MLK Day 2022 Podcasts

MLK Day 2022 Podcasts

Today, we celebrate the life of Dr. Martin Luther King. Get inspired on this day of service with podcasts that explore his legacy.

Episodes

The Oprah Winfrey Show: The Podcast - "Martin Luther King, Jr. Tribute"

January 12, 2024 • 30 mins
Original Air Date: Jan 16, 1989
Martin Luther King Day 1989, Oprah, Lerone Bennett, Jr., Dr. Dorothy Cotton, Rev. C.T. Vivian, and Rev. Ralph Abernathy remember and honor the short life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. who saw suffering and injustice and refused to look the other way.
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Holy Week - "Part 1: Rupture"

January 12, 2024 • 21 mins
A day at the crossroads of chance and destiny. The story of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination on April 4, 1968, is often recounted as a conclusion to a powerful era of civil rights in America, but how did this hero’s murder come to be the stitching used to tie together a narrative of victory? The week that followed his killing was one of the most fiery, disruptive, and revolutionary, and is nearly forgotten.
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I AM STORY - "The Breaking Point"

January 12, 2024 • 42 mins
In 1968, Memphis sanitation workers faced dangerous and degrading conditions on the job. The mayor showed the men no respect, paying them poverty wages and refusing to recognize their union. During a driving rainstorm on February 1, Robert Walker and Echol Cole were crushed to death as they sought shelter in the back of their sanitation truck, a horrific accident that was the result of shocking negligence by city leaders. That was ...
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NPR's Book of the Day - "Jonathan Eig's biography of MLK explores the activist's life and faith"

January 12, 2024 • 8 mins
King:A Life, the biography by Jonathan Eig, provides a fresh perspective into the life of one of America's most important activists. From his upbringing in Atlanta's Old Fourth Ward neighborhood to his path through university and the frontlines of the Montgomery bus boycott, Martin Luther King, Jr.'s career and impact is explained through his faith and relationships. In today's episode, Eig speaks to NPR's Steve Inskeep about how D...
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The Ezra Klein Show - "Best Of: A Revelatory Tour of Martin Luther King Jr.’s Forgotten Teachings"

January 12, 2024 • 94 mins
It’s hard to think of a more celebrated figure of the 20th century than Martin Luther King Jr.
He has a national memorial in Washington, D.C. His birthday is one of just 11 federal holidays. His words and legacy are routinely evoked by politicians of both major parties. I would go as far as to say he should be considered one of America’s founding fathers, which is one reason why I wanted to revisit this episode on Independence Day.
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The History Hotline - "097: Dr Martin Luther King in Britain"

January 12, 2024 • 26 mins
Engagement with Dr King often begins and ends with his “I Have A Dream Speech” and even though Britain seems to bring him out at all possible times, we actually know very little about him.
In this episode we will look at two of his visits to the UK in 1961 and 1964. His activism balanced on his firm beliefs in equality across all lines. We will discuss who he spoke to and met and the transnational nature of his activism and the wid...
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The Black Effect Presents... - "Ep 21: #IDKMYDE - So You Know MLK?"

January 9, 2023 • 4 mins
In this episode of I Didn’t Know Maybe You Didn’t Either we learn some lesser known facts about Martin Luther King Jr.

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The MLK Tapes - "Death of a King [1]"

January 9, 2023 • 49 mins
Who killed Martin Luther King, and why? While some answers have emerged over the past 50 years, others have been hiding in plain sight.

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Ridiculous History - "Coca-Cola, Dr. King, and the Civil Rights"

January 9, 2023 • 44 mins
<p>When Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. won the Nobel Prize, Atlanta Mayor Ivan Allen, Jr. spearheaded a interdenominational celebration of King&#39;s work -- but many business leaders refused to go along. In fact, the whole thing may have fallen through were it not for the Coca-Cola company. Tune in to learn more.</p><p>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for priv...
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Reflections of History - "September 13th: Martin Luther King Jr. Speaks At The Berlin Wall"

January 9, 2023 • 6 mins
On September 13, 1964, Martin Luther King Jr. speaks at the Berlin Wall.


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In Black America - "Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. (Ep 6, 2022)"

January 9, 2023 • 29 mins
<p>This week on In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. presents a tribute to the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on the 93rd anniversary of his birth, with excerpts from Dr. King’s speeches and commentary from the Honorable Andrew Young, the late Robert F. Kennedy, and President Barack Obama.</p>
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BrainStuff - "How Was Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Perceived During His Time?"

January 13, 2021 • 8 mins
"Many myths about the Civil Rights movement have arisen in the past few decades, including the idea that MLK was always considered an American hero. Learn how public opinion was divided, and how that changed over time, in this episode of BrainStuff.

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Personology - "Martin Luther King Jr: Revolutionary Through Nonviolence"

January 13, 2021 • 42 mins
"Martin Luther King Junior was an activist, minister and the most visible leader in the Civil Rights Movement. He advanced civil rights through nonviolence and civil disobedience, inspired by his Christian beliefs and the nonviolent activism of Mahatma Gandhi. His strategy was both revolutionary and effective.

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Cape Up with Jonathan Capehart - "Voices: How MLK's famous letter was smuggled out of jail"

January 13, 2021 • 19 mins
Clarence B. Jones, Martin Luther King Jr.’s lawyer and occasional speechwriter, describes how he smuggled the letter out of jail.
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It Was Said - "Ep 1: MLK Jr., The Last Speech"

January 13, 2021 • 41 mins
In one of the most tumultuous moments in American history, Martin Luther King Jr. travels to Memphis to address the issue of racial and economic injustice. With eloquent language and brilliant rhetoric, he creates a mosaic of the ongoing Civil Rights struggle, culminating with a fearless and defiant premonition. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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The 85 South Show - "The Martin Luther King Jr. Episode feat. Clayton English | Ep. 5"

January 13, 2021 • 77 mins
"In episode 5, NBC's Last Comic standing champ Clayton English joins in to talk about heroes on this special MLK Jr. Day episode.
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Witness History: Witness Black History - "Photographing Martin Luther King and His Family"

January 13, 2021 • 9 mins
In 1969 photo journalist Moneta Sleet became the first African American to win a Pulitzer Prize for journalism. He won for the black and white image of Coretta Scott King the widow of Martin Luther King taken at the funeral of the murdered civil rights leader. Farhana Haider has been speaking to Moneta Sleet's son Gregory Sleet about his father's remarkable career capturing many of the images that defined the struggle for racial eq...
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This Day in History Class - "Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. delivers Beyond Vietnam speech - April 4, 1967"

January 13, 2021 • 10 mins
"On this day in 1967, Dr. Martin Luther KIng, Jr. gave his Beyond Vietnam speech, denouncing the war in Vietnam.

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