Best WBGO News Podcasts (2024)

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The impact of midterm elections in NJ and NY and we'll meet former Knicks athletic trainer Mike Saunders 30:30

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On this edition of the WBGO Journal, we'll examine the NJ and NY midterm elections, Jon Kalish introduces us to a Korean War veteran and we'll meet former Knicks athletic trainer Mike SaundersBy Doug Doyle

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An exclusive look at the making of Snarky Puppy’s new album EMPIRE CENTRAL

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In this 3-part series, we take you inside the creation of Empire Central. From the unique songwriting process to the rehearsals, where the band performs songs for the first time without music sheets, to the recording process and final song selection, you’ll get an unforgettable look inside the creative process of one of the world’s most renowned ja…

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WBGO Journal wins Best Public Affairs show from New Jersey Society of Professional Journalists 30:34

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This April 2021 episode of the WBGO Journal recently won the Best Public Affairs category at the NJSPJ Awards in PrincetonBy Doug Doyle

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WBGO Studios and Snarky Puppy partner on a new podcast release 0:30

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A podcast that goes deep into the creative process of one of the world’s most talented and genre-defying super bands, Snarky Puppy. Captured during the recording of their latest album, Transmissions From Deep Ellum takes you behind the scenes as they build the soundscape that will become the album tracks; then, into the room as the album is recorde…

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The Midterm Elections, and we meet songwriter Jorge Drexler and retiring National Javelin Champion Kara Winger 30:34

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The Midterm Elections are here, and we'll meet singer/songwriter Jorge Drexler and Javelin National Champion Kara WingerBy Doug Doyle

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A preview of the midterm elections and a chat with the Black Fairy Godmother Simone Gordon 30:27

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On the October 29 edition of the WBGO Journal, Bob Hennelly previews the midterm elections and you'll meet the Black Fairy Godmother Simone GordonBy Doug Doyle

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A preview of the Trenton mayoral race and New York Choral Society's upcoming performance of Duke Ellington's Sacred Concerts 30:29

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A preview of the Trenton mayoral race and New York Choral Society's upcoming performance of Duke Ellington's Sacred Concerts, a look at the 60th NYFF and the fight to take down controversial historical murals

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Two River Theater's production of "Wine in the Wilderness" and a chat with trombonist Conrad Herwig 30:13

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On this edition of the WBGO Journal, a look into special education in Newark, a preview of Two River Theater's production of Wine in the Wilderness and trombonist Conrad Herwig talks about the Rutgers University Jazz EnsembleBy Doug Doyle

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Governor Murphy's role in state elections and a commentary on the upcoming live version of "The Little Mermaid" 30:03

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A legislative crackdown on NJ nursing homes, Steve Adubato, Jr. on Governor Murphy's role in upcoming elections and commentator Mildred Antenor is angry about the controversy over the live version of "The Little Mermaid"By Doug Doyle

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The legacy of former Governor Jim Florio, a chat with "The Budgetnista", and a profile of bassist Michael Thurber 29:56

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On this edition of the WBGO Journal, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy comments on the passing of former Governor Jim Florio, a chat with "The Budgetnista", and Leo Sidran profiles bassist Michael ThurberBy Doug Doyle

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A preview of the Exit Zero Jazz Festival and a review of Steven Spielberg's "The Fabelmans" 29:58

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A preview of the Exit Zero Jazz Festival and Harlan Jacobson reviews "The Fabelmans"By Doug Doyle

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Migrants from Texas, tributes to Jack Kerouac and Ramsey Lewis 30:08

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We'll hear about the Bobby Sanabria and David Amram's tribute to Jack Kerouac and then Grammy Award-winning producer Carl Griffin remembers Ramsey LewisBy Doug Doyle

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On this edition of the WBGO Journal, we get an update on some changes for the new school year in New York City and New Jersey, WBGO's Jon Kalish reports on the resurgence of community bands and host Doug ... 30:12

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On the September 10th edition of the WBGO Journal, we get an update on some changes for the new school year in New York City and New Jersey, WBGO's Jon Kalish reports on the resurgence of community bands and host Doug Doyle chats with two-time AUDL MVP Ben Jagt of the champion New York EmpireBy Doug Doyle

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On this edition of the WBGO Journal, we'll hear about the 12th annual Pittsburgh International Jazz Festival and find out why actor and comedian Tommy Davidson is launching a new singing career 30:16

