, is the former Curator of Exhibition & Interpreters...
- Added: Nov 12, 2020
- Length: 53:24
Is there a subconscious belief amongst whites that only they can "save" people of color? Have they been conditioned by society to see themselves as...
- Added: Nov 12, 2020
- Length: 01:34:42
Whites too often see themselves as the real victims of racism and they might have point but it’s not the one they thought they were making. Are whi...
- Added: Nov 12, 2020
- Length: 01:00:32
Many of us want to help change the narrative and be anti-racist partners in the good fight. This was true of civil rights activists coming to Missi...
- Added: Nov 12, 2020
- Length: 01:14:23
Education is the gateway to the future in America. Our system is built around it but major colleges and universities continue to be predominantly w...
- Added: Nov 12, 2020
- Length: 01:16:43
Don Carter is a former police officer who spent nearly 10 years on the beat. He knows how the system works. He's also African American.
- Added: Nov 12, 2020
- Length: 01:29:21
Being black in America is exhausting and even deadly. Racial Battle Fatigue (RBF) is real and impacts the health and well-being of millions. What i...
- Added: Nov 12, 2020
- Length: 01:06:39
His work helped close four of the most infamous cold cases of the Civil Right Movement. Jerry Mitchell is one of the most celebrated investigative ...
- Added: Nov 12, 2020
- Length: 48:16
When we say the words, “the talk”, it probably conjures up the awkward conversation one has with their children about the birds and the bees. Howev...
- Added: Nov 12, 2020
- Length: 58:43
Due to prohibitions against enslaved people learning to read and write, there are only a few written records left behind by formerly enslaved Kentu...
Bought by Morehead State Public Radio, WHCP-LP Cambridge, KUOW, KGOU, WKMS and more
- Added: Oct 01, 2020
- Length: 58:00
- Purchases: 22
Meet five native Seattle trees and plants through the eyes of humans that care for them: The Western Red Cedar, Dougfir, Madrone, White Pine, and F...
Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.
- Added: May 27, 2020
- Length: 36:58
- Purchases: 2
Kingwood Kowboy's History Of Country Music Episodes showcases the roots of classic and vintage country, cowboy, western and bluegrass music with co...
- Added: Mar 15, 2020
- Length: 01:00:00
The bizarre and wonderful sea anemone. This segment shares sea anemone life history.
Bought by WNED Buffalo, Raven Radio, and Radio Newark
- Added: Dec 13, 2018
- Length: 01:00
- Purchases: 3
School cafeterias across the nation are improving their students' health and their futures by serving more plant-based meals.
Bought by KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], KICI Iowa City, WFHB, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KFOI Radio and more
- Added: Feb 07, 2018
- Length: 28:08
- Purchases: 6
“Hey everyone, our chocolate is getting cheaper!” On the surface, that sounds great. But the story behind the low costs is not good news. And a hig...
- Added: Mar 06, 2017
- Length: 24:00
Many of us have been eating chocolate since childhood, but could you recognize it in nature? In this episode, we start at the farm with the pod-sha...
- Added: Feb 17, 2017
- Length: 24:00
From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
Series: Stories Summer Institute 2016 Documentaries
Series: Stories Summer Institute 2016 Documentaries
Tuning an accordion isn't just a matter of intonation. The sculpting of the reeds makes all the difference between those classic sounds, from Texas...
- Added: Jul 27, 2016
- Length: 07:22
The Navigators chronicles the Pacific Islanders voyaging across the vast Pacific Ocean in search of new islands to settle.
- Added: Dec 31, 2015
- Length: 02:47
If you send scientists to the beach, they may come back with the next way to produce biofuels. But it takes a lot of collaboration along the way.
- Added: May 15, 2015
- Length: 09:36
It's like gang warfare, but with really tiny gang members. Some microbes provide their relatives with protection, emitting antibiotics that kill of...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: May 15, 2015
- Length: 04:07
- Purchases: 1
