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In this episode, we hear about Billie's early days in Baltimore before she moves with her mother to Harlem.

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

In this episode, we hear the history of the controversial song Billie chose to sing early in her career and kept in her repertoire until the end of her life.

WBGO's Jon Kalish previews a special Lower East Side concert featuring Klezmer and Carnatic violinists

How Lady Day's voice changed, evolved, and developed throughout her career.

WBGO's Jon Kalish has the story of Oscar Cohen, an activist fighting for adequate public school funding in Ramapo, NY

In this episode, we hear about Billie's struggles with alcohol, drugs, and a series of unfortunate marriages and other relationships that made her life difficult. She endured these struggles all way up to her death at the age of 44 in 1959.

Featuring compositions that Billie either wrote or co-wrote including recordings of "God Bless the Child", "Billie's Blues", and "I Love My Man."

WBGO's has the story of Ben Masters and his bike-powered sewing machine

WBGO's Jon Kalish introduces us to 104-year old educational psychologist Edmund Gordon