Basim has worked in the media for over twenty years, as an A&R rep with Capitol Records and as a morning drive show producer. He is a filmmaker, media arts adjunct, and also a digital editing teacher in the Dayton Metro area. In 2012 he joined WYSO as a Community Voices Producer, and his work has earned him a “New Voices” Scholar award by (AIR) Association of Independents in Radio. Basim has produced the award-winning documentary Boogie Nights: A History of Funk Music in Dayton. He also served as Project Manager for ReInvention Stories, a multimedia docu-series produced by Oscar-winning filmmakers Steve Bognar and Julia Reichert. In 2020, Blunt received a PMJA (Public Media Journalists Association) award for his WYSO series Dayton Youth Radio, for which he is the founding producer and instructor. Basim spins an eclectic mix of funk, soul, and classic R&B every Friday night from 10:00 pm to midnight, as host of the 91.3 FM music show Behind the Groove.
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In this edition of The Race Project, Dr. Christopher Cox and Dr. Judy Skillings, both from Yellow Springs, reflect on the guilty verdict in the Derek Chauvin case in Minnesota and about police killings of African Americans.
Transcript (
lightly edited for length and clarity):
Christopher Cox: My name is Dr. Christopher Cox. I am African-American. I was born in Birmingham, Alabama, in the Deep South in the mid 50s. but I graduated in pre-med and once I graduated from medical school, I went to Wright State University, Boone School of Medicine for my residency at Miami Valley Hospital in Obstetrics and Gynecology.