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NPR Stations Now Streaming on iHeartRadio

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iHeartRadio and National Public Radio Announce Streaming Partnership    HeartMedia has forged a new partnership with National Public Radio that promises a hefty new distribution platform for NPR’s members stations and provides an injection of new content for iHeartRadio’s subscribers. The new deal will allow more than 260 NPR member stations to add their live News Talk programming to iHeartRadio, which streams to 85 million registered users across 80 unique device platforms, according to the digital media company (iHeartRadio also boasts more than a billion app downloads). Behind the Ever-Changing Internet Radio Landscape and Niche Success of AccuRadio “The addition … Continue reading NPR Stations Now Streaming on iHeartRadio

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WNYC’s John Hockenberry sits down with decendent of 12 Years A Slave’s Solomon Northup

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Check out the audio below: The Takeaway examines the real stories that have inspired some of this year’s Best Picture nominees. Host John Hockenberry sits down with Clayton Adams, the great-great-great-grandson of Solomon Northup, whose memoir inspired the film 12 Years a Slave, to discuss what the film and Northup’s memoir meant to Adams and his family. Adams also imagines what he might say if he were to accept the Best Picture Oscar in this poignant and touching interview. Some excerpts from the interview: Adams imagines would say if he were to accept an Oscar for 12 Years a Slave:“Thank … Continue reading WNYC’s John Hockenberry sits down with decendent of 12 Years A Slave’s Solomon Northup

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Historic [Audio] from WNYC Radio of the late Activist, Poet and Playwright Amiri Baraka

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Today, playwright, critic, activist, and one of the most prominent and controversial African American voices in the world of American letters, Amiri Baraka, passed away after weeks of failing health at the age of 79. He was known as LeRoi Jones at the time of this recording. On February 17, 1965 Baraka read his essay “The Revolutionary Theater” at the Overseas Press Club, following the release of his Obie Award-winning The Dutchman and just four days before the assassination of Malcolm X. WNYC has the audio of the speech that catapulted Baraka from charismatic Greenwich Village maverick into a radicalized … Continue reading Historic [Audio] from WNYC Radio of the late Activist, Poet and Playwright Amiri Baraka

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WNYC’s “Soundcheck” presents SOUNDCHECK LIVE: TALIB KWELI

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LIVE Webcast from New York City On Wednesday, April 24, WNYC’s Soundcheck presents an intimate conversation and performance with Brooklyn-based rapper Talib Kweli, who will release his fifth album, Prisoner of Conscious, this May. Soundcheck host John Schaefer will join Talib Kweli at The Jerome L. Green Performance Space for a conversation about the territory between the personal and the political –and about his myriad projects. Both as a solo artist hip-hop duo Black Star (with Yasiin Bey, formerly known as Mos Def), Kweli has become known for his broad-ranging lyrics and rapid-fire delivery throughout his 20-year career. His latest … Continue reading WNYC’s “Soundcheck” presents SOUNDCHECK LIVE: TALIB KWELI

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WNYC’s “On the Media” presents Walt “Clyde” Frazier

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WNYC’s “On the Media” presents Brooke Gladstone in a one-on-one conversation with WALT “CLYDE” FRAZIER **Live Video Webcast at http://www.thegreenespace.org** Walt Frazier’s talents know no bounds. He was a first round draft pick to the New York Knicks in 1967, a seven time NBA All-Star, a member of the Basketball Hall of Fame, and now provides commentary on Knicks games at Madison Square Garden. He co-owns a NYC restaurant, has written several books, and his flashy sense of style earned him the nickname, “Clyde,” after the infamous Clyde Barrow. The successful entrepreneur and sports legend has managed to maintain an … Continue reading WNYC’s “On the Media” presents Walt “Clyde” Frazier

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WNYC Presents: Cornel West and "The State of the Black Economy" [VIDEO]

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Serious Facts Discussed at WNYC Radio  Dr. Cornel West was joined by CNN financial contributor Ryan Mack to discuss the history of generational poverty and wealth and the current state of the economy for African Americans. The interactive dialogue folded audiences into the conversation via Twitter and Skype, and was led by award-winning author and radio host, Farai Chideya. In 2013, we inaugurated the first black president for his second term into the highest office in the United States. Yet the 2010 Census Bureau showed that the median black household made 59.8 percent as much as the median white household; … Continue reading WNYC Presents: Cornel West and "The State of the Black Economy" [VIDEO]

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Dr. King 1961 and 1967 Full Radio Interviews from WNYC [AUDIO]

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To mark the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday this year, WNYC is making available four interviews with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. that have never been released in their entirety. These interviews were conducted by reporter Eleanor Fischer for a Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) documentary series entitled Project 62. She sat down with Dr. King in Atlanta in 1961, and followed up again in 1967.  When she passed away in 2008, her raw interview tapes were left to the WNYC Archives. Now WNYC is releasing the full tapes. While the sentiments and positions Dr. King puts forth are not unknown, the tapes represent an … Continue reading Dr. King 1961 and 1967 Full Radio Interviews from WNYC [AUDIO]

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WNYC Presents Annual Martin Luther King Day Celebration

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Farai Chideya Malcolm, Martin and Medgar: A Reunion Co-Hosted by WNYC’s BRIAN LEHRER and FARAI CHIDEYA Featuring conversations sparked by A. Peter Bailey’s play, Malcolm, Martin, Medgar Sunday, January 20, 3-5pm At the Brooklyn Museum, Cantor Auditorium, Free and Open to the Public What would Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X and Medgar Evers talk about behind closed doors? What would they have to say about the work of our first African American president, about gun violence, and about today’s civil rights movement? In celebration of the annual King holiday, WNYC presents MALCOLM, MARTIN AND MEDGAR: A REUNION on Sunday, January 20, … Continue reading WNYC Presents Annual Martin Luther King Day Celebration

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WNYC Exposes New York City’s Stop and Frisk Policy in News Report [AUDIO]

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From WNYC.ORG 93.9 FM and 820 AM  For City’s Teens, Stop And Frisk Is Black And White A WNYC analysis of recently released police data reveals that one in five people stopped last year by the NYC Police Department was a teenager between the ages of 14 and 18. Of these, 86 percent were either Black or Latino, most of them boys. Last year, there were more than 120,000 stops of Black and Latino kids between 14 and 18. The total number of Black and Latino boys that age in the entire city isn’t much more than that – about … Continue reading WNYC Exposes New York City’s Stop and Frisk Policy in News Report [AUDIO]