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Caption: #SayHerName, Credit: Wikimedia Commons
2020 will marked six years since the #SayHerName movement was created. Today, the deaths of Black women and girls at the hands of law enforcement s...

Bought by WXDU, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Nov 17, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Sarah Bellamy, Artistic Director of Penumbra Theater, Credit: Ann Marsden
On the heels of Penumbra Theatre's 2.5 million dollar Ford Foundation grant, KFAI's Sheila Regan talked with Sarah Bellamy, Lily Tung Crystal, and ...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Nov 08, 2020
  • Length: 05:40
  • Purchases: 2
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Sharon Ross wanted to be prepared for anything. But when she joined others getting ready for the end of the world, she found herself the odd one out.

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: Oct 29, 2020
  • Length: 15:41
  • Purchases: 1
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The story of our Black hair speaks volumes about our lives. So much love and care is wrapped up in our curls. Alongside so much vulnerability and p...

  • Added: Oct 19, 2020
  • Length: 33:10
Caption: Juke In The Back with Matt The Cat, Credit: Public Domain
This week, the "Juke In The Back" solutes the Unsung Ladies of R&B! We'll dig deep into a stack of shellac from some women you know, like Varetta D...

Bought by KCSM, WHRV, Raven Radio, WOUB, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting and more


  • Added: Oct 18, 2020
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 7
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Pathways for reducing carbon emissions include electrifying transportation, replacing fossil fuels with wind and solar power. But in this time of n...

  • Added: Oct 08, 2020
  • Length: 58:58
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Pathways for reducing carbon emissions include electrifying transportation, replacing fossil fuels with wind and solar power. But in this time of n...

Bought by WWNO, WDSE, KSQD Santa Cruz, KICI Iowa City, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif. and more


  • Added: Oct 08, 2020
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 8
Caption: The Hadley Park Line Dancers in action, Credit: David Condos
Before the pandemic, a group of older Nashvillians founded a free line dancing class at the Hadley Park Community Center. The bonds they’ve formed ...

Bought by iPondr


  • Added: Oct 01, 2020
  • Length: 05:06
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Juke In The Back with Matt The Cat, Credit: Public Domain
Etta James was one of the grittiest and most influential R&B singer of all-time. This week, Matt The Cat focuses on Etta's early records from 1954-...

Bought by WHRV, KTRT RADIO INC, WOUB, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting, and KMXT


  • Added: Sep 27, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
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100 years ago women gained the right to vote with the 19th amendment.

Bought by WCNY, KAZU Seaside, Calif., C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, WRST-FM Oshkosh, WMUU-LP and more


  • Added: Sep 17, 2020
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 17
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100 years ago women gained the right to vote with the 19th amendment Professors.

Bought by Kansas Public Radio, KVSC, WJCT, KRDP, WYAP and more


  • Added: Sep 17, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 9
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100 years ago women gained the right to vote with the 19th amendment.

Bought by KAZU Seaside, Calif., WNED Buffalo, KXCV, and WNMU-FM


  • Added: Sep 17, 2020
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 4
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Meet Joann Jones. She's 79 years old, and she loves to dance. So, she helped start a line dancing class for senior citizens at the Hadley Park Comm...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 15, 2020
  • Length: 15:57
  • Purchases: 1
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Three time Grammy nominee Bettye LaVette is no mere singer. She is not a song writer, nor is she a "cover" artist. She is an interpreter of the hig...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, WMUU-LP, RadioStPete Florida, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, and KMXT


  • Added: Sep 11, 2020
  • Length: 29:34
  • Purchases: 5
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Three time Grammy nominee Bettye LaVette is no mere singer. She is not a song writer, nor is she a "cover" artist. She is an interpreter of the hig...

Bought by WMUU-LP, RadioStPete Florida, RadioFreePalmer, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, and KMXT


  • Added: Sep 11, 2020
  • Length: 29:04
  • Purchases: 5
Caption: Amanda Burdan
The National Endowment for the Arts discusses the exhibit Votes for Women: A Visual History from Suffrage to Civil Rights with its curator Amanda B...

Bought by WMPG, KZUM, WCNY, KMUN, and Harford Community Radio


  • Added: Sep 10, 2020
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 5
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We explore how Jim Crow maintains a strong legacy even today in the segregation of the American labor market. And:Now is the ideal time for work...

Bought by WCNY, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WMUU-LP, WLPR , WCMU Michigan and more


  • Added: Sep 02, 2020
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 13
Caption: Women at Work
Jim Crow maintains a strong legacy even today in the segregation of the American labor market. Historian Steven Reich suggests ways to change that.

Bought by KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA, Kansas Public Radio, WJCT, KRDP, KMUN and more


  • Added: Sep 02, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 11
Caption:  Poet Lisa Marie Brimmer, Credit: Photo Courtesy of Lisa Marie Brimmer
Poet Lisa Marie Brimmer writes with heartfelt expression addressing personal and social issues. They are a co-editor of Queer Voices: Poetry, Prose...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Sep 01, 2020
  • Length: 04:59
  • Purchases: 2
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Listen to Helen as she makes sense of what happens when new motherhood, a global pandemic, and systemic racism collide. This piece was made by Ia...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio, KGUA, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 21, 2020
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 3
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How does historical wellness play out in race and gender? Tune in to learn about historical wellness and its relation to a Black student’s and Bla...

  • Added: Aug 14, 2020
  • Length: 59:01
Caption: Dr. Stephanie Evans
How does historical wellness play out in race and gender? Tune in to learn about historical wellness and its relation to a Black student’s and Bla...

  • Added: Aug 14, 2020
  • Length: 58:06
Caption: Irma Thomas, Credit: Rick Olivier
A return visit with singer Irma Thomas, who pays tribute to her musical influences - some surprising - and tells Gwen all about the bottom line of ...

Bought by KMUW


  • Added: Aug 14, 2020
  • Length: 51:59
  • Purchases: 1
Caption:  Nia Cosby and Chalana McFarland in Marietta, GA on June 28, 2020., Credit: Michael Reese for StoryCorps.
After being incarcerated for 15 years, Chalana McFarland is reunited with her daughter following a federal memorandum that called for releasing non...

Bought by WYAP, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and WERA-LP


  • Added: Jul 27, 2020
  • Length: 03:20
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Sipho Gumbo, Credit: Shefik
Revolution - Sipho Gumbo, the creator of Yangu Beauty, sought out a leading expert in skincare chemistry to help transform her authentic recipes in...

  • Added: Jul 16, 2020
  • Length: 04:24