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The story of how Billie added the controversial song "Strange Fruit" to her repertoire early in her career and kept singing it until the end of her life.

Three themes Billie Holiday explored throughout her career include unrequited love, abusive lovers and her being unlucky in love.

This episode explores how Billie Holiday's voice changed, evolved, and developed throughout her career.

Episode one is an overview of the series from Billie's early years in Baltimore, continuing through her life, and diving into her last recordings and tragic early death at the age of 44.

Exploring Billie Holiday's evolving approach to her favorite songs.

Before he became a huge star on Chess Records in Chicago, Howlin' Wolf was a local celebrity in Memphis, recording with Sam Phillips. Matt The Cat spins Wolf's demo acetates and much more.

In stressful times, what if the key to mental and emotional well-being was not a mystery, but a set of daily, accessible practices that you could start today?

A deep dive into the remarkable career of Ray Charles, one of the formative forces in 20th century music whose impact is still clearly felt today.

This special explores the mental health needs of people serving in the military, and of veterans. We hear about how combat and non-combat military duty can impact mental health.

This episode features comments by the many friends Billie Holiday knew and worked with along with comments by contemporary musicians and others who have been influenced by her and, of course, selections from her historic recordings.