Destination Freedom Black Radio Days

Destination Freedom Black Radio Days

No Credits Productions, LLC

Episodes 75
Avg. Duration 38m
Activity Moderate
Apple Rating 4.8 (13)
Since Feb 2020
Latest Episode Feb 2026

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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.

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Conversation two with author Richard Huntley a survivor of Dozier School for Boys

Feb 03, 2026 30m

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…

A conversation with author Richard Huntly

Jan 22, 2026 30m

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…

Interview with Devon Goffman star Some Like Hot Tour

Jul 16, 2025 20m

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…

S3E24 S3 EP24 Seven Coffins

Oct 23, 2024 33m

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…

S3E23 S3 Ep23 Round Solstice

Oct 02, 2024 13m

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…

S3E22 S3 Ep22 The Voice of The Spirit is Clear

Sep 04, 2024 38m

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,…

S3E21 S3 Ep21 The Eclectic - Conversation with the Charles Wright

Apr 24, 2024 31m

Join us for our conversation with Charles Wright. Mr. Express Yourself himself. Charles Williams Wright (born April 6, 1940) is an American singer, instrumentalist and songwriter. He has been a…

S3E20 S3 Ep20 The Eclectic - Conversation with Attorney General of Minnesota Keith Ellison

Apr 10, 2024 30m

Join me for my conversation with AG Keith Ellison. We hear his thoughts on what can be done the break the wheel of use of force by police against our communities. With this powerful and intimate…

S3E19 S3 Ep19 The Eclectic - Conversation with author Patti Hartigan of A Life August Wilson

Jan 31, 2024 46m

Our guest is author and award-winning journalist Patti Hartigan. Her recent book August Wilson A Life is receiving praise from literary circles, theatre circles, and academic circles alike. I am…

S3E18 S3 EP18 Year in Review 2023

Jan 17, 2024 11m

Destination Freedom Black Radio Days Year in Review 2023. Interviews with David Byrne, Lynn Nottage, and others, plus audio dramas. Enjoy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit…

S3E17 S3 Ep17 The Eclectic - Conversation with artist Allison Semmes - singer, actor, writer

Dec 20, 2023 22m

Our guest is artist Allison Semmes. One of Allison's latest achievements is that she is part of the Barry Manilow/Bruce Sussman musical Harmony. She portrays the artist and activist icon Josephine…

S3E16 S3 EP16 The Eclectic - Conversation with artist Sheryl McCallum - singer, actor, writer

Dec 06, 2023 32m

Join us for our conversation with artist Sheryl McCallum. McCallum is a graduate of Denver South High School who found lasting success on Broadway playing several roles in Disney’s The Lion…

S3E15 S3 EP 15 The Eclectic - Rutha Mae Harris, activist and a member of the original Freedom Singers

Oct 11, 2023 31m

In the summer of 1961, Rutha Mae Harris was home visiting her family after her first year at Florida A&M University. Protests had been erupting in Albany, her hometown, and Harris had to face a…

S3E14 S3 EP14 The Eclectic - Report from the trial of Elijah McClain by donnie l. betts

Oct 04, 2023 11m

Producer/Director donnie l. betts first hand report on the trial of Elijah McClain. The officers now on trial — Randy Roedema and Jason Rosenblatt — are charged with manslaughter, criminally…

S3E13 S3 EP13 - The Difference

Jul 26, 2023 1h 1m

Live from the studios of KGNU in Boulder, Colorado, Destination Freedom Black Radio Days comes to you with The Difference by Peter Trinh. The Difference is a candid dive into racial dynamics and the…

S3E12 S3 EP12 The Eclectic - Lynn Nottage, two time Pulitzer Prize Winner for Drama, interviewed by donnie l. betts

Jul 05, 2023 52m

Our guest is Lynn Nottage. Ms. Nottage has received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama twice: in 2009 for her play Ruined, and in 2017 for her play Sweat. She is the first and the only woman to have won…

S3E11 S3 EP11 The Eclectic - Conversation about Juneteenth with retired Judge Vallera Johnson, marketing rep Danielle Brooks, plus host donnie l. betts, all born on June 19th

Jun 14, 2023 35m

June 19th is host donnie l. betts birthday. Born and raised in east Texas he reached out to others that were born on this day and are not from Texas and asked their thoughts on this day - retired…

S3E10 S3 EP10 The Eclectic - Conversation with multi-hyphenated artist Sharon Washington

May 31, 2023 48m

Join me producer donnie l. betts for my conversation with SHARON WASHINGTON (Co-Book Writer) "New York New York" Tony nominee. A proud Native New Yorker with her family living in Manhattan since…

S3E9 S3 EP9 Grave Diggers Handicap, The Story of Isaac Murphy

Apr 26, 2023 34m

Folks may be familiar with the fine clothes, big hats, and of course the fast horses. But did you know the first 10 winners of the Derby were Black? The first 3 time winner was Issac Murphy. Many…

S3E8 S3 EP8 The Eclectic - Conversation with Marla and Angela Gibbs

Mar 22, 2023 57m

Marla Gibbs (born Margaret Theresa Bradley; June 14, 1931) is an American actress, singer, comedian, activist, writer, and television producer whose career spans seven decades. Gibbs is known for her…

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