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Episode 21: Leesa Dean/Chilltown, Adrien De Martini - The Bobby Pickles Podcast
From: Bobby Pickles
Series: The Bobby Pickles Podcast
Caption: LOGO, Credit: Bobby Pickles
Bobby speaks with, writer and animator, Leesa Dean about her three fully developed animated series – Chilltown, The Danger Squad and Lele’s Ratchet...

  • Added: Apr 07, 2013
  • Length: 55:22
New Orleans All the Way Live: "Congo Square / Algiers Point"
From: George Ingmire
Caption: PRX default Piece image
An hour-long program exploring the musical, cultural, and culinary landscape of New Orleans.

  • Added: Mar 04, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
A Code To Live By in Appalachia
From: Mary Helen Miller
Caption: The Presbyterian church in Vardy, Tennessee, was a community center for some Melungeon families. , Credit: Mary Helen Miller
The Melungeons were a mixed-race group in southern Appalachia with an elusive history. Now some Melungeon descendants are looking to DNA testing fo...

Bought by WTJU


  • Added: Feb 12, 2013
  • Length: 01:23:22
  • Purchases: 1
The Life, Death, and Rebirth of ACORN
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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It took 40 years to build ACORN, but just a few months to bring it down. Local organizers are trying to rebuild, but how is ACORN’s absence affect...

  • Added: Oct 19, 2012
  • Length: 29:01
Need to Know Rochester: Black Males at Risk
From: WXXI
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To be black and male in America carries with it a certain baggage. Two out of three black male students in Rochester are failing to graduate. "Need...

  • Added: Aug 15, 2012
  • Length: 27:10
The R&B Chronicles - Remembering Whitney Houston
From: WHRV
Series: The R&B Chronicles
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Celebrating the life of Whitney Houston

Bought by KUCB


  • Added: Aug 08, 2012
  • Length: 59:43
  • Purchases: 1
Jazz and Comedy
From: Jeff Haas
Series: The New Jazz Archive
Caption: Jazz funnyman Cab Calloway
A lot of people probably don't think of jazz as all that funny. But from the music's vaudeville roots to legendary prankster Dizzy Gillespie, there...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh, WRGY, Northeast Indiana Public Radio, KSFR, WNCU and more


  • Added: Jul 27, 2012
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 13
Rahsaan Roland Kirk
From: Jeff Haas
Series: The New Jazz Archive
Caption: The Incredible Rahsaan Roland Kirk
His unrivaled ability for playing many instruments at once made him one of the most unique jazz musicians of all time. But Rahsaan Roland Kirk's ba...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh, WRGY, KMUN, WNCU, KZYX and more


  • Added: Jul 23, 2012
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 11
Billie Holiday
From: Jeff Haas
Series: The New Jazz Archive
Caption: Billie Holiday
Billie Holiday has one of jazz's most bittersweet voices, and the biography to match.

Bought by WRGY, WNCU, KZYX, 90.5 WSNC, KPVL and more


  • Added: Unknown
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 10
Big Bands
From: Jeff Haas
Series: The New Jazz Archive
Caption: Duke Ellington and his orchestra
Think of a jazz big band and it's probably the brassy sound of a 30's swing orchestra that comes to mind first. But throughout their more than 80 y...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh, WRGY, WEZU, WNCU, KZYX and more


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  • Length: :00
  • Purchases: 11
Prison Crisis: Local Solution?
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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The United States imprisons more people than any other country. In California a new policy called ‘realignment’ aims to reduce the number of peopl...

  • Added: Jun 22, 2012
  • Length: 29:01
Great Jazz Cities: Philadelphia
From: Jeff Haas
Series: The New Jazz Archive
Caption: Philadelphia all-star trumputer Clifford Brown
This week on The New Jazz Archive, we're continuing our ongoing tour of America's "Great Jazz Cities" with the stories and sounds of jazz in Philad...

Bought by South Dakota Public Broadcasting - Radio, WNCU, KZYX, 90.5 WSNC, KDRP Community Radio and more


  • Added: Unknown
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 10
Jazz and Literature
From: Jeff Haas
Series: The New Jazz Archive
Caption: Jazz poet, Langston Hughes
What do Langston Hughes, the 50's Beat writers, and jazz critics all have in common? They all like to write about jazz. This week we'll take a look...

Bought by WCSU-FM, WNCU, Radio New Zealand, KZYX, WCAI / WNAN and more


  • Added: Unknown
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 12
Great Jazz Cities: St. Louis
From: Jeff Haas
Series: The New Jazz Archive
Caption: St. Louis favorite son Miles Davis
In this hour, we continue our series on America's Great Jazz Cities with the forgotten history of jazz and the blues in St. Louis.

