April 21, 2013 4:02 pm by: John Hanson
On this edition of In Black America, producer/host John L. Hanson Jr. speaks with Dr. Dennis Kimbro, PhD, author of The Wealth Choice: Success Secrets of Black Millionaires. It’s no secret that these hard times have been even harder for the Black community....
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If you're a regular listener, you've heard Charles Spira on the show quite a bit. He's the host of both Bonjour Chanson and Love the French Way, two shows about French popular music. Charles is great when talking about music, but he's got other stories to tell, too. In A Child Hidden in East Flanders, he'll bring you something completely different -- a personal memoir of his experience during the 1942 deportation of Jews from Antwerp, Belgium. Great and surprising stuff from our pal Charles.
And we've got another old friend on the show, too. Our buddy Mikie is back with another installment of the aptly named The Mikie Show. This show is all Mikie all the time, and therein lies its charm.... » read more
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On this edition of In Black America, producer/host John L. Hanson Jr. presents excerpts of a presentation given by U.S. Attorney General Eric H. Holder at the annual National Association for the Advancement of Colored People convention in Houston. TX. Eric Himpton Holder, Jr. was sworn in as the...
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Well, here we are, folks: the day after Labor Day, which means the summer is officially unofficially over. Don't let today's 101 degree high temperature fool you -- it's going to be a hot and muggy day today, but it'll be a hot and muggy
fall day. Doesn't that make it better? No? Then why...
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Over here in the O'Dark corner of the KUT Public Media Studios, we're gearing up for the big three-day weekend. Our bags are packed, we've got the family truckster all gassed up, and we're all ready to go except for one key thing: some sweet sounds for the road. Lucky for us that we've got this...
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On this edition of In Black America, producer/host John L. Hanson Jr. speaks with Clayton Redmon, CEO and co-founder of
StreamVenue Healthcare. Redmon, was among three entrepreneurs nationwide who received votes online for the Small Business...
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What ho, interweb friends? Just stopping by for a bit of the old ear candy? Well, we're happy to oblige!
We'll start the festivities with
The Class Menagerie, from new (to O'Dark) producer Mary Helen Miller. Have you ever wondered what might happen if you bought yourself an old school...
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Since we're pretty much incapable of presenting radio with even a modicum of dignity or self-respect, we've enlisted the aid of an actual broadcasting professional in this week's podcast. We're going to let Robert Siegel class up the place a bit by introducing
Mexico '68: A Movement, a...
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On this edition of In Black America, producer/host John L. Hanson Jr. speaks with Michelle Alexander, civil rights lawyer, legal scholar and author of The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness. The New Jim Crow is a stunning account of the rebirth of a caste-like system in...
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Have we ever mentioned how much we enjoy Al Letson and his show
State of the ReUnion? Probably so, but we're gonna do it again.
State of the ReUnion is a cool show that examines a different place every week, always finding surprising and fascinating stories along the way. This...
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On this edition of In Black America, producer/host John L. Hanson Jr. speaks with Rochelle Riley, columnist with the
Detroit Free Press. One of the most profound events in Michigan's history is the Detroit Riot of 1967. I was sixteen years old on...
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Hey guys and gals! Are you looking for some French popular music to put up in your ears? Then you've come to the right place at the right time. Allow us to serve us a liaison between you fine people and the delightful Charles Spira, who's not just a retired Belgian physicist but also a purveyor of...
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You might have heard by now that
KUT's going to double in size, going from one station to whatever double that is. Two? That sounds right.
We're not in on all those...
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On this edition of In Black America, producer/host John L. Hanson Jr. speaks with the late Dr. Alfred Nelson Poindexter Jr., Prairie View A&M University professor emeritus and veterinarian. Dr. Poindexter, or "Doc" as his friends, colleagues, and students affectionately called him began...
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It's our first post-Olympics podcast, and that means it's time to start busting out some Olympics-themed pieces, because we're horrible at reading calendars. We'll start off today's 'cast with a little something from O'Dark hall-of-famer Nate DiMeo's
Memory Palace. That guy Nate is a whiz...
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We've got a couple of fascinating pieces for you on the 'cast today. Starting off, it's a piece from producer Will Rogers, who never met a radio piece he didn't like (and who's probably heard that lame joke a thousand times). He's bringing us
Kate's Hole in the Skull, which is about...
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