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On the September 2nd edition of the WBGO Journal, we find out what has been done in New Jersey and New York a year after Hurricane Ida devastated the area, we'll hear about the 12th annual Pittsburgh International Jazz Festival and we'll find out why actor and comedian Tommy Davidson is launching a new singing career…

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On this edition of the WBGO Journal, host Doug Doyle has an in-depth conversation with Jazz pianist Monty Alexander, we pay tribute to the late WBGO announcer and Journal theater critic Michael Bourne ... 30:00

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On the August 27 edition of the WBGO Journal, host Doug Doyle has an in-depth conversation with Jazz pianist Monty Alexander, we pay tribute to the late WBGO announcer and Journal theater critic Michael Bourne and WBGO's Jon Kalish has the latest about musician Andy StatmanBy Doug Doyle

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On this edition of the WBGO Journal, Newark Mayor Ras Baraka calls for a citywide Peace Walk to support efforts to create a safer city, WBGO's Kenneth Burns reports on how inflation is impacting Jersey ... 29:59

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On this August 20 edition of the WBGO Journal, Newark Mayor Ras Baraka calls for a citywide Peace Walk to support efforts to create a safer city, WBGO's Kenneth Burns reports on how inflation is impacting Jersey Shore tourism and host Doug Doyle chats with Dr. Augusta Palmer, director of the upcoming doc The Blues Society…

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On this edition of WBGO Journal, we'll find out New Jersey and New York's response to the monkeypox virus and a campaign to make rooftop solar a solution to energy costs and climate change 30:17

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On the August 13 edition of WBGO Journal, we'll find out New Jersey and New York's response to the monkeypox virus, there's a campaign to make rooftop solar a solution to energy costs and climate change and the play Port Chicago 50 tells a powerful storyBy Doug Doyle

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On this edition of the WBGO Journal, we get an update on the Portal North Bridge project, a discovery in South Jersey that reveals new information about the Revolutionary War and an award-winning chat ... 30:23

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On this August 6 edition of the WBGO Journal, we get an update on the Portal North Bridge project, a discovery in South Jersey that reveals new information about the Revolutionary War and an award-winning chat with documentarian Ken BurnsBy Doug Doyle

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On this edition of the WBGO Journal, we learn about the tradition of cantorial music from WBGO's Jon Kalish, film critic Harlan Jacobson reviews Jordan Peele's NOPE and host Doug Doyle chats with the big ... 30:35

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On this July 30 edition of the WBGO Journal, we learn about the tradition of cantorial music from WBGO's Jon Kalish, film critic Harlan Jacobson reviews Jordan Peele's NOPE and host Doug Doyle chats with the big names in the American Cornhole LeagueBy Doug Doyle

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On this episode of the WBGO Journal, Trumpeter Sean Jones talks to Gary Walker about NYO Jazz and we meet two of the filmmakers involved in the Women in Media Newark International Film Festival 30:08

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On this episode of the WBGO Journal, Trumpeter Sean Jones talks to Gary Walker about NYO Jazz and we meet two of the filmmakers involved in the Women in Media Newark International Film FestivalBy Doug Doyle

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The new class of NEA Jazz Masters, a chat with pianist Bill Charlap about "Jazz in July" and singer and executive producer Melissa Walker runs down the 2022 Montclair Jazz Festival 30:12

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On the July 16 edition of the WBGO Journal, the new class of NEA Jazz Masters is announced, WBGO's Gary Walker chats with pianist Bill Charlap about "Jazz in July" and singer and executive producer Melissa Walker runs down the 2022 Montclair Jazz FestivalBy Doug Doyle

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The latest update on the rise of coronavirus in NYC, WBGO commentator Mildred Antenor reacts to the U.S. Supreme Court decision that overturned Roe v. Wade, and a chat with International Boxing Hall of ... 30:17

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On this July 9 edition of the WBGO Journal and update on the rise of coronavirus in NYC, commentator Mildred Antenor's reacts the U.S. Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, and host Doug Doyle chats with International Boxing Hall of Famer and Brooklyn Native Lou DiBellaBy Doug Doyle

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Education: An Unequal Reality, But One with Solutions 48:26

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On the fourth episode of The Great Wealth Divide, Gabriela Tejedor and Miguel Martinez-Saenz join host Dale Favors to talk about the crucial role that education plays in financial inequality — and how to address the problem.By Dale Favors