Bought by WNCU, KZYX, 90.5 WSNC, WNMU-FM, KPVL and more


  • Added: Unknown
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 8
African Roots of Jazz
From: Jeff Haas
Series: The New Jazz Archive
Caption: Jazz all-star Art Blakey
It's almost taken for granted today that jazz grew out of African music. But when you get down to it, the connections that make up jazz's African h...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, WCSU-FM, KSFR, WNCU, Radio New Zealand and more


  • Added: Unknown
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 13
Blue Note Records
From: Jeff Haas
Series: The New Jazz Archive
Caption: Blue Note icon Sonny Rollins, Credit: Francis Wolff
This week on the show, it's the myth and magic of the label that defined mid-century jazz: Blue Note Records.

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, WNCU, KZYX, 90.5 WSNC, WVAS and more


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  • Length: :00
  • Purchases: 9
Jazz and the American Road
From: Jeff Haas
Series: The New Jazz Archive
Caption: South or north, Highway 61 is America's "Blues Highway."
The myth and magic of the American road is one of the defining themes in American life. This week we hit the road in search of the highways and byw...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, WNCU, KZYX, KPVL, WEMU and more


  • Added: Unknown
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 8
Great Jazz Cities: New Orleans
From: Jeff Haas
Series: The New Jazz Archive
Caption: New Orleans' Preservation Hall Jazz Band., Credit: Joe Crachiola
Jazz was born in New Olreans, right? Well it depends on who you ask. This week on the show, we get to the bottom of that question and tour the site...

Bought by KMUN, KZYX, WNCU, KPVL, Interlochen Public Radio and more


  • Added: Unknown
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 8
Equal Time: The Networks and the Civil Rights Movement
From: With Good Reason
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How the evening news shaped attitudes about race relations during the Civil Rights Movement.

Bought by WUAL and WRPI


  • Added: Feb 03, 2012
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 2
Zydeco Nation, A Black History Month Special
From: Prime Time Radio
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Prime Time Radio's Black History Month Special: Zydeco Nation.

Bought by Panhandle Community Radio, Red River Radio Network, KUMD, KAZU, WNPR and more


  • Added: Jan 19, 2012
  • Length: 01:02:45
  • Purchases: 20
Who Controls Black Women's Bodies? (encore)
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Rally in support of the Ohio Prevention First Act, Credit: creative commons Flickr user ProgressOhio
Reproductive health services for women are under attack, leaving poor women and women of color lacking access. But a broad coalition of women is st...

Bought by WRIR


  • Added: Jan 19, 2012
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Best of The New Jazz Archive 2011: Part 2
From: Jeff Haas
Series: The New Jazz Archive
Caption: Billie Holiday with her musical hero Louis Armstrong., Credit: Carl Van Vechten
This week on the show, we'll continue our look back at 2011 with some of our favorite artist profiles from the past year, including Louis Armstrong...

Bought by WRGY, KZYX, WNCU, KPVL, 88.5 JAZZ FM Erie's Jazz Station and more


  • Added: Jan 02, 2012
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 7
Jazz and Spirituality
From: Jeff Haas
Series: The New Jazz Archive
Caption: The Dirty Dozen Brass Band's Roger Lewis at a jazz funeral in 2010., Credit: Kim Welsh
This week on The New Jazz Archive, we go in search of jazz's spiritual side—from the sacred roots of sax titan John Coltrane to the unique New Orle...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh, WNCU, 88.5 JAZZ FM Erie's Jazz Station, WCMU Public Radio, and WEMU


  • Added: Unknown
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
The Dietitian on Feeding Bob Marley Before He Died of Cancer
From: Blank on Blank
Series: Blank on Blank
Caption: Bob Marley on Tour in Dublin July 6, 1980, Credit: Eddie Mallin via Flickr
Rona Steinberg recalls the time a cancer-stricken Bob Marley came into her hospital and her life.

Bought by Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Sep 22, 2011
  • Length: 05:05
  • Purchases: 1
An Interview with Ms. Joanne Bland: Civil Rights Activist for the Selma Voting Rights Movement
From: KQAL
Series: Culture Clique
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On the last edition Culture Clique, Ms. Joanne Blackmon Bland discussed on Growing up in the Segregated South: The Selma Voting Rights Movement. Sh...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Mar 04, 2011
  • Length: 32:18
  • Purchases: 1