13 | The Who - Cut My Hair
13 | The Who - Cut My Hair
As a Black kid growing up in a tumultuous home environment in 1970s Hollywood, singer-songwriter The Reverend Shawn Amos... Read more
15 Oct 2018
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25mins
Coming Soon | Season 2!
Coming Soon | Season 2!
Play It Back is *finally* back in action -- Season 2 drops this October! Check out this trailer for a taste of what's co... Read more
1 Oct 2018
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2mins
12 | Count Frank - Yellow Bird
12 | Count Frank - Yellow Bird
Music producer Benjamin de Menil's earliest music memory was hearing “Yellow Bird” played by a steel drum band in Jamaic... Read more
25 May 2017
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25mins
11 | Culture Club - Time (Clock of the Heart)
11 | Culture Club - Time (Clock of the Heart)
In grade school, the moment storyteller Marc Abbott fell in love with a particular Culture Club song, he just had to put... Read more
27 Apr 2017
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24mins
10 | Ray Charles - Georgia On My Mind
10 | Ray Charles - Georgia On My Mind
Musician, chanteuse, book lover, and performer extraordinaire Susan Hwang helps us celebrate our one year anniversary by... Read more
23 Mar 2017
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38mins
9 | Peggy Lee - Is That All There Is?
9 | Peggy Lee - Is That All There Is?
At the age of 5, writer Jamie Brickhouse became obsessed with Peggy Lee and her song about escapism by means of “breakin... Read more
23 Feb 2017
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25mins
8 | Dolly Parton - Coat of Many Colors
8 | Dolly Parton - Coat of Many Colors
Native Kentuckian storyteller, choreographer, and live performer Mark Lamb counts the ways that he’s flown on the tails ... Read more
26 Jan 2017
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26mins
7 | Holiday Special
7 | Holiday Special
In this extra special episode of Play It Back, co-hosts John Asante and Jia H. Jung revel in the holiday spirit by rappi... Read more
25 Dec 2016
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27mins
6 | Electric Light Orchestra - Mr. Blue Sky
6 | Electric Light Orchestra - Mr. Blue Sky
When London-based actor Laura Killeen worked at a florist as a teenager, she was introduced to a spacey, operatic pop tu... Read more
5 Dec 2016
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23mins
5 | Tori Amos - Yes, Anastasia
5 | Tori Amos - Yes, Anastasia
NBC Documentary producer and host of "The Soundtrack Series" podcast creator Dana Rossi reflects upon how a terrible rec... Read more
19 Oct 2016
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26mins