Perfect for  Black AIDS Awareness Day (February 7th), LiveHopeLove is a one hour special that looks at the universal problems faced by people with HIV/AIDS, through the specific lens of Jamaica, where almost no one is unaffected by the disease. What are the unique realities of this small island nation that set its HIV/AIDS sufferers apart from those in the rest of the world? Poet and writer Kwame Dawes travels to Jamaica to explore the experience of people living with HIV/AIDS and to examine how the disease has shaped their lives. Dawes’ poems, inspired by their stories, take this documentary into deep realms of the heart.

LENGTH: 59 minutes, AVAILABLE: Exclusively on PRX

Action Speaks: What’s Race Got to Do With It? - Action Speaks, from WRNI, looks at contemporary issues through the lens of history, using under-appreciated 20th-century dates that have changed America. Host Marc Joel Levitt and guest panelists discuss the 2000 Census where, for the first time, individuals could identify themselves as mixed-race citizens of the United States, blurring “traditional” racial and demographic lines in the U.S. and the world.
COST: FREE;  LENGTH: 58:50;  AVAILABLE: CD, PRX,CONTENT DEPOT

Elizabeth and Roger Wilkins: On Hope and Obama
Civil rights pioneer Roger Wilkins is joined by his daughter Elizabeth to discuss their reactions to Obama’s election.
Roger, 76, is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, historian, and teacher.  Elizabeth was field manager for the Obama campaign in Michigan. They’re interviewed by host Mike Cuthbert. From AARP’s Prime Time Radio series.
AVAILABLE: CD, Content Depot, mp3 downloads, and Podcast; LENGTH: 59:00; COST: FREE

What’s the Word? Black History Month Specials

Texts of Resistance
How did slaves resist their oppression? Three works explore what it means to resist and to survive.
* John Bugg talks about an eighteenth-century slave narrative, The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah     Equiano;
* Russ Castronovo tells us about Frederick Douglass’s novella, The Heroic Slave;
* Natasha Barnes discusses the novel The Known World by Edward P. Jones.
AVAILABLE on CD, PRX, and CONTENT DEPOT; LENGTH: 29:00;  COST: FREE

W. E. B. Du Bois
Considered by many the most important African American leader of the early twentieth century, sociologist, historian, author, teacher, and activist W. E. B. Du Bois had a profound effect on the way we talk about race.
* David Levering Lewis speaks about Du Bois’s early life and the years that led up to the publication of his groundbreaking The Souls of Black Folk;
* Marlon B. Ross explores the historical events that shaped Du Bois’s book and shares memorable passages;
* Cheryl Townsend Gilkes discusses the book’s continuing influence.
AVAILABLE on CD, PRX, and CONTENT DEPOT; LENGTH: 29:00;  COST: FREE

The New Year marks the time for change.  It may be the time to try a new program on your weekly schedule.

Here are some amazing shows that we offer that may fill any open slots in your schedule due to cancellations or just a time for change:

HEARING VOICES from NPR — The Best of Public Radio, based on the Peabody Award-winning specials, now offered as a weekly hour-long program. A hand-picked selection of new and classic stories by the leading established and emerging producers in public radio. Each hour (newscast compatible) comprises a thematically packaged collection of “driveway moments.” Produced by Barrett Golding, Ann Hepperman Scott Carrier, Kara Oehler, and Larry Massett.

VINYL CAFE — One of Canada’s most popular radio programs, with over 750,000 North American listeners. Host and story-teller Stuart McLean is a best-selling author and award-winning journalist and humorist. The show features the music of up and coming Canadians — both live and recorded — and the misadventures of Dave — owner of the “Vinyl Cafe”, the world’s smallest record store (motto: “We may not be big, but we’re small”). Dave’s fictional milieu includes wife, Morley, their two children, Sam and Stephanie, and assorted friends, neighbors, and customers. Since 1998, Stuart has taken the show on the road to large and small towns across Canada from Newfoundland to the Yukon. Currently airing on CBC Radio 1 & 2, on BBC 7 in the UK, and on KUOW in Seattle, WCPN in Cleveland, WBEZ in Chicago and other US stations

ART OF THE SONG – Art of the Song encourages people to discover their own creative potential through the use of story, music, and discussion. Each week the program features a musical guest whose work and creativity is explored; some recent guests include: Arlo Guthrie, Nancy Griffith and Richard Thompson. The program provides a 50/50 blend of thought-provoking talk and good music to engage listeners week after week.

PRIME TIME RADIO — Host Mike Cuthbert engages in lively conversations with newsmakers, authors, experts, and just plain folks. Includes special features: Postscripts and Movies for Grownups. Underwritten by AARP, the topics focus on subjects of interest to the 40+ listener. Visit their new website for updates and archives of all three programs.

WHAT’S THE WORD? — Sally Placksin hosts this highly produced program on a wide array of literary topics from autobiographies and translations to censorship and libraries. With discussions, readings, and expert opinions.

A WORLD OF POSSIBILITIES — an award-winning, progressive, weekly look at global and national public affairs, featuring leading policy makers, social innovators and concerned citizens from around the world addressing the hot-button issues of our time.

FOOTLIGHT PARADE — Songs from Broadway and Hollywood musicals, cleverly connected by theme. Host Bill Rudman connects the messages from the lyrics of musicals as far back as the turn of the 20th Century and as current as Broadway’s latest hits, relating them all to his theme du jour — “Transformations,” “Down With Love,” and “To Dub or Not to Dub” are some recent titles.

BIONEERS: Revolution From The Heart Of Nature — An award-winning series of half-hours promoting practical environmental solutions and innovative social strategies for restoring the Earth and communities. Since 1990, the Bioneers organization has held annual scientific conferences based on the premise that we are moving from the Information Age to the Biology Age, in which environmental issues will shape all others. The Bioneers radio shows feature the leading scientific and social innovators of our time bringing all the drama and optimism of these conferences to life. 15 new shows yearly plus 91 archived.

Contact us with any questions or if you would like to add any of these programs to your lineup.

WBGO presents Living With Music, a show about music, discovery, and music discovery. Living With Music is inspired by free exchange, improvisation, and the creative process.

Living With Music is based on the idea that music presents a broad and complex set of emotions. So why not spend time with a community of creators speaking a spontaneous and timeless language in an age of instant access and communication?

The programs will feature Academy Award winners, Grammy winners, Pulitzer Prize winners and the new wave of composers making their mark on the cultural landscape: young people with old souls and veterans who are young at heart. All of them come from the loose confederation we call “the music community,” and your listeners will have more in common with them than they ever imagined.
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LENGTH: 54 Minutes
COST: FREE
AVAILABLE: PRX & Content Depot
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