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In 1977, a man named Robert Burns went to a funeral and shot someone, in the head, in front of 300 people. He didn’t deny it, and his lawyer didn’t...
- Added: Apr 15, 2020
- Length: 34:28
In 1930, a Cuban woman named Elena de Hoyos went to the hospital in Key West, Florida. She had a bad cough, and her family was afraid she had Tuber...
- Added: Apr 15, 2020
- Length: 18:24
A featurette cut from the documentary special THE EMERGENCE OF JOHN PRINE with spotlights the early career and on-going musical journey of the late...
Bought by WMOT
- Added: Apr 01, 2020
- Length: 04:39
- Purchases: 1
The second of 3 parts of a program exploring and celebrating the early and on-going career of singer/songwriting legend James Taylor. Musicians, m...
Bought by KFSK, KUPR low power FM, and KSJE
- Added: Mar 18, 2020
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 3
The first of 3 parts of a program exploring and celebrating the early and on-going career of singer/songwriting legend James Taylor. Musicians, mu...
Bought by KFSK, KUPR low power FM, and KSJE
- Added: Mar 17, 2020
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 3
This week starts our series of conversations with Valrice “Whop” Cooper, the legendary cornerman who learned his craft training prisoners in the Lo...
- Added: Mar 12, 2020
- Length: 29:00
Third of 3 hours spotlighting many of the jazz musicians with ties to New Mexico.
Bought by KSJE, KUPR low power FM, and KSJE
- Added: Mar 10, 2020
- Length: 58:59
- Purchases: 3
Across the country, thousands of prisoners are facing consequences for their participation in the national prison strike. Some are being denied co...
- Added: Mar 08, 2020
- Length: 29:31
A peek behind the curtain of a classic horror soundtrack
- Added: Feb 21, 2020
- Length: 38:30
World Footprints will uncover the stories behind the story of the Green Book and we’ll explore Rochester, New York’s rich African-American heritage .
- Added: Feb 20, 2020
- Length: 37:09
This week, we return to the history of black radicalism within the prison system. You can hear more from Dr. Micol Seigel and Dr. Garrett Felber ab...
- Added: Feb 17, 2020
- Length: 29:23
This week, we are changing our format slightly. After hearing a letter from a prisoner involved in Operation PUSH, we are broadcasting an intervie...
- Added: Feb 17, 2020
- Length: 29:22
Thomm Jutz, singer, songwriter, musician is my guest. New CD "To Live in Two Worlds Vol 1" is the occasion.
- Added: Feb 01, 2020
- Length: 58:52
This week we speak with Naomi Paik about her 2016 book, Rightlessness. Her work addresses the most pressing contemporary issues, drawing together t...
- Added: Jan 27, 2020
- Length: 29:59
This week features our second segment on PREA- the Prison Rape Elimination Act. Last week, we heard from Irene, who is being held in the Indiana Wo...
- Added: Jan 27, 2020
- Length: 29:12
The phenomenon of mass incarceration has made the United States the world leader in carceral punishment. With only four percent of the world’s popu...
- Added: Jan 26, 2020
- Length: 28:58
The story of one of the most long-lived and influential traditional New Mexican Hispanic musical groups in the state, Los Reyes de Albuquerque. The...
Bought by KUPR low power FM and KSJE
- Added: Jan 16, 2020
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 2
Akins High School has an annual fall festival called Blue and Gold Night. It's a night with many activities, including a pig kissing "contest." Pro...
- Added: Dec 20, 2019
- Length: 04:19
When 18-year-old Ruth Cruger disappeared in 1917, newspapers reported that she probably ran off with a boyfriend. New York police said that there w...
Bought by ABC
- Added: Oct 08, 2019
- Length: 27:01
- Purchases: 1
John Buettner-Janusch was one of the first Americans to study lemurs. He held prestigious faculty positions at Yale, Duke and NYU, before surprisin...
- Added: Oct 08, 2019
- Length: 28:12
On the second episode of California Burning, Matt visits the Yurok Reservation in Northern California to visit Margo Robbins, President of the Cult...
Bought by KZYX, Capital Public Radio, KSKA, KVCR, WMRA and more
- Added: Sep 27, 2019
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 13
This documentary shines a light on one of America’s most extraordinary musicians and activists, Barbara Dane. This is a woman who lead the way in c...
Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, WKMS, and Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi)
- Added: Sep 19, 2019
- Length: 01:56:41
- Purchases: 3
In 1925, the African-American philosopher Alain Locke (1886-1954) launched a revolutionary black arts movement now known as the Harlem Renaissance....
Bought by KICI Iowa City and WNYO
- Added: Sep 18, 2019
- Length: 34:12
- Purchases: 2
Chris Strachwitz is a man possessed. A “songcatcher,” capturing and recording the traditional, regional, down-home music of the US, his adopted hom...
Bought by WDCB, KICI Iowa City, WNYO, and KWMR
- Added: Sep 11, 2019
- Length: 29:23
- Purchases: 4
