A live audio drama that picks up where the first nationwide African-American radio drama, produced in Chicago by Richard Durham more than sixty years ago, left off. The show walked a daring line between reform and revolution, and was shut down by its network in 1950, as McCarthyism and anti-communism tightened its grip on American broadcasting. As well as drawing on the archive of Destination Freedom (now branded Destination Freedom Black Radio Days, this program illuminates a largely unknown, but important chapter in the history of human rights and tells how radio played its part from the very beginning. That boundary-breaking program, Destination Freedom, dramatized the lives of great figures in African-American and other people of color past and present, continues in its spirit with all-new scripts. This series honors and expands on that theme. Part of the Broadway Podcast Network
https://broadwaypodcastnetwork.com/podcast/destination-freedom-black-radio-days/
episode 3: The Tale of The Bullet
“The Tale of The Bullet” tells the story of America’s obsession with guns from the bullet’s perspective. According to the bullet, “We do all the work and the gun gets all the love”. This podcast features Prince Po of the hip hop duo Organized Konfusion, whose song "Stray Bullet" addressed some of that violence. Plus, vocal artist Such, whose song, "Wakeup Call," is dedicated to high school shooting victim Claire Davis. Our conversation, which includes activists and families who have been impacted by gun violence, immediately follows "The Tale of The Bullet." It will feature, among others, Rep Tom Sullivan, whose son Alex was killed in the Aurora Colorado Theatre shooting.
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