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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:

S1 Ep20 Interview with Internal Medicine doctor Dr. Terri Richardson Dec 09, 2020

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On this episode, we hear an interview with Dr. Terri Richardson, MD. Dr. Richardson received her medical degree from the Yale School of Medicine in New Haven, Connecticut. She worked as an internist for 17 years at the Eastside Health Center in Denver, a clinic serving the community, before joining Kaiser Permanente. We discuss Covid-19 issues the so-called long haulers of the virus.

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S1 Ep19 Interview with business owner Rise Jones of Tealee Nov 02, 2020

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On this episode, we hear my interview with Black micro-business owner Rise Jones. After a two-year life-threatening battle with a rare form of leukemia blood cancer (CMML) which required chemotherapy, a bone marrow transplant, and two years for recovery, there is a story to be told. Leukemia is a big part Rise Jones story, but not the whole story. At the end of her recovery period, her husband asked the question: “What do you really want to do with your life?” Indirectly, Rise answered, “I want a teahouse.” TeaLee’s TeaHouse and Bookstore is located at the gateway of Denver’s Historic Five Points. In an afro-centric atmosphere, they provide high-quality loose-leaf teas, food, and specialty drinks, including beer and wine. We hear Rise's story in the time of Covid 19.

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S1 Ep18 The Story of A Year 1875 Oct 26, 2020

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2020 is a contentious election year in America filled with lies, violence, voter suppression, and intimation. That’s nothing new in the history of our country. Let’s look at the year 1875. In this episode, we hear The Story of Charles Caldwell, the senator who had been a slave. No issue concerned black Representatives more than the civil rights bill of 1875, but attacks and intimidation continued. Caldwell himself was assassinated later that year. This episode features the haunting vocal of Otis Taylor

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S1 Ep16 Give Me Liberty: A Free Man Story Sep 18, 2020

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This episode features Give Me Liberty: A Free Man's Story, a play of historical fiction written by John and Sydney Futrell. The piece was inspired by real events, as described in genealogy documents preserved by John's mother. As the story goes, John's great, great, great, great grandfather was Patrick Henry. The Patrick Henry whose famous quote "Give Liberty or Give Me Death" inspired some before the America Revolution War.

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S1 Ep15 A Letter From Heaven To America from Emmett Till Sep 18, 2020

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Emmett Till was murdered 65 years ago on August 28, 1955 in Money, Mississippi. At only 14 years old, he was kidnapped, brutally tortured, lynched and killed during a racially motivated hate crime that ultimately helped launch the modern-day civil rights movement. On August 30, 2019, Eli McClain was killed in Aurora, Colorado. The past is not past. The specter of Till’s devastating crime remains ever-present through modern-day racially motivated murders.

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S1 Ep14 Interview with Candice Bailey, Social Justice Warrior Aug 13, 2020

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Black Radio Days is proud to share with you a series of interviews with health care providers, Covid-19 survivors, and social justice warriors.

This episode features social justice and heath care rights warrior, Candice Bailey. We discuss COVID 19, police reform and justice for Elijah McClain

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S1 Ep13 Interview with John Futrell aka Panama Soweto Aug 02, 2020

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Black Radio Days is proud to share with you a series of interviews with health care providers, Covid-19 survivors, and social justice warriors.

This episode features John Futrell aka Panama Soweto speaking about efforts to rename the Stapleton Community. The Original Stapleton came from Ben Stapleton, a former mayor of Denver and a member of the KKK. One name could be Mosley Park named after his grandparents, John and Edna Mosley. He comments on the death of Elijah McClain, the 23-year-old man killed by Aurora Police in August 2019., who was murdered while walking Black.

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S1 Ep12 Interview with activist Terrance Roberts Aug 02, 2020

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Black Radio Days is proud to share with you a series of interviews with health care providers, Covid-19 survivors, and social justice warriors.

This episode features longtime activist Terrance Roberts as he discusses what he is seeing in the community as the Black Lives Matter protests continue.

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S1 Ep11 Interview with Rev. Terrance Hughes on his battle with Covid 19 Jul 28, 2020

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Black Radio Days is proud to share with you a series of interviews with health care providers, Covid-19 survivors, and social justice warriors.

This episode features Rev. Terrance Hughes, a pastor who's been a force in his community for years. He is finally home after a long batter with COVID-19. Hughes was released from the Rocky Mountain Regional VA Medical Center after spending nearly seven weeks on a ventilator. He then spent two weeks continuing his recovery in rehab. Join us for a conversation with a long time activist.

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S1 Ep10 Interview with Dr. Shanta Zimmer on Covid 19 Jul 28, 2020

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Black Radio Days is proud to share a series of interviews with health care providers, Covid-19 survivors, and social justice warriors.

First up is an interview with Dr. Shanta Zimmer. Dr. Zimmer is an infectious disease specialist in Aurora, Colorado and Associate Dean for Diversity and Inclusion at CU Medical School on the Anschutz Campus.

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