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…
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Marvin Booker Letter from a Denver Jail talk back 5/19/2026
Our panel discussion after the audio Drama Marvin Booker Letter from a Denver Jail This Audio drama is the second in our series on the unhoused and will feature the talents of donnie l. betts, Latifah Johnson and John Furtell aka Panama Soweto as Marvin Booker. Our after-show panel will be the Hon. Elias Diggins Denver, Sheriff, Reginald C. Holmes, Pastor, New Covenant Christian Church Alpha and…
Marvin Booker Letter from A Denver Jail by Terrance Hughes directed by donnie l. betts
This Audio drama is the second in our series on the unhoused and will feature the talents of donnie l. betts, Latifah Johnson, and John Furtell aka Panama Soweto, as Marvin Booker. Our after-show panel is available in part 2 will be the Hon. Elias Diggins Denver, Sheriff, Reginald C. Holmes, Pastor, New Covenant Christian Church Alpha and Omega. Carla Coburn. Pastor, Freshwind International…
Conversation With NEA Jazz Master Carmen Lundy and donnie l. betts
Carmen Latretta Lundy is an American jazz singer, composer, arranger, and visual artist whose career spans over five decades. People will describe Carmen Lundy as just this American jazz singer, composer, and visual artist. But I just called her an artist because her career spanned so many, so many disciplines. Add to those accolades, activists Learn more about your ad choices. Visit…
Intersectionality written by Kenya Fashaw and directed by donnie l. betts
Audio Drama- Intersectionality It is a gripping play set in a jail cell with five women. They are forced to confront their biases, identities, and shared humanity. It is the first in a series on the unhoused and how the public views and treats them. This audio drama will feature the talents of Zarah Levy, Adrienne Martin Fullwood, Nadiya Jackson, Rachel Turner, Iliana Lucero Barron with a surprise…
Conversation two with author Richard Huntley a survivor of Dozier School for Boys
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 School in America. You may have heard of Nickel Boys, the book and film. Well, this story is about one of those real nickel boys from this notorious reform school in Florida. Listen as this brave man…
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 School in America. You may have heard of Nickel Boys, the book and film. Well, this story is about one of those real nickel boys from this notorious reform school in Florida. Listen as this brave man…
Interview with Devon Goffman star Some Like Hot Tour
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 musical theater. His voice and presence have lit up theaters from Jersey Boys to Motown the Musical, and now as Spats Colombo in Some Like It Hot…the Tony Award–winning musical comedy that’s been lighting…
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 Credits Productions, LLC.. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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 play adaptation of those poems where I explored the potential consequences of climate change in a more abstract way." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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, and hopeless. Then that quiet voice her soul became stronger, louder, leading her spirit true and powerful. Now, all can see her, her strength, her mind, and her heart. The voice of the spirit is clear.…