Destination Freedom Black Radio Days

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/

Eine durchschnittliche Folge dieses Podcasts dauert 36m. Bisher sind 67 Folge(n) erschienen. Dies ist ein zweiwöchentlich erscheinender Podcast.

Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 1 day 23 hours 17 minutes

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episode 19: The Eclectic - Conversation with author Patti Hartigan of A Life August Wilson


Our guest is author and award-winning journalist Patti Hartigan. Her recent book August Wilson A Life is receiving praise from literary circles, theatre circles, and academic circles alike.


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 January 31, 2024  45m
 
 

episode 18: Destination Freedom Black Radio Days Year in review 2023


Destination Freedom Black Radio Days Year in Review 2023. Interviews with David Byrne, Lynn Nottage, and others, plus audio dramas. Enjoy.


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 January 17, 2024  10m
 
 

episode 17: The Eclectic - Conversation with artist Allison Semmes - singer, actor, writer


Our guest is artist Allison Semmes. One of Allison latest achievements is that she is part of the Barry Manilow/Bruce Sussman musical Harmony. She portrays the artist and activist icon Josephine Baker.


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 December 20, 2023  22m
 
 

episode 16: The Eclectic - Conversation with artist Sheryl McCallum - singer, actor, writer


Sheryl McCallum. McCallum is a graduate of Denver South High School who found lasting success on Broadway playing several roles in Disney’s The Lion King.


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 December 6, 2023  32m
 
 

episode 15: The Eclectic - Rutha Mae Harris activist and a member of the original Freedom Singers


In the summer of 1961, Rutha Mae Harris was home visiting her family after her first year at Florida A&M University. Protests had been erupting in Albany, her hometown, and Harris had to face a question that many young people involved in the struggle asked themselves – would she go back to school or stay and organize?


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 October 11, 2023  31m
 
 

episode 14: The Eclectic - Report from the trial of Elijah McClain by donnie l. betts


Producer/Director donnie l. betts first hand report on the trial of Elijah McClain


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 October 4, 2023  11m
 
 

episode 13: The Difference


Live from the studios of KGNU in Boulder, Colorado, Destination Freedom Black Radio Days comes to you with The Difference by Peter Trinh. The Difference is a candid dive into racial dynamics and the chasm that grows between the perceived and global majority. Peering into the veiled, uncomfortable, underbelly of neo-supremacist ideology.


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 July 26, 2023  1h1m
 
 

episode 12: The Eclectic - Lynn Nottage, two time Pulitzer Prize Winner for Drama, interviewed by donnie l. betts


Our guest is Lynn Nottage. Ms. Nottage has received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama twice: in 2009 for her play Ruined, and in 2017 for her play Sweat. She is the first and the only woman to have won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama two times. Nottage is the recipient of a MacArthur "Genius" Fellowship and was included in Time magazine's 2019 list of the 100 Most Influential People...


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 July 5, 2023  52m
 
 

episode 11: The Eclectic - Conversation about Juneteenth with retired Judge Vallera Johnson, marketing rep Danielle Brooks, plus host donnie l. betts, all born on June 19th


June 19th is host donnie l. betts birthday. Born and raised in east Texas he reached out to others that were born on this day and are not from Texas and asked their thoughts on this day - retired Judge Vallera Johnson and marketing rep Danielle Brooks.


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 June 14, 2023  35m
 
 

episode 10: The Eclectic - Conversation with multi-hyphenated artist Sharon Washington


Join me producer donnie l. betts for my conversation with SHARON WASHINGTON (Co-Book Writer) "New York New York" Tony nominee. A proud Native New Yorker with her family living in Manhattan since 1835, Sharon is celebrating over 30 years as an actor. She is thrilled to continue her collaboration with this incredible creative team who she worked with on The Scottsboro Boys musical—this time as a writer.


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 May 31, 2023  48m