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On this episode of AOS, Jazz singer Stacey Kent talks to WBGO's Janis Siegel about her French roots and new album Summer Me, Winter Me

The WBGO Journal is hosted by News Director Doug Doyle

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

On this episode of The Art of the Story, Doug Doyle pays tribute to the late NEA Jazz Master drummer Roy Haynes

The first of a series of WBGO and Audible collaborative concerts at the Newark Public Library begins July 17 with trumpeter Lee Hogans

Join us in our auditorium for this exclusive screening. Capacity is limited (75). Stingrays is the true story behind the birth of the Newark Swim Team. With odds against them, one man helped build a community staple that positively effected the lives of youth from multiple generations. The Newark Swim Team has generated Olympic gold medalists and was the first team of color to win a state championship. Stingrays is a human story of goodwill, resilience, loyalty, and triumph. This inspirational short film infuses documentary, archival, and narrative storytelling.

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 story

WBGO remembers the iconic pianist and composer Les McCann with an archival interview from 2023 and an archival performance from 2008.

As states across the nation open up their economies, we are just beginning to get a sense of the toll on the families of essential workers, like nurses…

On this episode of The Art of the Story, we preview the new WBGO/Aretsky's Patroon Restaurant's five-part jazz series