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Whitopia
From Voices of Our World
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A social experiment examining the whitest communities in America

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: May 01, 2012
  • Length: 00:14:00
  • Purchases: 1
Relativity
Series: L.A. Theatre Works
From L.A. Theatre Works
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Does more melanin equal genetic superiority?

Bought by Nevada Public Radio, KKRN, KUOW, KMUN, and WBEZ


  • Added: Feb 21, 2012
  • Length: 01:57:58
  • Purchases: 5
Cornel West & Carl Dix: Pursuing Justice in the Age of Obama
Series: Making Contact
From Making Contact
Caption: Cornel West and Carl Dix, Credit: Revolution Books
A dialogue between Princeton University professor Cornel West, and Revolutionary Communist Party USA spokesman Carl Dix about the future of America...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 19, 2011
  • Length: 00:29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Melissa Harris-Perry: Confronting Stereotypes of the Black Woman
Series: Making Contact
From Making Contact
Caption: Sister Citizen: Shame, Stereotypes, and Black Women in America, Credit: Melissa Harris-Perry
On this edition, author and political science professor Melissa Harris-Perry speaks about the stereotypes black women face, the resulting impacts o...

Bought by 90.5 WSNC, KHNS, and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 16, 2011
  • Length: 00:29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Being Black and Green: African-Americans & the Environment
Series: Making Contact
From Making Contact
Caption: Red, Bike & Green's inaugural ride in April 2010, Credit: Red, Bike & Green
African-Americans are helping to lead the environmental movement. We take you to a resettlement community in North Carolina, sustainable farms in W...

  • Added: Aug 03, 2011
  • Length: 00:29:01
Grave Matters
Series: With Good Reason news features
From With Good Reason
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Discovering cultural attitudes about race and class--through burial practices.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 20, 2011
  • Length: 00:02:12
  • Purchases: 1
The Length and Breadth of a Troublesome Word in Maine
From Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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I was once told that the 1960s didn’t reach Maine until the 1980s. I learned that it took longer.

Bought by WMPG and Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Jun 01, 2011
  • Length: 00:07:45
  • Purchases: 2
Everyone's A Little Bit Racist
Series: Broadway Matinee - Songs from the Stage & Screen
From Janean Jorgensen
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Vaudeville and Broadway songs that are incorrect in these times

Bought by WHDD and KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Feb 16, 2011
  • Length: 00:58:56
  • Purchases: 2
Michelle Alexander on the New Jim Crow
Series: Making Contact
From Making Contact
Caption: Michelle Alexander
Professor Michelle Alexander, author of ‘The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness’ makes the case that the US’ criminal ju...

Bought by KSFR


  • Added: Feb 09, 2011
  • Length: 00:29:00
  • Purchases: 1
This WE Believe - Race
From Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow- Phil Mariage
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3 'This I Believe' essays from older, middle and young generations on Race

  • Added: Feb 05, 2011
  • Length: 00:29:00
Race, Slavery, and the Civil War: The Tough Stuff
From With Good Reason
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To mark the 150th anniversary of the Civil War, the nation’s finest historians gathered on September 24th at Norfolk State University to discuss th...

Bought by KWIT


  • Added: Oct 28, 2010
  • Length: 00:28:59
  • Purchases: 1
We're All Just Shadows
Series: One Hello World
From One Hello World
Caption: One Hello World, Credit: http://www.theonlymagicleftisart.com/
How could anybody be blind to the fact that, underneath it all, we’re all just shadows?

Bought by KUT, Public Radio Remix, and KGLT


  • Added: Oct 05, 2010
  • Length: 00:02:15
  • Purchases: 3
Oscar Grant and Police Accountability
Series: Making Contact
From Making Contact
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We take a look at the Police killing of Oscar Grant in Oakland, and the debate over who gets to decide when an officer has done something wrong.

  • Added: Jul 15, 2010
  • Length: 00:29:00
Art in Action
Series: Making Contact
From Making Contact
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On this edition we speak with young artists of diverse backgrounds who use their independent experiences and creative impulses to talk about race, ...

  • Added: May 18, 2010
  • Length: 00:29:00
Blue/Orange
Series: L.A. Theatre Works
From L.A. Theatre Works
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Joe Penhall's powerful work about schizophrenia.

Bought by WCPN, KUOW, WBEZ, KRCB, and Nevada Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 28, 2010
  • Length: 01:57:53
  • Purchases: 5
Making Contact: Soul of a Citizen
From Making Contact
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Author Paul Loeb is re-releasing his book, ‘Soul of a Citizen: Living with Conviction in Challenging Times’. On this edition, we’ll hear from Loeb...

  • Added: Mar 23, 2010
  • Length: 00:29:59
ColorLines: Race and Economic Recovery
Series: Making Contact
From Making Contact
Caption: Tisha Davis, mother of three, Credit: ColorLines
Listen to this audio version of Link TV and Applied Research Center’s video: ‘Color Lines: Race and Economic Recovery.' Hear the untold stories of ...

  • Added: Unknown
  • Length: 00:29:00
THE LANGUAGE OF RACE
Series: Black History Month Programs
From Voices of Our World
Caption: John McWhorter
Does the conventional language used to discuss race actually impede our attempts to reach mutual understanding? We discuss the language of race wit...

Bought by WGBH Radio Boston and WTIP


  • Added: Feb 09, 2010
  • Length: 00:27:45
  • Purchases: 2
WHITOPIA
Series: Black History Month Programs
From Voices of Our World
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Race issue in America's whitest communities.

Bought by WGBH Radio Boston


  • Added: Feb 09, 2010
  • Length: 00:28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Redefining Human Rights: The Case for Food, Health Care & Housing
Series: Making Contact
From Making Contact
Caption: Annie Flores, Womens Economic Agenda Project; Max Rameau, Take Back the Land Founder; Shereen D'Souza, California Food and Justice Coalition Director., Credit: Khanh Pham
Are food, housing, and healthcare human rights? A round table discussion about the right to healthy food, the right to housing, and the right to he...

  • Added: Feb 09, 2010
  • Length: 00:29:00
BackStory - Black & White: The Idea of Racial Purity
From BackStory with the American History Guys
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In America, we tend to see race in black & white. But dig a little deeper, and things quickly get mixed up.

Bought by KAZU, WCQS, WGCU, Kansas Public Radio, WYSO and more


  • Added: Unknown
  • Length: 00:54:00
  • Purchases: 21
The Local Aftermath of Bush-Era Workplace Immigration Raids
Series: Making Contact
From Making Contact
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We go to Postville, Iowa and Laurel, Mississippi--two communities where the largest workplace immigration raids happened in 2008.

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Jan 20, 2010
  • Length: 00:14:53
  • Purchases: 1
The Mission to End Prohibition
Series: Making Contact
From Making Contact
Caption: a man standing in a field of marijuana, Credit: www.treehugger.com
A former undercover narcotics officer, and a leading drug reform activist, examine the roots of America’s current drug policy, and suggest how we m...

  • Added: Oct 27, 2009
  • Length: 00:28:56
Masculinity
Series: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow
From Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow- Phil Mariage
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Older, middle and younger generations discuss the nature and status of masculinity

  • Added: Oct 11, 2009
  • Length: 00:29:00
New York City mayoral candidate Bill Thompson
Series: Conversations with Allan Wolper
From Conversations with Allan Wolper
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New York City Comptroller Bill Thompson is a contender in the race for New York mayor.

  • Added: Sep 13, 2009
  • Length: 00:30:33