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How Public Policy and Industry Practices Deepened Housing Disparities for Black and Latinx Communities 56:44

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Episode 3 of The Great Wealth Divide puts the focus on housing disparities for Black and Latinx communities, including the history of destructive government and real estate industry practices, such as redlining and disinvestment, that negatively affected access to affordable housing and home ownership.…

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Why Access to Capital and Financial Knowledge are Essentials to Building Wealth 58:39

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On the second episode of The Great Wealth Divide, we discuss how inadequate access to investment capital, financial education, mentorship, banking, and credit have all contributed to creating a significant disadvantage for Black and Latinx families.By Dale Favors

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The Great Wealth Divide, Episode 1: Context 48:49

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The Great Wealth Divide, from WBGO Studios, is focused on solutions to the systemic racism which has created the extreme wealth divide between Black and Latinx communities and their white counterparts. We’ll be discussing these issues with thought leaders who are stakeholders engaged in the work to build racial economic equity and wealth in order t…

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Joanna Wolper's The Man Who Could Be Santa 29:01

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Joanna Wolper, an Emmy Award winning writer and documentary filmmaker, has uncovered the true identity of Santa Claus. She writes about her discovery in a children's book called The Man Who Could Be Santa, based on a true family adventure. Joanna Wolper's book has a web site, at www.themanwhocouldbesanta.com, featuring the real children in the stor…

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Arthur Browne: From Copy Boy at The Daily News to Editor-in-Chief and Publisher 30:24

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In 1973, Arthur Browne became a copy boy at the Daily News. Now 44 years later he is the Editor-in-Chief and Publisher of New York City’s home town newspaper. In the past four decades, Browne has covered the city’s most compelling stories…as a reporter, a columnist, editorial page editor and editor, investigative editor, managing editor, and now ed…

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Red Hat on the River: Restaurateurs Feed The Senses 30:02

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Bill and Hillary Clinton celebrated their birthdays there. Former New York Yankee baseball great Bernie Williams often stops by and bestselling author James Paterson made Jimmy Parker and Red Hat on the Hudson characters in his books. Former film producers, Jimmy Parker, and his wife, Mary Beth Dooley used their cinematic background to create one o…

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Helen Benedict: Sexual Assault in The Military and Rape on College Campuses 29:58

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Helen Benedict is a professor in The Graduate School of Journalism at Columbia University, a writer, and a journalist, whose work has won the attention and admiration of both the Pentagon and the White House. Her latest novel Wolf Season , the second book of her trilogy about the Iraq War, will be released next month. The book is a sequel to Sand Q…

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Dr. Michael Crane: Treating 9/11 First Responders 28:51

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Dr. Michael Crane treats the selfless 911 responders who came to New York City from all over America to help the victims of the horrific attack on the World Trade Center that cost 2996 people their lives. Dr. Crane, who directs the World Trade Center Health Program at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, says the religious and moral lessons…

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Aracelis Lucero: Mexican Children and Deportation 29:00

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Aracelis Lucero was born and raised in the South Bronx, won a scholarship to Middlebury College, received a Masters Degree in International Affairs from Columbia University and became a Wall Street executive. But as immigration became a major issue in America, she gave up her career in finance to devote her life to helping Mexican children and thei…

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Layla Fanucci: Music Teacher To International Art Sensation 32:40

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For 25 years, Layla Fanucci, taught music at St. Helena Catholic School in California. But her life turned around when she bought paint and an art board at a Ben Franklin arts and crafts store. Today, Layla, who never took an art class, has had her cityscapes shown at galleries and museums in Paris, Morocco, San Francisco, and New York City. “It al…

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Lisa Bloom: Civil Rights Lawyer, TV Legal Analyst 30:06

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Lisa Bloom is an activist civil rights attorney who has won a national reputation by representing clients whose cases are on the cutting edge of woman’s issues. She appears on The Today Show, MSNBC, The Situation Room, and was a former host of Lisa Bloom Open Court on Court TV. She says she received her early training at home listening to her mothe…

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V.A. Shiva Ayyadurai: The Controversial Inventor of EMAIL 29:36

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V.A. Shiva Ayyadurai received a United States Copyright in 1982 crediting him with being The Inventor of EMAIL, a title he earned as a 14-year-old research scholar at the University of Medicine and Dentistry in Newark, New Jersey. He said he received a copyright certificate on August 30, 1982 , rather than a patent, because patents were not awarded…

