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Christina Anderson is an up-and-coming playwright in New York, but she grew up in Kansas City, Kansas. She discusses the importance of transformat...
- Added: May 22, 2013
- Length: 29:00
Every year, more than 10 million visitors come to Memphis, and spend more than three billion dollars, much of it on music-related tourism. But few ...
- Added: May 15, 2013
- Length: 03:58
Christi was a pregnant teenager who gave up her baby for adoption and then changed her mind. The story from there goes places no one saw coming. Pr...
- Added: Apr 29, 2013
- Length: 07:28
In this short feature Rabbi Neil Blumofe explores what Gillespie's legacy can teach us about the revolutionary aspect of humor, and how we can live...
- Added: Apr 24, 2013
- Length: 03:00
Jazz trumpeter Clifford Brown is known for his precise and captivatingly smooth technique yet his life was tragically cut short in a car accident w...
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- Added: Apr 23, 2013
- Length: 02:35
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A century ago more than 60 percent of Americans lived in rural areas. Today 16 percent do. As more and more people flock to cities what used to be ...
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- Added: Apr 19, 2013
- Length: 03:54
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In 1964, Southern man-of-letters Robert Penn Warren traveled the country with an old reel-to-reel tape recorder and spoke with dozens of men and wo...
- Added: Apr 19, 2013
- Length: 08:50
Billie Holiday once said, "No two people on earth are alike, and it's got to be that way in music or it isn't music." As we look back on her life a...
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- Added: Apr 10, 2013
- Length: 03:04
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As we recognize Bud Powell as one of the most influential jazz pianists of the 20th century, we must also acknowledge how much of his greatness and...
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- Added: Apr 10, 2013
- Length: 02:29
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Adam Leon talks anxiety attacks, passing the smell test, and taking what New York threw at him.
- Added: Mar 29, 2013
- Length: 14:44
Trumpeter Louis Armstrong is consider one of the most important musicians of the 20th century. With his innovations in ensemble playing and his dis...
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- Added: Mar 18, 2013
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Artist JAMES GIBSON is one of the original Florida Highwaymen, a loosely-organized group of African-American painters renowned for their depictions...
- Added: Mar 18, 2013
- Length: 04:58
An hour-long program exploring the musical, cultural, and culinary landscape of New Orleans.
- Added: Mar 04, 2013
- Length: 59:00
“Rhythms of the Land!” is a documentary-in-progress which tells the important stories of African American farmers. Join Food Sleuth Radio host and...
- Added: Mar 04, 2013
- Length: 28:00
Kathryn's debut novel, "The Help," is a black-white history lesson that's never been told quite like this before. Through the lives of several wome...
- Added: Feb 25, 2013
- Length: 10:04
Thelonious Monk was an original voice in the shaping the sound of American music. Both his compositions and his inimitable piano playing continue t...
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- Added: Feb 22, 2013
- Length: 02:30
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Part 1 of an interview with indie- hip-hop artist, One Be Lo.
- Added: Feb 22, 2013
- Length: 03:36
Doug Seroff, co-author of a book about some of the most popular songs of the ragtime era, talks about his part in writing the comprehensive study '...
- Added: Feb 22, 2013
- Length: 05:00
The original vinyl soundtrack from the famed "March on Washington" including Dr. Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech in it's entirety, alo...
- Added: Feb 20, 2013
- Length: 58:03
When we think of early rock and roll most of us think of musicians like Little Richard, Elvis Presley, and Johnny Cash. But all these legends grew ...
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- Added: Feb 18, 2013
- Length: 02:40
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In this short segment Rabbi Neil Blumofe highlights the significance of Mile Davis' album Kind of Blue.
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- Added: Feb 15, 2013
- Length: 02:30
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The Melungeons were a mixed-race group in southern Appalachia with an elusive history. Now some Melungeon descendants are looking to DNA testing fo...
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- Added: Feb 12, 2013
- Length: 01:23:22
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Many songs, books, and movies focus on love and romance, but what happens when they become one’s only source for learning? Philly Youth Radio’s Jay...
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- Added: Feb 12, 2013
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Historical perspective on the Civil War and its effect on average Americans.
- Added: Feb 09, 2013
- Length: 01:51:07
South Carolina Congressman James Clyburn talks with his granddaughter Sydney Reed about his career in politics.
- Added: Feb 05, 2013
- Length: 02:50
