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Caption: Timely, in-depth, progressive analysis since 1991
This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: Civil Liberties Groups Will Push Next President For Stronger Surveillance ...

Bought by WRIR and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Nov 02, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
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We learn about the Chicago Community Bond Fund, a group that bails people out of Chicago's Cook County Jail and strives to end pretrial detention....

  • Added: Oct 28, 2016
  • Length: 29:31
Caption: Craig Atkinson, San Francisco, CA 10/21/16, Credit: Andrea Chase
Craig Atkinson talks keeping calm, taking rides, and getting traction.

  • Added: Oct 25, 2016
  • Length: 32:49
Caption: Timely, in-depth, progressive analysis since 1991
This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: Aetna, Other Insurance Companies Leave Obamacare, Illustrating Need for Me...

Bought by WRIR, WMUU-LP, and XRAY.fm


  • Added: Aug 24, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
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Bring It On’s Cornelius Wright and Leila Randle welcome Dr. Justin Hunter, to discuss his triumphs and challenges as former Principal of Fairview ...

  • Added: Aug 24, 2016
  • Length: 59:01
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Radio Curious discusses police misconduct, accountability and the Black Lives Matter movement with Dr. Joseph Marshall, a member of the San Francis...

Bought by KVSC


  • Added: Aug 23, 2016
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 1
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William Hosea and Cornelius Wright invite Ms. Oyibo Afoaku, a higher education professional, to Bring It On to discuss the Harambe concept, her de...

  • Added: Jul 25, 2016
  • Length: 58:49
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Host Bob Kustra talks with Pamela Newkirk about her book about a young African man who was displayed in a cage in the Bronx Zoo in 1906.

  • Added: Jul 01, 2016
  • Length: 29:51
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On this evening’s show, Bring it On’s William Hosea and Cornelius Wright welcome the recently elected Mayor of Bloomington, Indiana, John Hamilton,...

  • Added: Jun 06, 2016
  • Length: 56:29
Caption: Image created for "The Seventh Ward Creoles of New Orleans," an Arts Council of New Orleans publication. View of elevated highway built on neutral ground of North Claiborne Avenue. At center, a man pulls a grocery cart, Credit: THE HISTORIC NEW ORLEANS COLLECTION
TriPod: New Orleans at 300 returns with part two of its highway series. This is the story of the I-10 interstate bridge that sits above Claiborne A...

Bought by KALW


  • Added: May 05, 2016
  • Length: 10:17
  • Purchases: 1
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The past finalist on NBC's The Apprentice shares insights into community building with nonprofits in Austin, Tx, lessons learned working with Donal...

  • Added: Apr 29, 2016
  • Length: 21:42
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William Hosea and Liz Mitchell welcome special guests - the two time Emmy Award-winning Dr. Tyron Cooper, IU professor in the Department of African...

  • Added: Apr 11, 2016
  • Length: 56:49
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Clarence Boone and Cornelius Wright welcome special guest Dr. Iris Rosa, who is a professor in Indiana University Bloomington's Department of Afric...

  • Added: Apr 04, 2016
  • Length: 58:24
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David Dinkins made political history in 1990 when he was sworn in as the first African American mayor of New York City. Dinkins, now a professor at...

  • Added: Feb 29, 2016
  • Length: 29:01
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Author and CEO of A Diet Free Life, Robert Ferguson provides information on how you can maintain your three meals a day and still lose weight.

  • Added: Dec 01, 2015
  • Length: 15:46
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Michael Honey discusses non-violent theorist and organizer James Lawson, and John Handcox, the Great Depression-era tenant farmer and union advocate.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Nov 11, 2015
  • Length: 25:20
  • Purchases: 1
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Radio Curious revisits a conversation with Annie Barnes author of "Everyday Racism, A Book for All Americans.” Barnes describes the effects of rac...

  • Added: Oct 20, 2015
  • Length: 29:01
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This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: Aided by Flawed Journalism, Iran Nuclear Deal Opponents Spread Disinformat...

Bought by WRIR and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Sep 03, 2015
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 2
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This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: AT&T's Unique Relationship with NSA Comes Under Scrutiny After Release of ...

Bought by WRIR and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Aug 26, 2015
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Ta-Nehisi Coates
Ta-Nehisi Coates' friend from Howard University was shot and killed by police in Virginia back in 2000. Written in the form of a letter to his own ...

Bought by XRAY.fm and WRIR


  • Added: Jun 23, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Comedian W. Kamau Bell performing his stand up act, Credit: flickr user Florida International University
In the auditorium of Willard Middle School, about 300 people have gathered, many of them sitting on those rickety school bucket chairs, the ones th...

Bought by WJCT and PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 21, 2015
  • Length: 09:31
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Host Alfred Bundy
Host and one of the founders of the American Black Male Leadership Institute Alfred Bundy talks to three more individuals who's desire and determin...

  • Added: Apr 04, 2015
  • Length: 49:57
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This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: Neocon Campaign to Derail Iran Nuclear Talks Likely to Lead to War; Depart...

Bought by WRIR


  • Added: Mar 18, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
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50 Years After Selma March, New Report Finds Party Politics Increasingly Polarized by Race; Chicago's Progressive Movement Rallies to Defeat Mayor ...

Bought by WRIR


  • Added: Mar 11, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Police Lights, Credit: JJ https://www.flickr.com/photos/tattoodjay/4172577749/in/photolist-7mHxZF-ntjU6o-BA5dw-4YVuiR-4oxk3p-9WvKAJ-6aAVL8-4TriEc-9RxFf5-cX9PJ7-9FWBUQ-9iVSZY-3JGAkJ-aA7muZ-5Z6ysn-NajHv-97f5km-7NV3qB-dhhs8s-fjfh3-9Ra8Si-nZLv2P-HjZTJ-hrc2rF-cbcHJ5-bW6YvQ-4kV4bM-7y
Why are so many of those killed by police young people of color? A recent ProPublica investigation found that a young black male is at twenty one t...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis and WRIR


  • Added: Feb 14, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2