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Gregory Pardlo : “Different Kind Of Derek Jeter” of Poetry 29:01

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The Poetry Foundation calls Gregory Pardlo, winner of the 2015 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, “a different kind of Derek Jeter.” Pardlo is the second African American male poet to win the Pulitzer and the sixth African American poet overall to capture the highly coveted honor. Pulitzer judges praise Pardlo’s prize winning book, “Digest” as literature t…

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Roger Sherman: In Search of Israeli Cuisine 29:40

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Roger Sherman has produced a documentary that makes an extraordinary journey through Israeli kitchens, restaurants and vineyards. The movie, In Search of Israeli Cuisine , explores the ancient and modern farming and cooking techniques created by the polyglot of people who migrated to Israel or never left. The film opened March 24th at the Lincoln P…

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Gridlock Sam: The Horn-Blowing Streets Of New York City 30:05

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Sam Schwartz is known worldwide as Gridlock Sam, a nickname the media gave him for his role in drawing up ways to navigate the congested corners of New York City. He designed the traffic patterns around the Barclay Center in Brooklyn the streets around The World Trade Center, and engineered traffic circles in Aruba. Schwartz started his life in tra…

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Catch Up with Choclatt Jared, Bucket Drummer on Broadway, Hollywood And Television 30:13

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Choclatt Jared and his band have played their bucket drums on The Grammy Awards, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno , the Late Show with David Letterman, and Saturday Night Live — and in movies with Mel Gibson and Sharon Stone. Later this year he will appear in the movie Breaking Brooklyn , with Lou Gossett, Jr. A self-taught musician who honed his ski…

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Kejal Vyas: Crime and Political Unrest in Venezuela 28:57

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Kejal Vyas is the regional correspondent in South America for The Wall Street Journal, stationed in Bogota, after spending five years in Caracas, considered the most violent city in the world. Vyas worked in a place where people drove through stop lights to avoid being held up and where residents are urged to stay shuttered in their homes after sev…

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David Dinkins Turns 90 on July 10th 29:00

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David Dinkins made political history in 1990 when he was sworn in as the first African American mayor of New York City. Dinkins, now a professor at the Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs, reflected on his historic journey in a June, 2010 on line interview which first aired on WBGO in 2016. In this edition of Conversation…

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Dr. Vanessa Neumann: Blood Profits, Terrorism, International Drug Trafficking 30:14

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Dr. Vanessa Neumann has won an international reputation for tracking the movement of terrorists and drug dealers, from Colombia to Southeast Asia. In December, St. Martin’s Press will publish her new investigative book, titled, “Blood Profits: How American Consumers Unwittingly Fund Terrorists.” Born in the cauldron of Venezuela, South America, she…

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Newark Chief Municipal Judge Victoria F. Pratt: Reforming The Criminal Justice System 30:09

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Victoria F. Pratt, the first judge of Dominican ancestry to become a municipal judge in Newark, New Jersey, has won an international following for her campaign to reform the city’s criminal justice system. The chief municipal judge presides over a cutting edge program called Community Solutions that offers defendants in minor criminal cases a chanc…

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Steve Seskin: The Bullying of American School Children 29:59

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“Don’t Laugh At Me" “Don’t Call Me Names" “Don’t Get Your Pleasure from my pain" “In God’s eyes we’re all the same" Grammy award nominee Steve Seskin co-wrote the anti-bullying anthem, Don’t Laugh at Me, with his friend, Allen Shamblin, a song that was recorded by Peter, Paul and Mary. It inspired the creation of Operation Respect, a foundation tha…

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Lacey Schwartz: Little White Lie- A Multi-Racial Woman Growing Up White And Jewish 29:00

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Lacey Schwartz is a woman whose personal and professional journey of race and religion has won attention across the country. She grew up white and Jewish in predominantly white, Woodstock, New York only to learn after entering Georgetown University that her biological father was Rodney Parker, an African-American friend of her mother. Parker, a leg…

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Kathleen Jordan: Memoir of Her Late Father, Hamilton Jordan, Aide To Former President Jimmy Carter 30:10

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Kathleen Jordan, a Los Angeles television writer and producer, completed the unfinished memoir of her late father, Hamilton Jordan, who died of brain cancer . He was the chief of staff of former President Jimmy Carter. She reads an excerpt from the manuscript in which her father, who was brought up a Baptist in the segregated south was stunned to l…