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Destination Freedom Black Radio Days

Destination Freedom Black Radio Days presents highy produced orginal Audio Dramas and interviews with people who get stuff done. Produced and directed by award winner filmaker and radio host donnie l. betts. Co produced by audio wiz Maurice (aka Reese) Smith.
Featured guests, Lynn Nottage, Sharon Washington, Charles Wright, Allison Semmes, Idris Goodwin, Marla and Angela Gibbs to name a few.
Audio Dramas, A letter from Heaven to America from Emmett Till, The Voice of The Spirit is Clear
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 of the orginioal series from Richard Durham.

Latest Episodes:

Marvin Booker Letter from a Denver Jail talk back 5/19/2026 Jun 17, 2026

Show notes

Our panel discussion after the audio Drama Marvin Booker Letter from a Denver Jail

This Audio drama is the second in our series on the unhoused and will feature the talents of donnie l. betts, Latifah Johnson and John Furtell aka Panama Soweto as Marvin Booker. Our after-show panel will be the

Hon. Elias Diggins Denver, Sheriff, Reginald C. Holmes, Pastor, New Covenant Christian Church Alpha and Omega. Carla Coburn. Pastor, Freshwind International Ministries. Mary Tellis, Pastor, Solomon Temple Missionary Baptist Church

Terrence (Big T) Hughes and moderator Bro Jeff Fard.

Inspiration: by Big T

I followed the Marvin Booker Murder and trial for four straight years. Our Church, New

Covenant Christian Church supported the family when they were in town, ensuring they had

food and other essentials to make their stay comfortable as they traveled a long road for Justice

for Marvin. I watched a family continue to support their elderly parents, who were determined

to see justice for their son.

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Marvin Booker Letter from A Denver Jail by Terrance Hughes directed by donnie l. betts Jun 10, 2026

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This Audio drama is the second in our series on the unhoused and will feature the talents of donnie l. betts, Latifah Johnson, and John Furtell aka Panama Soweto, as Marvin Booker. Our after-show panel is available in part 2 will be the

Hon. Elias Diggins Denver, Sheriff, Reginald C. Holmes, Pastor, New Covenant Christian Church Alpha and Omega. Carla Coburn. Pastor, Freshwind International Ministries. Mary Tellis, Pastor, Solomon Temple Missionary Baptist Church

Terrence (Big T) Hughes and moderator Bro Jeff Fard.

Inspiration: by Big T

I followed the Marvin Booker Murder and trial for four straight years. Our Church, New

Covenant Christian Church, supported the family when they were in town, ensuring they had

food and other essentials to make their stay comfortable as they traveled a long road for Justice

for Marvin. I watched a family continue to support their elderly parents, who were determined

to see justice for their son. However, central to it all was a man who was a street preacher like

me, who stood up for himself, and they killed him because he only wanted his shoes! His

dignity in the face of oppression inspired me to write this play. As his mentor, the Reverend Dr.

Martin Luther King Jr., was Marvin’s Muse for all those years, the letter from A Birmingham Jail

became my muse through the voice and vision of Marvin Louis Booker Street Preacher!

Terrence H. Hughes better known as Pastor Big T is the Founding Pastor of

Alpha and Omega Ministries and current Co-Pastor of the New Covenant

Christian Church Alpha and Omega Ministries. Pastor Hughes is a human rights

and social justice advocate.

Marvin

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Conversation With NEA Jazz Master Carmen Lundy and donnie l. betts May 19, 2026

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Carmen Latretta Lundy is an American jazz singer, composer, arranger, and visual artist whose career spans over five decades. People will describe Carmen Lundy as just this American jazz singer, composer, and visual artist. But I just called her an artist because her career spanned so many, so many disciplines. Add to those accolades, activists

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Intersectionality written by Kenya Fashaw and directed by donnie l. betts May 12, 2026

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Audio Drama-

Intersectionality It is a gripping play set in a jail cell with five women. They are forced to confront their biases, identities, and shared humanity. It is the first in a series on the unhoused and how the public views and treats them.

This audio drama will feature the talents of Zarah Levy, Adrienne Martin Fullwood, Nadiya Jackson, Rachel Turner, Iliana Lucero Barron with a surprise guest artist.

Kenya Mahogany Fashaw is a multidisciplinary artist, educator, and visionary known for her compelling storytelling and transformative community work. As a spoken word poet, actress, producer, and singer, she weaves together poetry, theatre, music, and visual art to create immersive experiences that inspire, heal, and ignite social change.

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Conversation two with author Richard Huntley a survivor of Dozier School for Boys Feb 03, 2026

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This episode is part two of my conversation with author Richard Huntley, the author of Dark Days of Horror at Dozier Rapes, Murders, Beatings, and Slavery. I survived Dozer, the Deadliest Reform School in America. You may have heard of Nickel Boys, the book and film. Well, this story is about one of those real nickel boys from this notorious reform school in Florida. Listen as this brave man retells his story of being in prison. In this reform school. A modern-day slave. Listeners, be warned. Some of the details are very graphic.

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A conversation with author Richard Huntly Jan 22, 2026

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This episode is part one of my conversation with author Richard Huntley, the author of Dark Days of Horror at Dozier Rapes, Murders, Beatings, and Slavery. I survived Dozer, the Deadliest Reform School in America. You may have heard of Nickel Boys, the book and film. Well, this story is about one of those real nickel boys from this notorious reform school in Florida. Listen as this brave man retells his story of being in prison. In this reform school. A modern-day slave. Listeners, be warned. Some of the details are very graphic.

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Interview with Devon Goffman star Some Like Hot Tour Jul 16, 2025

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On this episode of Destination Freedom: Black Radio Days – The Eclectic, we go behind the curtain with Devon Goffman — a seasoned Broadway stage veteran whose résumé reads like a greatest hits of musical theater. His voice and presence have lit up theaters from Jersey Boys to Motown the Musical, and now as Spats Colombo in Some Like It Hot…the Tony Award–winning musical comedy that’s been lighting up stages coast to coast.

Devon gets real about life on the road…the ups, the downs, and what keeps him going from city to city. He talks about finding inspiration and community in places like Denver, working side by side with his wife, and what it’s like playing the villain that everyone secretly loves. And through it all, he reminds us how laughter, music, and a good show can help lighten even the heaviest days.

It’s a conversation about art, resilience, and the healing power of performance — and one you don’t want to miss it.

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S3 EP24 Seven Coffins Oct 23, 2024

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Seven Coffins is a drama of abuse, trafficking, and also awareness. Told via poetry and dialogue. Listen in.

Written by Confidence Zora Simone Omenai. Produced and directed by donnie l. betts for No Credits Productions, LLC..

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S3 Ep23 Round Solstice Oct 02, 2024

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Playwright Nadiya Jackson of Round Solstice says, "The play was inspired by a compilation of poems I wrote referencing the relationship humans have with nature. Over time it became an experimental play adaptation of those poems where I explored the potential consequences of climate change in a more abstract way."

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S3 Ep22 The Voice of The Spirit is Clear Sep 04, 2024

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Trigger warning: This powerful drama has scenes of sexual abuse. Listener discretion is advised.

Living on the streets Lashawn Hughes a young girl dim of sight and hard of hearing, she is homeless, and hopeless. Then that quiet voice her soul became stronger, louder, leading her spirit true and powerful. Now, all can see her, her strength, her mind, and her heart. The voice of the spirit is clear.

Written by Hugo Jon Sayles and produced and directed by donnie l. betts.

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