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KAZU Sunday Sound Adventures
Sundays, 4-5 p.m.
One hour every Sunday at 4 p.m. on KAZU, we take our listeners on a Sound Adventure, whether it be a musical documentary, historical / scientific journey, or just something current that we hope our listeners will enjoy.
Current and recent programs, see below.
For older programs, see archives page.
(KAZU reserves this time slot for public radio documentaries and seasonal programs.)
Latest Episodes
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Highlights from four public radio specials, including Mavis Staples, James Brown, Otis Redding, and Aretha Franklin
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Dave visits with one of the world's foremost experts on sharks, Dr. David Ebert. Dave is the Director of the Pacific Shark Research Center at San Jose State University's Moss Landing Marine Laboratories.
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In this final episode four of "The Road to Rickwood", host Roy Wood Jr. goes back to Birmingham to explore some of the obstacles that prevent more Black youth from taking up America's pastime. He talks to MLB executives, managers, and a player about the importance of promoting this sport within Black communities.
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In episode three of "The Road to Rickwood", the 1964 Birmingham Barons became Alabama's first integrated sports team. This was 17 years after Jackie Robinson integrated the Major Leagues. What took so long?
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In episode two of "The Road to Rickwood", host Roy Wood Jr. speaks with surviving players from the Birmingham Black Barons about the soaring highs and painful lows of Negro League baseball in Alabama.
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In this four-part series "The Road to Rickwood" host, Roy Wood Jr. speaks with historians, civic leaders, former Negro League players and more, to learn how Birmingham’s civil rights story played out at America’s oldest ballpark.
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Juneteenth Special: An Urgent Call for Climate Solutions + Robert Smalls’ Heroic Escape from SlaveryJuneteenth special features Black voices in conversation about why the quest for racial justice now must include addressing the climate emergency. Plus, the incredible story of Robert Smalls, who took command of a Confederate ship called The Planter in Charleston, South Carolina in 1862.
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Stonewall often gets credit for the beginning of the gay liberation movement. But there was an earlier riot, at Compton's Cafeteria in San Francisco.
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Where are we with LGBTQ+ civil rights and safety since Matthew Shepard's brutal 1998 murder?
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How do actors remain themselves while pretending to be other people? And what’s the line between selfish and self care?